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[AirisKiahin]

I guess you could possibly use one of the tricks I like.
When there's a scene that is extremely important for the readers to know, I'd surely draw it in details. But when the scene itself doesn't matter too much but it has to be shown as some key element, I shorten it into some kind of "character's view". For example I have a romance story, were the two characters struggle their feelings. And there was a scene where one of the characters had to remember a piece of his past, where he gave an important promise and then moved to another city and found himself another job.
None of my readers would want to see 30 pages of him looking for a job, packing stuff and moving. Neither did I want to draw that. But the phrase of promise must've been shown. That's why I just drew a short scene of the promise given and all the other things were just told directly.

Possibly you can do something similar by showing some panels that would show the moments with the most important words and adding some explanations like: "We've made this decision and worked things out for our better future"

[Tanako]

@AirisKiahin wow not bad. I'll definitely take a closer look at what you have mentioned and it just might work. I have been struggling with this and i believe what you have presented is great. and by the way, i do follow your story and the art is so Beautiful.

[AirisKiahin]

Awww, thank you <3 I do hope this will help)

[skicoak]

If it's just the reconciliation scene that you don't want to do, you can montage/voice over through it, versus just skipping it all together. It can definitely be more artsy and a more fluid transition into a romantic ending versus an actual conversation with brutal truths being brought up.

[Maps]

I don't know if you've followed "Chew and Swallow" (God I bring this one up a lot...)
But they just did a huge skip forward scene of 4 years and had their characters reconcile. The latest chapter is the reconciliation. If they had ended it on this chapter, I'd have been devastated since we had 65+ chapters of build-up to this moment. BUT they can probably wrap it up in the next couple of chapters if they really needed to, with a sort of open ending.
Maybe you can do what they did and do the time skip for one chapter, where the character explains what he had done for the past two years. And how much he wondered about Seb. Then in the next chapter you can have them run into each other a reconcile, talking about their toxic past and showing how much they have grown and missed each other. Then you can have that ending chapter where it shows them with friends and making things work together.
Maybe just give it a few more chapters, but not just one?

[joannekwan]

Another option could be: do the montage/narration of them reconciling feelings, then end with the two going out on a 'first date'.
That way the jump to 'happily in love' isn't as jarring, but there is a strong seed planted that this is the start of a good relationship and leaves the story a little open-ended but largely hopeful.

[vothnthorvaldson]

To me, it depends a lot on how the fight went i.e. if it did put the issues in the light in a way that the reader can see how that specific fight was necessary for the relationship to start back on healthier bases.

Take two pretty opposites scenarios:
1 - Their fight is about lauching at each other their dishonest behaviour, trying to escape responsibilities and/or put the responsibilities on the other: time skip to reconciliation would be a very bad idea, disappointing and in my opinion, a bit creepy (at least not announcing anything good for the future; for sure not a real happy ending). I know that's not what you want to do, but my first thought was, if you don't have time to explain how things got better, the logical thing to do would be to write a separation.

2 - Fighting is about putting everything on the table and discussing issues, why they happened, not refusing responsability. That can still be fighting, these scenes can be pretty intense, but be, in a way, constructive fighting. Then I could imagine a time skip COULD be ok, although not desirable (could be better if there is some appeasement or calmer/more introspective moments from both protagonists at the end of the fight.

[gempompadour]

If I read this I would feel like I missed a dozen pages and would wonder why you didn't show me the events and instead are explaining them to me; you know the "show don't tell" thing.

You could maybe condense the ending by having some pages of internal monologue by Seb or Brad, then show how he chooses to go back to his love. He professes to no-one how he loves them and will try to make it work, even if it doesn't. They see each other, no words are said, and then you time skip. Audience might for a second even doubt whether they got together or not. But they get together and I would understand that they made up, and it all ended well. You might not even need to explain how they got together.

[amortelito]

Well, what I woul do if I had to end the story withouth much work is...
That they have the horrible fight. They both depart the place and I would put some Flashbacks on the backgrounds ( mixing new and old art)
The good and the bad moments.
Maybe un character dramaticly smashes the mirror and the collage of memories break too.

Then he aks himself "Is this love worth it?"

Everything fades to white they are holding hands.
And the voice says "Absolutely, this love is worth everything"

Last panel with a kiss.

If I wanted that they don't look too "toxic" I will just ad " I'm not perfect, neither he is, but we have each other to keep learnig about life"

I understand that readers would not want a rushed ending, at the same time, it Is better than having no ending or hiatus.

[Maps]

Chills... pure chills. I vote this!

[Tanako]

Exactly! lol and that is why i want to hang in there. This i'snt a bad idea at all. luv it actually hahaha. most of the ideas thrown out here is god. better than what i could have came up with anyway. ill look into each and every one of them then make a decision. thanks again.

[Adeca]

Did Simba defeat Scar offscreen?
Remember that time when Anna got frozen due to Elsa's powers, and then the screen blacks out and the next we see is Anna and Elsa having some coffee and laughing about that awkward moment they shared in front of Anna's boyfriend?
When Jack and Rose were hanging out in the middle of the Atlantic ocean on top of a door, did James Cameron cut to 80 year old Rose so she could narrate you the details about Jack's death?

[Tanako]

@Adeca and how does this help? what exactly are you trying to say? I actually wanted some sort of sincere advice not someone being sarcastic.

[Adeca]

Well, sorry if this came out as rude and offended you, definitely not what I inteded. But I also think my point is pretty clear.
I'll elaborate in apologize: If you want a good story and care about your readers, draw it. If you don't, then rush it.

[skicoak]

I don't mind pointing out to everyone that's saying you HAVE show everything, that if we can trust the reader to fill in the blanks with what we put in the gutters in our horror and sex scenes... Then we can trust them to fill in an argument.

[Tanako]

well yea.. i guess. there has been some good advice mentioned. honestly i just have to make a decision. i think i have an idea of what i want to do thanks to everyone. I just need to write it out and sleep on it and see if it looks good the next day and if it doesn't i'll go at it.
The comic is already seven chapters deep. i don't want to stretch the end any further than what it already is.

[Tanzer]

If you really want to skip the reconcilliation, you'd probably be better going with a more bittersweet, ambiguous ending with your characters not in a romantic relationship but with possibilty they could reconcile in the future. Otherwise I think people might be disappointed.

[Tanako]

Yes i thought about that too. and looking back, there relationship was based on lies and it got toxic in the end but i know. how could those two possibly be together. But the romantic in me wants them to and i believe thats what our readers would want. the idea you just mentioned is defiantly an option.

[Tanako]

Just want to say thanks to everyone who replied. I finally overcame the road block and I am working on the story and giving it a well deserved ending which won’t take too long.
Thanks again.

[ratique]

OP happy, Closing for now.