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Yay! Its back again! I stagger my reading of it to Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday cause there aren't enough good webcomics on those days, so I am not the best person to lead a real time discussion, but it really needs a thread. So in Monday's we see the mysterious return of the dark figure. (linky)

Who is starting to sound really, really desperate.

Also, is it just the art upgrade, or does Ellen's green ray seem more... jeeze, what is a same word to use? Powerful? More powerful then usual?

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Oct 10th 2025 at 12:46:21 PM

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#16351: Aug 4th 2014 at 11:13:24 AM

Oh who cares, that plot was so long ago that I have completely forgotten that it was even a thing. Everything is so far apart that when he brings up something from the past it comes as a surprise.

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#16352: Aug 4th 2014 at 11:21:06 AM

I'd still prefer to see Larry and Sarah explore a platonic male/female friendship. Larry needs to learn how to interact with women as friends, not as Potential Lovers. What if Sarah's just not interested in him romantically? What if she'll never be? Does that mean that any interaction with her is a waste?

That is fine too, of course. I don't think anyone here is hardcore shipping the two after all. It was just an idle possibility that was brought up because the current page made it vaguely possible. Of course, a single page would be too early to call anything even if Larry wasn't acting creepy just a couple of weeks ago.

If they don't hook up, okay, that makes perfectly sense. If they do, however, it could be amusing and even heartwarming, but ultimately depends on how Shive handles it. Regardless, it is too soon to say.

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#16353: Aug 4th 2014 at 11:28:52 AM

Given that Ashley never treated Elliot as someone "lesser," while Larry did treat Sarah that way (even if he didn't realize it until it was pointed out), I'm going to say that there is a huge degree of difference between the two possible pairings.

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#16354: Aug 4th 2014 at 11:30:17 AM

That's an arbitrary distinction from a story writing standpoint.

From a "this would be unacceptable IRL" standpoint, sure okay whatevz. But that's not really what I was getting at.

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#16355: Aug 4th 2014 at 3:41:26 PM

As much I like Larry having an actual, non-asshole conversation with a woman, I do hope the strip doesn't gloss over the fact that Sarah really was being presumptuous - though her reaction to his hitting on her was spot on, everything else like her assuming he was going to let her win wasn't, even if he actually was planning to.

I just assumed she talked to Tedd in between rounds and knew all about his tricks before they actually talked, but still.

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#16356: Aug 4th 2014 at 3:42:18 PM

eh. Lots of time people read off on gut feelings because they are good at reading social cues. Granted, Sarah's social skills probably come from reading the script, but hey.

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#16357: Aug 4th 2014 at 4:02:30 PM

Anyone see the NP strip today? It seems really pointless.

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#16359: Aug 4th 2014 at 4:07:39 PM

It's supposed to be?

I dunno what the Hell else you're expecting out of that strip.

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#16360: Aug 4th 2014 at 4:22:20 PM

Today's NP is a visual representation of the concept of Fridge Logic.

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#16361: Aug 4th 2014 at 4:28:55 PM

It's the beginning of an arc. And it's canon.

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#16362: Aug 4th 2014 at 4:28:55 PM

Susan shouldn't be weirded out that she finds herself attractive.

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#16363: Aug 4th 2014 at 8:42:48 PM

I thought NP stood for "Newspaper", because the strip was originally written for his college newspaper.

But yeah, NP is just silly character fluff. The point of it is to be pointless.

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#16367: Aug 4th 2014 at 9:46:00 PM

Sarah, you were doing good, and then you fell into the trap of the double-standard.

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#16369: Aug 4th 2014 at 10:12:22 PM

It seems the Dumb-Dumb Ball is just being used for a game of hot potato this story arc.

edited 4th Aug '14 10:12:40 PM by GethKnight

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#16370: Aug 4th 2014 at 10:29:53 PM

[up][up][up]Please explain that. I see no such thing.

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#16371: Aug 4th 2014 at 10:34:56 PM

[up],[up][up][up]"You like hitting on girls when they don't wanna be hit on? How about if you get hit on by girls and you don't wanna be hit on." "I'm a guy - why would I ever not wanna be hit on by girls?"

That is a double-standard.

edited 4th Aug '14 10:35:31 PM by nomuru2d

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#16372: Aug 4th 2014 at 10:36:20 PM

Ooh. You're saying she was making good progress, but she's hit a wall because she's brought up something that this guy probably will have a ton of trouble getting past.

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#16373: Aug 4th 2014 at 10:42:51 PM

[up][up]My apologizes, I thought you were saying Sarah was the one employing double-standard.

That said, I still don't agree. Larry is not using double standard, not in that particular point. He don't see himself ever not wanting to be hit on, so he assumes girls are the same. No double standard at all, at last for now.

deadpoolrocks Since: Sep, 2010
#16374: Aug 5th 2014 at 2:09:01 AM

It seems like the point is less all guys want to be hit on all ways and more larry wants to be hit on always probably because he has never been hit on before and only knows it as something cool

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#16375: Aug 5th 2014 at 2:14:29 AM

Yeah, there's a fair few things wrong with Larry's reasoning here but oddly enough sexism isn't really one of them. He's assuming that women and men react in the exact same way to a particular stimulus.

He's like "would I be ok with someone acting the way I am towards me?"

"Yes"

"ok, lets go for it". grin[tup]

edited 5th Aug '14 2:17:03 AM by Elfive


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