Hold on, almost there…
By the way, in case you were wondering, rainbows are tough to depict in grayscale. Also in case you were wondering, the one on the left is supposed to be the bear pride flag.
Additional items of potential wonderment: the two dudes in the fourth panel have both appeared in the backgrounds of previous pages, and the drink in the fifth panel is called a Chubby Poseidon. It’s just Dr. Pepper mixed into a Sea Breeze.
This scene makes me think of this one gay bar way out in the middle of nowhere upstate New York – it’s called Clueless (not even kidding)
Oh my God that’s incredible. I kinda wish I thought of that name!
GAY ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE!
“Gets Bitten”
DO YOU BELIEVE IN LIFE AFTER LOVE1?
I don’t know why this made me think of this, but I feel like an AU story version of this where Josiah is super out and Daniel is in the closet would be insanely fun to write.
Y’know, J-dog, you really should’ve figured this out based on the name of the bar…..for an high school English teacher, you’re not so good with the innuendos XD
Right!? Especially with all the “the same word can mean different things” talk of his at the end of the last chapter!
Arrow is considered gay??
Well I’ve never actually watched Arrow myself, I just know that it seems to heavily feature an muscley shirtless dude, so it seemed appropriate!
I scrolled back to the “bar intro” parts and the clues were all there. Oh, is the name “Hilt & Handle” also a reference?
Well played man, well played…
Haha, thanks! Oddly enough I came up with the name for the bar before I decided it was actually going to be a gay bar. I just thought it sounded like one of the those weird bar names you hear but don’t really understand. But I think how gay it can be read is actually part of made me realize it should be a gay bar.
He just realises that he’s in a gay bar?
I know when I’m walking into one, I’m straight btw, but I think I missed such cues when reading the story. Would I see them if I went back now to look for them???
There are a few hints scattered about, mainly on page 15. He might have noticed them too if he wasn’t so busy freaking out over basic social interactions!
I can remember the bar looking kind of gay, when he walked in. All the puzzle pieces O:
Bibio sounds cool. Too bad, that all those unknown artists are so expensive over here. I’ll send Lemon Jelly into the race. They have a similar funky electronic feel, but just go full weird ^_^
I can recommend their Lost Horizons album. It’s full of little gems 🙂
I’m familiar with Lemon Jelly, but I haven’t actually given them a listen. I work in a record store (which surprisingly enough, do still exist), and somebody actually sold us a copy of Lost Horizons the other day. I loved the album art, but now I’m gonna have to give it a listen!
“Good night, J-Dog, sleep tighhhht…….have fun in the dungeooooon” were the last words Josiah heard, before losing consciousness in a foam of chloroform. (I won’t tell you what kind of online stories I’ve been reading too much, nope)
Upon reading this I went back to previous pages, and oh my gosh everything was right there, I just didn’t notice……
That’s okay, I’ve probably been reading the same kinds! It’d certainly make for a rather different story. One I’m not necessarily opposed to telling, just not quite yet!