*SPOILERS* Explaining Science of Double Negatives (Patreon)

I've had a few questions come my way about the story in Science of Double Negatives. I thought a quick explanation from the creator might help readers see it in a new way, so here are some cliff-notes!

**SPOILERS BELOW FOR TALES FROM THE CRIB KEEPER 13: The SCIENCE of DOUBLE NEGATIVES**

I felt like the story as a whole can be interpreted like the title itself from a mathematical viewpoint- that adding two negatives yields a positive. (A result that is unlike the original and doesn't seem to make sense without a deeper understanding.) The 2 negatives being the pregnancies and the positive being the returned soul of Dr. Kathleen Quinnlan. (more on her below) Did you notice the visuals of an "equals" and "positive" sign at the end? these symbols in order were found in the comic (- , - = + )

So, the 2 "mothers" are meant to be dead now. I thought the best way to do that in this particular comic series... keeping this audience in mind... would be to suggest it rather than show it ("it" being a newborn baby killing the mother and doctors) Even coming out and explicitly spelling it out clearly seemed like that would be both overkill and a buzzkill. 

The main characters are really meant to be representative of humanity and not so much specific characters. The whole angle of the story is playing off the idea that pursuing and experimenting and pushing the boundaries with stuff you don't understand is dangerous and in the upper levels of fields like science, engineering, bio and genetic engineering, testing ideas unethically can be super dangerous- even lead to the extinction of the human race. Ian Malcomb's line from Jurassic Park was in my head a lot while creating this comic- "The scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they forgot to ask if they should." 

Dr. Kathleen Quinnlan

Her name is almost directly from Event Horizon's doctor, Dr. Kathleen Quinlan because the two stories have a lot of semblance- going into the unknown and bringing something evil back.

When she is regressed to the point of being unborn, her soul is lost to the unknown..."Life before Life". In the story, it turns out that the unknown is something evil and deadly, like Hell. When Kathleen Quinnlan and her soul are split between the 2 women's wombs, something has room to attach, or insert itself into the returning bodies of Dr. Quinnlan much like a demon possession. She refers to herself as the Queen of the Damned because the human race is now damned and she will be the cause of their destruction.

This ending plays out sorta quick and veiled because of the nature of this comic series. I can't focus as much time or page space into story as I need to put into visual fetishy material. Occasionally, I like to try implementing novel-type storylines into these comics. I recognize that some people like the storylines to be basic and I understand why, but I think ultimately a little "protein in the diet" makes for a better balanced series. What's your take- do you like the occasional thought-provoking/ explanation-needed story in your fetishy-content comic? Or do you prefer it not to be mentally taxing?