Trekker subtext rapidly becoming text.

[richardak]

A month ago, I posted a few pages from the new Trekker TPB, Train to Avalon Bay, just to introduce it to people who weren't familiar with it.  I want to post another page now, but don't worry, it's a 96-page TPB, so I should still be within the posting limits.  To give a little background as to what's going on, Mercy and her friend and neighbor Molly were taking a vacation together, and were on the eponymous train.  Unfortunately, there were also a couple of feds escorting a VIP on the train, prompting an attack by a terrorist group, causing a derailment.  Mercy leads them in jumping off the train before it crashes, leading to this scene:

Now, I would say that there was homoerotic subtext between Mercy and Molly during the original run of this series in the eighties, but, if so, it was subtle enough for its existence to debatable.  Mercy, certainly, had a boyfriend with whom she was fairly seriously involved.  This, though, seems pretty blatant, to the point where it is only just barely subtext.  I thought that was an interesting change, so I thought I'd post this page.  Since the series is also a webcomic, you can check out this page here.  You can also go back and read through the whole series and decide for yourself how much of a change this is from the earlier incarnation of the series.

Comments

[arilou_skiff]

I keep expecting Kirk/Spock.

Honestly, it's like the third time I've clicked on a Trekker scans-post and expecting something Star Trek related :p

[richardak]

I'm sorry. I hate to keep disappointing you. But give Trekker a chance. I promise it's really good.

[arilou_skiff]

Not disappointment per se, it's just "Oh Star Trek. *click* Wait, this isn't Star Trek! Oh wait, I made that mistake last week too..."

[q99]

Likewise ^^

"Kirk Spock? Oops, something else! The something else looks fairly cool..."

[ozaline]

Mark me down as a third expecting Star Trek; this does look cool though.

[northstarfan]

Still waiting on my omnibus...