Nooooooo Jaden, don’t quit!! Don’t drop out!! I know it’s going to happen anyway but YOU GOTTA GET THAT AWESOME JOB, STABLE LIFE, AND CASH, GIRL! NO ONE CAN EVER TAKE AWAY YOUR DEGREE! NO ONE!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! Just take some time off to heal and come back with FIRE IN YOUR VEINS TO DO SO WELL IT BLOWS APART YOUR LOSS AND TURNS IT INTO THE WILD, UNTAMED SPIRIT IN YOUR HEART THAT WILL NEVER DIE *BATTLE SCREAM*!!!!!!!! (that’s what I did lol)

Also, whenever I try to post, the webpage keeps saying “Denied, too many attempts”. I gotta copy my responses before I send them in case I need to refresh and send them again since it’s easy to lose them when the website doesn’t like me!

SIGHS dramatically and flops over here in the comments section

Sad and tough life events have me much more invested in both Jaden and Riley’s story then I was before V_V Alas, how sad I am to relate to them even more so then I did before.

I look at all the months Jaden is spending in misery, and I compare to how many months it’s been for me. Shake my head

It’s so much WORSE for Jaden then has been for me, she has NO FRIENDS, she has nowhere to fall back on. I have stuff to distract me and things to make me feel full-filled and Jaden DOESN’T! 🙁

Even though the source of Jaden pursuing being a doctor was from a place of pain, getting to meet Alex really gave her a new perspective on studying for her degree I am thinking. It would have been fun for them to continue to grow together. Jaden wouldn’t just associate being a doctor with the desire to save more children from the pain of losing a parent, it would be like YES IM A DOCTOR AND I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DENTIST WIFE WE ARE A SMART SUCCESSFUL CHILD-FREE COUPLE but she doesn’t get to have that dream. Oh the wretched pain of Jaden being a struggling lonely child and finally having someone, something For Her, someone who REALLY CARES FOR HER, and then having that someone ripped away. Damnit Jaden I don’t wanna get too personal in the comments but I relate, I really do.

And I’m even more invested in what’s going to go down with Riley and Blaire now, because with hindsight I can see my ex wasn’t as nice to me as I thought.. (BUT I STILL WISH SHE WAS HERE ANYWAY BOOHOO) but like….. I’m really way more like… aaugghh truly gonna be relating to Jaden and Riley way harder now, way harder

For Riley I feel like her sense of trust is going to be all shaken up (…. projecting? me? yeah …) like she thought Blaire was a great kind wonderful woman, and then she realizes it’s not the case, and it’s like “how do I trust myself to know when a woman really actually cares about me?” My personal feelings are like I DON’T TRUST ANYONE I WANT TO BE SINGLE UNTIL I DIE NOW but I know that’s not how Riley is going to stay, LOL

I’m really interested to watch Riley navigate the idea of trying a new relationship after her break-up with Blaire. I really do feel like Riley is going to be SKITTISH about new romance, it’s really going to make this comic maximum slowburn. and again, it’s not like Jaden wants to rush into a new relationship either. She’s still hurting, I think….. this is all so recent for Jaden too. When you love someone SO much it takes SO long to be ready to move on… I mean, obviously some people move on quicker, but I can see Jaden is more like me v_v Jaden, you were so ready to be with Alex forever… i get it… damn

I really like your dedication to this comic like.. its soooo much to draw it’s sooo much it’s suuuch hard work… But you are building up the romance between these two characters, you are investing the time. And it feels so good for someone like me to see. I’m not seeing Jaden and Alex break up and Jaden falling in love with a new woman within a week. I doubt it’ll be like that for Riley too (tho it could be a fun contrast if Riley gets weird and reckless and wants to rebound fast or something, there’s SO much you can do with this) but like… it’s this acknowledgment of how DEEP us women can love, and how BAD it hurts when it goes bad, and we don’t just JUMP RIGHT BACK UP and GET OVER IT and run into the arms of a new woman right away. I mean of course some people do, everyone copes different. But I do think media sensationalizes romance a lot, and it’s not hard to find stories about people moving on quickly. But you’re really taking time with these relationships. They aren’t sensationalized, they are given a lot of depth and weight. I really appreciate it.

In the case of me and my ex, it is for the best we split up. but I feel so much sadder now with the context of no longer being with a girl I love. I think about her every freaking day still. and so now looking at this page it hits so much harder. It really is so much worse for Jaden, because she and Alex were so GOOD together, and they really could have had a beautiful life together.

CRYING FOR YOU, JADEN. WONDERING IF EVEN IN THE CURRENT DAY IN THE COMIC IF YOU’RE STILL THINKING ABOUT ALEX EVERY DAY. SCREAMING AND CRYING

But. yeah. so far it feels like Jaden is making all of her choices based on like… pain… Her major choice to be a doctor is based on losing her dad. Her choice to join Yonique was based on losing Alex. WHAT’S IT GONNA LOOK LIKE WHEN JADEN FINALLY CHOOSES JOY, HUH??? HUH???????????????

And Riley, is she the same? Is she also making decisions based on pain?

CHOOSE JOY, WOMEN. YOU DESERVE JOY

I’m so glad Jaden was able to hop onto her new job at Yonique and find a community of woman because truly her life would be so awful if she was just spending all her time isolated and missing her ex. I don’t even want to know what would happen if Jaden stayed ALL ALONE in her grief and agony. I feel like it would be dangerous for Jaden to be in so much pain!!! Josie has no clue. There would be no way for Jaden to move on if she stayed in uni. Every day uni was going to make her think of Alex. Josie is like “RAGH YOU CAN’T DROP OUT BECAUSE YOUR GIRLFRIEND GOT SENT AWAY” but like…………. its a valid reason. Jaden’s heart got ripped out and she needs to take care of her heart 🙁 IT’S OKAY JOSIE, JADEN IS GOING TO YONIQUE INSTEAD, they will give her everything she needs. you’ll see josie you’ll see

im always going back and rereading and its so fun. this is such a good comic. everything you’ve done so far holds up so well. so quality, so amazing.