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Finally heading home in Tara's Fiat 500 😮‍💨 I promise we'll never go back to the Green Dragon!!

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Katie H

I completely agree, they should never go back to the Green Dragon! I'm glad they're heading home, at least Nick is sleeping off his hangover

Olav Gehle

Good that Tara took care of the gang.

Merel

Try what? They/them pronouns, maybe? I love how the show's storylines are merging with the comic now ❤️

Merel

Bless Tara for being the designated driver and getting our beloved drunken messes home safely

Sandrine

Charlie’s concern is so obvious

Jennifer Moore

I love how Tara is basically saying “my family loves you as much as I love you”. 💕

lexi

it's starting to feel like maybe everything's gonna be okay thank god

ACxo

Charlie staring off into the distance so concerned about Nick 🥺

ACxo

Tara stating that Darcy doesn’t have to pay rent warmed my heart

Gracie

I didn’t think about Tara being able to drive

Isak

Whew that was a long night

Molly Goat

Try what?? Also bravo Tara, please get everyone OUT of there NOW.

Meike

Tara for the rescue!

Brittney

Aww my heart 🤧🤧 I swear Tara and Darcy making my heart melt and I can see once again little pieces that Charlie or Nick witnesses like let's be real if anyone can reassure anybody it'll be Darcy and Tara to help out everyone. And our boy went to sleep, it's been quite draining a lot for Nick

kenzie !

guys i feel like im missing something, whats the green dragon? 😭🙏

Aubrielle Peacock

i will always love how observant charlie is. he’s constantly aware of what his friends are going through and how much it impacts them. even if he chooses not to say anything, you can see it in his face that he’s concerned and i absolutely love that little detail

Xalek

Poor baby, Nick's all drunk and tuckered out over his stressful period. I sense an opening up on the horizon, the silly endearing fool.

Tina

charles put that seatbelt over ur shoulder

Nikki

I feel honestly stumped what Darcy means. The only thing I can think “it” could mean is they/them pronouns (maybe this is why she’s fallen out with her mother?), in which case I am soo excited for them!

Kelly

Alice only you could slay that green dragon. X

toneelspeler

congratulations with surviving drawing the green dragon! haha

hayley

charlie, you gotta use the advice nick got from his aunt, list your concerns to a sober nick in the safe space. (tara and darcy have talked now it's their turn cause nicks definitely at his lowest rn)

Bina

we finally made it out of the Green Dragon!! everyone cheered!!!

Merel

I'm happy for us that we're not going back to the Green Dragon, and I'm happy for you because it means you don't have to draw those complicated backgrounds anymore haha

Jo Mary

Aww poor nick love the way he sleeps on Charlie so cute 🥰 hopefully Darcy finds some were they feel safe and happy 🫶🏻

Märta Birkner

I'm thinking the same thing, their hair is already short so it's either that or being non binary but the pronouns sound like the logical next step.

Juliana Barhorst

At last they’re free!! A round of applause for Ms Tara taking care of them!! Poor Nicky’s going to have a rough time tomorrow. I forgot about the rugby match and hopefully he can just stay in bed with Charlie and talk.

Katrina

I think everything is gonna be okay!! Poor Charlie he is so concerned about Nick. Tara and Darcy are so adorable. I agree let’s never go back to that nightmare of a pub. A usual Tara w by getting everybody out of that pub.

Ariel

Awww Tara is such a supportive partner and friend, Charlie is taking it all in...at least we're finally out of the Green Dragon! 🥺

Merel

I was thinking the same thing, I feel like a concerned mum 😭

CinD

Try what??? Omg I feel nosy listening at their conversation for some reason 😅

Ciara

If this gang ever go back to the Green Dragon, all is readers will be screaming NOOOOO ALICE 😂😂

Merel

That was one long night at the Green Dragon 😭 (literally a full month omg)

Katha

Charlie’s eyes ❤️

Maddy

We just spent a month in hell. Ty for not ever making us go back Alice 😭🫶.

Laura

I love how we all went from: “Omg Charlie has an official gig with the band!” to “Alice, please never bring us back to this place.”

Maddy

I keep forgetting Nick isn't the only one that can drive 😭😭😭

2catlovers

Yay no more Green Wrecking Ball!!

Elena

WE ARE FINALLY OUT OF THE GREEN DRAGON!

eve

non binary comic darcy?

RCM

I think I prefer fretting over the safety of Nick's laptop back in vol 5, lol

Theaterboi27

Tara's love for Darcy is so incredible. Darcy needs to be out of that unhealthy environment. I said it before and I will say it again, who understands more than us gays how utterly lifesaving chosen families are. When our birth family rejects our normal, we find a loving tribe who loves and accepts us. With the Green Dragon in the rearview mirror, Charlie is looking pensive. Nick is so sweet sleeping it off. Really looking forward to the conversations tomorrow morning. Darcy sounds like they are ready to try their appropriate pronouns. Yay.

olli

OUT OF THE GREEN DRAGON!!! WAR IS OVER!!!

arlo🦕

okay yes good sleep nick

Elfi

I love this page! It's the relief of finally being out of that pub, the layout and the artwork of the street at night, but most of all the message that even if really bad things happen, there's still hope! ❤️

Maddy

Tara driving a Fiat just makes so much sense for no reason.😭

Meike

Maybe comic Darcy has a grandma, too, that she could reconnect with. My guess is it’s something to do with her family/living conditions, since that’s what they are currently talking about

Maddy

Can't wait so see Charlie struggling to carry Nick into the house 😭.

Maddy

Not to quote one Nick Nelson but Charlie looks so cuddly like that... just me?

Claire

Charlie's nervous face. At least Darcy has the love and support of Tara - because this is hard. We end on a little note of mystery here. [And yes, they need to find another pub as their local!]

ucfnurse

Go for it Darcy!!!☺️😊👏❣️🫶🏻🎉🌟🏳️‍🌈🌼🌈🌎🌍🌏✨✌️🕊️☮️

rickettyuncles

Beautiful job on the car windows, Alice!—the reflections, the stars and clouds 🥹🚙

Brandy78

Oh thank goodnessss, we are DONE with the Green Dragon.

June

Thank you Alice, no more green dragon!😂 Nick sleeping on Charlie and Charlie looking nervous🥺

Nyssa Rawther 🍉

Okay, I know we're talking heavy Darcy stuff...but pls look at Charlie's liddle face 🥹🥹🥹 i can't take how cute he is. Poor Nick all conked out too...

Samaria!

Green dragon is the tunnel to hell, I fear

Lolli98

Yeah, we're finally heading home!😀 I'm exhausted, too.😴 Thank you for your promise, Alice!

Lolli98

Tara is driving home... Did anyone consider Tara as an option? We had the wildest theories, who could pick them up and what would happen then! But we love doing that, right?😁

Calfic

Love!! And it is wonderful that Darcy has a mother figure in Tara's mum! Also, Darcy has to deal with stuff, but with that assurance from Tara, I feel their friends can be supportive while dealing with their own issues. (I'm looking at you, Nick.) and maybe Darcy wanted to try to keep some peace with her mom; she had wanted to explore being nonbinary but didn't want to rock the boat, but is open to it now. So glad Nick is asleep, and that Nick and Charlie didn't need to take an Uber. Charlie looks a little shellshocked, which is understandable. He just wanted a fun night with friends. Also, my mom's first car (at least when I was little) was a Fiat, so I always feel a little nostalgic when seeing that in a book or comic. And Tara being Tara not just for Darcy, but for all of them. So good.

Loveislove

So relieved to be out of the Green Dragon lair of hell. Ty Alice 🙏🏼. I wonder if Charlie wants to head to his house or Nick's and how that affects next steps. I'm assuming Nick's so Jane and Julio don't see Nick in his drunken state. I'm worried that Nick will again attempt to blow off communication and go to rugby. But it feels like Charlie may have reached a breaking point on this impasse. Still nervous 😬

DogBefriender22

I love the angles and perspective in the first panel - feels very cinematic, as Tao would say And the little Fiat 500 😍 looks perfect in this picture

RCM

Who knew that riding in a snug Fiat 500 late at night could prove so calming, so safe (well, for everyone except Charlie, that is)...I'm just so happy that this night of all nights is wrapping up because it's been a doozy! (and now I know I will NEVER enter any place called the Green Dragon, lol!) I love how pissed Tara is (rightfully so), and I love how she already knows her mum won't mind Darcy coming (very unexpectedly) to live with them...(that is the best kind of parent, I tell you!)...I also have happy, warm tears for Darcy's "I can pay rent money" statement, which essentially covers her hidden meaning of "based on prior life experiences at a house, I can only be allowed to live there if it's conditional, if we agree on some transaction, if I can prove myself worthy and therefore not be burdensome". I can only imagine the horrible words Darcy's mum has said to her over the years that are on replay in Darcy's head: "you are worth nothing to me unless you ________." Tara cuts right through that internalization of self-doubts with her immediate reply, "Don't be stupid," which essentially tells Darcy, "we WELCOME you..all of you, simply because it is YOU and I LOVE YOU, we love you. There is nothing you can or should feel that you have to do to "earn" your right to be. You deserve love and safety and family...and know you are so VALUED, and you are so WORTHY, all by simply being YOU." It seems like a small thing being only 3 words, but the genuine reassurance Tara brings by saying that is life giving! (and all while she keeps her hands at 10 and 2 and her eyes on the road. God, I love Tara!!! ). And Darcy feels that immediate relief of "I am enough, aren't I?!" to go ahead and suggest, " I think...." (this thing I have been thinking about and shared with you the other day, well, now I feel safe and loved and valued and...) "I should try it." YES, DARCY, YES!!!!! Shifting to the backseat, oof, we have that our party going golden retriever has found HIS favorite napping spot, and is looking so calm and peaceful with glimmering stars shining around his head. Finally! BUT, there is also CHARLIE, wide-eyed and deeply worried, with his raised eyebrows, raised shoulders (I mean, it's Charlie..he would be sure his seat belt was in the right position (well, after he made sure Nick's was)...but here his seatbelt is all wrong, clicked in place like an afterthought and totally not focused on his own safety/well being...Charlie is absorbing (and probably feeling responsible somehow) for Tao and Elle, and Darcy and Tara, and more than anything, for Nick. He looks like the weight of the world is on him and he is trying his best to hold it all together...and outside of his window, surrounding his head, are these blurry, messy light streaks, like life is happening faster and more chaotically than he can control or "fix"...WHAT IS HE GOING TO DO??? (Breathe, Charlie...channel your inner Geoff...)

Loveislove

I'm always wrong - was thinking David and a whole breakthrough in the sibling relationship 😆

DogBefriender22

I also love that they’ve all FINALLY escaped The GD 🥳🥳🥳 and they are all heading home to safety and comfort and to sleep everything off. We can all breathe a collective sigh of relief (for now)

Cole Morin

Thank the universe we are never ever going back to that pub ever the fuck again lol 😂 that was like a nightmare twilight zone from hell 🤣 But it was all beautifully drawn and designed of course, as always amazing work Alice!!!!

n d

does anyone know what tara and darcy are referring to in their conversation?

DogBefriender22

Oh wow. Now it’s me with the warm tears after reading this 🥺 Your insight into Tara and Darcy’s story (and everything else you wrote) is making me emotional now!

Sulagna Maitra

😂😂😂😂 NGL, I was enjoying the edge of the seat stuff at the Green Dragon 🐲.... mainly because I know the characters and Nick and Charlie's relationship is safe with you! 🤗🫶 The pub chaos took me back to when I was reading Loveless and I was dying to know how everything is going to be resolved and more importantly how everyone is going to find the words to convey their feelings to each other!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Lolli98

I love sleeping Nick.💙

rickettyuncles

!! Look how the view from the car windows is so clear and starry as Tara and Darcy talk—showing Darcy a beautiful way forward—giving courage for a new step, and THEN the beautiful but hazy halo views around Nick and Charlie in the backseat: safe together again, but with clouds and questions and uncertainty that need to be discussed. Amazing how much the background can do ❤️❤️❤️ 🌟 🌟🌟 I tip my hat, Alice!

Maddy

I think I'm actually your biggest fan. I will never understand how you could go into so much depth for just a single page, but everything you say makes so much sense, and it's mostly things that I look right over. Please never stop doing these 😭🫶

Maddy

Thinking back to when we were all so excited to go into The Green Dragon. Now we all leave with trauma and anxiety. 🥰

DogBefriender22

I must be the second biggest fan then 😁 Totally agree, please never stop writing these RCM! 😍

Calfic

It may happen, but not tonight, lol. I had actually wondered about Tara.

Calfic

One more comment. In a way I feel the worst for charlie in this moment. Darcy has Tara's support and it may be hard, but they will work through it At the moment, Charlie has no one to talk to (I mean I feel terrible for Darcy, but you know what I mean) And I know Charlie and Nick will work through it too, but not tonight. And all of Charlie's friends are dealing with their own stuff, so they can't be there for him really. (And I'm not blaming anyone; sometimes that is how it is, but...)Really, if I were him, I would get an appointment with Geoff STAT.

E

At least Charlie seems to have found his coat 🧐🙌

Murgy

Ah Tara to the rescue with a loving family who love Darcy as well. I'm glad Darcy has supportive people outside of her friend group. And I'm glad to see that despite everything, Darcy is still being themselves, and seems like they're ready to take another step in their life going forward and working out who they are. That last panel of Darcy, they look so in love to me there. Also, Nick is going to be a pain to get out of the car as he is fast asleep right now.

artxsta

as much as i will forever love to hate the green dragon, im glad that this sequence and this space provided an opportunity (albeit an unfortunate one) for the boys to see what’s going on w their friends. although this night was a lot abt nick’s issues coming to the surface, i really appreciated how tao & elle’s argument disproves nicks commonly held belief that love is the band-aid that fixed all problems… and i’m now interested to see how tara & darcy’s situation will affect the boys. i feel so bad for darcy but wow, everyone dreams of a partner like tara, so reassuring, so supportive, so empathetic, she sees ppl in ways they often can’t see themselves. so long, the green dragon 🐉🍻

Calfic

I kind of hope Tara reminds Charlie, that she can talk to him if needed. I realize she probably won't, but really worried for him.

Meike

Then again, Tara and Darcy could have talked about the pronouns before and since there might not be as much space for that particular „evolution“ in the comics as in the show (cf. ”I hate gender“ at the beach, ”I hate being called a lady“ at the zoo), this might be the way to introduce Darcy‘s new pronouns in the comics. I am looking forward to finding out. Definitely good for Darcy to have gotten out of that hell hole of a ”home“

Flor López

I feel that tv Darcy's storyline will be overlapping into comic Darcy's storyline 🥰

shelfie69

I both love & hate your insights as they both heal & break my heart but always need them! Please never stop.

K

tell me if you find out, because I’m so confused!

Nikki

I think that would be a good way of doing it. Like you said there isn’t really space or time in the comic for this progression so a clear scene introducing it would be really great.

Brandy78

Agree with Maddy, DogBefriender22 and Shelfie69! Always checking back for RCM analysis! 🥰

Beam Bugge

might be helpful for darcy to have a conversation with someone else who grew up being told that love from their parent was conditional...

Beam Bugge

to be fair we didn't know whether she even had a license or not 😅 her birthday is in July, and I imagine she's been pretty busy with like preparation for the final exams and such, so I wasn't sure if she's had time for driving lessons, but she's apparently managed - good for her!

Beam Bugge

nick's tiny fiat has been through enough hell by now, now it's tara's tiny fiat's turn

Ali Michelle

Alice, you’re absolutely legendary ✨✨✨✨

Beam Bugge

okay so 1: what does darcy want to try? they/them pronouns? reaching out to a grandma (or something similar)? either way it seems like a lot of the things that happened earlier in the show are now happening in the comics (for darcy at least)! 2: big dog is eepy 3: i hope tao and elle are okay...

Dan

I'm glad nick is sleeping now at least

Jordan

Tara and Darcy are always such brave leaders! In earlier volumes/seasons, they inspired Nick with their kiss and open hand-holding, they were the first to say “I love you” and also earlier to have sex and now they are showing N&C (well just Charlie in this instance lol) the benefits of talking things through. I love this golden thread woven throughout the story.

David C Witkin

I love that Nick is fast asleep with the two people he has the closest historical and emotional connection with: Tara and Charlie. He's safe in that car, and can let his guard down enough to sleep on Charlie's shoulder. Charlie seems like he is half worried and half- just getting over the shock of the various events of the night and trying to process everything, since most of the developments were unsettling in one way or another. Charlie seems to be staring into the face of an uncertain future, where everything suddenly looks more unstable, and the only constant seems to be Nick's love. No wonder he looks like he's just seen a ghost.

Bob Scardino

Did Nick fall asleep or pass out?

Heather

I can see N & C driving past the Green Dragon sometime in their late 20’s. N suggests they stop for a bite or a drink with a smirk and C deadpans “never again” with a shudder.

RCM

Agreed! (For the conversation part Beam Bugge mentioned)

Cliff

No Uber! Would it have been too weird to use “car service” as a general term? If Uber doesn’t pay for product placement, it might be better. 😉

Cliff

Nick in one of his favorite “comfort zones:” nestled on Charlie’s shoulder!

Angie Michaelis

On the show, Nick drives her to ballet, which may have also made us think she wasn’t driving.

Angie Michaelis

I’m still worried Nick might vomit in Tara’s car. 😬 He’s passed out on Charlie, but he doesn’t look peaceful to me with his eyes and mouth in straight lines. (I hope for Tara’s and Charlie’s sake, he doesn’t!)

Angie Michaelis

I love Tara in this page so much. I love how (rightfully) angry she is and how protective of Darcy. You can see Darcy’s face change from worried and uncertain in the second panel to in love and confident in the last. ❤️‍🩹

Button

RCM's comments always make me see the page in a whole new light. To have that keen sense of reading facial expressions, understand words and dialogue from all perspectives is a skill I wish I had as developed as RCM. Thank you for your wonderful comments as always. 🥺

Allegra2346

If Nick doesn’t vom in Tara’s Fiat I consider this a success

Ana Alicia Aranda De Contreras

It will be the best option for them and they will feel more united so that their relationship can be strengthened and I think Charlie is a little thoughtful

Elena

I could imagine, that Darcy begged their mum to use they/them pronouns and that led to the fight, where she kicked them out. 😣 (Because they mention it now and immediately, while they are acctually talking about them moving in to Tara, which is a very different topic.)

Allegra2346

I mean, I’m assuming that David’s gonna be home when they get to nicks right 👀

Allegra2346

Alice, very important question, what colour is Tara’s fiat 👀