SS4 147 Shellshocked
skyangel on Sept. 18, 2012
Amber: you were right to be worried.
*stands on podium holding ‘most romantic’ award and squirming*We won just one trophy in the Duck Awards this year and it had to be this one didn't it!! lol
I'm cruel I know and tbh I've wrestled with this moment for a over a year but SS seems to write itself sometimes and the feeling that Janey's sexual explorations were getting out of hand just seemed to lead here anyway. They say that a forest fire allows for fresh growthand that's where we are now, in the ashes.
I have to give credit to Lunaris for part of the script on this page. She told me a story ages ago about a guy who was caught out by a mobile phone call and the thought fitted so well with this part of the storyline that I felt a desire to adapt it.
Next week: Sarah's reaction, Janey's guilt and Claire's last twist of the knife.
hope you have a nicer week!
SaveTheRejects at 9:13AM, Oct. 6, 2012
A thought just came to me as I was reading this over--- how hilariously awful would it be if Nikki was in that room too? I wouldn't put it past Claire or Janey's bisexual tendencies. Saturdays can't come sooner!
weird_chic_94 at 8:17AM, Oct. 6, 2012
AHHHH!!!!!!!!! HUIYDHIUHSLKNS897IUEFJLKJLJCLKJLKCJKLJLCJ GRAAAAAAAAAAA! Sorry...... just expressing my anger via keyboard. I feel much better now :]
oldironside at 8:07AM, Oct. 6, 2012
@BearInOz: Sorry mate, I promised myself I wasn't going to come back again today, but i had to reply to your comment. This hanky: is it because you're crying or another more intimate problem?
SaveTheRejects at 6:06AM, Oct. 6, 2012
Claire got the last laugh it seems, maybe.
BearinOz at 5:11AM, Oct. 6, 2012
Where's my hanky ?
oldironside at 4:44AM, Oct. 6, 2012
@dragonrider: My god, the Bitch Queen with a harem? I'll be at the bottom of the garden, chainsmoking and muttering to myself if you need me.
oldironside at 4:24AM, Oct. 6, 2012
@LV: Well, with a bit of luck we'll both get to see what we want next week. I can imagine Sky going for shock value so we understand there is no doubt Sarah's heart is broken. I'll bet you €1 we get to see more of Claire than Janey. ;-)
dragonrider at 4:13AM, Oct. 6, 2012
The spiders revenge; Bet this ain't the first time either. Those two have known each other longer than Sarah and Janey have know each other, and would bet that is in both the everyday and the Biblical sense of knowing each other, until now might have been only kisses, gropes and the occasional manual, but the history is there. Might even go a step further and postulate that Janey is just one of a harem for Claire. Sky you done good, built up to this for years, been waiting, check my comments when Claire was first introduced back in issue way back then.
Lunaris Victoria at 3:54AM, Oct. 6, 2012
@Ironside You can have the skank. :P I gots to have me my Janeys. @Arici All I'm saying is I never have, and even now I still haven't, picked up anything from Claire suggesting she's into girls at all. What I have noticed is she is really clingy with her best friend and pissed that Sarah occupies so much of her time. Janey, however, has always had a long-standing crush on Claire. Put the pieces together and it's not hard to see what Claire could do to get her friend back. But...as with everything else, it's just my opinion. I -really- don't like Claire. At all. lol So yeah, my view may be just a touch biased...but oh well. I love Janey. I would totally give her a second chance. ^.^ ~Liz
oldironside at 2:59AM, Oct. 6, 2012
@LV: Janey in the nudes? I wouldn't mind a look at Claire, to be honest. ;-)
jerrie at 2:55AM, Oct. 6, 2012
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arici at 2:27AM, Oct. 6, 2012
Dramaturgically this is the only consequent way of story-telling. The way Sarah finds out and the artwork are absolutely fantastic, I have to admit. Nonetheless, from an emotional point of view, I don't even know what the appropriate reaction is. I despise Janey for not pulling herself together and sorting it out with Sarah before something like this happens, but if it is true what LV said, that Claire did this not because she's in any way sexually interested in Janey but just did that out of jealousy and to deliberatly hurt Sarah, she is just one of the lousiest characters ever. I fear, things will never be the same again between them and I am eager to see how this comic will continue. You truly hit the mark with the slice-of-life idea behind the comic. Even the perfect couples have skeletons in their closets. Kudos to you, I didn't think you'd go through with it.
Lunaris Victoria at 2:08AM, Oct. 6, 2012
God, this was such a long time coming. And it was hard to see it and still try and keep a straight face while denying it. :/ But Janey has a wild side, and Sarah has been adamant about shutting it down. Granted, I don't see -anything- lasting with Claire. I still don't even see Claire as being particularly into girls. The whole thing still seems to me like a ploy to get at Sarah. But oh well...I look forward to seeing the resolution. And possibly Janey in the nudes. Also...that story was of a girl being caught out. Guy went back to his dorm, heard his roommate having a wild time in his room. Feeling amorous, he called his girlfriend to see if she wanted to have fun...and heard her phone in his roommate's room. Love how you adapted it. ;) As I said...glad to have helped. ~Liz
oldironside at 1:54AM, Oct. 6, 2012
Woah! Beautifully done. We now know who, what and where, but we only ever saw Sarah's face. The evil glint in her eye in panel 6 is perfect and then we see it dissolve into heartbreak in the final panel. I've got to say, it's not exactly a surprise. We know that Janey is irresponsible and sexually adventurous, so it was only a matter of time before she started looking elsewhere. As I recall I had Claire down as 2/1 favourite with no takers. That's why you never see a skint bookie. ;-)