Comic transcript
Sucre feels as though she’s on stage, nobody laughed. She runs away.
Snake lady (GIFT OF UNDERSTANDING translating a visual language): Is something wrong with her?
Fish man is indicating ‘crazy’ with their finger at the side of their head.
Snake lady (GIFT OF UNDERSTANDING): I’m serious.
Fish man (GIFT OF UNDERSTANDING): She talks to dolls. Probably.
Broccoli watches, knowing what they’re saying, before running to follow Sucre.
Broccoli: SUCRE COME BACK!
Broccoli travels all the way to the ocean, finding Sucre underwater in a small space between 2 buildings. A few random objects are scattered about.
Broccoli: Sucre, what are you doing in the ocean?
Sucre: I am a mermaid...
Broccoli sits down next to Sucre.
Broccoli: I feel like you are dodging the question.
Broccoli: Sucre, your freinds are worried-
Sucre: I DONT HAVE FRIENDS BROCCOLI!
Sucre: Besides YOU my only friends are my Mom and my Dad
Sucre: and that's
Sucre: LUDICROUS
Broccoli: No it isn't!
Broccoli: Your mom and dad are awesome!
Sucre is now hugging Siren
Sucre: This stupid book said that joke was THE funniest joke ever
Sucre: nobody even laughed like, a little bit
Sucre is holding a book titled "DOWN 2 CLOWN"
Broccoli: well... you can't be silly by reading lines from a book, Sucre
Sucre: How am I supposed to maKe friend then?
Broccoli: Just like...
Broccoli: BE YOURSELF!
An imaginary rainbow appears around Broccoli
Sucre: Broccoli be for real
Broccoli: I AM REAL!
Sucre: I'm ALWAYS Myself
Sucre: I'm 100% Sucre all day every day
Sucre: And people just... don't like that
Sucre: We're both wierdos Broccoli. BUT YOU are weird in a way that is Entertaining
The word "Entertaining" emits a spotlight onto Broccoli who is now wearing a suit on a stage and Sucre is in the audience
Broccoli: I am?
Sucre: YES!
Sucre: I gotta learn...
Sucre is now holding a rose
Sucre: To be like THAT!
The rose hits Broccoli's face with an impact that throws them to the ground
SMACK!
Turns out the rose was actually a lamp
Broccoli: ow
Sucre: sorry
Broccoli: I dont think...
Broccoli: That's gonna work, Sucre
Sucre: You think I cant pull it off?
Broccoli: No, I think you CAN.
Broccoli: but... say you get really good at pretending to to be... NOT YOU. And you make lots of friends
Sucre looks intrigued
Broccoli: Those people are not friends with you. They are friends with NOT YOU
Sucre looks uneasy with what Broccoli is saying
Broccoli: And if every you slip up, if ever you break character, your friends will say that you are not acting like yourself.
Sucre is overwhelmed by what Broccoli is implying
Broccoli: Even though you are. And they might not like what they see. They wanted to be friends with NOT YOU. Not with you
Broccoli: You lied to them. Lying is not Polite and Good
Sucre: ...
Sucre looks beat
Broccoli: Or you know something like that
Sucre: I think I'm gonna go home and watch cartoons
Sucre swims away leaving Broccoli alone
Comments (23)
Is Sucre meant to be autistic? I suspected it when she flinched from the texture of the sweater a few chapters ago and now she's masking her emotions... I'm not neurodivergent or anything so I wouldn't be able to say for sure! but this chapter definitely made it seem like she is
Probably! I think the sweater just has a really really strange texture though (since it IS knitted like how Doris taught Broccoli, and I really doubt that would result in anything normal)
Its knitted in fractals, the texture is infinite!
I'm autistic and she does give off slight neurodivergent vibes. She could also just be disconnected from most of her world due to being stuck in the Everything Store for a long time.
She IS from another universe (the everything store universe) and her mother is.. an assassin?
She could just be not good at talking to people, without like a mental thing necessary
It would seem so. I don't know if the author intended it that way, but I noticed that too.
i have ADHD and autistic tendencies and...yeah i have trouble making friends and being myself too,AND THAT PUN WAS GREAT AND I LOVED IT!!!....id be sucres friend...if they want to be my friend,that is
ONG YALL THIS IS JUST NEURODIVERGENT MASKING FR :D I LOVE YOU SUCRE ILL BE UR FRIEND PLS 💖💖💖
Same :D
Sucre, I have tried this, I promise you it does not end well. It's better to be yourself with a few good friends than not yourself and popular.
You don't need friends, because the one person that can truly understand you is yourself. People want friends because it feels good, not because it is needed.
My comment is a bit out of it, I hope sucre finds joy in herself or just be chill with folks. There will always be someone who'd be chill with you, I mean you guys like her and brocolli does too. three things, have fun, try your best and be careful. Thems the rules
just realized they gave broccoli the coraline treatment
SUCRE WHY ARE YOU COPYING MEEEEEE HONESTLY EVERY THING YOU SAID AND EVERY PROBLEM BROCOLLI POINTED OUT WITH THE MASKING PLAN HIT HARD AF MFIGNRIVN
How does Sucre even taste? Probably like fish?
RAINBOW fish.
really sweet
sweet fish
...why would you ask that?...thats so random....IM PROUD!but also srsly why?