Y: The Last Man

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The Brown siblings are two sides of the same fuckup coin.

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Yoricks, at least, sticks out as obviously as he does in a world without cis men.

(He even has the gall to complain about that last one.)

Its magnificence demands a full transcription:

I dont owe you shit!

(And the crowd at home goes wild!)

You think you’ve got the option to fuck around all you want with no consequences!

An entire life of just being given shit!

Like, I dont know, the benefit of the fuckingdoubt?

you’re free to just walk into any room, take it for granted.

And now that youactually arethe most important person in the room, you could give a shit!

Only by 355s grace do they remain on speaking terms.

Heros poison, meanwhile, is decidedly subtler and thus far more sinister.

(In all fairness, Sam is a classic enabler himself.

Given how utterly vulnerable he is now, though, he gets a pass for the moment.)

Its as if she knows instinctively that this terrifying woman places a premium on that kind of honesty.

(Yes, even now, the bar for a mans redemption is still on the floor.)

Assorted Bits

So 355 is a sleepwalker, huh?

Im sure this death-courting condition will in no way, shape, or form become consequential to the story.

Nora Brady is ripe for radicalization.

And as we all know by now,cults tend to prey on bright, successful, desperate people.

The hell does that lady think shes gonna do with a hand grenade??

Is Sam right?Doesthe Pentagon have the good shit?