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Meriam Protection Agency
29 November 2023 7:57 PM
π to kill Chris instantly
Vitamin C
29 November 2023 8:15 PM
I love that shez’s mom allows her to be a tomboy. I imagine that this had a positive effect on her confidence. Kind of the opposite to Riley and her childhood leading to her being a bit passive and always second guessing herself.
Chris comes off as so creepy. It wouldn’t surprise me if he never felt anything deeper than lust about Meriam, which he chose to act on because she’s so vulnerable in her situation, making her easy to manipulate and trap.
Also, I like how we don’t see his face, just enough of the body to tell he’s a man. Like it’s showing that it really could be any man, it’s not like this type of behaviour is rare among them. Nothing about him or his individual situation matters in this context, because they’re irrelevant to his role in the story (as an abuser of a vulnerable woman and her young daughter).
What matters to this role is that he’s an adult male, and his victims are not. The reader can already tell that poor shez is gonna have to grow up as quickly as Jaden had to (β Λβ ο½₯β _β ο½₯β Λβ )
Normal person
29 November 2023 10:01 PM
Little Shez and Meriam are so cute! God though – the shading in the Chris panel just makes it all so creepy, showing Meriam’s hope and vulnerability juxtaposed against his subtly threatening impression. His height is really eerie too – even though he’s sitting down to be beneath her level he’s almost as tall as she is standing. I got a bad feeling about this Scoob,
garbage truck
29 November 2023 10:24 PM
omw to run chris over
Scully
29 November 2023 11:32 PM
Why was Chris frequenting the hotel so much anyway? Of course there’s a chance that he just travels a lot for work. But there’s also so many sketchy skeezy reasons a man can be frequenting a hotel enough to recognize the cleaning staff π€
TifHater
29 November 2023 11:58 PM
I like how a woman gave her a job, how she stopped wearing a hijab, how she stopped shaving. And ALL her haircuts!
I dislike how Chrisβs reasoning for why she deserves a better life is her LOOKS.
Also I like how this demonstrates how men will mess women up enough (mentally AND situation wise) that theyβre that much more vulnerable to the next predator who comes along.
Not to mention anything that Chris is offering to her must seem extra attractive because she has Shez to think of providing for too.
Mary
30 November 2023 12:15 AM
Panel 3: The Shez has now reached her adult height.
Their identical expressions are so cute! Did Violet get any parenting advice from Meriam over the years?
Parniyaβs biggest fan
30 November 2023 3:49 AM
Iβm scared.
K
30 November 2023 4:25 AM
Chris breaks the record on how many red flags to throw at us in a single panel.
Being in the same hotel unusually often (could be fine, could also be an affair or prostitution etc), requesting a specific cleaner (causing her to be alone with him while in a position where, due to being the employee, she can’t easily tell him to fuck off), being inappropriate towards said cleaner, and objectifying her as well as positioning himself as a romantic option when she’s vulnerable and confiding in him.
The size difference subtly implies an age difference or at least a significant difference in physical strength too.
Congratulations, Chris, you win! Please stand under this not at all suspicious cable-suspended anvil to receive your prize!
andy
30 November 2023 4:31 AM
1) Meriam is indeed very lovely, but Chris you are disgusting. so revealing how his idea of “real” masculinity does not center your wife’s health and independence, but rather, ownership (“living like a princess” = bound to a man, living in an appropriately dainty and feminine way)
2) I wonder if the re-appearances of the floral pattern indicates that Meriam made the baby sling and dress herself? I can imagine that she might be a skilled seamstress. perhaps a hobby, but perhaps because misogynistic husbands expect women to cook and clean and mend and repair everything.
3) stories about immigrant mothers always hit me so hard. my mother immigrated to the US with my father, and left him, because he was emotionally abusive. to raise children by yourself in a different country while learning a new language, while trying to heal from abuse… it’s a burden far too many women carry π
i think I’ve commented this before, but Josie and Jaden’s story hit me very deeply, because it communicated that while Josie was incredibly strong to raise her family in those conditions, we understand that she is not superhuman (nobody is, and damn those who expect mothers to be so!) and the reality is that she hurt Jaden. so I am rooting for Jaden to find closure. I wish I could tell that her need for independence is not a betrayal of her love and admiration of her mother.
damn, this was supposed to be a comment about meriam and shez haha. rest assured I am so excited to read their story π
Antiyourwokehomophobia2
30 November 2023 4:58 AM
Is nobody gonna point out how he calls her a creature? π That’s such a creepy thing to say. But also, I love how cute Shez is in these panels. I love that she’s got short hair as a kid and I love how excited she looks as a lil toddler. It’s all just so cute. Too bad Chr*s has to come in and ruin it π
Tyto
30 November 2023 7:33 AM
And with just one panel Chris send off every alarm bell – great job!
I really like the flower pattern you use for Meriam’s clothing, it kinda reminds me of cloth’s patterns my grandma used to wear – simple and comforting.
Green
30 November 2023 9:18 AM
Poor Meriam. Chris is acting all gentlemanly now, but as soon as they’re together, when they’re married or when she’s pregnant and can’t leave, I’m sure he’s going to drop the prince charming act. That’s how a lot of men act.
That’s why I just can’t with that argument that if women didn’t want to be abused, they should choose better men (Better not to choose any men at all, really, they’re not worth it) women always, always think that they are choosing the better men!
No woman enters a relationship expecting to be abused. To us, the readers, it’s pretty clear how sketchy Chris is, but it’s not to Meriam. After suffering so much, she thinks she found a good man, a better man than her previous husband, and it’s not gonna end well.
And men can be excellent actors! I was never abused in a relationship, thankfully, but my first (and only) boyfriend seemed like a pretty decent guy when we started dating. He didn’t care that I wasn’t super feminine, listened to me, didn’t say anything overly misogynistic etc.
One day I was at his house and saw him scrolling Youtube — and guess what. His homepage was filled with redpill + ‘women hitting the wall’ videos. I found out he followed Andrew Tate and other right-wing antifeminist guys. I noped the fuck outta there, broke up w/ him (not the only reason, but that was the last straw.) Anyway I’m never dating a man again
(Also is Meriam going to get a cast page?)
Blais
30 November 2023 9:51 AM
Did Meriam deconvert after she had Shez? Or, is she not depicted wearing her veil for a different reason?
Also, I like how both she and young Shez wear short hair. It makes me wonder if Meriam cut her own hair after Shez got a short haircut – maybe because it’s easier to maintain when working and raising a kid, or maybe to help her daughter feel like she wasn’t the only girl or woman who liked a short practical cut.
lulu
30 November 2023 1:05 PM
on the more positive side, the colouring continues to look fantastic on this page, and little shez is cute!
(not sure if i’m reading it wrong, but on the bottom left panel, did the rest of meriam’s body below her breasts disappear/layer not put as visible?)
Shez Appreciator
30 November 2023 7:33 PM
1) not a fan of this Chris guy π 2) BIG fan of adorable toddler Shez! N’aww!
Blair's Divorce Lawyer
30 November 2023 9:17 PM
Yo someone give this guy Male Character Disease STAT
Tenbelow
30 November 2023 9:29 PM
MIRIAM LOOKS SO CUTE HERE. SO CUTE SO CUTE SO CUTE. AM I ALLOWED TO MINDLESSLY SCREAM ABOUT HOW SHE’S ADORABLE? (i know i don’t need permission) (i’m screaming with or without it)
Super thankful for the comments bc I totally missed the red flag of this FREAK being a frequent visitor of the hotel………………… tho i like to think I would have picked up on it if I was having an easier week hehe. But either way, always love these insightful and smart women in these comment sections. You All Are Incredible. Always some great stuff down in the comment section here, love to see women’s thoughts and insights.
following rambles are just rambles don’t have much to do with this page but it’s stuff i think of as I read these pages… There was this book (called Hidden Girl if anyone is curious) I read written by a woman who grew up in a Muslim country and through terrible circumstances she ended up in the USA as a little girl. Not willingly brought here, it was a harrowing story and I don’t wanna try explaining it. Very insightful incredible book really shifted my perspective on certain things. One of the things the book talks about is how much this women LOVES the United States, because we have so much more legal rights here. I admit I went and looked up information about Malaysia to try to gain more insight about where Meriam is coming from. If the information I am reading is correct, nonMuslim women straight up have more legal rights then Muslim women do??!?!?!? WHahahahHAha??? I may not be understanding correctly, and I have to take what I see online with a grain of salt… But it seems like women born into Muslim families just don’t have as many rights as women who aren’t Muslim in Malaysia? ? ? ? Again I could be wrong, I don’t know much about this country and culture….
My point is tho, no matter what terrible things Meriam will have to face, I will keep thinking: AT LEAST SHE’S IN A COUNTRY WHERE SHE’S CAN BE SEEN AS AN AUTONOMOUS PERSON WITH SOME RIGHTS! yeah what she’s going through will be horrific and she will deserve better, but what would have happened to her if she stayed in her original home country, where her husband has even more cultural and legal approval to treat her awfully then SlimeBall in the current page does… At some point, Meriam will get to be free… Definitely Australia is still a patriarchy, but it does better for women then a lot of countries that have tons of laws catering to the sexist Muslim religion…. There are more methods of escape in Australia, and though abusers often skate by with no criminal punishment sometimes they do get punished at least a little…. Meriam I am truly sorry for what you will face, you deserved to be loved and cherished, but I’m just convinced if you and Shez stayed back at home, it actually would have been worse….
also big agree on “creature” BLEUGH BARF NASTY when i read “creature” i just YUCK NASTY she is not a person to him. she isn’t.
aaaaaand here’s my PS bonus clarification because I feel like people can’t read anything on the Internet without Making Up things a person is Actually Saying…. i do not mean to imply any Muslim country is lesser or has no value or whatever I don’t want to act like the imperialist United States or Australia are Beautiful Perfect Havens Better Then Any Other Country. I am just saying Muslim countries tend to be TERRIBLE for women, and that sucks. All women deserve to have Legal Rights As Humans.
πSHOUT OUT FOR BEING SPOILED THE NEXT PAGE WILL BE HAPPENING SO SOON! π
Norm L. Esbian
1 December 2023 6:14 AM
Chris when I catch you Chris. When I catch you. Chris when I catch you-ππ₯ππ₯ππ₯ππ₯
Ada
1 December 2023 6:19 AM
I hate Chris so much. Kill on sight.
Ada
1 December 2023 7:13 PM
Separate for my loathing for Chris which oooh, I couldn’t help myself, my first reaction to this page was just murder, but coming back to revisit I just want to separately comment that I really love how you draw hands in this page! It’s just a very satisfying level of not too much detail but not too little. Now if only Chris could get hit by a truck that would be great.
Nonnie
2 December 2023 1:48 PM
Chris is such a “charming not like other guys” man… It would be a shame… if the men character illness… Didn’t get him as soon as he said these words.
Bitter Asian dyke
7 December 2023 8:48 AM
Chris calling Meriam a creature is justification to just kill him enough.
However I push aside anger because your writing is fucking A+!!!!
π to kill Chris instantly
I love that shez’s mom allows her to be a tomboy. I imagine that this had a positive effect on her confidence. Kind of the opposite to Riley and her childhood leading to her being a bit passive and always second guessing herself.
Chris comes off as so creepy. It wouldn’t surprise me if he never felt anything deeper than lust about Meriam, which he chose to act on because she’s so vulnerable in her situation, making her easy to manipulate and trap.
Also, I like how we don’t see his face, just enough of the body to tell he’s a man. Like it’s showing that it really could be any man, it’s not like this type of behaviour is rare among them. Nothing about him or his individual situation matters in this context, because they’re irrelevant to his role in the story (as an abuser of a vulnerable woman and her young daughter).
What matters to this role is that he’s an adult male, and his victims are not. The reader can already tell that poor shez is gonna have to grow up as quickly as Jaden had to (β Λβ ο½₯β _β ο½₯β Λβ )
Little Shez and Meriam are so cute! God though – the shading in the Chris panel just makes it all so creepy, showing Meriam’s hope and vulnerability juxtaposed against his subtly threatening impression. His height is really eerie too – even though he’s sitting down to be beneath her level he’s almost as tall as she is standing. I got a bad feeling about this Scoob,
omw to run chris over
Why was Chris frequenting the hotel so much anyway? Of course there’s a chance that he just travels a lot for work. But there’s also so many sketchy skeezy reasons a man can be frequenting a hotel enough to recognize the cleaning staff π€
I like how a woman gave her a job, how she stopped wearing a hijab, how she stopped shaving. And ALL her haircuts!
I dislike how Chrisβs reasoning for why she deserves a better life is her LOOKS.
Also I like how this demonstrates how men will mess women up enough (mentally AND situation wise) that theyβre that much more vulnerable to the next predator who comes along.
Not to mention anything that Chris is offering to her must seem extra attractive because she has Shez to think of providing for too.
Panel 3: The Shez has now reached her adult height.
Their identical expressions are so cute! Did Violet get any parenting advice from Meriam over the years?
Iβm scared.
Chris breaks the record on how many red flags to throw at us in a single panel.
Being in the same hotel unusually often (could be fine, could also be an affair or prostitution etc), requesting a specific cleaner (causing her to be alone with him while in a position where, due to being the employee, she can’t easily tell him to fuck off), being inappropriate towards said cleaner, and objectifying her as well as positioning himself as a romantic option when she’s vulnerable and confiding in him.
The size difference subtly implies an age difference or at least a significant difference in physical strength too.
Congratulations, Chris, you win! Please stand under this not at all suspicious cable-suspended anvil to receive your prize!
1) Meriam is indeed very lovely, but Chris you are disgusting. so revealing how his idea of “real” masculinity does not center your wife’s health and independence, but rather, ownership (“living like a princess” = bound to a man, living in an appropriately dainty and feminine way)
2) I wonder if the re-appearances of the floral pattern indicates that Meriam made the baby sling and dress herself? I can imagine that she might be a skilled seamstress. perhaps a hobby, but perhaps because misogynistic husbands expect women to cook and clean and mend and repair everything.
3) stories about immigrant mothers always hit me so hard. my mother immigrated to the US with my father, and left him, because he was emotionally abusive. to raise children by yourself in a different country while learning a new language, while trying to heal from abuse… it’s a burden far too many women carry π
i think I’ve commented this before, but Josie and Jaden’s story hit me very deeply, because it communicated that while Josie was incredibly strong to raise her family in those conditions, we understand that she is not superhuman (nobody is, and damn those who expect mothers to be so!) and the reality is that she hurt Jaden. so I am rooting for Jaden to find closure. I wish I could tell that her need for independence is not a betrayal of her love and admiration of her mother.
damn, this was supposed to be a comment about meriam and shez haha. rest assured I am so excited to read their story π
Is nobody gonna point out how he calls her a creature? π That’s such a creepy thing to say. But also, I love how cute Shez is in these panels. I love that she’s got short hair as a kid and I love how excited she looks as a lil toddler. It’s all just so cute. Too bad Chr*s has to come in and ruin it π
And with just one panel Chris send off every alarm bell – great job!
I really like the flower pattern you use for Meriam’s clothing, it kinda reminds me of cloth’s patterns my grandma used to wear – simple and comforting.
Poor Meriam. Chris is acting all gentlemanly now, but as soon as they’re together, when they’re married or when she’s pregnant and can’t leave, I’m sure he’s going to drop the prince charming act. That’s how a lot of men act.
That’s why I just can’t with that argument that if women didn’t want to be abused, they should choose better men (Better not to choose any men at all, really, they’re not worth it) women always, always think that they are choosing the better men!
No woman enters a relationship expecting to be abused. To us, the readers, it’s pretty clear how sketchy Chris is, but it’s not to Meriam. After suffering so much, she thinks she found a good man, a better man than her previous husband, and it’s not gonna end well.
And men can be excellent actors! I was never abused in a relationship, thankfully, but my first (and only) boyfriend seemed like a pretty decent guy when we started dating. He didn’t care that I wasn’t super feminine, listened to me, didn’t say anything overly misogynistic etc.
One day I was at his house and saw him scrolling Youtube — and guess what. His homepage was filled with redpill + ‘women hitting the wall’ videos. I found out he followed Andrew Tate and other right-wing antifeminist guys. I noped the fuck outta there, broke up w/ him (not the only reason, but that was the last straw.) Anyway I’m never dating a man again
(Also is Meriam going to get a cast page?)
Did Meriam deconvert after she had Shez? Or, is she not depicted wearing her veil for a different reason?
Also, I like how both she and young Shez wear short hair. It makes me wonder if Meriam cut her own hair after Shez got a short haircut – maybe because it’s easier to maintain when working and raising a kid, or maybe to help her daughter feel like she wasn’t the only girl or woman who liked a short practical cut.
on the more positive side, the colouring continues to look fantastic on this page, and little shez is cute!
(not sure if i’m reading it wrong, but on the bottom left panel, did the rest of meriam’s body below her breasts disappear/layer not put as visible?)
1) not a fan of this Chris guy π 2) BIG fan of adorable toddler Shez! N’aww!
Yo someone give this guy Male Character Disease STAT
MIRIAM LOOKS SO CUTE HERE. SO CUTE SO CUTE SO CUTE. AM I ALLOWED TO MINDLESSLY SCREAM ABOUT HOW SHE’S ADORABLE? (i know i don’t need permission) (i’m screaming with or without it)
Super thankful for the comments bc I totally missed the red flag of this FREAK being a frequent visitor of the hotel………………… tho i like to think I would have picked up on it if I was having an easier week hehe. But either way, always love these insightful and smart women in these comment sections. You All Are Incredible. Always some great stuff down in the comment section here, love to see women’s thoughts and insights.
following rambles are just rambles don’t have much to do with this page but it’s stuff i think of as I read these pages… There was this book (called Hidden Girl if anyone is curious) I read written by a woman who grew up in a Muslim country and through terrible circumstances she ended up in the USA as a little girl. Not willingly brought here, it was a harrowing story and I don’t wanna try explaining it. Very insightful incredible book really shifted my perspective on certain things. One of the things the book talks about is how much this women LOVES the United States, because we have so much more legal rights here. I admit I went and looked up information about Malaysia to try to gain more insight about where Meriam is coming from. If the information I am reading is correct, nonMuslim women straight up have more legal rights then Muslim women do??!?!?!? WHahahahHAha??? I may not be understanding correctly, and I have to take what I see online with a grain of salt… But it seems like women born into Muslim families just don’t have as many rights as women who aren’t Muslim in Malaysia? ? ? ? Again I could be wrong, I don’t know much about this country and culture….
My point is tho, no matter what terrible things Meriam will have to face, I will keep thinking: AT LEAST SHE’S IN A COUNTRY WHERE SHE’S CAN BE SEEN AS AN AUTONOMOUS PERSON WITH SOME RIGHTS! yeah what she’s going through will be horrific and she will deserve better, but what would have happened to her if she stayed in her original home country, where her husband has even more cultural and legal approval to treat her awfully then SlimeBall in the current page does… At some point, Meriam will get to be free… Definitely Australia is still a patriarchy, but it does better for women then a lot of countries that have tons of laws catering to the sexist Muslim religion…. There are more methods of escape in Australia, and though abusers often skate by with no criminal punishment sometimes they do get punished at least a little…. Meriam I am truly sorry for what you will face, you deserved to be loved and cherished, but I’m just convinced if you and Shez stayed back at home, it actually would have been worse….
also big agree on “creature” BLEUGH BARF NASTY when i read “creature” i just YUCK NASTY she is not a person to him. she isn’t.
aaaaaand here’s my PS bonus clarification because I feel like people can’t read anything on the Internet without Making Up things a person is Actually Saying…. i do not mean to imply any Muslim country is lesser or has no value or whatever I don’t want to act like the imperialist United States or Australia are Beautiful Perfect Havens Better Then Any Other Country. I am just saying Muslim countries tend to be TERRIBLE for women, and that sucks. All women deserve to have Legal Rights As Humans.
πSHOUT OUT FOR BEING SPOILED THE NEXT PAGE WILL BE HAPPENING SO SOON! π
Chris when I catch you Chris. When I catch you. Chris when I catch you-ππ₯ππ₯ππ₯ππ₯
I hate Chris so much. Kill on sight.
Separate for my loathing for Chris which oooh, I couldn’t help myself, my first reaction to this page was just murder, but coming back to revisit I just want to separately comment that I really love how you draw hands in this page! It’s just a very satisfying level of not too much detail but not too little. Now if only Chris could get hit by a truck that would be great.
Chris is such a “charming not like other guys” man… It would be a shame… if the men character illness… Didn’t get him as soon as he said these words.
Chris calling Meriam a creature is justification to just kill him enough.
However I push aside anger because your writing is fucking A+!!!!