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* And Amanda pulled back into the lead [[spoiler: with the revelation that [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie238/ her adoptive parents]] ''[[WhatTheHellHero gave her back]]'' to the orphanage because their biological kids didn't get along with her]]. It also makes [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie36/ her earlier trashing]] of her [[BlandNameProduct GameKid]] HarsherInHindsight, despite it already being quite depressing.

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* And Amanda pulled back into the lead [[spoiler: with the revelation that [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie238/ her adoptive parents]] ''[[WhatTheHellHero gave her back]]'' to the orphanage because their biological kids didn't get along with her]].her. It also makes [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie36/ her earlier trashing]] of her [[BlandNameProduct GameKid]] HarsherInHindsight, despite it already being quite depressing.
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** Then there's the arc where we find out that [[spoiler: Selkie's saliva is an irritant, which means she can't kiss her father's cheek without causing a rash]].

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** Then there's the arc where we find out that [[spoiler: Selkie's saliva is an irritant, which means she can't kiss her father's cheek without causing a rash]].rash.



* Page 610, after [[spoiler: Amanda gets reclaimed by her birth mother]] and it is confirmed/revealed they aren't going to be adopted together, we see Keisha's reaction. The monologue from [[spoiler: Amanda]] makes it worse: "Sorry she didn't want you! (distracted by excitement) I'm going to get all my own stuff, no more sharing! I get my own room, my own toys and dresses, and my own FRIKKEN MOM! And the best is, I don't gotta deal with any of the other stupid kids here anymore! Bye, Keisha!"

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* Page 610, after [[spoiler: Amanda gets reclaimed by her birth mother]] mother and it is confirmed/revealed they aren't going to be adopted together, we see Keisha's reaction. The monologue from [[spoiler: Amanda]] Amanda makes it worse: "Sorry she didn't want you! (distracted by excitement) I'm going to get all my own stuff, no more sharing! I get my own room, my own toys and dresses, and my own FRIKKEN MOM! And the best is, I don't gotta deal with any of the other stupid kids here anymore! Bye, Keisha!"
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-->'''[[ShrinkingViolet Te Fahn]]''': I's Te Fahn ands... [[YouCantGoHomeAgain I just wants to goes homes]]. I don'ts likes air. [[FishOutOfWater It's too thins to goes ups ins.]]

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-->'''[[ShrinkingViolet Te Fahn]]''': I's Te Fahn ands... [[YouCantGoHomeAgain I just wants to goes homes]]. I don'ts likes air. [[FishOutOfWater It's too thins to goes ups ins.]]]]
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--->'''Andi''': I... I was seventeen when I had her. [[MommyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou I wanted her to have a better life]]. But she... This... This file happened because of me. [[ItsAllMyFault It's my fault]].

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--->'''Andi''': I... I was seventeen when I had her. [[MommyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou I wanted her to have a better life]]. life]]. But she... This... This file happened because of me. [[ItsAllMyFault It's my fault]].
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--->'''Andi''': I... I was seventeen when I had her. [[MommyHadAGoodReasonForLeavingYou I wanted her to have a better life]]. But she... This... This file happened because of me. [[ItsAllMyFault It's my fault]].

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--->'''Andi''': I... I was seventeen when I had her. [[MommyHadAGoodReasonForLeavingYou [[MommyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou I wanted her to have a better life]]. life]]. But she... This... This file happened because of me. [[ItsAllMyFault It's my fault]].

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** Prior to this, Andi [[https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie601/ learns of Amanda's abusive history]], and is horrified that she gave her daughter up to have a ''better'' life, only to have it backfire in the most awful way possible.

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** Prior to this, Andi [[https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie601/ learns of Amanda's abusive history]], and is horrified that she gave horrified.
--->'''Andi''': I... I was seventeen when I had her. [[MommyHadAGoodReasonForLeavingYou I wanted
her daughter up to have a ''better'' life, only to have it backfire in the most awful way possible.better life]]. But she... This... This file happened because of me. [[ItsAllMyFault It's my fault]].
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** Prior to this, Andi [[https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie601/ learns of Amanda's abusive history]], and is horrified that she gave her daughter up to have a ''better'' life, only to have it backfire in the most awful way possible.
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-->'''Te Fahn''': I's Te Fahn ands... [[YouCantGoHomeAgain I just wants to goes homes]]. I don'ts likes air. [[FishOutOfWater It's too thins to goes ups ins.]]

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-->'''Te Fahn''': -->'''[[ShrinkingViolet Te Fahn]]''': I's Te Fahn ands... [[YouCantGoHomeAgain I just wants to goes homes]]. I don'ts likes air. [[FishOutOfWater It's too thins to goes ups ins.]]
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-->'''Te Fahn''': I's Te Fahn ands... [[YouCantGoHomeAgain I just wants to goes homes]]. I don'ts like air. [[FishOutOfWater It's too thins to goes ups ins.]]

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-->'''Te Fahn''': I's Te Fahn ands... [[YouCantGoHomeAgain I just wants to goes homes]]. I don'ts like likes air. [[FishOutOfWater It's too thins to goes ups ins.]]
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'''Andi''': Okay, so... long enough. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck God]]...

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'''Andi''': Okay, so... long enough. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck God]]...God]]...
* After a green beam is seen soaring into the sky from Lake Michigan, it's eventually revealed [[http://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie1052/ that the Sar'Teri ended the war]]... [[IDidWhatIHadToDo decisively]], and the leader of the Clan declares that, effective immediately, [[http://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie1053/ they're the only ones welcome in Sar'noth]], exiling all other clans from the Lake.
* This eventually leads to other Sarnothi children being integrated into Selkie's school, [[http://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie1077/ and the fourth panel is heartbreaking]].
-->'''Te Fahn''': I's Te Fahn ands... [[YouCantGoHomeAgain I just wants to goes homes]]. I don'ts like air. [[FishOutOfWater It's too thins to goes ups ins.]]
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** Andi feels terrible about what she'd done, and the ObliviousGuiltSlinging from Selkie [[http://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie689/ in this strip]] brings it crashing home during their dinner.

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** Andi feels terrible about what she'd done, and the ObliviousGuiltSlinging from Selkie [[http://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie689/ in this strip]] brings it crashing home during their dinner.dinner.
* Christmas Eve has Andi [[http://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie854/ call her mother asking to bring Amanda over for Christmas proper]]. [[HarmfulToMinors Amanda hears part of the conversation]].
-->'''Andi''': So, uh... how long were you there?\\
'''Amanda''': Grandma doesn't love me.\\
'''Andi''': Okay, so... long enough. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck God]]...
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* After being on the receiving end of a well-deserved TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, Amanda [[http://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie361/ initially reacts with anger]] before breaking down and wondering "...what's wrong with me?"
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** And 21 strips later, [[http://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie521/ he's on the verge of tears after having had a sit-down with a psychiatrist]], to the point that even Selkie feels (somewhat) sorry for him.
--->'''Selkie's Good Angel''': He looks all scrunchy faced and twisty. Like he's got a knife inside him going stab-stab-stab until his guts explode.
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* [[http://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie500/ Page 500]] could make you CryForTheDevil, as the resident bully, Truck, has a HeelRealization after his misdeeds are finally proven. He ''genuinely'' [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality didn't realize he was the "bad guy" in the situation]].

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* Page 610, after [[spoiler: Amanda gets reclaimed by her birth mother]] and it is confirmed/revealed they aren't going to be adopted together, we see Keisha's reaction. The monologue from [[spoiler: Amanda]] makes it worse: "Sorry she didn't want you! (distracted by excitement) I'm going to get all my own stuff, no more sharing! I get my own room, my own toys and dresses, and my own FRIKKEN MOM! And the best is, I don't gotta deal with any of the other stupid kids here anymore! Bye, Keisha!"
** As mentioned under JerkassWoobie, [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie119/ the fact that an eight-year-old feels this way is just devastating]].

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* Page 610, after [[spoiler: Amanda gets reclaimed by her birth mother]] and it is confirmed/revealed they aren't going to be adopted together, we see Keisha's reaction. The monologue from [[spoiler: Amanda]] makes it worse: "Sorry she didn't want you! (distracted by excitement) I'm going to get all my own stuff, no more sharing! I get my own room, my own toys and dresses, and my own FRIKKEN MOM! And the best is, I don't gotta deal with any of the other stupid kids here anymore! Bye, Keisha!"
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As mentioned under JerkassWoobie, [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie119/ the fact that an eight-year-old feels this way is just devastating]].



** And Selkie, the target of AllOfTheOtherReindeer, [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie169/ gets her]] [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie170/ shirt stolen]].
*** Then there's the arc where we find out that [[spoiler: Selkie's saliva is an irritant, which means she can't kiss her father's cheek without causing a rash]].
** And Amanda pulled back into the lead [[spoiler: with the revelation that [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie238/ her adoptive parents]] ''[[WhatTheHellHero gave her back]]'' to the orphanage because their biological kids didn't get along with her]]. It also makes [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie36/ her earlier trashing]] of her [[BlandNameProduct GameKid]] HarsherInHindsight, despite it already being quite depressing.

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** * And Selkie, the target of AllOfTheOtherReindeer, [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie169/ gets her]] [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie170/ shirt stolen]].
*** ** Then there's the arc where we find out that [[spoiler: Selkie's saliva is an irritant, which means she can't kiss her father's cheek without causing a rash]].
** * And Amanda pulled back into the lead [[spoiler: with the revelation that [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie238/ her adoptive parents]] ''[[WhatTheHellHero gave her back]]'' to the orphanage because their biological kids didn't get along with her]]. It also makes [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie36/ her earlier trashing]] of her [[BlandNameProduct GameKid]] HarsherInHindsight, despite it already being quite depressing.


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* Page 610, after [[spoiler: Amanda gets reclaimed by her birth mother]] and it is confirmed/revealed they aren't going to be adopted together, we see Keisha's reaction. The monologue from [[spoiler: Amanda]] makes it worse: "Sorry she didn't want you! (distracted by excitement) I'm going to get all my own stuff, no more sharing! I get my own room, my own toys and dresses, and my own FRIKKEN MOM! And the best is, I don't gotta deal with any of the other stupid kids here anymore! Bye, Keisha!"
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* Page 610, after [[spoiler: Amanda gets reclaimed by her birth mother]] and it is confirmed/revealed they aren't going to be adopted together, we see Keisha's reaction. The monologue from [[spoiler: Amanda]] makes it worse: "Sorry she didn't want you! (distracted by excitement) I'm going to get all my own stuff, no more sharing! I get my own room, my own toys and dresses, and my own FRIKKEN MOM! And the best is, I don't gotta deal with any of the other stupid kids here anymore! Bye, Keisha!"
** As mentioned under JerkassWoobie, [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie119/ the fact that an eight-year-old feels this way is just devastating]].
-->'''Amanda''': '''When is it gonna be my turn'''! [[InelegantBlubbering W-W-Why doesn't a-anyone w-want me...]]
** And Selkie, the target of AllOfTheOtherReindeer, [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie169/ gets her]] [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie170/ shirt stolen]].
*** Then there's the arc where we find out that [[spoiler: Selkie's saliva is an irritant, which means she can't kiss her father's cheek without causing a rash]].
** And Amanda pulled back into the lead [[spoiler: with the revelation that [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie238/ her adoptive parents]] ''[[WhatTheHellHero gave her back]]'' to the orphanage because their biological kids didn't get along with her]]. It also makes [[http://www.selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie36/ her earlier trashing]] of her [[BlandNameProduct GameKid]] HarsherInHindsight, despite it already being quite depressing.
-->'''Keisha''': I thought you said it was a gift! Why'd you smash it?!
-->'''Amanda''': I don't care. People would rather adopt a fish than me. I just don't freakin' care.
** Andi feels terrible about what she'd done, and the ObliviousGuiltSlinging from Selkie [[http://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie689/ in this strip]] brings it crashing home during their dinner.

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