Jan23
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As for this comic…
I think someone predicted this development in the comments many months ago. I am nothing if not predictable.
Dammit Daphne, you knew were the freckles were all along and you didn’t find a way to cram Puck’s face into the back of the couch?!? And what does the shirt say, I can’t make out the bottom phrase?
it says ‘to hold the wire in place# – not that this is making much more sense either…
also, i´m calling it now that gecko is setting up phoebe as pucks replacement. the change in hairstyle was the first hint, now she only needs to colour her hair ginger and develop coffee adiction, and we´re set!!
It’s a reference that, often in fiction, many do it yourself gadgeteers, may use chewing gum to hold vital elements of their gadgets in place. Other vital materials are duct tape and paper clips.
Truck bumpers.
I’m glad you clarified that. Because I was thinking it meant the underwire of her bra.
The Colonel thought this too, because Daph has been looking a little bigger of late.
It still didnt make exact sense, but then its not that kind of comic.
@CK
See – SEE !
This is why Comedy Hobo and I are coming concerned with the Jackel’s legal age.
We just want to know when we can have evil thoughts !
@CK
I suppose in the meantime or horrid fantasies will need to be confined to Robin, Phoebe, Tammy, and TRACEEE !!
You mean that Phoebe will host a growth that will turn into our Puck from the Freckles?
No. That would be weird. But oddly would work…
But then where would Phoebe’s soul go? Would her daddy have to forge a new body for her or something?
This is getting complicated.
@EG
Well, you started it !!
You’re trying to write yourself out of a corner by writing yourself into more corners – soon you’ll be in a figurative box!
@Buggle
– Dream Sequence –
Phoebe’s arm is just a host for the next Puck to come. Her soul is her own. What would be infuriating to the modern philosophizor would be that the soul would be copied at the quantum level. Yet, with the creation of a second Puck, one that would take at least one hour per year of age to reach equivalent maturity of Puck Prime. However, the freaky thing would be to reconcile the problems of Superman III. Are we to assume that bad Puck went to Hollywood and that the ultimate betrayal of evil would be for good Puck to grow from a part of Phoebe’s arm, play with her daughter Miranda, be a little sister to Daphne and love Colin like a father?
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Evil laugh, muwha ha Har hardee har har. Hee hee.
Daphne’s Tee: “Juicy Fruit to hold the wire in place.”
Short Circuit 2: http://www.subzin.com/quotes/M1050647bd/Short+Circuit+2/Juicy+Fruit+to+hold+the+wire+in+place.
Daphne’s t-shirt is, indeed, a ref to Short Circuit 2. Or more specifically, to a growing meme based on the line from Short Circuit 2.
I have never heard of this meme – but, now that you have mentioned it, it is going to be everywhere I look for the next few weeks.
It’s just like the ‘new car paradox’ – whenever you buy a car, suddenly you see the same cars all over your town.
Wait for it…
Any minute now it’s going to be HUGE…
I’m waiting for gecko to paint himself like the t-shirt and go to a his team vs. Blues hockey game and sit next to the glass.
Take a close look at the top surface of the couch, and you can SEE the Freckles there.
Phoebe rested her arm on them, and like fleas, they hopped aboard.
Though some are still on the sofa.
What are they waiting for ?
So, this is how the world ends. Not with a bang, but a slouch (on the back of the sofa).
Maybe they’ll end up on Colin and the others – Wait, does Miranda have freckles?
Miranda does. They’re on her nose. See previous comic for a relatively good pic of them, panel three.
What if she sneezes?!?!?!
DEATH AWAITS US ALL!!!
With big, nasty, pointy teeth!
Wait, freckles don’t have teeth! I think you mean DEATH AWAITS US ALL!!! With spots.
Everyone thought they were freckles.
Actually, they were 600-year-old ticks all along.
Just too decrepit or proud to actually swell up anymore.
ew
Freckles do not work like that!
Goodnight!
I cannot argue with you. Because you’re right.
Best way to win at arguments? BE RIGHT!
You’d think that but a number of elections globally in recent years seem to be putting paid to that theory at the moment …
The household consits of Puck, the ancient Fairy of lore.
A half Fairy baby.
A adopted dogwoman.
And the literally daughter of the Devil.
So how do you know Fairy freckles do not work like that?
Because Science.
The rules are being bent a lot here (well, it is Canada) but there’s only so much Science is going to let go here.
Yes, Canada is the one place in the universe where the laws of physics can be broken…
You forget New JERSEY my good Buggle.
I’m not convinced New Jersey exists.
Wade A Minute….
Consider the JERSEY DEVIL…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Devil
It may be, in fact, a cousin to Phoebe.
So many questions….
Well, it seems she has no shortage of embarrassing relatives…
Technically, he’s only the Satan of Canada.
Hmmm, that would explain why he’s not actually too evil, just annoying…
Excellent VOTING INCENTIVE.
Even Maleficent is better with Freckles !
See? Some freckles creep in somehow.
First came the days of the plague …
Stephen King’s The Stand
Something like that. Very much indeed.
“Curious how no-one noticed those freckles on the back of the couch until now.”
No, not really. It’s long been established how unobservant and stupid in many, many areas these people (and people adjacent entities) are.
Daphne’s “F–k it” attitude. Love how she absorbs the situation at hand and tries to keep it moving. :))
She’s somehow maxed out her cynicism factor despite her young age. Some people are like that, I guess. (I know I was.)
And we love her for that…
Actually, some of us hate her for that and everything else about her.
Oh, and I once had a Beagle bitch named “Freckles”. Just sayin’
When it comes to saying something that someone else could find offensive, a classy thing to do is to say it once, politely, and afterwards hold one’s tongue, knowing that it doesn’t bear repeating.
Susan and classy?
Not gonna happen.
Also not classy? Implying someone else can’t be classy.
At least they aren’t mid-american couch bugs. Hill-billicus Sit-ten-onna-couch-inna-da-front-yard Insecticides alcoholics in denim overalls just over underpants-nothing-else.
Where all of the beta members of the group are barefoot in the kitchen, living room, parlor, guest,patio, porch, roof, basement, barn, grain silo, mud warrens, pasture (s), creeks, banks, financial institutions, mainly Wal marts,and on the way to church.
This scenario of yours is oddly fleshed out.
I didn’t want to be accused of being sexist about barefoot people. Especially in the kitchen. You need to wear adequate protection so you don’t slice off a toe.
I guess that I have been wondering, how does one put flesh on a sentence? Or a scenario even?
So now Phoebe has Puck’s freckles (though on her arms?)
I swear, if they start crawling up to her face, I will laugh way too hard.
Admittingly, I am curious how no one (except, supposedly, Daphne noticed them prior to now). Too small or just didn’t think about it? Both things are possible!
It’s almost like the freckles are a plot device! (Shhh! Don’t tell anyone!)
Put the freckles back on Puck’s face and she’ll be back to normal. Wait……..was she normal from the beginning?
She has never been normal.
Reminds me of a patient with Waterhouse-Frederichsen Syndrome that we had. Hopefully Phleebles is resistant to meningococci
Just when I thought there were enough horrible diseases to die from, Susan comes to the rescue.
Heh. Lethal Midline Granulomatosis ftw. What joy to work for a MD and have an MD for a bf
I’m NOT looking that one up. The last one scared me enuff.
Is there a Syndrome that describes people who are traumatized by the hurriball diseases Susan Schroeder comes up with ?
Yeah, nosophobia (fear of contracting a disease). Known among health care providers as “being a weenie”
Is it possible to be a hypochondriac *and* a nosophobic?
Sure, just like it’s possible to have measles and a toothache. Occam’s Razor doesn’t apply to patients, and diseases do not exert a protective effect over other diseases.
Ultimate suck… 😛
If the freckles take over Phoebe and she becomes Puck, who’ll be Phoebe then?
Yeah, that would be an oversight. Of course, they might merge into one entity. Phoebuck, an amalgamation of both. All the freckles of one, and all the cleavage of the other! Everyone would be happy!
Or we could simplify the name of the new, merged character into a single syllable.
We’ll just take the UCK from Puck, and the PH from Phoebe, and then …. Oh Wait ….. No no no no no no no no
We could just use Poebe (pronounced PEE-bee)
Or….
Devil & Puck = DUCK !!
Phleebles is not a Devil, she is a Tiefling, you D&D illiterates! (not a Half-Fiend, cause unlike half-fiends, tieflings are not necessarily of evil alignments.
@Susan
(watta geek)
Oh NO !
I forgot about Susan’s Bernelli.
G.E.E.K., is an, um, acronym – yeah.
For Great Excellent Egregious and Kind.
(whew)
D&D References, Susan? Really? I’m sorry, but I never figured you as an RPGer…
I would make further fun of that, but I have a book full of characters that would never speak to me again if I did!
You figured wrong. Been playing D&D since I was in college, usually either as a Paladin or a Elven Thief, errr Rogue (darned AD&D classes)
I was playing D&D before there even WAS such a thing as an eleven thief. You could be a thief. Or an elf. No mixing.
I play D&D, but not very often – I keep trying to find a group nearby and failing…
Y’all could try what I did… I got a teamspeak server and invited friends to join me on tuesday nights. We RP for about 3 hours a week, and stay in touch, even though we’re scattered all over the country.
Dice rolling is all honor system, and a few people miss using figurines, but it’s nice being able to keep in touch with friends that you’ve had for years.
Yes. Do it.
Wow. Four breasts.
Four ?
meh
Cats have EIGHT !
I’m sure that’s ‘a thing’ on the Internet. Because everything is a thing on the Internet. Though I’m not Googling it.
Bing is a thing, you know.
No it’s not. Google is a thing.
Rule 34.
Quit sitting around! Get in the car, hightail it to the airport and make Phoebe hug Puck! The freckles can return to their natural habitat and hopefully drive out the evil influences! GO!
But what if Phoebe misplaces her glasses, sees the Blonde Hair and Fake Tan, and in a frantic rush, embraces TRACEE in error !
All the better. She’ll hug Puck to get rid of them.
Exactly how fussy are these Freckles, anyhow ?
What criteria do they use for selection ?
I believe they choose their host. Hence the fact that they haven’t reattached to Puck. Because Puck did sit on that section of couch after losing the freckles. They would perhaps have had the chance to reattach, but they didn’t take it.
Before or after the hair-bleaching?
@EG
You’re right !
As early as //www.puckcomics.com/?comic=puck-358 Puck was sitting right on the couch, and the freckles were in no hurry to reattach.
And that was BEFORE the Blonde Hair and the Spray Tan !
I guess after what, six centuries, they finally figured out they could do better ?
Is Phoebe “better?”
Wait! Do you think Phoebe might actually *like* having freckles? They would look charming on her, and they suit her innocence…
It’s touching, Daphne’s expression here – could it be that she’s missing the only woman she knew as her momma?
That being said, will Puck find a new manifestation in Phoebe’s body? Is this how she’s lived for more than 600 years?!?!?
@Buggle
Body Snatcher ?
Creepy. I like it.
Perhaps the Freckles are all that is left of the Original Puck, and have been swapping Host Bodies for centuries.
*cue eerie music*
Finally. Freckles.
I imagined you falling to your knees with a creepy grin after saying that…
Will Phoebe get chutzpah now?
Well, it does come with the freckles…
Love your username.
Phleebes will get Sassy, maybe then Chutzpah. I doubt she will get homicidal, she is too sweet
Well, you never know – Puck did get b**chy after becoming a blonde…
I think the worst thing that could happen to Pheebs is to morph into a Succubus. They are CN sometimes. Or at least Fall-From-Grace is. (FFG is my favoritest joinable NPC in all of computer gaming)
A Succubus ?
Although Colin may enjoy that initially, in the long run “repeated sexual activity with a succubus may result in the deterioration of health, mental state, or even death.”
Lots of really disturbing stuff here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succubus
Nah, Puck might still destroy him for that, even if she was the one who left…
Wait, that might be a good idea! He could say he’s going out with someone else now, and jealousy could snap her back to normal!
Robin & Colin aren’t married.
So no divorce would be needed.
And Robin, at least right now, has about as much interest in raising Miranda as she did Daphne.
But why wouldn’t she be jealous if he started dating another person…? What’s your point? Miranda isn’t going to bring her back – that’s been proven. I’m talking about Colin here.
@Buggle
Jeepers, Buggle.
Robin’s known this guy since 1998 (mebe even before //www.puckcomics.com/?comic=puck-12), is leaving on a long, and frankly, indefinite trip, and DOES NOT EVEN GIVE HIM A KISS GOODBYE ?
A bad sign in anyone’s book.
Doesn’t even kiss Daphne, Phoebe, or her OWN CHILD !
Nope, Robin couldn’t care less what happens to them now.
I think you don’t give her enough credit. Sure, she can be an a**hole, but her family always brings her back from the brink. Case in point:
//www.puckcomics.com/?comic=puck-80
Title: PUCK, ANCIENT FAIRY OF LORE, IS NO LONGER IN THIS COMIC
wOw.
Never thot it wood come to this.
And Tracee, too ?
My luv, Tracee cannot be gone. Without her, my role as President of the Tracee Fan Club will be at an end !
Although Robin can stay in La-La-Land, Satan will, MUST, demand Tracee return to Hamilton to, um, “service” his considerable needs.
Those horns don’t polish themselves !!
Or, perhaps this entire episode been constructed BY Satan (Mel to his friends), in an elaborate scheme to finally add a SMORF Figurine to his Collection ?
//www.puckcomics.com/?comic=puck-343
Oh, wat ? (phone is ringing – won’t stop)
“Yes, yes, sorry, SORREE ! No, it won’t happen again !!”
Mel just called to correct me that his collection consists of rare and unique SHNORFABILIA, and that a certain cat will be missing more than his tail (ouch) if I cannot get the terminology right.
(the Prince of Darkness can sure be a grouch)
(and I’m pretty sure “Shnorfabilia is something he totally made up)
I may actually be a minority of one, but I have faith in our host, EG! He will pull everything back together in a way that none of us expected, and will have all of us laughing till we cry.
He’s done it before, he’ll do it again!
Ok, but if it’s a DREAM SEQUENCE you owe me a Donut.
Forget the donut, you’ll get a whole can of white albacore, and I’ll be happy to pay it!
And if you win, I can offer a Wish Sammich or a Ricochet Biscuit – mmmmm
https://youtu.be/XhAdzzYSKfY?t=93
🙂
You better not throw the Ricochet Biscuit at him to catch! Just hand it to him – carefully…
It’s gotta be a Dream Sequence.
And if it’s not, and I owe donuts, well, I talked to my Human Pet “Baldie” about it, and we have a sure-fire DDP worked out (Donut Distribution Plan).
I and Baldie will be visiting EVERY Donut Shop, across the USA and Canada.
We will be taking the Prize Donuts and storing them in a large plastic or metal box that every shop will have installed right by their door.
Sorry, special requests for flavors will not, I repeat, WILL NOT be honored.
And Baldie has volunteered to taste-test a few (randomly), to ensure Quality Control. So don’t let a bite or two deter you. He’s had all his shots.
My Guess (prolly so far out in left field that it’s not even in the same ballpark, but oh well) is that Puck will encounter Sigourney Weaver while in Hollywood, who is bemoaning the fact that there is not a young hot freckled redhead for her to pass the baton to, and Puck will realize what a terrible mistake she has made.
…why are you guys laughing at me????
No one’s laughing – that actually sounds plausible. I like it!
I dunno, man.
Abandoning your family so callously is not easily forgiven in the “real world”, and is never really forgotten.
It’s a breach of trust that is telling, and is permanent.
That’s why DREAM SEQUENCE is what Vegas is betting on, unless EG really does want to shift the focus of his main character.
But she’s the mascot!
She left her freckles on her left behind…
Well, they have yet to jump.
Hmmm…
Some Freckles have jumped; others have not.
After discussing their next move, as a whole, for some time, it appears they have agreed to split up.
Some have chosen Phoebe as their new Host; others are hesitant – waiting for New Blood.
The next Host could be anyone, I tell you !
VISITORS BEWARE !
I wonder what Daphne with freckles would look like…
Jump They Say
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avJt0SQec0I
Pretty Good !
I was totally expecting Van Halen: https://youtu.be/SwYN7mTi6HM?t=74
Coming Tonite: DUCK !
(Devil & pUCK)
The life and adventures of your fave Devil-Woman. Now with 1000% more freckles !
Thankfully Colin had the sense to change himself and Miranda into new outfits since last week.
Do they have phosphate detergent in Canada ?
I hope so. Nothing tackles the “end product” better than phosphate detergent.