Punch You said:
Anyone else notice that Sharon isn't as fat as she used to be? I'm kinda disappointed now, because when she used to call Erin fat, it made Sharon look insecure because she was bigger than Erin.
Yeah, I thought that was the general idea before. Maybe it's all part of an unpublished story arc for Sharon. Her insecurities lead to her using cocaine as a confidence booster and an appetite suppressant. Look at her in the second panel, she looks haggered and washed out like she's been doing too much coke. Sadly, despite her weight loss her insecurities remain and have no doubt been exacerbated by the psychological effects of prolonged cocaine use, resulting in the behaviour displayed towards Erin in this strip.
I think Grey & Cory should now illustrate this harrowing tale of a once promising career woman cracking under the pressures of modern day living, ending with her untimely death from a suspected deliberate overdose of vodka and painkillers.
As for Erin, her worsening bouts of schizophrenia see her institutionalised on several occasions. Unable to hold down a job and pushing away her friends with her increasingly erratic and sometimes dangerous behaviour she ends up sleeping on the streets, where she finally dies of a combination of alcoholism, exposure and malnutrition at the age of 29, mourned only by Suchong who goes into a deep depression upon his owners death. Happily, he is rescued by his loving family and they move away to the country to live a simple but ultimately more fulfilling life.
Critical Miss, a modern tragedy.
I can't remember how to spell her name...It starts with a M.
