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As for this comic...
The chess game wraps up, as will this little interlude with Hannah very shortly. Then we'll get into the next bigger story arc. It'll be a meatier one, I promise.
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NEW YEAR!!! NEW INCENTIVE PIC!!!
VOTE TO CURE THEM JANUARY BLAHS!!!
As for this comic...
The chess game wraps up, as will this little interlude with Hannah very shortly. Then we'll get into the next bigger story arc. It'll be a meatier one, I promise.
She is right about taking that bet being meaner.
In fact, not taking it might be viewed as downright altruistic.
Nah, this girl is going to cash in on Daphne some other way. But I still see a friendship here.
Did someone ever suggest that Daphne, Tyler and Hannah would be the next generation of Puck?
No one’s suggested it yet. But that’s not a bad idea for a late-era reboot.
If youre going to be friends with Daphne youre going to have to be will to do some questionable stuff from time to time. Taking a sucker bet ain’t nuthin.
WoW
I never got into MMOs.
I know, right?
My friend Stretch who was at least thirty years my senior thought he could toy with me at chess. Until I uttered the word that silenced him and his family. “Checkmate.” He never underestimated me after that. When started playing at his full potential it was a fun challenge. And a see-saw battle of wins.
The part of this story that I’m really caught on is the fact that you had a friend named ‘Stretch’. That’s just too cool.
Well, he was 6’7″ when most of his family barely made six feet. And to a 8 year old he was a giant.
Okay, that works.
We also sometimes referred to him as “Baloo” due to him being the second in command of our Cub Scout troop.
Adorable.
I, too, know a guy named ‘Stretch’ who is 6′ 7″.
Is his real name Alan?
Nope this guys real name first name is Mervin.
Ah, OK.
There are multiple Stretchii out there.
Oh this next big story arc is going to be meaty? As long as it’s not anything like that last chapter’s “Scooby Con” I’ll be content.
*shivers* Ugh.
No. It will not be like the Scooby-Doo arc at all.
Too bad. More Scooby Doo arc!!
More Daphne in Scooby outfit. (Not being divisive – short i pronunciation).
Or I can go with Josie and the Pussycats with Phoebe as Alexandra and Hannah as a sharper Melody.
On the other hand, Colin as Captain Caveman…….or Jabberjaw? Hmmmm.
It’s all so very tempting.
Nothing you write can be as bad as Velma. so, there’s some concilation in that.
I will note that I do feel that my interpretation was the superior travesty. And I will also note that I did black Shaggy first.
Are we talking about the newest reboot?
Yes. I have not watched it. But the consensus from all corners seems to be that it is very bad.
Colin goes undercover as a short-order cook at Howler’s (the school job was a front all along for his spy work)
No, nothing so spicy.
A) I liked the Scooby-Doo arc.
B) I have complete faith in the author’s twisted Imagination for the next arc that I’m willing to let it be a surprise.
C) there is no C.
D) Now I’m just typing to watch myself type, and I should probably see a psycholgist because this is not normal.
The Scooby-Doo arc was more of a “meh” at best. An obvious joke and an obvious conclusion with a middle segment that dragged on for too long. Whatever this next arc will be I’m going to keep my expectations low.
I really enjoyed the Scooby arc. I thought that it was fun, and the artwork was entertaining.
One thing that I have been wondering about over the years — are there more dog folk? We have only ever seen Daphne and Far as I recall.
The Scooby-Doo arc was … divisive. Which is the Internet’s favorite word. It’s also a word that annoys me because I feel that the Internet keeps saying it wrong. Maybe it’s just an Americanism, but everyone now pronounces it “div-EYE-sive” with a hard ‘I’. That word had a soft ‘I’ sound my whole life until Youtubers started saying it. Now everyone has followed suit.
The dog folk mystery, meanwhile, is a fun carrot to dangle. Maybe we’ll find out the answer. Eventually.
I’ve never heard it pronounced “div-ih-sive,” but then, American. Divisible, sure. Maybe it changed to match the tone it takes?
Well, Google and the Internet seems to agree with you.
We all sound funny to someone.
Thank you for ignoring my obvious typing errors. You are correct on the pronunciation. Many things are going down the tubes, such as using literally in place of figuratively. ‘Tis the world that we inhabit at this time. And =, my worst typo? My name is Paul, not Pau.
Well, everything I’ve found through a cursory search on Google says that divisive with the hard I is the overwhelmingly dominant pronunciation. So I guess I’m just crazy.
No, they’re using it in place of Very in a context where it would sound weird.
Divisive
(UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈvaɪsɪv/*
(US, Canada) IPA(key): /dɪˈvaɪsɪv/, /dɪˈvɪsɪv/, /dɪˈvɪzɪv/*
Division
IPA(key): /dɪˈvɪʒən/*
So, UK looks like it is only the long ‘i’ phoneme.
US/Canada looks like it is either the long or short ‘i’ phoneme.
I am from none of those places and I use the long EYE.
Div EYE siv
Div EYE d
Div IH shun
Div IH s IH ble and
Div EYE n, Div IH nation, just for something out of left field.
* Shizz from Wiktionary
It seems, from what I gleaned on Google, that I’m pretty much wrong, in that 95% of all usage of the word is with the long “I”. They no longer use terms like “correct” when discussing pronunciation, but ‘dominant’ is a thing, and it looks like I am the very odd man out.
Meh. You be you. No one else has the time.
Exactly right Frank.
Gecko, you be you.
I constantly rail against American spelling, but there is over 300 million of them and just 1 of me.
Am I wrong? Maybe. Do not care.
There is 1.5 billionish Chinese and roughly the same quantity of Indians. Should we all be Mandarin speaking Hindis? No.
Hey Gecko, can I send you a direct message. Got a question about Hyman Kaplan.
Maybe via patreon?
Or Patreon.
Yep. Email is the name of the site with an “@gmail” added in before the “com” part.
Pinned down by the queen and the knight, I see. A metaphor?
I wish I was smart enough to come up with chess move metaphors. I am not. But let’s pretend I am.
Daphne- learn from The Master!
I’m wondering if Hannah is going to groom Daphne to help con people out of money at chess. Get Daphne good enough to act like she can beat Hannah 80 percent of the time which could result in Daphne beating 90 percent of the local chess audience. Getting people to take on Hannah in a bigger stake game.
I think you have he scam wrong.
Daphne wins a bunch of games. Wonder off. Someone sees an easy mark and makes a bet. Hannah cleans them out.
I really enjoyed this short arc. I hope Hannah’s visits become a regular thing.
I’m glad you did. And Hannah will be back.
I dunno, being mean would have been to draw out the game when you knew you had already won.
Was Daphne’s fault for overestimating her abilities.
Hannah’s just “oh, it’s great that you’re confident, but you have no idea”.
Actually, it’s kinda sweet that Hannah has to completely trust Daphne to tell her the moves.
“Kinda sweet” is precisely what I was aiming for in this whole exchange.
Oh great, they’re bonding. Will Hamilton survive?
I don’t think that it can run as long as Cats can.
scroan
(Spider Robinson fans might recognize this)
It’s survived worse. Not well, but it’s survived.
When you don’t know what’s going on, these things really do come out of nowhere. Boy do I remember. 🙂
Chess is a cruel game.
This has been what they call a “bottle episode”. No new sets to build, no expensive location shoots. It’s a good chance for the writers and actors to focus on character details, like Hannah being willing to overlook the chance to make some quick cash in service of a building a friendship.
Indeed. To borrow from the chess idea, this little mini-arc is mostly about putting Hannah in play, as she may have a role in the coming larger story arc.
I’m not good enough at chess to yell but are the peices in correct position for checkmate? If so kudos yo you for detail!
And when I read meatier my mind went meteor. So please kill off the dinosaurs. Again.
I did actually break out my chess board to map the pieces out. I played about seven or eight exchanges based on how the board had looked from the previous comic, and yes, this should be checkmate. Queen is direct threat, but knight pins king down along with a bishop who covers the last remaining open square.
Excellent 🙂
Thank you for your efforts 🙂
LOL
No need to rush Hannah out the door on our account. She’s developing into a VERY interesting character! Lots of potential there.
She is interesting. That much we can say.
Now we know why Hannah likes chess so much. 🙂
My family has started making 2 pence bets in our house.
“Kevin Bacon wasn’t in Footloose.” “2 pence!”
I can’t even make those bets anymore, ever since the Canadian mint did away with pennies.
There’s a Piers Anthony book in which the main characters have to deal with a king’s wicked uncle, who stole the throne.
At the end, the king sends the uncle to a frontier region to take charge of the conflict with enemies — because the king knows and the uncle knows the king can’t politically afford to have the uncle killed or imprisoned, and the uncle knows the king’s still being merciful.
It helped that uncle dearest may have been wicked, but he was also measured and not unnecessarily cruel. It helped more that he was clever and a very efficient administrator, who’d cultivated a good reputation while he was in charge.
One of the main characters says to the uncle: “I know we were enemies in all this, but … I wish I could have learned from you.”
Quoth the uncle: “Young man, I am not a teacher. I am the lesson.”
Hannah reminds me of that uncle in this moment.
I owe much to the general writing spirit of Piers Anthony.