History Heartwarming / ElGoonishShive

* [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp.php?id=768 This strip]]. to quote [[http://community.910cmx.com/index.php?/topic/4650-np-monday-may-14-2018/ the forum.]]
--> '''CritterKeeper''' I really like that the first thing Susan does with her newfound comfort with physical contact to go show her appreciation for her employer. Tensaided has embraced her quirks, from segregating the Star Trek movies to using hand sanitizer immediately after shaking his hand. He got her to do the review show with Elliot, which opened a lot of doors for her. She's known him a lot longer than many of the Main 8 (or 9 or 12 or whatever), and it's nice to see she knows how important to her he's been!

* [[spoiler: The TalingWeapon wand coming to Ashley's aid]].

* [[spoiler: While Magus/alt!Ellen's reasoning about our Ellen's feelings about being female are wrong, it's clear that he genuinely believes she needs his help and he's going to make sure she gets it. It's also clear that he adores Terra, alt!Tedd who is a cis female battle mage against societal norms, and is heartbroken that her dream is out of her grasp.]]

* Immediately after this, Pandora goes to Ted to tell him what he is to the best of her knowledge, that he'll keep his abilities regardless of whether magic changes or not, and that he's done incredible things with what he has. You know, in her own... unique, way.

* The Will of Magic decides that severely changing its rules is a terrible idea, and instead decides to accommodate magic’s reveal to society. In other words, Ted’s dream of giving magic to everyone is back in action!

--->'''Pandora''': '''''You are not a parent'''''! You want what's best for your son. You want to ''be there'' and ''protect him'' at all times, but you ''can't''. Even if you're there, [[AlienNonInterferenceClause he has to stand alone]]. He has to be able to protect himself. Keep '''himself''' safe. And you prepare him for that, help him achieve independence, all while trying not to push him away but every year it's harder and harder [[LossOfIdentity to stay focused and be who he needs you to be]] [[MotorMouth and he needs you but maybe you need him more]] '''''you can't let go''''' but you need to let go '''''he needs you''''' he doesn't '''''[[BrokenTears it's not that]]'''''... [[AdultFear it's not that simple]].

--> Sarah: This one. This one gets it.
* [[spoiler Susan and Diane start out their meeting actually getting along pretty well]].

* One of the kids at the comics store, who has been using the word "gay" as an insult in front of an increasingly-enraged Justin, finds out that Justin is gay -- and feels bad, apologizing for his hurtful words. [[[[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=291 "I'm not out to bash you or anybody else for being different. The X-Men have taught me better than that."]]

** Pandora has Tedd put the base-form gender-flip spell from the mark she gave him on a wand and then [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=2379 use the wand to cast the spell on herself.]] Tedd - [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=2012 who'd decided to keep that spell secret from his dad because his dad wasn't very accepting]] - does so, blushing fiercely ... and Pandora says, with zero judgment or irony, "''Excellent!'' Very good, Tedd!" when the spell goes off without a hitch.

'''Box''': [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=2362 You're a good friend, Sarah.]]

--->'''Pandora''': '''''You are not a parent'''''! You want what's best for your son. You want to ''be there'' and ''protect him'' at all times, but you ''can't''. Even if you're there, he has to stand alone. He has to be able to protect himself. Keep '''himself''' safe. And you prepare him for that, help him achieve independence, all while trying not to push him away but every year it's harder and harder [[LossOfIdentity to stay focused and be who he needs you to be]] [[MotorMouth and he needs you but maybe you need him more]] '''''you can't let go''''' but you need to let go '''''he needs you''''' he doesn't '''''[[BrokenTears it's not that]]'''''... [[AdultFear it's not that simple]].