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Special thanks for my two proofreaders:

Ceris and Krayton

There were many people who helped me with language at some point, but Ceris and Krayton reached out to me pretty early and offered their help without expecting anything in return.
They were patient going through my sketches, while trying to figure out what my characters say, and they corrected the typos and grammar mistakes I made, and even offered options many times to make the comic look more fluent.
Also, they weren't upset (or just didn't tell me :D ) when I made a new typo while fixing one they spotted, or when I rewrote the whole page they put their effort into.
But most importantly even that they have their own preferences, they didn't forced me to bend the story as they wanted to, but instead let me go on my own way while still providing help.

So thank you two a lot!

Thanks a lot for everyone who decided to support me, and bought me a coffee or two over the years. I don't want to post a list of nicknames, but if you are among those 23 people, be proud of yourself not because you supported me specifically, but because you supported the creation of something that brought joy hopefully not only to you, but many many more people.

Also thanks for everyone's comments, constructive criticism, private messages, watches, favorites, likes and everything else. These mean a lot to me and boosted my self confidence by a lot when I was down. Even if I didn't answered to all of them, I read them all and sometimes those really made my day.

Future plans:
I have multiple ideas about how to continue... maybe already too much ideas. :D
But I will definitely take some time to care about different stuff, and get busy with other things. Perhaps there will be some simple stuff I'll post but don't expect anything like this comic for a while.
Maybe one day a big journey will start again, until then take care and I wish you the best!

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If you liked the comic and want to support me, you can do it here:
https://ko-fi.com/confusedraven

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    CornyChocoFresh

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    for the time between this and the next comic i would love to see dave, jay and maybe sam to swap some pics <3

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    Gold255Dog

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    there is a special place in my heart for Dave and Jay and Sam and just being in that time of your life and sorting out who you are and who you love.... Thank you for this CR it means so much to me and I am so happy for you to be able to rest now that the story is done :)

    I love open ended stories because you get to fill in the blanks until the next story comes - like for now in my mind's eye I see those 2 connecting somehow, maybe Dave's family moves to the city and they get to be together....

    Thank you so much again !!!

    *HUGS*

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    Gold255Dog

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    gold255dog said:
    there is a special place in my heart for Dave and Jay and Sam and just being in that time of your life and sorting out who you are and who you love.... Thank you for this CR it means so much to me and I am so happy for you to be able to rest now that the story is done :)

    I love open ended stories because you get to fill in the blanks until the next story comes - like for now in my mind's eye I see those 2 connecting somehow, maybe Dave's family moves to the city and they get to be together....

    Thank you so much again !!!

    *HUGS*

    Also wanted to say the moment where Jay hugs his mom is so sweet for so many reasons - if you are a parent this how you know you are doing it right.

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    Tars04

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    It’s my first time commenting on e621, but I would like to thank the artist, ConfusedRaven, for the amazing comic. Everything from the plot, the art, and even the spicier content; truly amazing work! I just couldn’t walk away and not express my gratitude. This is by far the best comic I read on e6 so far! :)
    PS: if anyone can suggest other good comics on e621 please do! XD

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    Tomeyoung

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    I’ve been reading this comic since it was first posted here, thank you ConfusedRaven for such a great comic, it was always a treat whenever you posted a new page, but as the old saying goes “All good things must come to an end” and while the comic has ended I am interested in seeing what you post in the future whether it be something related to this comic or something new entirely, also I love your art style idk what it is but it’s nice, anyway thanks again for the awesome comic ConfusedRaven

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    Akira272

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    This comic is the best I've read in years, I'd dare to say it's the best I have ever seen! I grew fond of the characters so quickly too hahah

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    AScreenNameXxoxX

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    snowie said:
    " proofreaders " failed on last comic panel.

    Not all suggestions get through to the final version. There's an "of" that I recommended in panel 4 be cut, and that last s. I figure it may be collaboration pains from getting multiple sources or simple misses on any of us. To some degree I've accepted that the characters have a manner of speaking that isn't the same as mine, and that's the author's right. There were a lack of contractions early on for all characters and we tried to soften the input to have the parents tend towards formal and the kids tend towards informal speech. This project has been such an undertaking for CR and ultimately I'm grateful that they accepted and encouraged assistance, plenty of comics on here are far less edited.

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    ConfusedRaven

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    ascreennamexxoxx said:
    Not all suggestions get through to the final version. There's an "of" that I recommended in panel 4 be cut, and that last s. I figure it may be collaboration pains from getting multiple sources or simple misses on any of us. To some degree I've accepted that the characters have a manner of speaking that isn't the same as mine, and that's the author's right. There were a lack of contractions early on for all characters and we tried to soften the input to have the parents tend towards formal and the kids tend towards informal speech. This project has been such an undertaking for CR and ultimately I'm grateful that they accepted and encouraged assistance, plenty of comics on here are far less edited.

    Yeah, both you and Krayton had a different approach to correcting things and many times I got lost between the options, or just simply committed new mistakes while fixing others. :D
    But it was always fun to see the little reviews, so I'm still grateful.
    I think the last page wouldn't be authentic without some inaccuracies xD

    tars04 said:
    It’s my first time commenting on e621, but I would like to thank the artist, ConfusedRaven, for the amazing comic. Everything from the plot, the art, and even the spicier content; truly amazing work! I just couldn’t walk away and not express my gratitude. This is by far the best comic I read on e6 so far! :)
    PS: if anyone can suggest other good comics on e621 please do! XD

    Thanks for your comment.
    Maybe check Black-kitten's Mornings series but probably you've already done it. ;)

    gold255dog said:
    there is a special place in my heart for Dave and Jay and Sam and just being in that time of your life and sorting out who you are and who you love.... Thank you for this CR it means so much to me and I am so happy for you to be able to rest now that the story is done :)

    I love open ended stories because you get to fill in the blanks until the next story comes - like for now in my mind's eye I see those 2 connecting somehow, maybe Dave's family moves to the city and they get to be together....

    Thank you so much again !!!

    *HUGS*

    Sometimes I had doubts if I will finish it, but now it gives a strange satisfaction :)

    tomeyoung said:
    I’ve been reading this comic since it was first posted here, thank you ConfusedRaven for such a great comic, it was always a treat whenever you posted a new page, but as the old saying goes “All good things must come to an end” and while the comic has ended I am interested in seeing what you post in the future whether it be something related to this comic or something new entirely, also I love your art style idk what it is but it’s nice, anyway thanks again for the awesome comic ConfusedRaven

    I'm glad that it not only got your attention, but managed to keep it over the years :)

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    Redgerra

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    I really hope you come back to these characters one day and we get to see their further adventures. :)

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    K9not

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    Came for the porn, stayed for the plot. I have been following for quite a while now. I will miss these boys. Thank you for blessing us with this comic.

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    SandraLornweigh

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    This was such an unexpected find today, and was so cute! An incredible project, awesome storytelling above all else, and great characters. Thanks for giving me a cool couple of hours today <3

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    coolycool909

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    My favorite comic came to an end! What a ride it’s been. I can’t wait to see what you do next!

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