welcome to the fest

I wish all pornsick men got rightfully destroyed like this. That's the dream. Of course, women's liberation from porn and prostitution comes first, but that'd be the cherry on top.

Honestly this is probably one of the most character depth filled, thoughtful arcs in the entire comic. Ranks pretty high up there for me.

Squig is trying to do good, but to become a better person you gotta face all your bullshit. Honestly it's probably better for Squig in the long run to face someone effected by his previous choices. I don't think he can be tricked into questioning if he is doing the right thing or not because of it.

I hope the woman (I don't remember her name or if she has one sorry,) can gain some form of healing as well, however she chooses to react to him. We will see. I hope for her and the people she represents can gain some semblance of peace. Alas, not all stories in the world can end with peace and in the case of the patriarchy we can't get there without a hell of a lot more fighting than currently happens.

Still, so far, Squig is a pretty good demonstration of someone who has truly come to terms with his inner evil. I know a lot of people on the old forum bitched about there not being a 'positive male portrayal' and how 'slick never gets a break' and other nonsense, but I feel the past week has really portrayed Tatsuya's artistic method clearly. You need contrast to show good and evil clearly. I don't think we could have properly gotten Squigs arc without Slick and Sleaze's own storyline being the way it is and it carry the same narrative pull.

I could go more in depth why this arc is well executed, but I've already written a wall of text. Sorry bout that ^_^;