idk i feel like im a complete idiot who just missed something important and jave misinterpreted every aspect of the ending

like
it seems so intentional
evan even has the candleverse handcuffs off in introductions
like yes the world is not better but
none of them ever could distort that
but instead these two people ARE better
both personally healthier and just less destructive to those around them

like obviously there is still an immense bleakness

im not trying to deny that

but its the least bleak possible outcome for this story

honestly far less bleak than if they just killed the stick in the mud

like
they dont kill the monster itself
theyre not nolonger traumatized
but they both start the process of acknowledging and overcoming their abusive habits

its as hopeful as a horror story about cptsd and abusive parents could be?

and the way it plays with the oral tradition and its legacy in the modern day
especially around christmas where in the oral tradition is this very explicitly perserved part of the holiday
and having the ghost of christmas not impart wisdom but being taught is a clever subversion

really love "the lord of dance"
(issue 49 of the original hellbkazer run

i love the comparison between rising christian nationalism in then modern britain to early christian conquest
especially for the run that first made john's queerness explicit

frantz fanon writes about this
/gen

theres a character named jessica in emh!!!!
(she dies stupidly off screan cuz they literally fridge every female character

jessica rabbit from everyman hybrid????
(i do not remember if jessica 2as ever a rabit

you habe the typical pear body frame tho

im so relieved

idk we had sex while he was underage but it was his idea after he learned i was a pedophile and i just
udk
worry i
somehow
convinced him to do tgat

i asked you if you wanted me to stop talking too you cuz you seemed mad at me and you never responded so i assumed that meant yes

and i just
like
he

idk
i also just
idk
we met by
idk
me soft grooming him and
hes
just
idk i just
wanted to help and
all ive done is make him worse and