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wow hey guys did you see that eclipse thing yesterday

#im sorry this is very unfunny #oleander comic

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Chapter Thirteen

TW: Brief mention of period-typical (about 50s-70s) homophobia (page 7)

(Also, this chapter is dark [literally] and while the text remains unobstructed, a dim environment and brightened screen are recommended to best view characters and scenes.)

#oleander comic #caroline portal #portal #portal 2 #update #chell portal #glados #eeeee finally omg #its here... after all these year #first update of 2024..... insert yes honey wojack #anyways

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Caroline isn't as amused by the booping as everyone else is. Chell won't even explain to her what "boop" means.

#see i followed up on my promise for once :3 #oleander comic #caroline portal

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THIS WASNT AN INVITATION TO DO SO

oh god in going to get booped to death arent i

#sigh its okay fine you can boop me #if i have the energy later ill draw caroline getting booped or something

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oh god in going to get booped to death arent i

#like. reblog. boop. thats how it is now

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Chapter One

After some deep thought and consideration, I have decided to change the entire story of this comic, as well as the update schedule to Mondays and Wednesdays instead.

Without further ado, I present the new and improved Oleander:

How does it feel to have been tricked, huh? God starting over with an entirely overhauled plot would be... so not great considering I'm a little ways off from being halfway done with the comic (I'm also a consistent schedule enjoyer at heart so the update days will still be only on a Tuesday or Thursday). Since I've got your attention anyway, I apologize for taking so long with this update. I know 3 and a half months isn't a long time in the span of things and not a long time to take to make an entire chapter, but it feels like a lot to me, especially because this time last year I was getting updates out in 3 and a half weeks. Thank you all for being so nice to me and I hope you have a good rest of your day. I'll see y'all at the REAL update next Tuesday <3

-Xebec

#oleander comic #portal #portal 2 #update

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Weekly Update

Hi don’t uh. Look at the time this was posted. Or how long it’s been since i made one of these last. Hehe.

Earlier I just finished the lines for Chapter 13 so it shouldn’t be too much longer. Within the month. Some personal stuff is happening (/pos) so I’ll hopefully be on a more consistent schedule soon but who knows.

-Xebec

#im not losing motivation if anything i cant WAIT to start ch13 #i mean 14 oops #info

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woah

#thx

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had to make this meme with the worst 3 communicators in history

#oleander comic #caroline portal #portal #portal 2 #chell portal #glados #food for between updates :3

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Weekly Update

Augh I don't really do these anymore lmao.

What's up gang. I am bringing this message to you that I am starting on Chapter 13's lineart and will, in fact, have the update finished either the last week of February or the first week or two of March. Yaaaay.

-Xebec

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One Year Anniversary

Welp, as of today, Oleander is officially a year old! I can't even begin to thank everyone for all the support they've shown for me and for this comic. Finishing (technically) 13 chapters in a year has been. Whew. While I wish I could have had more prepared, or maybe even an update for tomorrow, I think this is good :) Thank you all for a cool awesome year and here is to another cool awesome year.

-Xebec

#oleander comic #oleander spoilers #caroline portal #portal 2 #// blood #// animal death

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Chapter Twelve

#oleander comic #portal #caroline portal #portal 2 #update #chell portal #glados #oleander spoilers #ITS HERE ITS FINALLT HERE #RAAAAGH #falls on the ground and dies forever

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i tried to schedule the update for tmrw and accidentally regular queued it instead but deleted it and remade the post and scheduled it right but tumblr still says i have 2 things queued so if it updates before 11 central tmrw its a fluke dont look at it just ignore it LMAO

#i forgor… everything #oopsies

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HELLO its been over a month but i am about 1/4 done with the colors and will confirm there will be an update on the 28th of this month!! <3

:)

#me when literally the last thursday of the year hehe

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:)

#feels good to like #work on it again #in a refreshing way #like #yep. back to it :) #i WAS gonna just drop ch12 sometime next month and be like ‘SURPRISE’ but #meh

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Something Something Burnout

DON'T LET THE TITLE OF THIS POST ALARM YOU lmao. I'm not quitting or taking a hiatus (a super long one, anyways) or anything like that. I do really really want to see the this to the end.

As most of you know, earlier this year my pacing was absolutely mental. I mean, updating every 2-4 weeks. I knew I wasn't going to be able to keep that up forever and this post was probably a long time in the making.

Recently, working on this comic has felt more like a chore than a hobby/side project, and I don't want that to get worse! The last update, which was 7 pages total, was the update that took me the longest. Now, it's been more weeks since the last update than pages I have sketched. SO as you can see, my pace has slowed.

The slowed pace is for a multitude of reasons. School is kind of kicking my ass right now, I have other free-time activities I've been doing (I started reading for fun again!!), and, most of all, I can feel burnout on my heels. And I kind of have burnt out a little?

This next chapter, Chapter 12, will be the last update of 2023. It won't be particularly long, but I'm taking my time. It'll be November or maybe even December before I'm finished because of my slowed pace. In 2024 I'm going to focus more on myself and my (rapidly declining -_- oopsies) mental health, so there definitely won't be another 13 chapters in one year lol.

In this past year, the response to this comic has been overwhelming in a positive way. This account recently reached 200 followers!!! That's such a big number to me and I want to give each and every one of you a hug.

So yeah. Sorry for the longer post (hence why I added the readmore). I just had a lot to say and wanted to make a pretty big serious post about the state of myself and the comic.

:)

-Xebec

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Weekly Update

Wah I forgot it was Thursday what the heck.

I don’t have much to say really. I have one page of Chapter 12 sketched and I’m just kinda taking it easy honestly.

-Xebec

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