Line #21 WMG/PennyAndAggie


1	[[WMG:Penny and Aggie "experimented" with one another sometime before the series began.]]
2	The Main/WordOfGod is that there's a yet-unrevealed reason for their petty rivalry. Sara's theory that there was a lesbian attraction between the two struck a nerve on Penny, compared to her blasÃ© reaction when Sara herself came out; the self-consciously gay-friendly Aggie has a similar reaction when Lisa suggests the same thing. In an early internal monologue about her sexual preference, Aggie wonders whether she "prefers," not "likes," girls. Could it be that their apparent insecurities were fear of being outed? Could it be that Aggie's decision to "never speak of that possibility again" was driven by her past mistake with Penny? Could it be that that night set off the whole rivalry? Could it be that this contributor is just looking to justify a ridiculous pet theory?
3	* Then again, [[http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=514 Aggie seems pretty flustered when the subject comes up...]]
4	* Effectively {{Jossed}} by the fact that both girls, in the "May" and "June" chapters, consistently behave as though so much as kissing each other (or indeed kissing anyone, in Aggie's case, or kissing a girl, in Penny's case) is completely new to them, and more than a little scary.
5	* The reason for the rivalry was revealed in "What you can't teach." And what's shown there still has an impact on the strip, even as it's now heading into the last few weeks of strips.
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7	[[WMG:Meg and Helen are sisters.]]
8	There's very little evidence to suggest this--in fact, the ''only'' time we've seen Helen's family is in [[http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=499 this strip]]. But the things we ''do'' know about Helen's sister--namely, that she's older, blonde, and accustomed to being lavished with attention--all apply to Meg. It would also explain why Penny felt so comfortable with taking Meg down--her "poaching" of Braz was more likely a "last straw" kind of situation and less of a first offense. The theory may be {{Jossed}} [[http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=768 here,]] but it's also possible that like WesternAnimation/{{Daria}} and Quinn, the more popular one has disavowed any relationship to the outcast.
9	** The August 23 2010 strip of Something Positive showed that Helen at least called her sister to let her know she's okay. That doesn't sound like a bad sibling relationship.
10	** Probably {{Jossed}}. Meg's last name is Macomb.
11	** WordOfGod says Helen's sister is named Summer.
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13	[[WMG:There'll be a crossover with ''Webcomic/MenageA3'']]
14	Proof? Remember that filler week about the Korean family? And Junghien, Zii's boss, is Korean. A bit far-fetched, but hey, this is WMG!
15	** Well, Ritch and his buddies made a cameo appearance as three gay porn stars in one page. So... I think this is already a closed case.
16	*** Even though this is a JustForFun sort of page, I feel I should mention that those gay porn stars, as T Campbell [[WordOfGod pointed out]] in the ''P&A'' forum, are ''not'' Rich, Stan and Jack, but lookalikes that Gisèle Lagacé drew into that ''Ma3'' strip as a last-minute joke. Although Lagacé, as founding artist of ''P&A'', does have part ownership of those characters, Campbell was understandably miffed at this "joke," as he's since had to explain to more than a few readers that no, the canonical Rich, Stan and Jack did ''not'' make a porn video. Source for T's statement [[http://pennyandaggie.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=61275#61275 here]].
17	*** I haven't read that strip (and I thought I had all of them...), or removed it from my memory. But since WordOfGod says that they aren't, it doesn't count. (Maybe P&A exists in the MA3 'verse, and they made a porn parody of it?
18	*** During the kidnapping arc (or was that the "No Exit" arc?), there was a throwaway joke of Rich starring in some gay porn, so maybe Campbell was a little cool with it now
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20	[[WMG: Rich, Stan, and Jack all have identical twins.]]
21	And their twins are all gay, and they all moved to Canada to star in gay pornography in ''Webcomic/MenageA3''
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23	[[WMG:Since Gisèle [[WordOfGod pointed out]]...]]
24	* ...that both Penny and Aggie are based on two conflicting sides of her own personality as a teenager: The whole comic is about her coming to terms with herself. Put a completely different light on their eventual lesbian relationship, doesn't it?
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26	[[WMG:The winning future Penny is a journalist.]]
27	If we take the 20 2020 Pennies as actual potential futures, we can eliminate all the Pennies that didn't follow Rich. From the ones who did we can eliminate the ones who stayed with Rich (Biker Penny, Holocaust Survivor Penny, Defense Attorney Penny), Authoress Penny (who's shown fading away in Last Summer of Youth), and likely Counselor Penny (since Rich did not abuse Penny). That leaves Housewife Penny, Amateur Nutritionist Penny, Gym Manager Penny, Borg Penny, and Journalist Penny. Of those, the one who seems most similar to who Penny is in Four Septembers Later is Journalist Penny.
28	* And if Penny had abandoned her career to keep Tom, she would've become Housewife Penny.
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