these two are webcomics.
I discovered STRANGER EONS through johnvertisement.
I think someone (whom I know physically) talked to me about it… I am not sure but I feel some déjà vu with the idea of online friends who live in different time periods.
the way by which I discovered laika's comet is a bit more complicated.
its creator, fourleafisland, is someone I first discovered through a YouTube recommendation of one of his art tutorial videos.
I recently spotted someone with a profile picture that reminded him of his art style among the notes on a deltarune-related post reblogged by okayxairen… and it turned out to be actually him.
this is when I discovered laika's comet, as there were mentions of it on his profile.
laika's comet has a character named „Mars“; it also has a transgender character.
STRANGER EONS has a character that is both named „Mars“ and transgender… and his pre-transition name is „Venus“. I just love this: Mars is a Roman god of war1 and Venus is a Roman goddess of beauty; the eponymous planets' astrological symbols, „♂“ and „♀“, are used to represent males and females in biology.2
I can't stop finding coincidences in things about which I learn roughly at the same time…
Mars is not the god of war; he is the god of physical war; there is another deity related to war, Athena, who is closer to the strategy and tactics aspect of it, alongside wisdom and knowledge.
„Planetary symbols“ on Wikipedia