#tales from the gas station vol 4

[mia-townie]

Last part of cute/heartwarming moments with these all being from tftgs vol 4!! (again context and spoilers are under the cut)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

1st pic is from 27 and is Jerry defending Jack after Wendy (Jack's foster sister) was being condescending and rude.

pic 2 is from page 55 and basically Rosa is crying because she accidentally stepped on a lizard and killed it :( but dont worry the dark god brought it back :)

pic 3 is from page 88 and right after Jack was brought back to the gas station when he tried to leave town after he found out Sabine died. It's a really sad moment because Jack is so out of it and still very much grieving but I do find it sweet how worried Jerry got and how he basically panic bought a puppy trying to find some way to help like,,, he really cares about Jack a lot ;-;

pic 4 is from page 116 when Jack was dreaming/hallucinating/??? Spencer and Sabine showed up and killed dream-Spencer. Also Jack, seeing Sabine covered in Spencer's blood and smiling: God my gf is so fucking gorgeous (and honestly good for him!!)

pic 5 is from page 125 and after Jack got arrested for harassing Kieffer (I think?) and Jerry "broke in" to check on him

pic 6 is on page 157 and is after Jack, Benji and Whitebeard (one of the guys who attacked Jack and Jerry in vol 2) got kidnapped by the Brick Roscoes. man, I just love Jack's and Benji's friendship

pic 7 is on 252 and right before Jack, Rosa and Travis headed to Miller (Jack's bio dad) and I fucking how they're both protective over each other

pic 8 is from 305 and basically the gang are tied up and chained at the mathmetist compound by Roger's orders and a demon that is hunting Jack showed up (Jack got free from the chain by disconnecting his prosthetic leg)

pic 9 is on page 317 and is Jack and Sabine talking during a dream/hallucination/I don't know man it gets pretty muddled

and lastly pic 10 is from page 382 and is Jerry talking to O'Brien, right as Jerry, Jack and Rosa were about to leave town. I honestly think Jerry and O'Brien is one of my favorite dynamic in all of the books, wish we got more of that duo

[clockworkreapers]

Catch these hands!

or not....

[rootworks]

some cutesy tftgs stuff i had to get out of my system

[catschimericalcreationsmisc]

Tales from the Gas Station Volume Four

"I thought you, Jerry, Rosa and the Sheriff were all part of a pansexual polyamorous relationship."

"What would make you think that?"

I dunno, maybe the fact that Shushers has met all of you? Repeatedly?

[silelda]

Price: Did you do something?

Soap: You need to be more specific.

Price: Did you do something illegal?

Soap: You need to be more specific.

Price: Did you do something illegal recently that would get you in trouble with the police?

Soap: Read my lips: you need to be a lot more specific.

[wtfgaylittlezooid]

I'm enjoying Volume 4 a lot so far, and I'm really enjoying Roger.

A bonus, because I think him and the Collector should be friends: (Link to the original)

[thewoodstock-stock]

Remember in volume 4 when Jack literally went on a four day bender just to dream abt his ex girlfriend?

[00-spiriit-00]

" A slow, sweet song about love and longing.

The kind they play at weddings, funerals, and animal shelter fundraisers.

Perfectly emotional and sappy, enough to conjure whatever kind of tears you need. "

[felixcosm]

what r ur opinions on jack/jerry/rosa, or even jack/jerry/rosa/obrien?

Love it! They all have unique chemistry to each other and a polycule would be on my dream ship right after Jack/Jerry.

They all have their uniqe relationships with Jack and each other but there's just so much chemistry in general between all the characters, they riff off each other, they know each others rhythyms and energies, they care and depend on each other much more than they do with anyone else.

Besides I'm a sucker for "guy who thought he was going to die alone suddenly finds himself surrounded with more love than he knows what to do with"

Big spoilers for Vol 4 under the cut

I'm on the fence about Amy losing her memories of Jack and their relationship. It was extremely interesting to see Amy and Jack interact where they're kinda pitted against each other and to have Jack be like "oh yeah remember when we committed crimes together :)" while Amy is like "are you confessing to comitting crimes in front of a cop" was extremely funny at times

But I feel like the book at least needed a bit more interaction between Amy and Jack at the end, to acknowledge how much this affected their relationship and how important it was to get their friendship back

I do wish Amy had gone with them on their roadtrip in the end, but I also understand her choice to stay behind. She's fierce and if anyone can keep a handle on things, it'll be her.

I hope in the future we'll see more interactions between the four of them again!

[gass-satation]

IT'S OUT I REPEAT IT'S FREAKING OUT!!!!!!!

[kirishwima]

ok also jjk aside, does anyone wanna come rant about Tales From the Gas Station w me cuz im reading volume 2 and it is GOOD

[catschimericalcreations]

More Tales from the Gas Station Frankenplush?

a list of TFTGS-inspired plushies that I want to make but haven't yet:

O’Brien (maybe using an alsatian / german shepherd base?)

Benji (maybe a bear, maybe with six arms ala the end of Vol 4?)

Spencer (possibly with one hand, could I make a tiny version of a sockpuppet to replace it? Base beast could be a fox or a weasel or something else that would be a villain in Wind in the Willows. I know he's not actually canonically ginger, but let's be honest, he's absolutely ginger)

Travis (not sure what the base plush would be, but I have seen fan art of him as a deer which I loved, so maybe?) (Eta it's this one by @maggotlands btw)

Sergeant Pupper version of Gaston - ill need to get better at safety eyes and also get some new buttons to pull it off

Mrs Cromwell's squirrel centipede

Moo-Moo the two headed cow

[clockworkreapers]

Tales From The Gas Station Vol 3

[augment-techs]

Book/Movie Diary: What I watched/read 12/2023

The Deer King: An anime that is something you would watch if you are a fan of Princess Mononoke largely for the style, and if you liked The Phantom Menace and the Fellowship of the Rings for the lore and vibes. Unfortunately, I have been reading up on all the Drakkon/Coinless Jason by @ajgrey9647 and that means I spent the whole movie expecting the stoic protagonist and pretty Doctor to beat the shit out of each other or devolve into sloppy makeout sessions. 4/5

The Man Who Came Down the Attic Stairs, by Celine Loup: A beautiful not-a-memoir in graphic novel format that the artist/author wrote as a what-if scenario covering the effects of pregnancy in the pre-War 1900s; complete with post-partum depression. It's smooth as silk with the art in stunning black and white. 4/5

Manga Classics' King Lear, by Richard Appignanesi: An interesting and visually lovely concept, resetting Shakespeare's story into a Native American vs Colonial landscape. I really wanted to like it, but I felt like it really missed the mark? 2.5/5

Komi Can't Communicate vol. 1, by Oda Tomohito: I finally get to read the first gn in the series and was not disappointed in finding that, yes, it was Tadano who made the first move, and Komi is ADORABLE. 4/5

Commute, by Erin Williams: An examination of being a woman who has experienced many assaults and the results thereof through alcoholism, poor dating choices, dissociation, and finally, motherhood. excerpts I had to write down include: -"What's your part in this abuse?" "That I kept getting drunk?" "You kept going to the gas station for oranges. They don't sell oranges at the gas station. If you want oranges, you go the grocery store. I don't know QUITE how to feel about the art style as a GN. 4/5

Stitches: A Graphic Memoir, by David Small: Sort of a twilight examination on generational trauma and mental illness through the youngest son of a closet lesbian with multiple health issues and a radiologist in a time when it was believed that x-rays could also cure rather than just provide an image of internal problems. The spooky art style made me very uncomfortable, but I quite liked it. 5/5

Literary Witches, by Taisia Kitaiskaia: A collection of witchy femme writers in a poetic presentation, done much like spellwork used through epithets. 5/5

Searching for Bobby Fischer: Just as good, and all the more better, than I thought it would be. It had taken me DECADES to finally see this on DVD after seeing part of it ONCE on VHS when I was tiny and couldn't really remember it. It's the kind of family movie that really isn't made anymore. It's quiet, it's contemplative, it's HONEST. I LOVED IT. 6/5

Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space; by Amanda Leduc: Actually uses both memoir and popular culture as fairly good references to the reality of perfectionism and "the other." It used Disney, changelings, "The Bloody Chamber" and her own medical history. Must take note of this for later because it is very good. 5/5

Spit Three Times, by Davide Raviati: Yet another graphic memoir, this one laying out the growth of a teen/teens in Italy around the 1980s(?), with the author being of Romani descent. It had a lot of stuff I couldn't differentiate between euphemism and actual truth, but I'm pretty sure the extremely mentally ill girl insisting on sexual activity and getting beaten almost to death until she gave birth to a baby that a drunken teenage boy had to deliver on the fly was pretty real. I really did not understand a lot of what happened, but there was one scene that felt very honest apart from the incredibly violent one: "The only person I know who could beat off while doing the backstroke." >> THIS. This was so weird, and yet something teen boys just DO. 3-4/5

Snow White: A Graphic Novel, by Matt Phelan: A retelling of the old tale with a twist. The setting in 1920s New York, the wicked queen is an extremely popular flapper on Broadway, the dead king as a rich mogul that survived the Black Thursday crash, Snow is a boarding school girl back to see the will. We see butchers, detectives, private eyes, and the seven are all street orphans that DO chase the witch down to death. The Macy's Window was an especially nice touch. 4/5

Komi Can't Communicate vol. 2, by Oda Tomohito: -Yamai IS a total psycho at first blush, omg. Poor Tadano, he did not deserve this crap. -The Ramen Chef that shares Komi's disorder must get on GREAT with Agari. -Wow. I was not expecting Tadano to be THAT embarrassing in middle school. -Agari being both a dog-girl and an awesome, honest food critic was a nice touch. -Najimi is VERY cheap. -The dress show was not something I thought I'd see, but I'm not at all surprised that Tadano was always going to be the best choice. 5/5

Komi Can't Communicate vol. 3, by Oda Tomohito: -Chiarai, Sonoda, and Shinobino might be incredibly awkward and can't NOT end up being queer somewhere down the line, but at least they're honest with their judgement of the girls (plus Najimi) in bathing suits. -Both Komi & Tadano look awesome in yukatas. -Komi alone on the playground was so wholesome I wanna scream. -No surprise that Komi is great with babies, but it was still cute to see. -Komi continues to wear the dress Tadano picked out EVERYWHERE. 5/5

[rhaenyratargeryn]

Tagged by @memoir-of-stars !!

Last song: Say It (feat Tove Love) by Flume

Favorite color: currently lavender 💜

Currently watching: ER... talk about throwback lol. It's all on Max and Netflix is being dumb and not letting me mooch off my parents.

Currently reading: Tales from the Gas Station vol 4 by Jack Townsend!

Relationship status: in one, going on almost two years!

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Current obsessions: been playing Warhammer rogue trader, stardew and ffxiv lately so all of those! Rotating through games when I feel the NEED.

Last thing I googled: ... saturn pun one-liners...

[silelda]

Gov: What the hell happened here?

Florida: We decided to conduct some experiments.

Louisiana: Unfortunately, trial-and-error was a shitty teacher, and we were terrible students.