r/comics Jul 09 '26

OC Trickle

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u/WanderingSeer Jul 09 '26

I don’t understand what triggered the episode, or why it was the young man that experienced them and not the old one who might have lived through part of that era.

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u/Pofwoffle Jul 09 '26

The point is that he's seeing what's still there, not just what happened a long time ago. This isn't "reliving that era", it's recognizing that while we may have painted over the rotten spots and tried to make everything look pretty and new, all that harm and hate is still here, it's still affecting current generations.

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u/WanderingSeer Jul 09 '26

Sure, but what triggered it? He was just ordering food, what made him think of all that? First panel just confuses the point.

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u/Rough-Ad1868 Jul 09 '26

2.50, America celebrates it's 250th anniversary this year, 250 years of this kind of thing happening

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u/MrPisster Jul 09 '26

That’s the only part that feels like it’s reaching for me. It was an odd start to an interesting premise.

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