Brooke Goes To College, part 3, page 37
I debated even including these last two pages of BGTC, for fear of having them come off as emotionally indulgent. But in the end, I didn't want to shy away from them. And I didn't think of a way to consolidate them into a single page, so you're getting this page right after the last.
As someone who went through being made single, lately, it's been easier to connect with the "passing through" moment of that kind of severance. It also feels natural to have characters that are between lovers, walking with a sense of either potential or jaded energy (and trying not to roll my eyes at all the commenters asking for happy endings in all things). And Brooke is there, now.
So, Brooke is passing through. Shedding a vestige of her older life.
One more page to go and Part 3 is complete! Then I'll post archives again, for all those who want to easily make their collection.
Comments (31)
It's almost too real for a porn comic. Coach knows his way around women. He's grimly practical about the whole thing. Young people like to think love can last forever while older people know it isn't that easy. That's why cartoons for kids have the one love interest in most cases while adult shows are all about relationships coming and going. It's also why relationships with large age differences are frowned upon. Only one of them knows what they're getting themselves into.
From personal experience, if you get emotionally involved with a serial cheater you're going to get hurt. A serial cheater has no emotional attachments and no empathy for who they hurt.
Keep things raw and don't shy away from difficult topics. I wouldn't even consider this one of those, it fits the story very well and happy endings suck (If they are all there is).
Sorry about my last comment about saying Brooke deserve happiness. I hope you weren't annoyed by it. I just feel bad for her because I think she's been hurt by so many people. Plus, I'm 23 and I haven't found that special someone yet. The last relationship I was in. She ended up cheating on me.
It's not a real annoyance. But happy endings tend to put an end to the stories about the turmoil of relationships.
Do you need a hug ?
Haha, no thank you. I'm fine. x3
Hope you're doing alright, Jay.
Oh yeah. I'm doing well. Don't worry. :3
F.I.N.E. ; Fucked Up, Insecure, Neurotic, & Emotional. I pray you have peace in your heart, if not your soul.
Happy endings, the basis of Disney movies, are rare in life. It's good to see that, even though she isn't happy now, she's pulled herself together, a la Scarlett O'Hara, with her "I will survive" attitude.
This is the type of thing that keeps me reading your comics. They're set apart with characters that have depth, emotion, the random philosophical stuff, and sometimes reality checks. Not just consequence-free debauchery.
Thanks! That's what I try to go for. Mostly.
Write what you want to right if it makes sense for the characters. Most of the time political correctness is just people who think the world of themselves forcing their opinions on others rather than them trying to do what's right. If someone doesn't like it then bad for them your the author and it's your story and you yourself get to decide what happens always remember you can take advice and constrictive criticism into consideration but you should never feel the need to conform to others just because they don't like something.
Yeah, I'm not abridging things anymore.
I’m sorry about your divorce And yeah the rawness of this is real
It's fine. Thanks!
I remember them days. Yeah, you find yourself in a whirlwind of intense emotion, only to be completely turned around and disoriented when it suddenly stops. Good news is it passes. The bad news is it passes like a kidney stone. Edit to clarify, I'm commenting on Brooke specifically.
Godspeed brotha
Time to keep moving foward, Brooke
Life Lessons. Transition Time(s). Thanks Jay.
more serious moments in art is always appreciated, after all art is best when it has a huge chunk of soul in it ^^
Yeah, I'd prefer that you didn't hold back with what you want to make/express with your art. Always 100% for me.
Same, props for not caving to others.
I think you made the right decision and I support it all the way
Sorry about your break up, Jay
It's all right.
You made the trash panda cry :(
Poor Brooke 💔, but that's life and as harsh as it seems Coach is right.
Poor girl, its a part of life though
😭 poor Brooke