Spoilers for volume 6 of AOD Episode 0 that dropped officially today
I HAVE TO DIE. THE LIGHT IN HIS EYES. THE SOFTNESS IN HIS FACE. I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME. I SAW THAT PAGE AND IMMEDIATELY DROPPED MY TABLET TO ROLL AROUND ON THE FLOOR
I LOVE this scene so badly because I completely get it. Cliff hasn't stopped feeling guilty for a second over not killing Starscream when he had the chance, and he so badly wants him and Carly to keep being friends (you can TELL he cares about her so much), but Carly's trying so hard to avoid him, to avoid speaking to him, because she just can't understand why he didn't kill Starscream. She lost her father to him, Cliff lost Bumblebee and his clan to him, she just doesn't understand why he didn't take the shot, and because he can't do something that seems so crystal clear to her, she doesn't trust him anymore. And Cliff didn't take the shot because he was suffering, because the weight of everything was crushing him and he didn't want to continue a cycle of violence. The way you don't even clearly see his face in the last couple of panels, he's hurting over this whole thing.
The transgender contrast of loving your parents but also for Trust Reasons longing for an additional external authority figure you can count on more unconditionally to support or protect you that totally doesn’t risk becoming a kink
hi everyone how are we doing i'll go first i am absolutely agonized over corporate greed robbing us of stede getting to marry for love and ed getting to be the beautiful bride he's always dreamt of being