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Ctrl Alt Del was one of the biggest webcomics of the mid to late 2000s. The protagonist is Ethan, the guy in the first strip. Ethan is a gamer and plays into a lot of the early 2000s stereotypes — lazy, vaguely stupid, bad at adulting, etc. Most of the humor revolved around conflicts between him and his roommate, Lucas, who is also a gamer, and usually plays the foil to Ethan’s antics.
The strip got popular and moved more towards longer story arcs. Lilah was introduced pretty early on in the strip, and some of the humor revolved around Ethan crushing on her. As the writers started writing longer arches, they Ethan and Lilah started dating. Then Lilah got pregnant. Again, everything was still pretty lighthearted and humorous at this time. Then Ethan got a call and rushed to the hospital. This was the next strip.
This was the first strip that didn’t have any dialogue. It was the first strip where shit got real. It hit people like a ton of bricks. Again, this was a very popular webcomic that was very lighthearted. Minus children being traumatized, it would be like if Bugs Bunny got a call from Daffy Duck because he needs support as he’d just been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. It hit a lot of fans hard, not the least because it came so much out of left field.
So of course it got memed.
Edit: typo
Comment by jrh1972 at 31/01/2024 at 22:13 UTC
12 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Stories don't have arches.
Comment by The_Salt_n_Mustard at 04/03/2024 at 03:14 UTC
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Thak for for the beautiful history
Sam page 🥰🥰↗️↖️
Comment by BasqueBurntSoul at 11/01/2024 at 10:54 UTC
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lol tnx
Comment by MalaysiaTeacher at 27/11/2024 at 20:17 UTC
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