Meanwhile, back at the ranch (we were already at the ranch to begin with).
Lily feels bad about the beer thing, but not bad enough to lose any sleep over it. Maybe that means she feel badly about it, too. She’s growing up into the sort of werewolf princess who protect the innocent and punish the guilty, or maybe just anyone she doesn’t like.
The end up chapter summing up was a bit thorny to write. On the one hand, I totally failed the Bechdel test by having Lily and the ‘Ganderma discuss dudes. On the other, I quite consciously chose to have the ‘Ganderpa remain silent, as female characters often do while the dudes talk about the plot.
Zeke got a mention, and there’s the windmill, which be a better call back when you read all eight pages in a single sitting.
It probably won’t be particularly noticeable aside from the page turn, but there’s some thematic stuff going on with the panel layout and page composition. I didn’t want to get too crazy with it but Lily’s day by day farm life should be completely humdrum in comparison to Erica’s romantic interludes.
When your not-quite-yet girlfriend tells you to be a gentlemen, it’s obvious who wears the pants and shots have been fired across your bow, mixed metaphorically speaking. Look, whatever, being scared of your little sister is very gentlemanly, and Covid Lockdown really throws a wrench into the works, romantically speaking.
It took me about a million years to find The Middle of Nowhere after my curiosity was piqued by a 5 second clip, and it was well worth the wait. Ginny’s more of a bong hits and Rick and Morty girl, though.


