Ahhhh I just love how Sugar is just calmly talking in detail about the specifics about her death. She looks like she knows her shit and has the vocabulary and everything. Not sure how to explain that any further, but that's something I really love
I'm really interested in this webcomic. I love what there is so far. Some of it hits a little too close to home and I get into a weird headspace, but I keep coming back. Digging it.
(Aside: Sugar's math/physics is more or less spot on.)
The thing is it wouldn't have mattered if the math was right as long as Sugar believed that it was right. Even almost having a Master's degree wouldn't necessarily mean she is good at math depending on what the degree is in.
her degree is in microbiology, for reference.
both of your points are true, if not interesting, though. i wanted her numbers to be correct to show she had researched this method of suicide and in earnest considered it perfect. but had she bullshitted or embellished the numbers, lola wouldn't have been any the wiser about it.
thanks for the comment.
c/p'd: "yeah humans exist. they’re basically just a species of animal like any other character (i’ve debated including one or 2 in the comics). the reason sugar mentions them is because they’re known for their resilience to physical trauma in particular."
oh my god, i'm re-reading for, like, the 7th or 8th time, and i JUST noticed the tiny little "us -->" written at the bottom of the canyon, that's so adorable i love it
it was intended to originally, yes! i was experimenting with giving characters different cadences in written dialog with eccentric capitalization, but ultimately decided it made the dialog harder to focus on and read.
i know this is literal years later but i just noticed something about sugar's phrasing here. i'll be a bit vague to avoid spoilers but sugar mentions she has everything about the plan in her head, implying she never wrote down anything about it. given that she feels like her every move is being watched and that if evidence of her plan was discovered itd be almost impossible to follow it thru, it makes sense that she'd want to leave no trace
(Aside: Sugar's math/physics is more or less spot on.)
both of your points are true, if not interesting, though. i wanted her numbers to be correct to show she had researched this method of suicide and in earnest considered it perfect. but had she bullshitted or embellished the numbers, lola wouldn't have been any the wiser about it.
thanks for the comment.
Does the mix of lower-case and capital letters in Sugar's speech in some of these panels indicate her voice wavering/cracking?