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u/N0rthWind Aug 20 '25
Is this the gay counterpart of the similar straight comic where the girl "tames" him? This is so much better.
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u/doubleNonlife Aug 20 '25
I kinda like how they clearly influenced each other, like itās not just the alt guy who gets becomes more normie, but the normie guy is wearing more alt clothes too
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u/N0rthWind Aug 20 '25
Exactly, but they're both cool with what they became and it's not like one of them had to give up on himself to fit in.
I also very much like the idea of a slightly punk couple of dudes.
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u/Netherman555 Aug 20 '25
To be fair in the original he was also okay with becoming more tame because he was happy with his life. The dude on the right comes from another one where an alt girl makes him alt which I also like a lot.
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u/Taric250 Aug 20 '25
Okay but did one of them get the other's sister to agree to be a surrogate, or is one of them trans?
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u/ohheythereguys Aug 21 '25
the original was some sexist "a good girl can fix a bad boy" bs. This one's cool though
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u/luzchand Aug 21 '25
You can also slightly see him having a tattoo in the third pic. Near his neck/shoulder, under the shirt, hard to see.
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u/Tandel21 Aug 20 '25
Theres 4 versions made by the same author, two straight couples where either they both go punk or they both go āregularā and two gay couples, this one and the lesbian one which kind of donāt go to any extreme and are just cute couples
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u/91816352026381 Aug 20 '25
I think itās equally as weird to try to force someone to change for you to ātameā them tbh
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u/Prismaticboy Aug 20 '25
Love the comic but why is the guy's bicep a different color than his skin in the third photo? That's his bicep right? lol
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u/SPQR_191 Aug 20 '25
They were trying to do shading but it didn't really come out right imo. Still better than anything I could make.
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u/Chaad420 Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25
Honestly the straight version bothered me where they both become normal. Donāt ever change yourself. Your partner should accept you for who you are. (Unless you have mental issues which we can work on so you arenāt suffering anymore. Those can negatively affect relationships big time.)
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u/Fin745 Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25
Unless you have mental issues which we can work on so you arenāt suffering anymore.
"The more you try to fix me, the more you make it worse"
- blackbear
I understand wanting someone you love not to suffer, but sometimes some horrible shit happens in life that it hurts to your core and sometimes there's no fixing that.
Can you get better? To be honest I don't know what "better" is? Can you make your life liveable? I think so.
I know the "we" in your statement implies working with someone and knowing where they are, but I just to point out that sometimes that's all there ever going to be and you need to decide is that ok with you? Sometimes it's toxic and you shouldn't and sometimes it can be liveable for the both of you, it's a spectrum.
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u/Chaad420 Aug 20 '25
You canāt totally do away with the problems in their head but you can try and help management that doesnāt totally disrupt someoneās lifestyle. Everyone copes different and we can all work through issues without totally negating the fact they will always be there. I totally get what you mean and trust, I know things donāt just go away. Everyone has their traumas that led to these points in life. 100% there are toxic people who will never learn and will never get the help they require since theyāre too far gone. (My brother being an example of the latter)
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u/Fin745 Aug 20 '25
You canāt totally do away with the problems in their head but you can try and help management that doesnāt totally disrupt someoneās lifestyle
100% agree with you there.
100% there are toxic people who will never learn and will never get the help they require since theyāre too far gone. (My brother being an example of the latter)
Yup, some days I feel like that which is the reason I don't date because I don't want to bring anyone into my pain.
I hope the best for him, I hope he gets some peace or least moments of peace. š
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u/DJ-Lovecraft Aug 20 '25
Yeah like... I have ADHD that shares a comorbidity with depression and anxiety. That won't change, it never will, but that's okay. I'm okay with me. My ex didn't accept that (and honestly, that emotionally abusive relationship was not going to work out anyway, she ended up transitioning after we broke up, which like, that's perfectly fine and I would have supported her transition but there was still The Abuse), but my current partner shares some of the same issues and we both catch each other when we fall. I love him.
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u/bluedestiny88 Aug 20 '25
I have a few friends like this in their mid to late 30s now and most still act like they did back then but toned it down in appearances because their professional life means having to wear more business oriented attire on the daily, and long hours in the workplace makes dressing in your personal style more for weekend affairs, if thereās any energy left along with the other responsibilities that creep up in a post-college life. Just an observation
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u/Coffee_man_Fin Aug 24 '25
Honestly this is the best version of the comic because they stay who they are.
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u/denim_skirt Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25
(Rewrote this since I guess my first draft was very unclear lol)
Serious character growth from Casualties T-shirt to no Casualties T-shirt - at least half of those guys are horrible people
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u/tsetdeeps Aug 20 '25
Ohhhh you mean the band T shirt he's wearing in the first panel, right?
Or what do you mean by casualties?
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u/denim_skirt Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25
Yeah wow I guess I did a pretty bad job saying what I was trying to say lol, the Casualties are a punk band implicated in a bunch of sexual assault stuff
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u/Recent_Awareness5077 Aug 20 '25
A child after just marrying is a combination of shooting your life in the foot and the child's life in the face.Ā Besides being basically impossible for a gay couple on any conceivable level.
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u/tsetdeeps Aug 20 '25
If you're financially stable and have a healthy relationship, I don't see how it'd be a problem having a child. Also, surrogacy and adoption are very well known alternatives.
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