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Just trolling through these assorted comics and spotted the blue rabbit (I like rabbits), so gave it a read.
Was seriously tempted to just move on, but the whole package; the comic, the dialogue, the comments and the replies just begged for comment.
First off, a pleasing art style and consistent through the arc, and the animated bits in the middle were a total (and well enjoyed) surprise.
BUT, when I looked at the first page, I saw a blue male bunny. The proportions, the implied mannerisms, the style of speech, all led me to believe the bunny was male. And when the squirrel claimed to be the bunny's boyfriend, I just naturally assumed this was going to be some gay rejection story or something.
Even deeper into the story I had to keep reminding myself that the rabbit was supposed to be female, but by then I was starting to get tied up in the commentary, which typically of any chan based site, just blast in with their own self centred annoyance at not getting to the fap material quick enough.
I read a lot of fandom and totally expect it to be full of amateurs, and I don't mind that, what I'm looking for is the creativeness over perfect gramma, as long as the idea comes across I'll excuse odd or clunky dialogue. And yet, for what this story was trying to portray, the disjointed conversations actually fit in, a timid, unsure person forcing themselves to climb over their fears to connect with someone that's grown in their head more than in real life, however the other person is somewhat of a loner that vicariously lives in their own creative world while at the same time wary of the outside real world.
What I'm saying is that while others struggled with the confusion, the odd pacing and the misunderstandings, I felt it all portrayed real life better than the usually well crafted, but typically connived stories found in the fandoms.
Whether that was by design or accident is total conjecture, but by the end, I was happy with how it played out. The discussions about the 'are you now my girlfriend' dialogue really only highlighted how the two personalities and their self doubts are probably more real than people want to believe.
I liked it, and I know comic writing is a lot harder than it looks, good job.
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