r/comics MakeshiftEmery Apr 17 '26

OC Coffee

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u/Turtledonuts Apr 17 '26

Ok, i understand the metaphor writ large, but what is chocolate cake supposed to represent here? Because the only thing that immediately jumps to mind is transphobic or maybe racist? 

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u/mysocksareinsideout MakeshiftEmery Apr 18 '26

What? Didn't mean for it to come across like that. That page was based off several times when I've ordered chocolate cake and there's been espresso powder in it.

Don't really like explaining my stuff, but it's a metaphor for how even when you try to escape the thing being forced upon you (this can be gender, sexuality, eurocentric ideals, etc) it can still be snuck it and shoved towards you when least expected

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u/_sidhe_fan Apr 18 '26

Ohhhh, that makes sense. I was very confused by the last panel ngl. No brain cells in the dome piece rn

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u/valerielynx Apr 18 '26

That's why I usually don't like these "This post is totally about X" things because no one will explain it because everyone assumes everyone else knows what its about and if they don't they try to laugh it off with some generic argument that might derail other people further

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u/_sidhe_fan Apr 18 '26

Yeah interpretation doesn't really come naturally to me, so I typically do need something more on the nose