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#30276: Sep 13th 2019 at 12:01:12 PM

She's a hybrid of two different alien species: Uryuom and Lespuko, plus human and squirrel.

fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#30277: Sep 13th 2019 at 1:44:11 PM

She’s a Super Human Squirrel Super Alien.

Wait, she’s a alien? When that hap- no, shut up.

Edited by fredhot16 on Sep 13th 2019 at 1:47:05 AM

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TheLovecraftian Since: Jul, 2017
#30278: Sep 13th 2019 at 7:42:35 PM

New NP.

I'm getting the spurious feeling that this is just an excuse for Shive to talk about games in the commentary.

fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#30279: Sep 13th 2019 at 8:48:16 PM

(Eagerly awaits with bated breath for seeing Susan become a demon because of her moral choices.)

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ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#30280: Sep 14th 2019 at 6:31:15 AM

Think this was the biggest laugh the main comic has given me in a while, because that's perfectly in-character for both of them - Ashley may be the type who doesn't want to pry, but Grace is such an open book that it doesn't matter.

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TheLovecraftian Since: Jul, 2017
#30281: Sep 16th 2019 at 3:21:16 AM

Okay, yeah, that cracked me up And I actually got the pun without reading the commentary, which certainly says something.

Edited by TheLovecraftian on Sep 16th 2019 at 7:22:35 AM

DatLonerGirl Get heckin crabbed from a top secret place Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#30282: Sep 16th 2019 at 5:14:00 AM

My brain skipped the sound effects, so the commentary confused me at first. I've read so many webcomics with unsound effects none faze me anymore.

Writer, or something.
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#30283: Sep 16th 2019 at 7:23:21 AM

I mean, rogues aren't the only ones who get access to those skills... that said, yeah, Diane doesn't exactly mesh with those other classes in fantasy roleplay.

Honestly, I'm just kind of astounded that Shive made a doge joke in 2019.

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#30284: Sep 16th 2019 at 10:21:54 AM

[lol] I appreciate her stealth mode so much. We so rarely get to see the shallow popularity-monger that Diane was originally introduced as anymore.

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TheLovecraftian Since: Jul, 2017
#30285: Sep 16th 2019 at 5:24:14 PM

New NP

Gotta agree. If skirt long, skirt also flowy and easy to move in. Tight long skirt =/= not good.

fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#30286: Sep 16th 2019 at 6:11:12 PM

[up]Well, I guess that was the purpose of the skirt. For this strip.

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#30287: Sep 16th 2019 at 6:24:08 PM

Actually, I have a long flowy dress that if you walk fast enough in it, wraps around your legs in a weird way and behaves like a tight skirt walking wise. But if you slow down, the problem mostly goes away.

Writer, or something.
stevebat Since: Nov, 2009
#30288: Sep 16th 2019 at 7:24:38 PM

That's an extremely short skirt now which leads to the other problem

Apocalypse: Dirge Of Swans.
fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#30289: Sep 16th 2019 at 7:45:09 PM

[up]She's wearing Videl shorts so embarrassment isn't a problem, correct?

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#30290: Sep 16th 2019 at 7:48:01 PM

Why did she rip the abs off her shirt too?

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fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#30291: Sep 16th 2019 at 7:49:34 PM

[up]Crap, you're right. Odd.

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fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#30294: Sep 17th 2019 at 10:57:59 AM

To wipe the sweat from her brow? Why was she in the skirt in the first place, Shive?

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#30295: Sep 17th 2019 at 11:32:13 AM

Eh, I feel like a lot of this comes down to a degree of wish fulfillment. Being an extremely reserved person in real-life, she's enjoying the idea of playing a more scantily-clad protagonist.

fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#30296: Sep 17th 2019 at 7:26:18 PM

Speaking of Susan, anybody find it head-tilting that the first avowed feminist (indeed, the president of the Feminist Club) thinks men are despicable cowards and openly cheers for female supremacy?

I mean, when the next strip after that is titled "Yes, there are male feminists too", I'm getting the sense teenage Shive may not have been that knowledgeable about feminism.

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#30297: Sep 17th 2019 at 7:27:50 PM

He wasn't.

Fun fact: Susan was actually Shive's stepping stone into feminism. He's admitted that he created her to be a one-dimensional Straw Feminist archetype but, when writing out her parts in the story, he kept losing debates with her.

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TheLovecraftian Since: Jul, 2017
#30299: Sep 18th 2019 at 3:50:15 AM

I've had characters like that, they're good fun to write about.

Anyhow, new comic, in which we discuss confidence and the lack thereof. While still crouching in a store.

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#30300: Sep 18th 2019 at 7:35:06 AM

For some adoptees, the discovery of biological family - particularly if it happens by happenstance - is a much more fraught subject. Particularly if Diane's parents are pretty openly liberal, I can see that being just a non-issue.

Also, yeah, Susan just being that reticent to talk about major developments is totally her, for better or worse.

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