Foolish Child #84: After the Storm

A hand drawn 4-panel comic of a bright blue sky, with queer people dancing in the street. One has a sign that says "Bye Don 202!" One of Dickens' friends suggests that the group join the dancers. Dickens says, "If you can call that dancing." There's a rainbow above, which Dickens says could be a coincidence. Dickens worries that the last 4 years may have destroyed their optimism — But their friends tell them that it's ok, the last four years have also destroyed countless lives, jobs, and literally any chance of combating climate change...

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Dickens

I am a queer coparenting mama to Dickens Jr. Doodler by day, 911 dispatcher by night. All my favorite shows look better on Tumblr. I am two years and 450K words deep into constructing a fanfic called Ages and I'm never giving up on it. Bering & Wells.

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