Hope Rides Alone

Got into Weregeek in high school. I think it was in the wake of ending my archive binge of Narbonic, and browsing tvtropes for recommendations. I followed Weregeek loyally for years. Fell behind for a month or so and then caught up again in early 2014.

Then that “reveal” happened.

I’m still disappointed about that. Like, seriously, whaaaa? Years following that strip and that was the reward for the fans? Like, ok, the artist wasn’t interested in continuing with that plotline. But there were a million different ways to handle ending a tangled plot, and instead what we got was, essentially, It Was All A Dream. The Myth Arc and cool urban fantasy concept that made it unique was All A Dream. Rendering it just another Slice of Life series about geeks. Material which I was already getting from a ton of vloggers at the time, and started just getting just from the vloggers after that.

I haven’t gone back to Weregeek since and I really miss it. Those characters helped me through bad days, tough times in high school and early college. I bought fanart during the holiday specials for me and my boyfriend. I connected with so many of the characters. I wanted to see them in happy relationships. I wanted Sarah to stop crushing on that goofus Mark and hook up with Abbie or Joel or just be happy being single.

I’m still really disappointed about that. More than a year later that still stings me. That webcomic was a big part of my life for a long time, and then it just ... wasn’t anymore.

This summer I’ve been reading Infidel, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, which is not just a book I believe everyone should read, but BUY, and read again and again. This book will make your head hurt from all the thinking and analyzing and sheer VOLUME of stuff going on. I’m confident in saying that this book has seriously affected the way I think, if not changed my life.

Which brings me to my ‘What aunt_zelda Thinks’ of the day. See, as I was reading about Ayaan realizing she’s an Atheist, it got me to thinking about how I feel about religion. And before you crack about the ‘three things you’re not supposed to talk about’ (re: politics, sex, and religion) part of the reason I decided to post this ‘WAZT’ is because I realized that while I’ve talked about gay rights and Prop H8 here (politics), and I largely write about sex (re: ninety four fanfics), I have yet to really talk about religion.

Webcomics:
(Listed in order of my bookmarks. Larger ones are the creme de la creme. Color-coded by my insanity.)

So ... there you guys go. I have SO MUCH STUFF to do today (and yesterday, and tomorrow, and ... all week, really) that those fics may be a bit longer in coming that I originally intended. Sorry! *flees*