Bittersweet Candy Bowl
“Victim Complex.”
Chapter 130, page 17 of 26. Posted 7/27/26.
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Paulo’s dead. Now meet his mother.
July 27, 2026
Paulo had friends. He had people who loved him! He also had a mother none of them had ever met. Unfortunately, they’re all meeting at his funeral.
“Relative Strangers” is a new 29-page member-only comic about what happened if Paulo died in that post-prom car crash all those chapters ago, and what happens when his estranged mother comes face-to-face with the friends who knew the life she never saw.
Grief! Guilt! Estrangement! A funeral argument that gets very personal! It’s one of the heavier ones for sure: death, mourning, and truly ugly family history.
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Paulo can’t be there to see what happens. But you can!
— Oliver
Author commentary
Veronica: love when you don’t wanna cry in front of someone but that just makes you cry harder and you can’t just stop those tears from rearing their ugly heads, just can’t be stopped!! You gotta just let it happen!!
News: A new 29-page member-exclusive chapter has been posted! In “Relative Strangers”, Paulo dies in that post-prom car crash all those chapters ago, and, well, if something’s gonna bring his mom back... what better than a funeral?
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