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ALSO, I ALMOST FORGOT, I DREW THIS:

I'm using it as a bump panel for public posts but still wanted to show y'all. :]

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Thank you for reading! :D Many of you did guess correctly what she was going to ask Val for, but I hope you enjoyed this episode regardless.

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Shy or Tails

Oh no... Val's backstory 😭😭 please no one hurt my Val, she is me...

sinclairrr

I FUCKING CALLED IT BUT THE REASON WAS WORSE THAN I THOUGHT... LOSE/LOSE SITUATION FOR EVERYONE

Juice

Dang we’re getting done lore now!!!!

Valeerai

The speed at which I clicked when I saw the notification

Donut

Ooooh, truly a no win situation

Remfx

i love the cake is a lie shirt. what would portal be called in this

Hobbs

Maaaaaaan, this is the Super Smash Bros Melee situation in college.

Lemony_artshake

Is Val going to win the tournament in the next chapter? Or lose it? Either way, I don't see it going well 😔❤️‍🩹

Toby

Portal reference in 2026....

Rin Ashton

Oh my goodness I suspected what she was going to ask her but not the reason why!! It's terrible!!!

elijah pickett

It's only eight episodes in and this personality swap is freaking hilarious. Good job man! Your characterization and of these people is wonderful

Shimmy Sham Shim Shem

Shem is watching, He collects rats and doesn't like it when they bite

CoreyWW

So my guess is that despite Val saying that, she doesn’t end up throwing the finals and Fatima gets mad about it

Javier

Ahh, nice. I mean, this is terrible, but I love that the story didn't need to go the "selfish vapid vixen" route.

Vexo

Your artwork is elevating an already interesting story waaaay past what that story should be able to carry, like holy shit. The facial expressions and subtle details that support and build these characters as multidimensional is extremely awesome. You are marvelous and I’m so glad you make comics and stories.

Lako

Fatima Bet in the match didn't she...

TwilightInsanity

Fatima isn't even a bad person. ;-; more and more I'm finding Val to be the one with the biggest issues. It was obvious from the start, but... Well, let's just say I'm looking forward to seeing her grow.

whotookquiche

Fatima is saying they're struggling financially, but still promised Val the money she would have won? I don't see that happening ... I imagine her dad wouldn't be happy paying out the prize money twice, or the comp of her entry.

PinguinS09

Aulerie is so cute, loved her response 🐀

PinguinS09

The only reason i didn't do the same is because I'm still working 😭

PinguinS09

I have a feeling she's going to win, either planning on it from the start or changing her mind about losing on purpose later during the tournament

whotookquiche

Also that's such a bummer that Val is deemed "at fault" for people not wanting to come in anymore .... Cus they're a bunch of guys that don't wanna be beat by a girl??? She has no control over that :( she shouldn't have to lessen herself to make others feel better. Hell they could choose to come in and continue to play against her and BETTER themselves. Smh. It's a bad situation all around.

Gangles

yeeeeeeeessss

Moiouimoi

Yeah, because she is banned from the arcade now. So she didn’t went with the plan.

PinguinS09

Yeah i talked to someone else about that in the group chat. Possibly someone (opponent or someone watching) saying something that pisses Val off, and after she wins she gets banned

PinguinS09

Or maybe she does lose, gets humiliated or made fun of for being a girl (and girls being "bad" at games) and her outburst/response getting her banned

Lemony_artshake

I'm guessing that she wins because an insufferable moid insults her and fatima doesn't stand up for her

Andrew Frisina

I can think of a number of ways this went, all of them being guys doubling down on how good they are compared to her because she did a scripted loss. Their insecurity is garbage.

Angie Mathues

I love Val’s tiny smile in panel 12 more than I can express. And there’s definitely more to this story, given Fatima’s final expression, so I continue to look forward to updates!

ari melody

that's what lunch breaks are for! ...hello from my lunch break!

CharlieDVan

Noooo, what an awful situation.

Pudgy Pigeon

cuz Shen is based and Portal is eternal 🎂

Grunt

Man, to me it's a no brainer, you obviously take the dive and help your friend. No game or little bit of pride is worth your friends literal livelihood and financial security. Val is super unreasonable for being so upset.

Zanna

it'd be difficult to lose on purpose convincingly enough

Matías Campagna

You have no idea how much I love this comic thank you so so much for making it!

Britain Bray

Lessening yourself for the ego of others (especially a woman to men) is never a good feeling. Also Val DID agree to do it, and didn’t show how upset she was to Fatima. She’s not unreasonable at all.

Britain Bray

Loving these comics, so glad I joined the Patreon. This may be my favorite work of yours yet!

Bika3l

This makes a lot of sense. Girls surely will win in the end. Even if asked to lose for the sake of boys' egos

hirntod

Comic just became tragedy

Grunt

It does suck that the ego part about those dudes losing to a woman is part of it, but also I've seen first hand how a player who dominates their scene can kill an entire player base at a hobby shop and genuinely hurt the revenue of the store because of it. ( Warhammer & MtG players). What needs to be the focus is her friends struggling business and making sure it doesn't fold and her family can survive. We can also assume it doesn't work out because of future events, but we'll see what happens!

George Marionerd

Hate when men can't stand losing to women. It's just so pathetic. Sad, fragile attitude of superiority.

Jon Barker

I think she will intend to keep the agreement, but then the guy in the final will be such an utter dick. So, she'll make it clear she could have won then throw the match in a way that makes it obvious that's what she's doing. So, honouring the letter of the agreement but violating the spirit. And then she storms out. And then it flashes back to the present and she and Audrey kiss.

Artiphex

While it wasn’t hard to figure what she was about to ask, I really like how sympathetic and reasonable her request seemed. But given how Val and Fatima are in the present, I’m guessing it wasn’t just as simple as that 😭 Can’t wait to see what happens next!

bug

i mean i get where fatima is coming from, and yeah val could ease up a bit. but at the same time, it's not really fair to put the blame of regulars leaving because their egos are so fragile onto her because she's good. isn't a big point of losing to keep practicing and trying again???? moids</3

Ellie

I get so excited when I get a notification for this comic! Makes checking my emails worth it!

Limi

Ooooo man I do NOT like the way they looked when Val walked away 😭 Also, neat making the speech bubble kinda part of the world with it going between Fatima's fingers, heh

Monkeydragonson

"Better a rat than a moid" but its the porko roso scene

RhysOfCourse

i caved at the most recent public post to join and now i’m so distraught!!!!

Lemony_artshake

That's so specific it just might be the way that it goes

jose trujillo

I only have 1 patreon and is this one, I signed up only for this comic

Greed

The episode that made me sub for the earlier releases. ❤️

Greed

This series is straight up making me feel things.

Squiggy

What happens next is less clear

Squiggy

WAIT. Is that Fatima’s sister in page 7???

Violette

Oh no that seriously sucks

dawn

Fatima offered to pay it personally, so she'd almost certainly cut into her income to do it.

Ike Harris

This series is amazing! I bought an annual subscription for it, I’ve always loved your work though. Please keep up the great art!

moon jellyfish

damn this series, not only has it hooked me on the most lesbian heterosexuals ever but NOW i’ve got a side of tragic bitter yuri to go with it. my plate is bountiful and i am fed

moon jellyfish

also fatima ily please call me 👉👈

kurona7

Oh gosh. Did Val go through with it? Or had a change of heart in the final moment!? Did Fatima not follow on her promises after Val throws the final? What iiiiiis iiiiiit!?! Thank you for sharing your alluring story with us.

snek

THE FOOTDIVE!!!!

Mike Puckett

They should have charged people for the chance to beat val

ty

FOOTDIVE

Chiatroll

Back in the day I won a street fighter alpha tournament locally and all I got was coin tokens I could use in the arcade to play more games. The money might not actually be money though.

whotookquiche

Idk, with the term "prize money" being used it definitely seems like it's a cash prize, especially with the discussion of finances

Beatrice Blackhall

I audibly gasped and my partner asked what was wrong and I went full sunbeam and sparkles mode "NEW BOY FROM VENUS!!!"

Content

Omg val looks so tuff in that last pic

JET Industries

Val is such a trooper for agreeing to do that. Fatima made a very convincing argument, and I probably would have agreed to take the fall too! I'm sure this will all go according to plan, and nobody will have any hurt feelings after this! Right?! They... they get to be happy, right?! *pulls knife* I NEED TO KNOW THEY WILL BOTH KNOW AT LEAST A MOMENT OF HAPPINESS IN THEIR FUTURES.

JET Industries

Ooh, good catch! It may be a personal favor from Fatima which makes it so much more heartbreaking! Or it may be SCHEMES! Either way, I'm excited to keep reading!

De'Andre

Sick Doom dive kick.

BurnedSugarr

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

NamelessWaltz

I like how Audrey is just chillin in the background while Val and Fatima are in a flashback fkgjg

PrivateXimmy

Awww this is actually tragic

PrivateXimmy

Wow this is tragic! Wondering if she’ll throw the match to help a friend, or burn the bridge and win on purpose and get banned. Either way, sad to see how this turns out :( But also excited!

Dragaroth

You said it better than I could. This situation is "guys Vs girls" but the "one player kills an entire scene" is universal

Alexander Jakimcio

I hope that is just it, because I fear that maybe, just maybe, Fatima lied (maybe even to have a man she is dating/crushing moid), and that would be something else

sinclairrr

Replying because I noticed this now but the fact that Val is dressed like Chell and Fatima's shirt is definitely a Portal reference... could Fatima be lying?

JoJo LaRow (he/him)

“Better a rat than a moid” had me cackling- aw yay, I have so many awesome bonus panels to go back and see!! Been following a long time but TBfV had me finally cave for patreon- excited to see all the extra art I’ve been missing out on~

Raven thecleric

I thought she was gonna ask Val not to compete. But I guess that wouldn’t really work if regulars aren’t coming cause they can’t beat her 😔

SausageSalad

Really cool point to why Val says she's only okay at games when being too good at them has cost her friends in the past. it could even be the only thing she was confident about being openly proud of, and when that's taken away it's rough to like yourself at all super invested in this storyline, has even gotten me to check patreon more often than I used to so I see the updates as early as possible lol

Emma Bond

i’m envisioning a situation where Val purposefully loses to a dude in the tournament but he gets REALLY mean about it. which brings us to Val’s current extreme hate for men.

Mateusinho

I'm surprised there's not many comments about it, that thing is funny as hell, I guess Shen is even more into fighting games than I tought

Muffin

My therapist: "well rested Valerie isn't real, all rested Valerie can't hurt you"

Corty

Ive met people like aulerie. It drives me insane. Like wym you do proper self care and are still flinging slurs from 4chan

Jenn C

Aulerie still has a vibe that terrifies me. Maybe an even more intense aura. It’s too much

jacw212

Valdrey being more emotionally open is such a delicious extra touch I love it

Ash

FOOT DI-FOOT DI-FOOT DIVE

Peter Hinds

I'm rereading the comic with Patreon and I've noticed the awesome way that the character's emotions are shown through the background pattern and colors 💚! They all have their own background colors that blend and change and it's so pretty to look at 💚