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As for this comic...
Honestly, if you're only sixteen or seventeen and you've been anything to someone for ten long years, I think you deserve recognition for your devotion. But that's just me.
This is, by the way, the second-to-last comic of prom night. We've got one more comic, then a new day dawns. For the first time in, like, years.
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Chapter: Junior PromCharacters: Daphne Tyler (aka Taylor)Tags: bad influence entertaining mother prom
NEW APRIL VOTING INCENTIVE!
Vote for Puck on TWC to get a message of support in these trying times!
VOTE TO SAVE A SQUARE!
As for this comic...
Honestly, if you're only sixteen or seventeen and you've been anything to someone for ten long years, I think you deserve recognition for your devotion. But that's just me.
This is, by the way, the second-to-last comic of prom night. We've got one more comic, then a new day dawns. For the first time in, like, years.
Heh,heh,heh. Well its nice to know somebody appreciate’s Daphne’s entertainment value.
He’s one of us, Tyler’s dad.
So, he finally talked. I’m impressed.
Impressed by his words or impressed by the very fact that he can talk?
Impressed by the way that he (sort of) contradicted his somewhat scary (heh) wife.
Well, he’s obviously an expert at navigating these shark-infested waters.
Well, we do. And Tyler’s dad does too.
Yes, but for 10 long years Tyler has been nothing but a GOOD influence on Daphne.
Not always successfully, and considering everything his mum says is true, it says something about how bad Daphne would be if she didn’t have Tyler in her life.
And Tyler just got a MASSIVE advantage in their relationship. He actually forced Daphne to change herself in a positive way.
If he actually remembers that and continues to push her to be better, I don’t think they’ll have a problem.
…Except his mum, she’s never going to admit that Daphne can change.
This is a pretty accurate breakdown of all things. But Mom might come around. Eventually. Maybe?
Maybe after university, when accepting that they can get married? Mind you, I would guess that would mean that grandchildren are off the table. There is almost no way that Daphne’s genes could line up with his.
If Miss Piggy and Kermit can have kids in A Muppet Christmas Carol, these two can manage too. Besides, we still don’t know what’s up with Daphne. I mean, she may be a genetic experiment or a rare cryptozoological species, but you can never rule out magic. I mean, this may be some form of a lycanthropic curse. And I’m not sure those are hereditary.
@EG
meh
I’m much more curious to see some BLUE SNORF BABIES with DEVIL TAILS (and funky eyeglasses).
They’d be green, not blue. We’re talking Shnorfs here. Not Smurfs. There is no resemblance between the two from a legal standpoint.
Lycanthropic curse is hereditary, but what’s important is that lycanthropes can have children with normal people. At least somewhere.
@EG
“They’d be green, not blue.”
OH YEAH ! (spoken antagonistically, not as an affirmation)
Well .. YOU .. Um … YOUR … Get ……..
(oh crap, I got nuttin’)
If an “oh yeah” is defiant and antagonistic, that is communicated through a question mark, as in, “Oh yeah?” Or even better, at least one question mark and some exclamation marks: “Oh YEAH?!?”
“Oh Yeah!” Without the question mark just means you’re the Kool-Aid man.
Or a wrestler
We all know Randy Savage and the Kool-Aid Man were the same guy.
@EG
@Lokitsu
I stand corrected.
My School Daze never included “Internet Etiquette”.
My bad.
But do not EVER call me the “Kool Aid” Guy.
I am NOT 95% sugar with artificial Flavors !
There’s nothing wrong with being a Kool-Aid Guy. He’s a cool dude. And remember: according to scientific study, a real Kool-Aid Man full of Kool-Aid made of a glass pitcher of scale-appropriate thickness at about the dimensions shown in the commercials could totally break through a brick wall at normal running speed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQwJVfVAPLQ
SNAP INTO A SLIM JIM!!!
OHHHH YEEAAAAHHHH!!!
Slim Jim and Kool-Aid: truly the lunch of champions.
Well, now Tyler’s probably gonna sneak out right after. I know how this works. But has he mastered an essential skill of sneaking out? The landing.
Enh, there are other ways. Wait for it.
It should be pointed out that while Tyler’s Mom has something to say to Daphne, Daphne doesn’t have to listen.
Yep. I think she’s pretty practiced at not listening to lectures.
Translation: You, husband. Shut the hell up or that’s going to be the last words you ever speak, because I’m going to rip out your tongue and feed you a tongue sandwich, with spicy mustard and pickles on rye.
This is not wrong.
Dammit, now I want tongue on rye (mustard will do, but I prefer horseradish).
So, how are things out in the world of the corona invasion?
I have lots to complain about, but other people have more, so I’m going to say, “Can’t complain.” How about you?
I already had a full-time telecommuting job. Now, with the isolation, I’m sort of trapped alone at work, but I can’t complain, either.
Find myself thinking a lot about the responsibilities of the citizens of a republic.
People stop don’t keep 6 feet away from me. Everybody just wants to go at their own pace. Who would have thought that the world could be destroyed because people like to march to the beat of their favorite drums.
The craziest, least respectful people in all this are the old people. Who have the likeliest chance of dying from this dang thing. But let me tell you, I live in a town with tons of seniors and most of them don’t give two hoots about any of this social distancing. Nothing’s going to stop them from doing what they’ve always done.
Buy this:
UV LIGHT
It kills Viruses, Bacteria, Mildew, Dust Mites – even CATS.
You should put Tyler’s parents on the character page.
I will. Eventually. It always takes me a while to get around to it.
I suspect that some company or other still manufactures round tuits. I gave away some two dozen – larger than a poker chip, smaller than a coaster…
All the groans in the world cannot groan loudly enough for you, my friend.
@”EG”:
If this were “Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon”, we might retaliate against punsters by throwing…
888888 … (peanuts)
999666 … (partially-shelled peanuts)
333333 … (empty peanut-shells)
… or some mixture thereof.
#Just_A_Suggestion … 😛
It’s like he needs to get a round tuit. I have a few.
Spoken like a true Dad. I love it. Plus Daphne’s face in that frame is priceless.
True dad. True rad.
How has Daphne not met Tyler’s parents before now?
She has. She greeted them by name earlier. This isn’t a “I know who you are” discussion. This is a “I know what you are” discussion.
I couldn’t really figure out the last line of panel 4 until you pointed that out.
Why did he stick his oar in? He’s playing good-cop, bad-cop.
Daphne needed her nose rubbed in what she’s done wrong in the past. No doubt Momma Grizzly would have been willing to provide the list at any time … may well have done so early and often … and Daphne would have no need to listen because listening to adults is not something she has ever needed to do before.
But now she has something to lose. She stuck around to absorb it – notice the ears.
Now it’s time for the good cop. When you coach somebody, it’s not enough just to tell them where they screwed up. You also have to motivate them to do better, show faith that they can. Good Cop just said there was something to like about her, and for all her many faults he found her entertaining … and by extension liked her … even though the bad stuff is undeniably there too.
That’s some good coaching or good parenting right there. Maybe he’s in the field of education or something.
Even though it evokes the expected reaction from Momma Grizzly
It may be good parenting. It may be a careful strategy. Or it may just be that he likes Daphne and feels bad for her in this situation. All possibilities.
Could be all of those things. No one does anything for one reason, after all.
Heh.
Am I reading too much into panel 2 or was Daphne about to cry? Either way, good job Dr Goldberg for coming to her rescue.
I don’t know whether she was about to cry, exactly, but she was … affected? Something like that.
Butbut – she’s giving the puppy-dog eyes! It’s not effective.
*Does his best Caribbean drawl*
It’s to~o late mama Morgan. Dat Can~adian she-wolves got ‘erself a taste of Caribbean chocolate ‘n ya know she’s hooked. Makin’ t’reats are just da t’ing to provoke dat gurl ta escalate in ‘er trespass. Set some rules or da next t’ing you know, she’ll be causin’ all kinds a t’rouble. Sne~akin’ in an outta da house makin’ a fuss while conceivin’ pups, makin’ you a grandma before you’re rea~dy.
Daphne has quite a rap sheet. If true, Mama appears to have more moral integrity than Dr. Goldberg.
People with moral integrity are always stopping other people’s fun.
Looks like momma isn’t having any of Daphne’s backtalk and foolishness here in her own house.
Daphne hasn’t backtalked at all, though! She’s been fully non-verbal for the past two strips!
That’s right Daphne. You’re in the storm now, the only thing to do is ride it out and see where you end up.
She’s got this.
What *does* Daphne’s tongue taste like? Taylor?
Let’s hope it tastes better than the tongues of her domestic canid relatives. Dog breath is never fun.
When people yell at me like that I usually yell back louder or do some research on them. Everyone has a few skeletons in their closet they’d rather not be revealed.
Not saying that it should be done, just saying my own experience.
Daphne doesn’t really yell much. But doing research? That sounds like Daphne. Eerily so.
@EG, I think Daphne is setting a personal record for avoidance of talking. Remarkable! I bet this is her limit. 🙂