Conversations with my Younger Self: Part 2

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by on November 15, 2025 at 11:56 am

A ten panel, full color comic. Above all of the panels is the title treatment of the series in lowercase letters: "Conversations with my Younger Self." In the first panel, the younger and present Emily sit next to each other on the couch. The younger Emily looks on, slightly worried, as the present Emily threads her hand through her hair and says, "I know we're the same person and all, but--I don't know, it's all so weird." In the second panel, we focus in on the younger Emily, looking on at her present self as she speaks off panel: "I feel like I don't know what to say--" In the third panel, we focus on the present Emily, looking off into the middle distance and seeming distressed. She finishes her thought with "to myself!" In the fourth panel, the younger Emily looks down toward the floor. In the fifth panel, she darts her eyes back up to the present Emily (off panel) and says, "Are those Pikachu socks?" In the sixth panel, we see the present Emily's ankles and feet against the background of her floor rug. Her socks are, in fact, Pikachu socks: blue with yellow toes and heels with Pikachu heads and "Pika" patterned around them. The present Emily answers, "Huh? Oh, yeah. Had these for a few years now." In the seventh panel, the younger Emily leans over excitedly to the present Emily, who reacts with a small jolt at the sudden closed distance. The younger Emily, her enthusiasm literally sparkling around her, rattles off, "So we still like Pokémon? We didn't grow out of it? Like everyone said we would?!" In the eight panel, we focus on the present Emily, taking a beat and looking at her younger self with a small amount of shock. In the ninth panel, the present Emily smiles wide, sparkles around her now too. In the tenth panel, both Emilys sit cross legged in the same way next to each other as they chat back and forth, the younger Emily drilling the present Emily on her specific Pokémon knowledge. "Is your favorite starter still Chikorita?" Answer: "Yep, though there's a newer bunny one too, and a little round owl." Question: "Like Hoothoot?" Answer: "Kinda like Hoothoot!" Question: "What's your favorite Eeveelution?" Answer: "Still Espeon." Reaction: "YESSSSSS!"

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