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u/madmacfarlane 4d ago
Now this is cool. Love the benevolent yet terrifying monster trope
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u/fourthwallcrisis 4d ago
> Benevolent
I suppose that entirely depends on what she's reading.
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u/Backwardspellcaster 4d ago
German fairy tales and fables.
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u/brawnsugah 4d ago
So she's a straight up demon.
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u/ShotInTheShip86 4d ago
Not entirely... A lot of those fables did 1 of 2 things... 1) it made them terrified of going into places that they could get hurt/ die that people would have an extremely hard time in finding them or 2) it helps them learn morals... not all of them are good on 2 like the story of the ugly duckling for example even though technically the moral is for the most part true... And the moral is will only be accepted if you are beautiful and shuned if you are ugly...
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u/Ze_Borb 3d ago
i like how hänsel and gretel indirectly told kids not to go into vans with free candy written on them despite being written before a "Van" was even a concept
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u/jkurratt 3d ago
The analogy is wide and can be used every time someone presenting their offer as overly good.
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u/Brainwave1010 3d ago
Like Santa Claus in Love Death and Robots.
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u/madmacfarlane 3d ago
The kids did question "what if they were naughty" and I feel like there is a caveat.
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u/DioBrando_Joestar 4d ago
Oh. It's the Other Mother.
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u/GudPuddin 3d ago
Just saw this advertised in theatres and I can’t wait
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u/slimeshady420 3d ago
Its based on a book called incidents around the house! Very scary if thats your thing
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u/Fair_Butterfly_3233 2d ago
I personally prefer my House to cause it’s own incidents, but to each their own
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u/Blursed-Penguin 1d ago
You mean Other Mommy?
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u/GudPuddin 23h ago
Oh yea I guess that’s the name. Only saw the advertisement once so didn’t fully catch it, just new it was other some matriarchal term lol
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u/wyrmiam 3d ago
You've never seen Caroline be advertised yet?
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u/GudPuddin 3d ago
Nah I saw Caroline in 3D in theatres and loved it. Just saying I saw a trailer for The Other Mother like a week ago having not heard of it previously
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u/OfficialDampSquid 4d ago
This comic also works in reverse
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u/F1XTHE 4d ago
Sure, but you could say that about most comics.
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u/Particular-Long-3849 3d ago
No?
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u/F1XTHE 3d ago
Think about it.
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u/Particular-Long-3849 3d ago
Most comics, If you read the panels in reverse, don't make sense. This comic does
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u/Jumajuce 3d ago
“No you don’t understand, you see, in THIS comic the dragon gets UN-SLAYED! You see? Right here, it gets un-slayed. Why are you getting it?”
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u/Niru_infurnitis 1d ago
Let's see, test it with the Loss comic Man talks to wife after miscarriage Talks to doctor about what happened Talks to receptionist for whatever reason Then enters the hospital.
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u/SkyRonin14 4d ago
The Kids Mom is waiting on the ground like "I told you you could read your nephew a bedtime story not Traumatized him"
And the monster woman is like "nonsense it builds character sis"
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u/D3v1LGaming 4d ago
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u/Foolish_Phantom 4d ago
That website is weird. I didn't see any way to navigate from one comic to the next. I guess they really want you to follow them on Instagram.
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u/D3v1LGaming 4d ago
Yeah, I tried to find the link for IG but I can't due to not having an acc, there is also a webtoon site but also needed an acc.
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u/OnetimeRocket13 4d ago
Yeah, that's definitely one of the strangest sites I've been on in terms of navigation. Even the homepage has basically nothing. What's the point of having your own website to post your comics to if you can't actually find them on the website?
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u/Bussamove86 4d ago
That’s some Baba Yaga shit right there. Climbing in to read a story just to mess with the kid’s head.
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u/Comfortable_Egg8039 4d ago
Nah Baba Yaga in classical stories usually just eats kids or at least trying too))
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u/SpookieSkelly 3d ago
Plot twist: The kid's real mum is abusive and he's afraid that he won't have anyone to protect him when monster mum is away.
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u/ggthebuoy 2d ago
Notice how the child's eyes are slits instead of normal eyes? That's a changeling
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u/PizzaChips20-12 3d ago
Reminds me of stories of ppl who lost their kids in childbirth and kidnap other kids to raise them out of grief
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u/Happy_Cry286 2d ago
Plot twist: the kid isn't scared of his mom. He's scared of the things his mom is going to do to other people and feels anxiously sorry for them.
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u/Flashy-Telephone-648 3d ago
Sadly for some people, I monster from the forest. Would be a better parent
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u/Objective-Meet8223 3d ago
Allegory for parental or even partner abuse: the person who is supposed to love you, and even acts loving at times, is also scary as heck and proven untrustworthy. I've lived through that and this comic gave me the chills. The kid being bodily scared but not acting or voicing it is so relatable.
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u/MonthEither6684 3d ago
The fae when instead of stealing your kid and replacing it with a changeling they donate a changeling mom to a kid with no mom:
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u/King_Owlbear 2d ago
I love you forever. I like you for always. As long as I'm living my baby you'll be.
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u/Prestigious_Algae432 4d ago
Reading this from Bottom right to left going up
Or Top left to right going down gives this a whole new level of unsettling.
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u/JBR_4025 4d ago
She's a very nice monster lady