You can read the original content warning for DARKEST NIGHT here - wanted to remind everyone about that as we enter a new chapter! Specific warnings for this chapter can be found here (click to read, minor spoilers) and I will call them out on individual updates as we go.
One of my final classes at CCS this semester spent time discussing representations of trauma in comics, and why it’s so helpful in healing & understanding - and the ways our brains psychologically process trauma is so wildly similar to the way we process comics?? My friend did some research and presentation on it, It’s wild. Mags and Nessa’s stories feel so strongly reflective of this in a way that’s hard to put to words and is in that way really beautiful...so thank you
This is super powerful, Molly. The slightly off-sync color is genius and really conveys so much of what is going on in this scene (and also inside Ness) as this unfolds. Brilliant. <3
*So* interesting to see the differences in how the scene is represented here vs. earlier. Nessa looks more “doe-eyed” here then scared when Aaron first shows up. She says “you came all the way to see me?” Instead of “what are you doing here?” and “I’m not sure...” instead of “I told you we need a break”.
I’m feeling like this is a visualization of the way trauma warps our memories or how we can not say what we really mean in toxic situations due to self-preservation or maybe even Aaron’s warped view of how he interprets Nessa’s actions?
Regardless, I really like how overall in this “glitch” version Nessa is less direct, more accommodating and receptive, it’s so interesting narratively and visually. Excited to read more!!!
One of my final classes at CCS this semester spent time discussing representations of trauma in comics, and why it’s so helpful in healing & understanding - and the ways our brains psychologically process trauma is so wildly similar to the way we process comics?? My friend did some research and presentation on it, It’s wild. Mags and Nessa’s stories feel so strongly reflective of this in a way that’s hard to put to words and is in that way really beautiful...so thank you
This is super powerful, Molly. The slightly off-sync color is genius and really conveys so much of what is going on in this scene (and also inside Ness) as this unfolds. Brilliant. <3
*So* interesting to see the differences in how the scene is represented here vs. earlier. Nessa looks more “doe-eyed” here then scared when Aaron first shows up. She says “you came all the way to see me?” Instead of “what are you doing here?” and “I’m not sure...” instead of “I told you we need a break”.
I’m feeling like this is a visualization of the way trauma warps our memories or how we can not say what we really mean in toxic situations due to self-preservation or maybe even Aaron’s warped view of how he interprets Nessa’s actions?
Regardless, I really like how overall in this “glitch” version Nessa is less direct, more accommodating and receptive, it’s so interesting narratively and visually. Excited to read more!!!