Star's father lied to little Star.
I hate parents that tell their kids something when they're little and then turn out to be pricks when they're older.
I feel Star's anger.

It wasn't so much lying as it was adult conceit. Parents often don't take into account the future of their children defying their definition of a good life path. They say "you can be anything" while pining for class climbing, so what they actually mean is "no challenge is too big if you're willing to face it". With the exception of explicit abuse and manipulation, parenting has little villainy and a lot of mistakes.

"I want you to be independent and make your own choices in life."
*later*
"Noooo, not like that"

Family is not one of my core values; when I move out, I would much rather live on my own and keep my money focused on bills and food than get married and have kids, and I think my parents have a hard time accepting that. I think they also have a hard time with the fact that I never want to spend time with them.

I dont think many parents are out to be actual villans. I think its varying shades of screwed up parenting techniquesTheres no manual to raising kids so its a bit of a blundering around in the dark a lot.

I mean, when someone's hurt it's easy to paint the other party's action as intentional, when the truth is that they're just trying to impose what they think it's best. Unwillingness to listen and learn can easily destroy all kinds of relationships.

Yes Indeed :)

It's sad though when a parent is TOLD that they are doing damage, and they don't listen because that's the way THEY were raised and they are 'okay.'

I STILL deal with the damage my father did to me. I'm 62 years old, and it hasn't gone away, and I doubt it ever will go away. It's ingrained into us, unfortunately.

Wise words

Same

She kind of looks like Gem in the second-to-last panel.

yeah i suppose she does if you ignore all the markings and her eye colour and lack of fluffy tail

About to get into some relatable feels I think

Well the perspective in the garage is pretty dang solid. That second stair is a bit off but overall. It all looks dang good!

Remember, you can be anything you want to be, we'll support you, just so long as it matches up with our own ideals of course~
The version that isnt sugercoated bullshit.

Thats the gist of it, yup :)

Starbug is such a cute name x3

Sounds like the kind of name you give to a troll (Dreamworks' trolls I mean).

Garages seem to be the anti-shed then?

they are indeed. discount commissions on garages, double the price on sheds

If I commission you to draw a shed inside a garage, do the price multipliers cancel out to restore default pricing?

Price triples for being a smartass! :D

Awww, can you truly blame them for trying though?

The effort was commendable

What about commissioning a shed within a shed? A Shedception? :3

Or a shed with a garage?

What about detached garages?

redesigned shed as a garage

Great words of wisdom coming from Mr. Bryce. I think whatever conflict or war he fought in may have changed him for the worse.

No wonder the poor girl is pissed with her pops

I love how the hair in the last screen where she's punching, almost looks like her eye is changing colors. I know that it's just hair in the way of the pupil in the picture, but that's where my brain goes.

Yeap when you're small parents are super heroes, absolute right, and order providers. When you grow up, you learn they're human too. (save in my case, I just became super human as well but that's a different story).

Part of me is REALLY hoping Star reunites with Alex later on and catches up. It's clear the family is fractured and it'd be nice to see one side get a solid opposition to the asshole father. Even better if the remaining brother also join Star and Alex in telling their dad to go screw.

There's 3 brothers though. And I have a sneaking suspicion that Victor is resolutely in their father's corner, even when he's so blatantly in the wrong.

I know that feeling of having a parent say one thing but really means another. It hurts so much. My own parents did that to me. It hurts more than words can even be said. I haven't spoken to my bio father in several years or my ex-step-dad in over two decades. I rarely keep in touch with my mother who is a workaholic. It is never easy to remember things.. only to be hurt by their true colors. *snugs Star tightly.*

No wonder you said these last few pages have been upsetting, sort of apprehensive as to whether I'll be able to not weep like a little girl that's just scraped her knee when the next page lands.

It seems a lot of us here are familiar with parents not being the superheroes we see them as when we're younger so... *offers safe-for-distancing virtual hug* (no obligation on the hug, naturally, but it's there if you want it).

Star is very good at pretending to be calm after all that has happend. And I kinda know how it feels to wear a mask of pretending to be okay when your not. I hope Star gets to calm down after punching some stuff.

Man, this is gonna get heavy

Poor little star!! When parents say things that aren't true at that young age, the newer generation grows up blindly so to speak. I hate when parents aren't straight up honest but at that young age, you shouldn't lie to them no matter how hard it is. I'm not a parent myself but I have taken care of my cousins and nieces and nephews to learn that through and through.

Star.. It's going to be ok. WE ARE HERE FOR YOU!!!

*hugs* Stay happy.

i love how star just says "punch stuff in the garage" instead of training.

Punching stuff in the garage sounds cooler. Like shes about to get angry with the lawnmower and some tins of paint

...Whenever I mow the lawn I'm gonna call it beheading the grass now xD

I thought that was the normal way of referring to it

It is now!

If there's one thing I've learned in life it's that anger and pride is worth nothing if it means losing everything you love. The only thing left will be sadness, guilt, and regret.

It doesn't seem the father even has any pride left. That he's not putting on, anyway.

(Also I binged this from Page 1, what the heck.)

Queue the workout music!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZM.....eWOw&t=50s

I just wanna give you one big hug Star.....

gives biiiiiiiiiiiiig hugs

Great. Thanks. Now that frikking song is gonna be going round and round and round in my head. Have I not suffered enough for my art???

Lol and now I have a mighty need to play that game too

This is true. You can't be a proper artist if you're not in a constant start of suffering

It also has bright sides and getting better at it, and knowing the mistakes and tips for proper fixes! ;)

From what I gathered from the last page, stars eldest brother Alex had a close relationship with his baby sister, from that nightmare page about him has givin an idea of death from a illness, from what I can now gather is that his father and mother don’t approve or support his life choices, whenever they may be sexual orientation or another choice not approved in his fathers eyes while star sees his choice in a positive light that isn’t harmful to him or others around him, I know that situation, I’m not gay but my own little space isn’t seen as a positive towards my family, not to a extreme as Alex’s family (sometimes tbh) but still if it dosen’t impact physical growth and development and dosen’t bring physical harm it should be supported, only when it’s something illegal or harmful should it not be supported.

i agree 100%

I now have a question regarding the place where Star lives; is it a house, an aprtment, or a condominium?

Is there a skip button?

Wait...Starbug? huh, she doesnt look like a green bulbous spacecraft :P

Great job on the garage but wasn’t exactly what I was picturing in my head. No flamethrower or rpg? Seems rather tame for being star’s garage.

Well..technically it's Elly's garage star just rents a room. It's lucky Elly let's star have her scooter gear in there really

Guess bob will have to talk with Elly about the lack of fun stuff in the garage.

this really made me cry, poor star please please call manda or martin

old world values it seems, their are some things thatt they cant get over for some reson and i have tried to see things his way before however i can't seem to stuff my head that far up my ass.

I see all these negative comments about parents, but there are parents who really do mean it when they say that too. Nothing in this world is just simple "black and white" or "good and evil". My own parents said something similar to me before and they actually meant it. I know because I'm sure they were hoping I would get married and have biological kids. Instead I'm LGBT in more than one sense and in a same sex relationship that has been the best relationship I've ever been in, yet my parents still love and support me.

Anyway, I know in this situation with Star things did not turn out so well, but my main point was just that not all parents who say these things are going to turn out to be jerks, to put it lightly. Also I want to send out hugs to anyone who has had to experience such events in their life, you have good things out there in the world to help you, even if it's a stranger online extending their arms in kindness for a hug. I just hope I can help spread a little comfort/kindness, especially in these trying times.

I think genuinely parents want the best for their kids. Stars dad included, everything he does its (as he perceives) to give his kids the life he thinks they'd benefit from. He's far from perfect but he thinks he's coming from a place of kindness in the long term helping them to be a better adult

As some people have said, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Do I think my dad is a bad guy? No. He could absolutely be a hundred times worse. Can I see the parts where he was truly trying to be a good dad for his son? Absolutely! I may have most of my good memories of him in childhood but even as an adult he's stepped up as an amazing dad at times, the 'goodness' from MY perspective is merely marred by his worldview and that he's the kind of guy who has absolutely no filter so whatever he thinks is what's gonna be said, as bluntly as possible.

People can try their best to BE good people and still make a ton of mistakes over the years and traumatize their children. We can recognize the good attempts as what they are while understanding for our own sanity we need to remain distant

hugs

Reading between the lines...

You can be anything you wanna be (provided it fits within my expectations and is societally acceptable) so long as you put your whole heart into it (and it isn't weird or whatever), and me and Mummy will support you (unless you defy me).

We will love you no matter what (not valid in certain parts of the UK).


I don't know if Star's dad just ended up making a lot of bad choices or if he really is a bad guy, but I never understood parents who can accept conditional love. We don't have to agree and I don't expect anyone to approve of all of my choices, but at the end of the day, family is supposed to stick together. I'm sure there's a lot of complicated history in there, but at minimum I would hope her father could at least respect her choices and her sibling's even if he does not share them. At least for now, it's not too late for him to fix it, if he wants to, that is.

Star used Focus punch it’s super Effective

Amazing piece also I feel like next time star will most likely will open up to him about what’s been happening In her life

I´ll bet her brother is gay or something.. could be a "good reason" for a dad like this to call him a filth..

And to punch something.. i can understand this really good sweety

my hunch is Transgender.

much like the folks here my parents said the same thing but when I said I wanted to be a teacher they bullied me into backing out of that, but the kicker is that when my sister said she wanted to be a teacher they supported her.

That would be much worse.. for closed minds like dad "here" well it appeares to be, but i bet there is more to descover later.

For my kind. Love is Love.

The garage is a pretty well done background!

love your organizational style as outlining your tools, whole's borrowing them?

i'm poking fun. sorry

Ah the classic parental lie "I'll love you no matter what."

i think one of the bigger issues behind this is i don't think her dad is trying to be hurtful. stubborn and unwilling to accept change, definitely and that makes the end result very damaging.

but to consider for a moment even comparing our parents generation to our own generation currently... things like gender identity and expression were not as well known when our parents were growing up. Like, i'm sure it EXISTED but we didn't have a name for it then.

I think the problem here is this... Culture and Society evolves and grows the more we grow to understand the world and ourselves. Star's dad in this represents a narrow world view and unwillingness to change with the world and sticking to traditions of the past regardless of how outdated that view is. and that is straining their relationship with not only Star, but this Alex as well.

that said.... the act cutting someone out of your family for being different from what you expected IS pretty low, regardless of the reason. and I would still classify them as a bad person in my books.

Oooooh Hugs I'm sure that that punching bag had it coming! It looks pretty sketchy, actually.

I can see what MAY be happeneing on the next page but so far i dont get whats wrong. Ill just wait and see tho

I like how it shows Star’s more than just what she fantasizes about. Just because of what we like doesn’t mean it fully defines us

ah yes that one lie parents tell us when we are little and we take it to heart only to be crushed when they sont suport us later in our teens and yung adult years

id be pissed too

After the adventure we went through with Star, I forget she's quite the tough girl from the military.

*GULP* angry kitten

ProTip: Don't make promises you know you can't keep.

Hits heavy over here too.
Amazing as always though!

Oh geese, I can really feel the tension mounting. You really packed a lot of emotion into this page.

oooh i need that garage!! o.o i need that punching bag even more!

we really need some more backstory I really wanna know what happened between Star's older brother and her father

I think we're gunna get it.

It's a nice garage. The effect from the light and shade are realistic as well! :) Can't wait to find out what happened and what happens next. This has so many plot angles now. <3

I think that taking out your anger out on a punching bag is a great idea. It saved me from doing a few things I would have regretted. People even said a few times, they thought I was going to take out my anger on someone, but I kept my cool, and asked me how I did it. Punching bags never fail.

Woah, Star I think you need to chill out, it’s not good to let these feelings get to you. I mean letting your anger out onto the punching bag is ok, but I think to calm down for a bit. Maybe give  sweetmanda a call

might I mention that's one hell of a punch, I train with punching bags all the time and I have never seen a bag flex like that( I know this is a comic but it shows her strength). I can't wait to see 287, not because it's bad, but because it'll mean so much to you for drawing it. Nice job!

Do a combo Star! Fire a haduken! end it with a FALCON PUNCH

Spike em! Spike em!

... dammit... I gotta... *resubs to Star's patreon* ... >_< *cringes so hard their facebones creak* Okay, that was not a good idea... oh good gods that man is horrible.

Thanos horrible (born from a place of good intentions warped by awful priorities) or Ego horrible (born from a place of utter selfishness and sole regard for one's own desires and goals)?

Yeah, I know the feeling. My mother flip flopped between telling me she'd always support me and then ruthlessly berating me for everything.

Can u finish found
Plz

it is finished

ok where can I find the rest

because it not all done on YouTube

A large garage. I was for some reason imagining their house as really small. Like a rowhouse.

Let it all out Star

*leaves out a big soft pillow bed for Star* when you are finished being a badass, here is a nice cuddle bed. <3 hugs can be provided upon request.

Babystar-( "Bighugs" )

Keep the story coming!! Shine is put really well put together. I can’t wait for the next page to come out. Well done!

All this talk about sheds reminded me of this old skit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA8xTGP_M8g

Enjoy!

Wrong page.

All i wanted is someone to say that to me right now at this moment. Hit me hard in the feels.

"No matter what"; unless you turn out to be gay or some kind of freak...