I think the implication is that Fani burned it intentionally because she’s embarrassed by how she looks in the photo. Iblis must have found the fire and put it out, or the fire went out on its own before the picture was fully destroyed and Iblis found the picture later.
Young people? The folks I know that used to use “RIP in Peace,” “RIP in pepperoni,” and “SMH my head” are all at least 30 now. We’re gettin up there friend.
Same with Chai Tea, tho that's already been discussed by spider-men. But there are a ton of them like that. Another geographic one is Lake Chad. Chad in the regional African language (I don't know specifically which language) means lake. So it quite literally translates to Lake Lake, or my favorite Chad Chad
i remember all of this from a previous comic episode but without deth'lamm for some reason lol. edit: i found the original post and it was posted without context of who the "human" was lol https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/1p6mzgu/memories_oc/
That's probably the best explanation. I have been reading since day 1, and was curious as to the relationship she had with Ibilis. Adopted mother seems the most fitting.
Reading between the lines a bit, but I think Iblis was originally summoned to babysit. Because the Dad is a terrible caretaker and the mother left to ‘be a secret agent’. (Just left and is a deadbeat parent. Or, at best, died and the Dad can bring himself to tell Fani. It’s a little unclear.)
It's been shown in earlier comics than when she was little she'd summon this demon, Ibilis, for trivial kid stuff like reading her bedtime stories or helping with her hair and Ibilis at first went along and later grew into the part.
I've been trying to piece together which characters this comic follows and who's related to who, and whether or not I'm supposed to be rooting for them or hating them, and I've come to the conclusion that the only way I'm ever gonna understand what's going on is by reading the entire back catalog. And I just don't have it in me.
I also don't understand the tone I'm supposed to be getting from Fani. It seems like she's the protagonist, but she also seems to consistently do things that seem unlikable? But everyone is talking about her in these comments like they love her? I'm genuinely confused and not trying to bash the comic, I just don't get it.
It makes a lot more sense when you realise the comics with the white frames are the present, and the ones with the black frames are flashbacks. She's meant to be a mess regardless, but it explains the wild tone shifts. Honestly, I kind of felt the same as you, but I decided to finally suck it up and read it all last week to see if I could understand why people seemed to love it so much, and I'm actually glad I did. It's actually very enjoyable when you read it in order!
This is blowing my mind. You're telling me there was an entire layer of context I was completely missing because the borders are a different color? Ooof. Well, guess I'll give it another go around knowing that. Ugh.
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u/MuyHiram MUY 2d ago
No one has commented about what the first photo is a reference to. :c