Bad Machinery by John Allison for November 29, 2017

I love the simple kindness od Ellen, I would assume it is because she’s part seal and seals are just adorable, but Sasha doesn’t have the same traits

I reckon this is why she lost the swimming competition so badly. She’s lost too much of her innate selkieness. And she gave it all up for a guy who tossed her aside. Wow. It’s rare that the comics page is the one which drives me to drink, but today…

Now that Sasha has retrieved her pelt, she is no longer bound by affection to the boy who was keeping it. Perhaps she will in fact be nicer, now that she can be her own person. At least she will no longer be possessive, so Mildred shouldn’t feel threatened any longer.

Yeah, kind of saw that coming. Now Sasha’s fleeing the scene. What I want to know, though, since the comic hasn’t conveyed it very well, is what she’s feeling about this. Is she emotionally stirred by it, or is she just feeling this bizarre scene while she can (because she seemed like she had gotten very vague about how the whole selkie thing works, to the point I kept wondering if she even actually remembered that she was one, even though she’d HAVE to in order to explain aspects of her behavior throughout this arc)?

We haven’t really seen any adoptive parents for Sasha. Curious about who has been raising her since she came ashore. But maybe part of that chip on her shoulder was a sense of not really belonging, even though she didn’t know where it came from for sure (memories too dim). Maybe now she can let go of that and commit to the human world?? Of course not that simple, but a lot of times letting go of the past is a necessary first step in finding your own way. So maybe it’s a start.I think this whole arc has been a metaphor for feeling at home in your own skin.

Sometimes you do get what you claim to want.

‘Claim’ being the key term here…

“You can never go home.”

How about this? “Never say never.”

She really didn’t know she ever had a choice. If she never had a real choice, or, if she Did have a real choice, I don’t know what her choice would have taken.