Mr_CrashSite

Hi, before my question I would just like to say thank you for the comics, I zealously push them on everyone I meet, one of those rare things that I think can make people better simply by reading. I even got a print shipped to me here in England, and while it is pain to find a frame for it, I am very happy with it.

Anyway, what I want to ask you is that do you see any contradiction in the way you present certain characters as complicated individuals, who's actions can only be understood in context, or not understood even by themselves, but still should be accepted, and the way you present other groups as uncomplicatedly bad or wrong, who should be shunned? As this (very long) article talks about, it is very easy to forgive those who you do not believe have done anything wrong in the first place, actual forgiveness is for those who you hate and disagree with. To be fair you sometimes do present people who we would normally look down upon, like in this comic. But there are examples such as this one, which is older and this one, where your out-group (which is similar to mine) is portrayed as one dimensionally bad.

Yeah, shipping ain't fun, but it is so worth it for something I like this much.

I would like to say that I have gained even more respect for you, it is always hard to admit past faults, since they were a part of your identity at one point and since "you" is all you have when all else fails, admitting part of you is bad is the hardest thing a person can do. So thanks for answering my question, making awesome comics and teaching me new words (I have been trying to use the word "apotheosis" in an essay for a while now, yet to happen).