History Webcomic / MaddieInAmerica

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Siobhan doesn't seem to think too highly of this mindset, as she sees most of the abstract art at the Guggenheim as too simple to be taken seriously, and she isn't too happy with people being rewarded for simplicity when she and her mother had to struggle to support themselves.

* [[spoiler: CoitusEnsues:]] [[spoiler: Surprisingly averted with the sex scene between Maddie and Andy. Though [=MacVeigh=] realized that putting such a thing in the comic would make some think he's run out of ideas and just turned the thing into erotic fanfiction, it actually does serve a purpose to the story. His cousin pointed out to him that when doing an adult themed story involving romance, various moments in the couple's love life should be examined, and one of those is the couple's first time having sex. [=MacVeigh=] was torn on whether to depict it as implied and brushed over in two pages (which he felt would lack any development), or make it a descent into something similar to ''Film/{{Caligula}}'', which he notably criticized in the first story. In the end, he went with a mix of erotic situations (the characters readying themselves for the experience, talking to each other, and taking the time to let themselves go), but didn't really make it a descent into porn, as we never see the character's genitals (though we do see Maddie's breasts). It also serves another purpose to the story- reminding Siobhan of her dilemma in that she feels she can't show passionate love to Ebony the same way that Maddie and Andy show love for each other- though they do get their chance by the story's end]].

''Maddie in America'' was the second webcomic in Ruairidh [=MacVeigh's=] series that began with "''Webcomic/MaddieOnTheIslandHue''" Picking up about a month after the end of the previous comic, Maddie is about to turn 18, and her parents allow her and her boyfriend Andy to travel anywhere in the world they want to as a present. They decide on America and decide to take along their best friends and same sex lovers Siobhan and Ebony. Through their trip, they get to learn more about the world around them as well as each other.