JANUARY VOTING INCENTIVE!
VOTE FOR PUCK TO VOTE FOR PUCK! IT'S A MEANS AND AN END!
As for this comic...
I think it's fair to say that no one saw this coming. But really, is it any surprise that we've been on the villain's side this whole time?
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Chapter: Junior PromCharacters: Daphne Hannah Phoebe Tyler (aka Taylor)Tags: blind mortal enemy prom
JANUARY VOTING INCENTIVE!
VOTE FOR PUCK TO VOTE FOR PUCK! IT'S A MEANS AND AN END!
As for this comic...
I think it's fair to say that no one saw this coming. But really, is it any surprise that we've been on the villain's side this whole time?
Wow, I did not… *see* that coming!
Hey man, let’s not get into the blind puns quite yet. They’re going to need to carry us for many a comic in the future, so…
Eye, eye Captain!
Eye see what you did there …
Well. This just took a dark, yet not surprising, turn.
One will never be surprised if one never fails to expect the worst from Daphne.
That’s pretty low even by Daphne’s standards.
Seriously, to Hannah Tyler sounds like a nice guy. And what she heard from her friends probably iced the deal as well.
Isn’t it, if a girl moves on a guy who seems to be someone else’s guy, no matter the handicap, the claws come out. It’s just that the blindness is going to give Daphne a disadvantage because Hannah can literally not see it coming. Thus requiring Hannah to fire the opening salvo in order for Daphne to come out of this smelling like a rose wroth her dignity intact.
I don’t think there are any laws in these disputes. It’s a Wild West of high school conflict.
The laws of women who have associated with a male for over a year, gecko. Ask the wife, she had the paperwork ready for you after three months.
Shows how much you know! Daphne HAS NO STANDARDS!!!
Cue sad trombone music
Wauh wauh waauuuuuuhhhh….
At any time is Phoebe going to actually regret assisting Daffy in her vile revenge plan ?
I think Panel Four reveals the answer.
Yes. Panel four is proof.
Phoebe needs to whip out a magical clue-stick[0 wherewith to pummel some sense into Daffy. Daffy’s best bet would be to befriend Hanna.
[0] like a bataka bat, natch.
The horrible possibility, Brother Parvus, is that the clue stick wouldn’t work because *Daphne understands exactly what she’s doing.*
Oh, she knows what she’s doing.
I think Daphne may too far gone for the clue-stick to work. We’ll have to see.
Forget the ‘clue-stick’ …
… this calls for the industrial-grade ‘Clue-By-Four'(tm) …
( … patent pending … )
… & even THAT can’t guarantee success against the most ‘hardcore’ of the stubborn cases.
Glad you have a patent on that. It could make you a ton of money.
Phoebe’s probably afraid a facepalm will ruin her makeup.
She’s too stunned for a facepalm right now. At this time it’s just pure shock.
I did not see this coming.
and I have to keep asking myself… WHY did I not see this coming?
Well, there were no overt clues, but the ball was heading that way anyway.
Because it’s natural to assume that someone like Daphne would end up butting heads with a head strong, proud character. However, it MAKES SENSE that she would get up ended by someone who is generally nicer and more approachable…..
Exactly. Nice people are awful people’s kryptonite.
I don’t recall Phoebe becoming cross, but she is well entitled to slip a bit and ask just precisely when Daphne was going to disclose this crucial information. It’s not a matter of inappropriate pity for the blind girl – on the evidence she’s fairly all right – but rather strategy: how was Phoebe ever supposed to craft a dress that would make Hannah jealous?
This will likely break Phoebe’s composure. She may indeed actually get angry this time.
@EG
Phoebe needs to go full DARTH MOLL !
I dunno… red and black facepaint doesn’t really seem her style.
@Lokitsu
Yeah, you’re prolly right.
I don’t know what it would take to get Phoebe really angry.
Mebe when Daffy TRIPS Hannah VanBeek that will be the trigger.
So Phoebe, at least, will learn a lesson from this.
It is, after all, a school function.
That’s possibly the only good that will come of this.
She could still be the source of all evil.
Well, it’s certainly not Satan in this universe.
exactly! just because someone is handicapped and looking harmless, doesn´t mean they *are* harmless. heck, as a blind person she is even allowed to carry a stick, aka a potential weapon, at all times!
seriously though, not all disabled people are automatically nice. i´ve met plenty of bitter a#holes pissed at the world and everyone not or just less handicapped as them.
Met plenty of people like that who aren’t handicapped, too.
@Robert Nowall
I have sympathy for all Handicapped People.
Yet somehow my sympathy diminishes a bit when I discover their situation resulted from a car crash while doing 100 MPH and drunk.
Thankfully there are few of those.
And I’m guessing Hannah isn’t one of those people.
Agreed. Though evidence will show that Hannah IS actually nice and not at all evil. Daphne holds all the evil stock.
You’ll find the stock listed under EVIL on the American Stock Exchange—the NYSE is still holding onto the letters till Microsoft comes over.
Ooh! Investment tip!
That being said Satan would probably be awfully proud of his little girl having her hand in something so “evil” as trying to steal a guy away from a blind girl.
That’s true. This is EXACTLY the kind of thing that would make him happy.
I was gonna suggest something similar. Just because she’s differently abled doesnt mean she’s the sweetest thing since honey at sunrise. She might still be one of the ‘mean girls’. I doubt he’d be dating her if she was, tho, he’s a decent guy and the popular girls don’t typically date outside their clique level.
IDK about “date”, but they love stringing that kind of guys along.
Yeah, maybe to do homework or tote bags or some other petty thing, but not prom. Prom is too important. Gotta be with Mr/Mrs Perfect at prom.
Is Daphne just pissed off at the world, and making a point of letting everyone know it? That is so … high school.
That sounds about right.
Daphne’s evil shocks the daughter of Satan!
It’s not that hard to shock Phoebe, really. I think Dennis the Menace cartoons shock Phoebe, and that kid hasn’t really been a menace since 1953.
bwahahaha *snerk* Oh crap, here’s me having to get coffee out of my keyboard, again.
If I can’t deliver the funny in the comic, I can at least try in the comments.
Didn’t really see it coming, but not surprised.
I always saw this whole Hannah thing as largely being in Daphne’s head.
The real problem always was her relationship problems with Tyler. Namely that she doesn’t want to change the relationship (which is fine), and that he wants an actual serious relationship (which is also fine). Problem Daphne has is that she can’t accept that because she doesn’t want to change the relationship, Tyler has to seek one elsewhere.
The truth is even more complicated, as we’ll find out. But really, Daphne and Tyler are friends. They’re cool with being friends. They both sort of want to be something more, but aren’t sure of that, and they don’t want to ruin what they’ve got. We’ll see how Hannah fits into all of this soon.
One of my biggest regrets from then; I was afraid of being rejected by a girl I was friends with, so I never asked, only to find out years later, when she was married with children, I might add, that she felt the same and would have said yes.
And that is why I’m willing to take risks today. Better to get a firm “no” than to wonder for years if I ever had a shot.
Well, good policy to live by. Though I have to admit that some of the most cringe-worthy memories I have are of asking girls out and getting turned down. Like, just thinking about those moments makes me physically feel awful. So … I definitely did not live my life by that policy.
I’d wondered whether it’d turn out that Hannah Van Beek was actually a kind girl who went with Taylor as a favour to a classmate.
Jury is still out, I know.
Now I’m wondering whether Phoebe and Puck will smack Daphne upside the head for wanting to pick a fight with a blind girl.
At the very least, I expect Phoebe to be miffed that she wasn’t informed Hannah is blind; so many of the changes she wrought in Daphne’s appearance are visual, they never bothered to go perfume shopping that I recall…
You’re on the right track, there. That’s all I’ll say.
Just… just abort, Daph. There is no honor in this victory, and victory is a distant possibility, anyway.
She’s stepped so far in blood now, t’would be as tedious to turn back as to go o’er.
Strange things EG has in head, that will to hand;
Which must be drawn ere they may be scann’d.
Daph, this is COLD even for you, miss. Abort, Abort, Abort… Either, tell Ty you care, or forget it. sigh…
Oh, come on! It’s easy to win against a blind girl! All you need to do is be really quiet! The battle is almost won, Daphne! GO! GO! GO!
you never heard of daredevil, did you? they have bat ears, i tell you!
there´s actually a pretty good thriller with such a topic: wait until dark. basically a bunch of thugs want to kill a ‘helpless’ little lady, but she realises whats going on, smashes all the lights and turns the table. guess who is dead in the end 😉
Wasn’t there a relatively new movie with that same premise? Like, the blind guy was ex-special forces, or something, and this group of kids go to rob him?
Yep. Starred that dude from Avatar. Don’t remember the name of the movie, though.
@EG
No, No.
No Avatar movie.
Every living or non-living creature would benefit from watching SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH on Netflix, over and over and over.
Keep them TUNA ROYALTIES coming !!
I’m not saying I liked the Avatar movie. I’m just saying it existed.
@EG
I DID like it.
Avatar-Planet is pretty much the “Happy Hunting Grounds”.
I think I would be happy there.
FURR REAL
You’re just saying that because of all the cat girls.
@EG
“You’re just saying that because of all the cat girls.”
Well, DUH
Even if Tyler does EVER forgive Daphne for this night, I fear that whatever comes of this will be a very rough lesson for her. I foresee pain and misery in her future, even if it isn’t hers.
Everyone loves pain and misery!
I like how Daphne goes from “Hey, this isn’t too bad” to “Oh dear God, what the hell have I done?” over the span of… I want to say, like 6 seconds? I dunno. However long it takes for Phoebe to finish that sentence.
That said, I am now curious if there’ll be a catfight (which I now doubt, despite being hinted) or she’ll just go “…Screw this” and go home.
I can see either of those happening OR that she’ll tell Tyler she wants to go with him, causing them to do so while she dances with someone else.
I may or may not read into this way too much.
…I am, however, highly amused at the fact that no matter what happens next, I’ll probably have a huge grin on my face.
Mostly from telling my girlfriend I was right about her being blind (we made a bet about that some time ago; she thought she was going to be obese, I figured she was blind).
What? YOU PREDICTED THIS?!? I call shenanigans. You must have a direct connection to my brain or something. If it makes your girlfriend feel any better, let her know that I almost made Hannah blind AND chubby. But then I thought that was too much, and scaled back. So she was almost right.
Our conversation went something like this:
HER: What do you think will be the deal with the chick he asks out?
ME: Hm… I guess she’s blind?
HER: I think she’s gonna be obese!
ME: How come you think that?
HER: Because he might have a BBW fetish!
ME: …Uh…
HER: What? Why would she be blind?
ME: …Because he’s a gentleman? I guess?
I like your logic better.
@EG
I was CLOSEST
No, you’re the closet.
@pat
And I’m staying in there !
I’m still on Daphne’s side.
At least you’re loyal.
Oh
Well,Daphne was never the best person around,so i dunno why i thought that Hannah was a generic blonde(Oh wait,Tracee & Heather)
By the way,WOW,you really made Daph into the puppy kicker,dude!
Well, when it’s so much fun to kick puppies, who can resist?
I want to know why didn’t Colin say anything about her being blind.
Well, Colin might not know her. As a teacher, I can safely say that I know about one third to one quarter of any grade level. Maybe less, depending on the grade. So Colin might not have been able to put a face to the name.
We love Colin to bits, but he does have a tendency to lalala ican’thearyou at home, as a survival strategy. Plus, wasn’t he still worried about the cancer surgery right around the time this started up?
All this was after the cancer stuff, but yes, Colin isn’t always the most engaged of fellows. Not sure he really knew what was going on with this whole thing.
I like how you made Tyler look both cool and uncomfortable wearing a suit at the same time.
I’ve seen the awkward ‘teen wearing a suit’ face many times. And worn it myself many years ago.
Okaaaaaaaaay, Hannah may still turn out to be deserving of Daphne’s scorn, an infirmity/handicap/differently abled does not confer a good personality . . . . buuuuuuuuuut I’m not betting against that. The worst (best) I can come up with is that Hannah will be gracious, charming, personable, a delight to be around . . . y’know, because she’s just that evil, sucking people in before striking, which she will do any day now . . . yep, gonna happen soon . . . any time now . . . it’s coming . . . she’s just biding her time . . . wait for it . . . keep waiting . . . a little longer . . .
You may be waiting a long time.
Based on the 2nd panel, I’m assuming that Tyler brought his mom, & Hannah brought both her parents … ?
Uh, no. No relation. You can’t see the entire group because of my annoyingly narrow panels, but there are three girls and three guys in the group as seen in panel one.
I am sure glad to hear that bringing your folks to the Prom is not some Canadian Tradition.
Yukk !
I hope Daphne fails to win Tyler over. I’d love to have him continue dating The Blind Bandit. Any chance this means The Boulder is also chaperoning this prom?
Unless Tyler and Daffy reconcile, it would seem he will be out of PUCK, never to be seen again.
Which is ok with me ! Daffy should be friendless.
And that would free up some future panels for more TRACEEE and EMILEEE.
WHOOPEEE !
IMHO, the “tiny blind girl” isn’t good-looking enough to compete with Daphne. (If I sound shallow, well, it’s still so.)
Well, this IS the shallow end of the pool, so you belong here.
I’ll be honest, I wouldn’t have been shocked if Hannah was another furry. *Are* you ever going to introduce unusual characters aside from the already-established cast? It would help round things out and make them seem less weird in context to the world.
Good-looking? *She* wouldn’t know that.
She would if she’s been told, and I imagine she would be if she’s as popular as implied.
Right here’s my two cents. I’d like to buck the normal trend and it turns out that, despite being blind, Hannah is still a jerk. She uses the fact that she is blind to gain sympathy. Therefore Daphne is completely justified in her actions. PS: I like Daphne. Screw the haters.
Well, we’ll see. Things may be exactly as they seem, or not.
While that’s valid, since being blind does not mean she is also a saint, I would like to point out that even though Hannah is Tyler’s second choice, she was a choice. In the words of Jack Sparrow
Other: “You are the worst pirate captain I have ever heard of!”
Jack: “But you have heard of me.”
@Brian Tumbleston
So being BLIND gains sympathy ?
It’s awfully tempting, but I’ll pass.
RRRRUP (That’s a negative PURRR)
😛
From that point of view, I fail to see why Tyler would be Hannah’s first choice of partner… If she were that manipulative, surely she could do better?
What no one has mentioned, so I feel I must is Tyler’s impeccable sense of style. Quite dapper!
I’m glad someone noticed.
I was sortof wondering if this whole thing would blow up in Daphne’s face. Tyler seems to be a pretty decent guy, slthough with teenage boys you can never be certain of that; so Daphne’s behaviour might drive a wedge between them. He could well see a side of her tonight he doesn’t really care for.
I think many people were waiting for this to blow up in Daphne’s face, honestly. And they won’t be fully disappointed.
If Daphne’s smart, she’ll try to use her sexy dress to seduce Tyler away from Hannah. Not only will she feel better about herself, she may mollify Phoebe, who will decide all the trouble she went to, to create and make it, wasn’t a total wasted effort after all.
I don’t think such behavior would make Phoebe happy. Quite the opposite.
Lrdofh8, Yes, he is well-dressed, and by coincidence, his outfit is very color-coordinated with Daphne’s. 🙂
Ooh, good eye!
Hmmmm interesting visual cue – is a true confession of feelings in the works?
Wait and see…
Perhaps Daffy will be embarrassed, so despondent, that she will run away, never to be seen again ?
Please Please Please Please Please Please Please
Are you kidding? – Judge Frank Caprio.
No such luck.
@EG
I can mail you an ERASER ?
Oh no.. It’s one thing to not be able to look away from a train wreck. But this is like seeing the tanker truck stalling on the tracks, and my eyes will not blink.
It’s fun to watch from a distance, though… Right?
Oh, definitely. Part of me wants to look away, part of me can’t, and another part of me is calculating if I’ve got time to get popcorn before “it” happens.
@EG, thanks, I’ve had to train myself to be observant. I’ve made it one of my habits. :). I could also point out that light ties with a dark suit used to be gangster style attire, like Al Capone, who of course was famous in the twenties, as well as the flappers.
Well honestly, I just hit on these combos out of vague randomness. Like I need Tyler’s outfit to be a little different, and I throw some various colors down until I like what works. Sometimes that result ties into other things. Sometimes not. No mob association intended, but now that you mention it, I do see it.
Let’s get ready to RUMBL… Oh… Damn…
Nothing wrong with some rumble, right?
Right! As long as Hannah has hidden super powers. Otherwise if you’ll excuse me, I need to place a to call my bookie… Make some adjustments to my current wager.
If you find a bookie willing to take a bet on this, let me know.
I think Tyler is probably a nice guy, but it’s fun to see characters dressed against character. (For example, Daphne as an angel would be funny.)
🙂
Straight gangsta.
Insecure much, Daph?
Much.
Also, I’m still on Daphne’s side, but not because I necessarily think she’s in the right here – I think that just because Hannah is disabled doesn’t mean Phoebe and by extension Daph should automatically pity her for a perceived “weakness” and pull back. She deserves to have their respect, and that means treating her with the same courtesy they would an abled person – namely, in this case, by showing her up at the prom. Her blindness has nothing to do with whatever beef she and Daphne have, and Phoebes shouldn’t bring it into the equation when it doesn’t belong.
“But really, is it any surprise that we’ve been on the villain’s side this whole time?”
Speak for yourself. Hannah could still turn nasty.
However, I always figured that Hannah was likely very nice (it’s funnier that way). Regardless of that, as much as I love Daphne, she’s not in the right here. I don’t know if Tyler is. Hannah’s just stuck in the middle.
NOT A CRITICISM! Reasonable people make for bad stories. Irrational people make for great stories. You do you Daph!
Phoebe: “I did not anticipate this challenge! How to prove you look the hottest in your prom dress to a girl who literally can’t see what you’re wearing? Could we have made a Braille dress? OH! I got it! We need to, by some wacky hijinks circumstance, arrange for her to trip, fall and grab your bewbs to keep from stumbling. Oh, but we need to check that– yes! I do believe you’re ‘winning’ against her by that particular measurement! We can do this!”
Puck: “Phoebe… on top of everything else wrong with that plan, it involves you deliberately tripping a blind girl!”
Phoebe: “Oh drat! You’re right! We need a new plan!”
Daphne: “No we don’t; this one’s perfect! Come on, Phoebe, make your daddy proud of you!”
Phoebe: “I’ve done literally the opposite of that my entire life!”
Daphne: “Dammit! This comment section dialogue needs a good punchline!”
Puck: “Can’t. Hinoron’s already 16 minutes late to leave for work.”
…
Did you make it?
Weeeell, not on time, but fortunately in time!
…And if that makes no sense to you, I’m a PSW; I help look after old men in wheelchairs in their own homes. Old men with poor bladder control and unsteady hands who need someone who can not only undo their pants, but steadily hold a urinary bottle for them to pee into.
Take a moment to consider the likely consequences of my being very significantly late. When I DO eventually wander in, a change of clothes may be required. >_<
You go above and beyond. Truly.
It’s a task that requires three hands… and if I must hold something, I’m content that I am holding the bottle and the elastic waist of his pants.