Blaire seeks out a second opinion on Jaden's "gender identity", leaving Riley with questions she is unable to answer, yet too afraid to ask anyone else.
Meanwhile, Jaden heads out for lunch and some window-shopping with her coworker Violet, and Violet's daughter, Faith.
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Happy New Year, ladies! Hope you've had a restful holiday period and are ready for absolute silliness! It only feels right after such an emotionally turbulent chapter. Buckle up <3
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New(ish) Update Schedule: Still weekly Monday updates, with an additional update on the first Thursday of every month.
In exchange for a little something extra to look forward to each month, all I ask is that you talk about Lease Bound.
Tumblr, twitter, ovarit, insta, wherever! Praise, critique, discourse, thoughts, theories, I appreciate any and all of it <3
I just want other women to know where they can find and read Lease Bound, and to be reminded that it's still updating consistently!
However, I get banned/terminated from different sites often because of LB's stance against trans rhetoric, so it's an uphill journey to keep it in the public eye. Would be incredible if you could help out <3
Commenting Tech Issue:
Some readers have reported receiving a 'too many attempts' error message when trying to comment. I believe I have resolved the issue now, but I would still advise copying your comment to a notepad before you test it <3
This page gave me heart palpitations. Can’t wait for Brick to say her first words and send me into full cardiac arrest.
Is this going to be like chapter nine where the perspectives switch and leave us on cliffhangers? I really enjoyed that format 🥰
The bright colors on this page remind me of those poisonous frogs who are also brightly colored to signal danger. I am very much feeling the danger of this page.
Secrecy Office has got me rolling! So many times I’ve seen people defend crappy fetishist yaoi but nooo, it’s all good because ‘it’s literally made by a transman!’
A crappy haircut and t-shirt a man does not make.
Why that guy hand so big????
FINALLY an asexual advice column. I’ve been looking to get a second opinion on a homeloan but every filthy allo mortgage broker I met with was too busy having sex to offer guidance smh
Too many goldmines here. The big yaoi hands, the name Brick, the fucking blocklist… I’m losing my MIND this is so good
lmao ooooooooh boy this is gonna be a hell of a chapter aint it? 😂
god i am so frickin hyped for this chapter 🤩🤩🤩🤩
Rusty I’m screaming I can’t handle this page.
Both in the sense that it’s too good but also in the sense that it’s too bad, my eyes are going to roll out of my head, help me. (love the yaoi hands, omg, and meanwhile I’m absolutely vomiting at babygirl cox)
This is too much, Rusty. You can’t do this to me, I’m dying laughing and cringing myself through the floor at the same time! The details! The solidarity prices in the corner! The yaoi hands! The names! Aaaaaaaaa-
Also, the text below the update gives me preemptive second-hand embarrassment. Blare continues to just BE my ex and I am very afraid.
what a way to start 2023 LMAOOOOO cant wait for this
I loved Jaden’s backstory so much but I am very excited for the drama of this chapter
I love this, your so spot on and funny Rusty. Thank you for your awesome comic.
Oh God not the yaoi hands.
If this isn’t the best cover of 2023, I don’t know what could beat it.
“Galactic mouth-feel” is truly the worst. Love it. SO ready for this chapter.
SCREAMING!!! Honestly, the best way to combat their hateful bigotry is to just laugh at them, they make it too easy. Can’t wait for this chapter!
I feel like you have been gut punching for the better part of the year, then come the holiday season, you stepped out briefly, and have now returned to do the same, but this time you’re wearing a clown costume while you hit us. Rusty I thought after Jalexis I could handle anything, but now? I am clouded with doubt.
This is the storm isn’t it. We did not listen ..
“Mouthfeel” 🤢🤮 that word makes a piece of me die inside everytime I see it 😭💀 I’m absolutely cackling at this page!
Just noticed the 15.00$ cis/10.00$queer/ 5.00$ trans thing. There are certain implications there, on that queer being its own category, of homosexuals being seen as different from “normal” men and women, even when we ourselves insist that we’re just lesbian women/ gay men, just gender nonconforming, etc… We’re just never fully (wo/)men to homophobic people. Your attention to detail is amazing though, to add something as small but meaningful 😮
Ngl this seems like a cool magazine
Honestly, this seems like a pretty cool zine!
Seems like a fun zine to me!
Sorry about spamming, didn’t realize the glitch.
Not the yaoi proportions 😭 I’m laughing so hard my head hurts
One of the first ways I was introduced to this comic was someone complaining about the “gay trans mlm” cover, but honestly I was struggling to not laugh because… It’s literally something I’ve seen time and time again.
The amount of trans guys I’ve seen refer to themselves as “fudanshi”, write fics that still wholly place the trans man in a place of being sexually and socially lesser to the cis male characters no different to your average smut with things like “non-con” between a woman and man is tiring, but suddenly it’s gay, different and progressive because the same dynamic is being done to someone who’s trans? Wha?
Someone should just write a knock off of twilight with good art and a trans guy protagonist and it’ll blow up as earth shatteringly different to anything ever done before lmao.