Poor Image: Fell Asleep Crying

Edit: Caption idea: "♫ It's my pillow and I'll cry if I want to, cry if I want to. ♫"

Here's 13.1 without the first panel.

Edited by Earnest on Apr 16th 2023 at 9:07:53 AM

Actually, I think the last panel on its own would be sufficient.

Nah, two-panel is fine.

Yeah, also I feel like the two of them illustrate the trope more as opposed to just being crying in bed

What does the first panel actually add though?

To me at least, that she's legitimately trying to sleep before grief overcomes her. The last panel alone could maybe be misconstrued as someone flopping onto their bed for a good cry, not necessarily cry themselves to sleep.

I'm also prefer the two-panel image. Seems enough for me.

Isn't the trope supposed to be the opposite? That you are crying and then fall asleep. The image shows "trying to sleep, but cry instead".

That's up to interpretation, but I'm reading it as "tried to sleep normally, grief wins, then cried herself to sleep." Otherwise she'd be getting out of bed, not flipping over and hugging the pillow.

If y'all like I can add in the last panels of the fish and fade to black, with the crying and hiccup superimposed.

Edited by Earnest on Apr 18th 2023 at 11:06:03 AM

In this case the first panel is really unnecessary. "Crying and hugging the pillow" is the point of the trope.