Yes, I’m leaning a bit heavily into the water metaphors here, but that’s because we’re about to discuss You Brought Me the Ocean,the powerful and greatly needed new Young Adult graphic novel by Alex Sanchez and Julie Maroh that looks at Jake Hyde-perhaps known a bit better as Aqualad in the traditional DC Universe-as he gradually comes to terms with the truth of who he is. Far too often, when teenagers realize they’re gay they find themselves trying to swim against the truth, frightened of where the tide may be taking them and worried that they may drown in a sea of unanticipated emotions. For some, the result may be refreshing, like a splash of cool water, while for others it may leave them feeling like they’re adrift on a stormy sea. It can hit us with the force of a tsunami…or we can find ourselves easing into it like a swimming pool on a hot summer day.
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