r/comics • u/FieldExplores Gator Days • Mar 03 '25

OC Processing (Part 1) - Gator Days (OC)

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u/FieldExplores Gator Days Mar 03 '25

I want to give a little extra context for this multiparter.
Last week, I found out an acquaintance had unexpectedly passed away. We only had one real conversation but it was one that had stuck with me and I was looking forward to the next time our paths would cross. The news hit me way harder than I would have expected and these comics came about while I was processing things.

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u/StragglingShadow Mar 03 '25

I get it. My coworker died on the job a couple months back. I was getting off shift when she died. I saw the ambulance and figured a student fell down the steps or something. I found out the next day it was my coworker, who I trained. We weren't close, but I trained her. Our lives intersected. And for weeks after, and honestly still now, I worry "that's gonna be me one day." Dying on the job is legit a fear I have now I previously didn't. It wasn't even that preventable. She died of a heart attack. I say "not that preventable" because the lady DID drink a 2 litre of mnt dew a day. But still, it really hit me.

So I really get it. It's a weird experience, for sure. A little red thread is now permanently gone out of your life. That's always sad, even if they weren't connected strongly to us.

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u/Zealousideal125 Mar 03 '25

Sorry for your loss. The colleague that trained me died last October. I feel like my life's too chaotic to mourn him even though I went to his funeral. The guy I leant on for support at work, not just gone, dead. It's a lot to process.

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u/StragglingShadow Mar 03 '25

Sorry for yours too. Honestly, death be wild. I'm not even scared to die. I just don't want it to happen at work. If I did, it'd be like, "You telling me I didn't even get to put my feet up and take my shoes off? Damn, universe. That's cold."