“Okay, Sean,” I can pretty much hear you saying, “what the hell?”

One of the things I enjoy most about this webcomic is letting the characters tell me where a story is going to go. It’s happened several times, of course, as I’ve shared with you before: you set up a situation and you’re going merrily along, and suddenly things take a sharp left because that particular scenic route looks far more interesting than this particular one you had in mind before. Originally, in case it wasnt obvious, this was going to be a slight riff on My Fair Lady, but somewhere along the way the idea that David had just gotten dumped and then along comes this street person named Frank and it’s all happening around a holiday dinner where David is something of an outsider, and the what-ifs changed. Suddenly we’re going into territory that’s starting to talk about loneliness at one of the harshest times of the year, when you cant even go to the store for a quart of milk without being inundated with “holiday cheer” and happy families all straight out of a Hallmark card and romantically beaming couples direct from a Hallmark Channel Original Holiday Film. For some of us it can be really, really rough… and David’s veneer as the happy slut was already starting to crack a bit. It’s interesting that the more I work with Connor — who *is* a happy slut — the more I think maybe David isnt, even though he hasnt yet told me why. But he will.

So what’s going to happen here? Honestly, I have no idea. A straight guy and a gay guy shoehorned into something could go just about anywhere, so we’re going to have to follow it a bit down the road and see. I can tell you this much: Frank is indeed straight. I know that for certain. Whether or not that takes David into some kind of angst over caring for a guy he knows he cant have… well, we’ll see.

All right, some bumper work for the next few days, I think, then maybe into the Christmas extravaganza. As usual, I have no idea what it’s going to be, but considering some of them in the past, it should be fun. And as usual, thanks for following me on these little journeys.