Olympic Games
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I feel this pretty hard after Bruce Campbell's announcement.
...Okay, I'm gonna risk it. What announcement?
Trauma is drama, and I didn't sign up for drama classes, yet here we are...
Thats really interesting! I never really thought that the AI characters don't have parents, so the humans' experience with family dynamics is almost totally shut off from them
I vaguely recall Lemon talking about an AI put in charge of each group of AI that are created that could be seen as a parental figure, but feel like that might be from somewhere else and I'm just thinking it was from here.
Learning is good.
Everyone has some trauma in their past but these three certainly outdo mine by a considerable margin.
fun part about web comics and other media too, the longer they run, the more likely every character is going to have DEEP trauma, and then there are series that are all about trauma (I'm looking at you Steven Universe). ~<3
Hey, you're discounting that "The important thing is family and friendship, honesty, values, and no one got arrested."
That’s the thing about people in general. You never know what baggage the random stranger you meet on a bus might have, what struggles they are undergoing right now. I always try to have friendly smile ready, and also saying “hi” and “thanks” to people I interact with.
I am reminded of a particular scene from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (3x18 "Earshot") Buffy: "My life happens on occasion to suck beyond the telling of it. Sometimes more than I can handle. And it's not just mine. Every single person down there is ignoring your pain because they're too busy with their own. The beautiful ones. The popular ones. The guys that pick on you. Everyone. If you could hear what they were feeling. The loneliness. The confusion. It looks quiet down there. It's not. It's deafening."
Bubbles reaches for her story-telling outfit. That just happens to look like battle armor.
Literal plot armor. Made from a titanium/narrativium alloy.
Definitely not the game we want to be part of. Especially not when the "prize money" is insurance payouts. 😑
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Gather 'round the campfire, kids! Time to swap traumas!
A good reminder that everybody’s got trauma of some kind in their lives and they’ve been shaped by that. Sometimes it’s not visible and it’s a great reminder to always be kind to yourself and to others. Love this Jeph guy and the stories he shares.
Damn. Wrong couple to compete with. Just a thought: Bubbles worked for a military org that SHOULD have records of her old unit separate from what was in her "head". It had to have been bad if none of them came looking for her after she got out. (As in - she was the only survivor).
She was indeed the only survivor. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3463
Ahn has emotionally matured admirably. Sohas Faye
Yeah. She really picked the right found family. Chosen family?
Not that she can remember! Too soon?
If Anh only knew...
Mmmm, trauma bonding.
So we a woman who's dad wasn't really a dad, a woman who saw her dad punch his own timecard, and a woman who physically can't remember her combat buddy's faces...
"Together, we are the TRAUMA TRIO!"
The worst winners circle ever.
Is it seated or seeded? I always thought it was seeded.
It's seated as in firmly set in place, but seeded is a common misconception since it makes sense!
Getting me in the feels about the recent passing of my dad...
I'm so sorry for your loss...
And now, a couple with trauma finds someone to share pain with.
As a wise woman once said, "it's not about comparison, it's about finding common ground." https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3337
We all need that small friend.
How we doing trauma pals no flashbacks today
sometimes a group can help each other over the bumps of dealing with traumatic things. like a squad can help each other through an obstacle course. hope this group is like that ...
Ooh are we finally swinging back to the mysterious lost past, that was my favorite storyline
the woes of being main characters
Wait, you were a *tank*!? I bet you had huuuuuge ... tracks for land.
I like how the Anhoge reacted during the powerful HONK. Take it from a serious nose-blower.
It is sometimes hard to realize that there are other folks out there with worse life-stories than your own.
Faye does at least have good memories of her dad.
Anh is going to get a good grade in trauma, something that is good to want and possible to achieve.
Oooh, traumamaxxing!
Cursed phrase!
I'm even better at putting my foot in my mouth than Anh is. Luckily for me, that's because I can literally put my foot in my mouth.
Poor Anh. I can relate.
Time for Yay to come in with "Amateurs..."
Bubbles can probably confidently say that she doesn't have daddy issues. Of course, if she considers the US government her father, there may be issues aplenty.
the US government is more of an Uncle than a father
If there wasn't trauma they wouldn't be characters. You're welcome, you patchwork things of dark pasts.
I could do without being a MC thank you. More than 50 years of untreated PTSD and nearly another half-century of cPTSD and depression is way too much "reward" for being the lead in this production.
Therapy throuple.
Anh's going for the distance record in putting your foot in your mouth.
She's still got a long way to go to catch up with Ayo. https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5177
Trauma trio unite!
Trauma triplet powers—activate! Form of…
Were Sam (I mean, Grim Samantha), to overhear this, she might realize she's got an actual functional and present Dad-unit. And not a bad one at all.
Imagine if Faye were to tell Sam about her own past ....
*Technically* she doesn't. But the "technically" is doing *A LOT* of work.
It's the traumalympics!
Right. Her unit.
I was going to make the joke "This ain't a trauma contest." "Damn right it isn't!" but had no idea which one would deliver the punchline. Even the newbie has been through some stuff.
She means well.
Poor Ahn. I'm sorry your dad sucks :(
ah youth...
I keep forgetting that Faye and Bubbles are still young. Faye feels like she should be 40 by now.
Bonding over trauma must be the worst. Like the worst version of the Sisterhood of Traveling Pants.
Oh, the trauma and the drama!
To help explain, Bubbles pulls out her Trauma Drama Diorama.
Who should we have holding up the 9.3, 9.2, 8.5 rating cards for these games?
You just volunteered.
Most people do, kid.
"Sad beep"
Group hug?