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Author: darthcaliber

Feb 28th 2014 at 7:50:04 PM

expanding on the CountYourSheep example: PlayedWith is really the accurate term here as the comic kept presenting possible explanations for who could or couldn't see Ship only to then present a situation that contradicted the theory so that even Ship himself didn't understand how it works:
-->* Ship answers the phone when Laurie's mother calls -she can hear him but stubbornly insists it's impossible for him to be on the phone since he "doesn't exist"
-->* This strip is given a CallBack when Laurie's sister Karla calls. She can't hear him, but acknowledges Ship's existence and simply asks him to put Laurie on the phone.
-->* This leads to a FlashBack storyline where young Laurie discovers her parents really can't see or hear Ship leading her to think maybe only she can -only to immediately discover Marty (her future husband/Katie's father) can also.
-->* so Laurie confronts her parents writing "I exist" on Ship's chest. They don't react until Ship himself changes the message to "I exist Suckers!" This gets a reaction implying they can see Ship but try to deny it.
-->* followed immediately by Karla coming home and accepting Ship exists -but it turns out she can't see or hear him
-->* years later Karla comes to visit now adult Laurie and still cannot see or hear Ship -until she announces her pregnancy at which point she suddenly can see and hear him.