Artist website: https://www.skeletonclaw.com/

I haven't really even experienced this sort of betrayal myself but this comic always makes me feel so sad for the oyster.

😭 why is this in particular so sad

This must feel so bad for the oyster.

You know that the Pearl is an irritating grain in the oyster, that they can't get rid of?

And that the only way we have for removing is by killing the oyster...

I used to think so, every time I have seen this comic make the rounds previously.

But this time I think: "source of irritation removed!"

You saw her wearing a pearl necklace. Giant red flag right there.

On the contrary: pearls come into existence because something, like a grain of sand or whatever, gets stuck in the oyster. The foreign object is irritating to the oyster so it coats it with a substance that makes it smoother and less irritating. So if you could remove a pearl without killing an oyster, you'd actually be doing it a favor.

There's some kind of mental health metaphor in that, I'm sure, but damned if I know what it is.

The pearl can be removed without killing it. They can pry open the shell just enough to take out the pearl and then insert a new seed which the next pearl grows around

Some farms do kill them bc its faster

Learned the most important lesson

No wonder he was on guard

if you could remove a pearl without killing an oyster

This is actually doable. That is how the pearl farms sometimes work, you do not need to kill the oysters. They do intentionally create the pearls though, by inserting pearl cores in the oysters.

Artists often use personal pain as inspiration for their artwork, but rarely appreciate theft of the final art nonetheless.

Alternate ending: She's removed his issue/irritant, he pays her bill, everybody's happy.

Its like my dad

Never trust a woman with authority?

Never open up. Never trust anyone. Why do you make it about gender?

Nice try. As if I’m going to tell you…

*depending on where the pearl forms and how big it is

Granted, that's a lot easier to control within an oyster farm environment.

They are a facist misogynist