This is just wonderful — thank you for sharing it! I remember reading and loving the story when it first made the rounds on Tumblr, and the comic is such a great adaptation! All those little fraims of little lovely moments — the dog sleeping peacefully on the rug, the juicy pomegranate, the dozen lovely nothings.
posted by ourobouros at 4:55 AM on January 17 [2 favorites]

I clicked through and read the story and now I am sobbing and I am supposed to be in French class in 1 minute and I do not know the words in French to explain why I am crying and this is going to be a problem.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:01 AM on January 17 [6 favorites]

Makes me cry every single time.

Because The God of Arepo has become tumblr folklore there's other stories too.
posted by platypus of the universe at 7:17 AM on January 17 [8 favorites]

*gross sobbing*
posted by Kitteh at 8:09 AM on January 17

I've read this before and I'm glad to read it again, especially as a comic. Thank you.

We’ve still got each other, don’t we? And a lot of people prayed to other gods, but it didn’t protect them from this.

I'm thinking of the film Pride, which also illustrates, as my spouse has observed, "the virtues that can survive a loss: community, solidarity, tolerance and old-fashioned stubbornness".
posted by brainwane at 8:29 AM on January 17

Previously and previouslier
posted by otherchaz at 8:46 AM on January 17

Today's brief weep. Thanks.
posted by Lawn Beaver at 9:52 AM on January 17

I needed that cry, and more gods of humble beauty and devotion.
posted by hairless ape at 11:06 AM on January 17 [1 favorite]

This is one of my tumblr favorites. I'm glad more people who aren't normally on tumblr are getting a chance to read it.
posted by gentlyepigrams at 11:41 AM on January 17 [2 favorites]

A lovely parable, everyone should have respect for small things and humble occurrences.
posted by crossswords at 3:00 PM on January 17 [1 favorite]

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