Of course he named her Christine. Also that is a VERY well drawn baby!!
Crypty
31 December 2023 9:08 PM
Welcome to the world Tine, wish you could got here under better circumstances 😔
Also seconded congrats on drawing a very good baby!
Anita
31 December 2023 9:15 PM
Seeing Shez so desperate and angry is heartbreaking. She tried so hard, and yet here she is.
Her anger really puts into context how easygoing she is later on in life. In the little scene where we saw her meet Parniya (who is very angry at the time), the entire way she handles that is informed by this experience.
I also feel bad for Crystal and Karissa. They are too young to understand what is wrong, but they clearly do understand that something IS wrong.
Drawing an entire webcomic is an incredible amount of work, and you have been steadily chugging along for so long now, it’s genuinely amazing. It is a pleasure to watch you grow as an artist and a storyteller, and to have this one place where I know the female characters will always come first. Thank you for creating this amazing story for us and I hope you have a good journey into the New Year!
Blais
1 January 2024 2:34 AM
The looks on Shez, Crystal, and Karissa’s faces wreck me, especially since in a healthy family this would probably be such a happy moment.
Shez knows Christine is another mouth to feed, another set of needs making it even harder to escape, and I can’t imagine she hasn’t thought by now “Mom should have been able to have her in a hospital.”
Birth is horrifically painful, even under the best circumstances, so I can see why Shez is furious. It became just another way Chris has hurt Meriam. And I don’t know how much her sisters know – you’ve mentioned they never saw him hurt Meriam or Shez – but those faces know something is wrong.
I hope when they’re safe and far away from Chris, they get to have lots of time being normal sisters. Children come with a ton of needs and burdens that make it hard to get out of an abusive situation, absolutely, but I hope none of them grew up with the feeling that they were hard to love.
Even though it’s hard, Meriam and Shez still want to save all of them.
On a lighter note, Shez’s punches look really painful here, and really fast!
Is it the composition, the look of the fists, her expression of rage? All three? I don’t knoe, but any action scenes in Leasebound’s future are going to be an absolute treat, and not just because they’ll have wicked muscle ladies!
DragonBallTerf
1 January 2024 2:58 AM
Did Chris seriously name all his biological daughters after him? That’s deeply fucked.
Also Shez’s saiyan era is an insane upgrade
anonymoo
1 January 2024 3:46 AM
Congrats on 121 pages! Creating a webcomic is so hard, and you’ve had to do it with the added stress of misogynists and lesbophobes on your back, thank you for continuing! Excited to see where this story goes in 2024.
Self-defenceClassEnjoyer
1 January 2024 8:56 AM
Congrats on your amazing work this year Rusty, the content has truly been *chef’s kiss*. So excited to see the coming pages, watching your work grow and improve has truly been a pleasure. Happy New Year!! ☺️
Parniya’s biggest fan
1 January 2024 12:01 PM
Oh God the panel of Chris making her hold the baby and crying is just so disgusting… Poor Shanzey… forced to grow up too fast… (just like me) the burden of being the first born is something I know all too well
Mrin
2 January 2024 7:21 AM
Happy New Year everyone!
You should be incredibly proud of your work, Rusty. I love the Lease Bound story, the diversity of its characters, and the space it has opened up for difficult conversations, whether that’s the traumatic experiences of victims of domestic violence, or the uncomfortable topic of gender identity and the loud minority of men who demand access to female-only spaces – over the objections of women.
I’ve read comments under your work that have made me genuinely laugh out loud in the middle of the night and some that made me want to cry. This site is a gem, and you and all of the women who share their words here are creating such a unique corner of the internet.
All the best for the New Year. Have a great one.
kill rapist
3 January 2024 9:17 AM
Wayne Kerr the least evil male
J
3 January 2024 2:38 PM
Was having one of my many re-read of this series, and it’s always amazing to see how far you’ve come. Thank you for all you do with this series. Have commented before, and support from a crypto account, but with this inflow of updates, I’m even more grateful. But holy shit, when I got to Chapter 4’s “Ask the Cast”… Shez says she’s “the oldest of 4 sisters”… does that mean there’s gonna be another baby? 💀 Or does it include her, one of the 4 daughters? 😅
LB veteran
26 January 2024 11:10 PM
Just realized… Shez is 14. She’s 31 in current setting of LB. So… Christine would be 17yrs. Rocky’s 22. And then Riz is 21. Idk how old Meriam was having her first kid but she looked early 20s and that’s common here in Malaysia. So… I’m supposing she was 24 when she had Shez? Making her 7 years older than Josie… so mid50s?
I’m sad now thinking of how she cried so much during Shez’s happiest day in the ch6 q&a flashback. They went thru so much. I hope Tina never blamed herself. And that Rocky and Riz’s trauma isn’t as severe.
Happy New Year’s Eve Gyns <3
I just finished the last two pages of CH12, and have been steadily working on CH13!
This year I’ve managed to create 121 pages (not all published yet) without missing a single weekly update, which is a new personal best!
Thank you all so much for your support this year, see you all in 2024 <3
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Of course he named her Christine. Also that is a VERY well drawn baby!!
Welcome to the world Tine, wish you could got here under better circumstances 😔
Also seconded congrats on drawing a very good baby!
Seeing Shez so desperate and angry is heartbreaking. She tried so hard, and yet here she is.
Her anger really puts into context how easygoing she is later on in life. In the little scene where we saw her meet Parniya (who is very angry at the time), the entire way she handles that is informed by this experience.
I also feel bad for Crystal and Karissa. They are too young to understand what is wrong, but they clearly do understand that something IS wrong.
Drawing an entire webcomic is an incredible amount of work, and you have been steadily chugging along for so long now, it’s genuinely amazing. It is a pleasure to watch you grow as an artist and a storyteller, and to have this one place where I know the female characters will always come first. Thank you for creating this amazing story for us and I hope you have a good journey into the New Year!
The looks on Shez, Crystal, and Karissa’s faces wreck me, especially since in a healthy family this would probably be such a happy moment.
Shez knows Christine is another mouth to feed, another set of needs making it even harder to escape, and I can’t imagine she hasn’t thought by now “Mom should have been able to have her in a hospital.”
Birth is horrifically painful, even under the best circumstances, so I can see why Shez is furious. It became just another way Chris has hurt Meriam. And I don’t know how much her sisters know – you’ve mentioned they never saw him hurt Meriam or Shez – but those faces know something is wrong.
I hope when they’re safe and far away from Chris, they get to have lots of time being normal sisters. Children come with a ton of needs and burdens that make it hard to get out of an abusive situation, absolutely, but I hope none of them grew up with the feeling that they were hard to love.
Even though it’s hard, Meriam and Shez still want to save all of them.
On a lighter note, Shez’s punches look really painful here, and really fast!
Is it the composition, the look of the fists, her expression of rage? All three? I don’t knoe, but any action scenes in Leasebound’s future are going to be an absolute treat, and not just because they’ll have wicked muscle ladies!
Did Chris seriously name all his biological daughters after him? That’s deeply fucked.
Also Shez’s saiyan era is an insane upgrade
Congrats on 121 pages! Creating a webcomic is so hard, and you’ve had to do it with the added stress of misogynists and lesbophobes on your back, thank you for continuing! Excited to see where this story goes in 2024.
Congrats on your amazing work this year Rusty, the content has truly been *chef’s kiss*. So excited to see the coming pages, watching your work grow and improve has truly been a pleasure. Happy New Year!! ☺️
Oh God the panel of Chris making her hold the baby and crying is just so disgusting… Poor Shanzey… forced to grow up too fast… (just like me) the burden of being the first born is something I know all too well
Happy New Year everyone!
You should be incredibly proud of your work, Rusty. I love the Lease Bound story, the diversity of its characters, and the space it has opened up for difficult conversations, whether that’s the traumatic experiences of victims of domestic violence, or the uncomfortable topic of gender identity and the loud minority of men who demand access to female-only spaces – over the objections of women.
I’ve read comments under your work that have made me genuinely laugh out loud in the middle of the night and some that made me want to cry. This site is a gem, and you and all of the women who share their words here are creating such a unique corner of the internet.
All the best for the New Year. Have a great one.
Wayne Kerr the least evil male
Was having one of my many re-read of this series, and it’s always amazing to see how far you’ve come. Thank you for all you do with this series. Have commented before, and support from a crypto account, but with this inflow of updates, I’m even more grateful. But holy shit, when I got to Chapter 4’s “Ask the Cast”… Shez says she’s “the oldest of 4 sisters”… does that mean there’s gonna be another baby? 💀 Or does it include her, one of the 4 daughters? 😅
Just realized… Shez is 14. She’s 31 in current setting of LB. So… Christine would be 17yrs. Rocky’s 22. And then Riz is 21. Idk how old Meriam was having her first kid but she looked early 20s and that’s common here in Malaysia. So… I’m supposing she was 24 when she had Shez? Making her 7 years older than Josie… so mid50s?
I’m sad now thinking of how she cried so much during Shez’s happiest day in the ch6 q&a flashback. They went thru so much. I hope Tina never blamed herself. And that Rocky and Riz’s trauma isn’t as severe.