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** Ash was stated to have a poor relationship with his father (to the point of feeling unwanted) and had no relationship at all with his mother(and being depressed about it). His only stated friend was halfway across the country. He was pretty much alone, felt unwanted and just raced cars and did nothing with his life with no real motivations and no goals. Since changing to a girl s/he has a good relationship with his father (spurred on by being broken out of his shell by Emily) a good relationship with his mother, a good friend who cares for him deeply, a host of other good friends and a life that's on track with better grades in school. Ash's life is better in every way than the one he had before, and many people would kill to have a clean slate with all the errors they made corrected. He has friends, family and a borderline soulmate, something he never had before. The only thing I can think of that would make him want to go back is the idea that he just wants standard adult relationship with Emily. Really, after reading this comic for so many years and recently going back for a re-read, Ash's want to go back to the way they were seem more like an illogical obsession based on discomfort (which will fade) and a drive to keep at his original decision without thinking on it properly. As if he just cannot realize he has a much better life and has made a mistake in his decision. This troper would take Ash's supposed 'curse' for a better life with all mistakes fixed with all his lost friends/family back in a heartbeat.

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** Ash was stated to have a poor relationship with his father (to the point of feeling unwanted) and had no relationship at all with his mother(and being depressed about it). His only stated friend was halfway across the country. He was pretty much alone, felt unwanted and just raced cars and did nothing with his life with no real motivations and no goals. Since changing to a girl s/he has a good relationship with his father (spurred on by being broken out of his shell by Emily) a good relationship with his mother, a good friend who cares for him deeply, a host of other good friends and a life that's on track with better grades in school. Ash's life is better in every way than the one he had before, and many people would kill to have a clean slate with all the errors they made corrected. He has friends, family and a borderline soulmate, something he never had before. The only thing I can think of that would make him want to go back is the idea that he just wants standard adult relationship with Emily. Really, after reading this comic for so many years and recently going back for a re-read, Ash's want to go back to the way they were seem more like an illogical obsession based on discomfort (which will fade) and a drive to keep at his original decision without thinking on it properly. As if he just cannot realize he has a much better life and has made a mistake in his decision.decision, something that wouldn't come early on but would be a good twist in the future of the comic. This troper would take Ash's supposed 'curse' for a better life with all mistakes fixed with all his lost friends/family back in a heartbeat.
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** Ash was stated to have a poor relationship with his father (to the point of feeling unwanted) and had no relationship at all with his mother(and being depressed about it). His only stated friend was halfway across the country. He was pretty much alone, felt unwanted and just raced cars and did nothing with his life with no real motivations and no goals. Since changing to a girl s/he has a good relationship with his father (spurred on by being broken out of his shell by Emily) a good relationship with his mother, a good friend who cares for him deeply, a host of other good friends and a life that's on track with better grades in school. Ash's life is better in every way than the one he had before, and many people would kill to have a clean slate with all the errors they made corrected. He has friends, family and a borderline soulmate, something he never had before. The only thing I can think of that would make him want to go back is the idea that he just wants standard adult relationship with Emily.

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** Ash was stated to have a poor relationship with his father (to the point of feeling unwanted) and had no relationship at all with his mother(and being depressed about it). His only stated friend was halfway across the country. He was pretty much alone, felt unwanted and just raced cars and did nothing with his life with no real motivations and no goals. Since changing to a girl s/he has a good relationship with his father (spurred on by being broken out of his shell by Emily) a good relationship with his mother, a good friend who cares for him deeply, a host of other good friends and a life that's on track with better grades in school. Ash's life is better in every way than the one he had before, and many people would kill to have a clean slate with all the errors they made corrected. He has friends, family and a borderline soulmate, something he never had before. The only thing I can think of that would make him want to go back is the idea that he just wants standard adult relationship with Emily. Really, after reading this comic for so many years and recently going back for a re-read, Ash's want to go back to the way they were seem more like an illogical obsession based on discomfort (which will fade) and a drive to keep at his original decision without thinking on it properly. As if he just cannot realize he has a much better life and has made a mistake in his decision. This troper would take Ash's supposed 'curse' for a better life with all mistakes fixed with all his lost friends/family back in a heartbeat.
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** Ash was stated to have a poor relationship with his father (to the point of feeling unwanted) and had no relationship at all with his mother(and ebing depressed about it). His only stated friend was halfway across the country. He was pretty much alone, felt unwanted and just raced cars and did nothing with his life with no real motivations and no goals. Since changing to a girl s/he has a good relationship with his father (spurred on by being broken out of his shell by Emily) a good relationship with his mother, a good friend who cares for him deeply, a host of other good friends and a life that's on track with better grades in school. Ash's life is better in every way than the one he had before, and many people would kill to have a clean slate with all the errors they made corrected. He has friends, family and a borderline soulmate, something he never had before. The only thing I can think of that would make him want to go back is the idea that he just wants standard adult relationship with Emily.

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** Ash was stated to have a poor relationship with his father (to the point of feeling unwanted) and had no relationship at all with his mother(and ebing being depressed about it). His only stated friend was halfway across the country. He was pretty much alone, felt unwanted and just raced cars and did nothing with his life with no real motivations and no goals. Since changing to a girl s/he has a good relationship with his father (spurred on by being broken out of his shell by Emily) a good relationship with his mother, a good friend who cares for him deeply, a host of other good friends and a life that's on track with better grades in school. Ash's life is better in every way than the one he had before, and many people would kill to have a clean slate with all the errors they made corrected. He has friends, family and a borderline soulmate, something he never had before. The only thing I can think of that would make him want to go back is the idea that he just wants standard adult relationship with Emily.
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** Ash was stated to have a poor relationship with his father (to the point of feeling unwanted) and had no relationship at all with his mother(and ebing depressed about it). His only stated friend was halfway across the country. He was pretty much alone, felt unwanted and just raced cars and did nothing with his life with no real motivations and no goals. Since changing to a girl s/he has a good relationship with his father (spurred on by being broken out of his shell by Emily) a good relationship with his mother, a good friend who cares for him deeply, a host of other good friends and a life that's on track with better grades in school. Ash's life is better in every way than the one he had before, and many people would kill to have a clean slate with all the errors they made corrected. He has friends, family and a borderline soulmate, something he never had before. The only thing I can think of that would make him want to go back is the idea that he just wants standard adult relationship with Emily.
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*** If writing webcomics was his full-time job, I'd expect a much higher output than five pages a week.
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* In various trope entries regarding ''Misfile'', I keep seeing the phrase "Girl!Ash's life is so much better than Boy!Ash's was." Um... How. Granted, Ash's improved relationship with his mother and the presence of Emily are pretty big things. But those two alone don't make life "almost completely better." What else does Girl!Ash's life have that Boy!Ash's life didn't?

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* In various trope entries regarding ''Misfile'', I keep seeing the phrase "Girl!Ash's life is so much better than Boy!Ash's was." Um... How. How? Granted, Ash's improved relationship with his mother and the presence of Emily are pretty big things. But those two alone don't make life "almost completely better." What else does Girl!Ash's life have that Boy!Ash's life didn't?didn't (or couldn't)?
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* In various trope entries regarding ''Misfile'', I keep seeing the phrase "Girl!Ash's life is so much better than Boy!Ash's was." Um... How. Granted, Ash's improved relationship with his mother and the presence of Emily are pretty big things. But those two alone don't make life "almost completely better." What else does Girl!Ash's life have that Boy!Ash's life didn't?
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*** Yes. [[DontExplainTheJoke We know]].
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**** Furthermore, the most common biological explanations for homosexuality are neurological and not purely hormonal (at least by that stage of physical development). Ash has a boy's brain, not a girl's, or otherwise he'd ''be'' girl!Ash.


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** It wasn't worthless as a matter of character development given the two scenes you mentioned above, and it also sets up the following race story arc. The party wasn't meant to be a climax. It's just a one-night background event that teenagers might reasonably talk about for a couple of weeks or months in webcomic time.
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** He learns his/her [[http://www.misfile.com/?page=1638 lesson here]].

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** He He/She learns his/her [[http://www.misfile.com/?page=1638 lesson here]].
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** He learns his [[http://www.misfile.com/?page=1638 lesson here]].

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** He learns his his/her [[http://www.misfile.com/?page=1638 lesson here]].
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***That's probably referring to the angels' immortality/ReallySevenHundredYearsOld, rather than Vashiel's assumed age, knowing that he's incapable of lying. Rusumiel once stated he's somewhere in his 370s.
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*** It's not the fact that it was verbals, it's that it was "whiny, bitchy put-downs" - a very "girly" way of winning an argument.
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* What was the point of the Halloween party? It was talked about for two books, then we spend about two weeks on it before Ash leaves. The Cassiel and Eponine moment was heart warming, and Ash meeting Tom shows how much he's grown, but aside from that, it seemed worthless story wise. Nothing big was resolved, there were no new plots implemented and Ash and Em's conversation afterwards just pointed out the obvious and resolved nothing.
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** He learns his [[http://www.misfile.com/?page=1638 lesson here]].
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** Calm down. Ash is clearly being inmature there and the comic is obviously leading to make him/her learn that.
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*Ok, being suddenly trapped in an unknown body would be upsetting, so I can accept Ash's [[{{Wangst}} Wangsting]] most of the time. But [[http://www.misfile.com/?page=1638 this page]] really bugs me. Is winning an argument through talking really ''that'' upsetting, Ash? Why go all emo over winning an argument verbally?
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*** Although I always assumed the above troper's point about acting professional while working before, he's canonically viewed as "Freaky-creepy" by at least some of the residents of Tempest, it seems: see [[http://www.misfile.com/?page=1619 this strip]].
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** Before hiring Vashiel, Dr. Upton actually asks him, "You're over 18, right?", to which Vashiel replies: "Oh yes, quite a bit!"
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** To me it wasn't really ridiculous, since I've felt that way and I'm a girl. I went on a date with a girl that was younger than me and she was someone that would offer to buy me things and initiate everything. I know that it's really stupid, but I was kinda bugged for being treated like the 'girl' as well. It's possible that Ash just would prefer to initiate things and Missi being so aggressive in the relationship made him feel like he was just being pulled around.
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The way Missi's treated...Bugs Me

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* Speaking of Missi, how is it that Missi makes a point of pointing out that [[http://www.misfile.com/index.php?page=839 Ash is a terrible liar]], but she accepts Ash's [[http://www.misfile.com/index.php?page=929 "I'm having my period" excuse]]? So, the more Missi gets to know Ash the less she knows...[[http://www.misfile.com/index.php?page=1114 I call shenanigans]]!
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*** IIRC, Chris works as a mechanic full-time, and over the course of the comic, there have been times where he's had financial difficulty.

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****** [[SarcasmMode I see]] [[MemeticMutation what you did there]]...


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******* [[SarcasmMode I see]] [[MemeticMutation what you did there]]...
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****** [[SarcasmMode I see]][[MemeticMutation what you did there...]]

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****** [[SarcasmMode I see]][[MemeticMutation see]] [[MemeticMutation what you did there...]]there]]...
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Lightening the mood - or am I?

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** Hundreds of Thousands? Is Misfile really that popular? With that traffic he'd have to make quite a bit to pay the hosting fees. Do we know how much money he makes? Since he's releasing a comic 5 days a week, I'm assuming it is his full time job, so if he has a comfortable living that is nice, even if he isn't rich. If he wanted to be rich, his best hope would be to sell the rights to make an anime off of it or something like that.
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*** One fan recommendation is "Casper (or, The Day That Never Comes)" for, you guessed it, the "72 Years" arc.
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** He has, just wander to the forums and you'll be given a link to both the author''s preferences and several fan recommendations for a soundtrack as well.
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* How come the author hasn't made a potential soundtrack yet? For example, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STOUDidi6HE this song]] would very well fit the "72 Years" arc.

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* How come the author hasn't made a potential soundtrack yet? For example, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STOUDidi6HE this song]] would very well fit the "72 Years" arc.arc, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5zxUT-bVeg this]] would be good racing music, considering it appeared on a {{NASCAR}} compilation album.

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* How come the author hasn't made a potential soundtrack yet? For example, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STOUDidi6HE this song]] would very well fit the "72 Years" arc.
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