r/comics • u/skroode • 1d ago

[OC] And then...

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More, if you're into that sort of thing, at skroode.com.

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u/Vaya-Kahvi 1d ago

I... I somehow didn't notice the mer tail the first read... 

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u/AngryCustomerService 1d ago

I'm guessing the fishtail is a "feeling like a fish out of water" metaphor.

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u/psuedophilosopher 1d ago edited 1d ago

I think it's also meant to be a depressing display that for some people that feeling never goes away. Not everyone will find the place that's right for them, and we can go through our entire lives feeling like we don't fit in and that's just a tragic aspect of life. Platitudes are a wonderful system to help cope with reality, but the truth is that sometimes it doesn't get better.

Edit: nevermind, it's a recurring character from his comic. I don't know if that was the intended meaning at all.

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u/AngryCustomerService 1d ago

I think you have a good point and the merman being a recurring character doesn't negate it. I know I'm not the artist. I assume you are not the artist. We don't know all that the artist had in mind, but art exists between the work and the viewer. If it's speaking to you, then that's your experience and it's a real experience.