CIP Episode 1

Overlaps with Underground SSSaints episode of the same title, which is not published yet. US is a big project because it's a year's worth of newsletters to try to pack into a dozen or so pages. Recipes are definitely going to be relocated to yet another comic project, tba later.

The Khan comment actually happened, and it's a truly valid comparison. My sons' father really does look strikingly like movie era Khan in real life, and does indeed have the same unpleasant traits associated with Narcissistic personality disorder.

Josh said he thought whoever ended up being the "New Dad" (aka my future husband, once a suitable time period for personal recovery had taken place) would "be more like Spock than Khan". Here's hoping! Calm and logical and deeply religious sounds like exactly my cup of "Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.".

Actually, I'm a little bit like Spock myself these days, with some of the useful new quirky habits I picked up from the Mormon Era! Hadrian likes to joke about it: "Yeah, my Mum wears ankle length skirts and writes in journals constantly and stockpiles food. I think she did a little too much LDS." (Apologies if you've never seen Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and have no idea what we're talking about! Or if you have no familiarity with Mormon culture, and/or the fact that LDS makes a convenient shorthand for Latter-Day Saints, which they actually use...)

And I did absolutely pick up the Earl Grey habit from Captain Picard. I was an obsessive Star Trek fan as a teenager, much to the annoyance of pretty much everyone I knew, and since my parents had both gone pretty seriously off the rails at that point and there was constant tension and fighting in the house, culminating in their divorce when I was 17, Star Trek was not just a mental escape for me but also a way to find positive role models. Captain Picard especially appealed to me as a virtual father figure - he was calm and quiet but also deeply emotional and romantic, loved classical music (playing as well as listening), wine, tea, history, and Shakespeare - highbrow culture, but didn't act superior to others with different tastes. He believed strongly in both justice and compassion. He balanced his sense of duty and obedience with realism and always tried to see things from the other's point of view as well as his own. He worked for peace but was not afraid to fight if necessary. When I was overwhelmed by stress and worry, I could always make myself a nice cup of tea and be reminded to choose calm and peace. That trick still works today!