Just Won’t Quit
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An Unexpected Life Update
(reposted from July 13 from my Patreon)
Hi all. I need to fill you guys in with some harrowing details of my life. As you may know, much of central Vermont was hit by disaster flooding. Unfortunately, my house is located directly in Central Vermont. The last few days have been horrifying, wet, dirty, and exhausting. Our entire basement was underwater. Like, our ceiling tiles were knocked off. Our first floor was hit a little bit, and now our house is covered in mold and mildew. And because our electric box was in the basement, there’s no power in our house, and there’s no way to turn it back on without an electrician. It’s such a huge, insane mess. My house was unlivable, and we had to get out.
Luckily for Dean and I (and Vienna), we were able to get out yesterday and drive north to stay with Dean’s family, who are high and dry up here in Northern Vermont. I realize I’m one of the really lucky ones who’s able to flee to a safe place, and of course, I’m worried about everyone still stuck behind.
Also, equally lucky, Dean was able to save all my computer equipment, con merchandise, etc. So I was able to take all that with me. Right now, I don’t have anything set up, but I should in the next few days. I know I’m already late sending out the mail to higher-tier patrons, and I’ll get that to you guys as soon as I’m able. Hopefully, understandably, this also means the comic will be on a bit of a hiatus until I can get everything settled a bit more. I don’t know when I’ll be able to go back home, or even if I’ll be able to go back home.
Anyway, I just wanted you guys to know what was happening. I’m OK now, just tired and overwhelmed. I hope everyone is doing well and not having to deal with this, too. Take care all, and thank you for all of your support. It means so much, and I can’t wait to start getting new art and comics up.
Update as of October 8, 2023
OK! So what’s going on currently: It’s been a few months! I know! I’m not purposely neglecting the comic or anything, I just don’t have a space where I can comfortably work for long periods of time on a computer. So comics are kind of out until I get back home. I’ve been able to get the last few wallpapers up on my Patreon because they’re only out once a month so I was able to break up the process a bit so I’m not sore all over all day.
Anyway, life/house updates. Our house has been being worked on this whole time. Unfortunately for everyone, it’s been a long process because there are hundreds if not thousands of others also affected by this mess. And there are only so many workers/contractors out there. We have made a substantial amount of progress to our house, right now we’ve gotten some funds from different places and we’ve put them into fixing and cleaning everything up. Our power has been back on for a bit, we have clean, running water (though not hot yet), and our basement is gutted out, cleaned up, sanitized, etc. Lots of things here and there have been fixed, like our roof being patched up, and other small things. We have a heating company coming in to do our heater/AC and our new hot water heater, and amazingly, they will be taking our old radiators out as well! So that’ll be really cool having all that new wall space. We’ve got a brand new fridge, and a new washer and dryer ready to be hooked up and used. The main thing right now is getting our new heating system up and running (especially because I live in Vermont), and once that’s done, we should be able to go back shortly after. I can’t give you an exact date right now, because I don’t know when it’ll be, but we’re looking at early-ish November. Which is much better than the original estimate of late December! -_- Anyway, so once we get back home, and we get things back in normal order, I can get back to doing the comic weekly again.
I know this is probably not the news you wanted to hear and believe me, I wish there was a much easier solution to all of this. But please hang in there, we will be back. Thanks for all of your support over the years, it really means a lot!
He actually did it. He said no, and did it clearly and politely. Way to go, Kyle’s spine.
What are the odds, that Corky (being Corky), will only chase after him more?
“He turns down ME?! Doesn’t he I know I am way too god for him?! Now I MUST have him!”
Given that the alternative is an output port used as an input valve clearly in violation of established specifications, I can see where he’d hesitate.
This is actually an exciting turning point for Kyle, narratively. He has discovered there are things even he won’t do, and given what we know about Kyle so far, we had to wonder if that barrel actually DID have a bottom. You can even see him conflicted about losing what was for him the single wildest sexual adventure he ever had. Though Corky’s reaction here isn’t exactly the greatest. “How DARE you refuse to let me stick eight inches of solid molded plastic in your ass?” is probably the epitome of spoiled-child tantrum.
The concept of “informed consent” appears to be lost on Corky, so she has now qualified as a ‘Duchebag fratboy jerk’. Congratulations, you are now a rapist in training!
Also, this is not the sort of thing you spring on most people to good results, so good job.
As much as I agree with your sentiment, she didn’t force anything upon him, just whined that she didn’t get what she wanted. While this isn’t the most upstanding behavior, I don’t think this qualifies her as a “rapist in training.”
I really don’t recommend throwing around the word ‘rape’ in circumstances where rape is not involved. I would further recommend not trying to tie a person to that term, such as ‘rapist’ or ‘rapist-in-training.’
Rape is extremely serious and needs to continue to be taken as such. The more it’s tossed around as a buzzword to draw eyes, the less the word will have its original and deserved impact.