Good lord. This muse crap is continuing? As if she wasn’t enough of a smug, insufferable, piece of work as is, now she’s feeling “special” and “unique” and no one is going to tell her to get over herself. Instead, Our Hero wants to give her a makeover, which may go on all week. The strip can be so insipid sometimes. I know, many of you are probably thinking “then why continue to read it?” and you are quite correct. If there are no redeeming qualities to it at all this week, I’m done.
So, it’s finally come to this. The “Watch Paint Dry” story arc. On a side note, who calls people “Shoog” except for elderly aunts? Or is it a regional sort of thing?
Not sure why the response took 9 years to get to me, but so be it. You deserve a response and here it is: I don’t recall calling anyone anything. The people you describe are the ones I want to see the help reach, you included. My issue is with the able-bodied who would rather get free stuff than earn it. That was the entirety of my point and not sure how you could read anything more out of my statement than that. I agree with everything you said.
stares Anyone else just about had it with Bernice? She behaves like… wow, like she’s still 13. Conspiracy theory! No one actually aged! They’re all still the same age as the original strip!
Assume they will have true privacy. Will this be the first time they do? If so, let’s get inside their heads a moment and see what’s probably there. Bernice will simply be happy to avoid worrying about interruption. But Nil appears to be insightful enough to stop and ask where this is going. He likely suspects that a smooching buddy is all that Bernice wants, but perhaps he wants to pursue a more meaningful relationship.
I empathize with her hangup regarding public affection. At her age, I definitely preferred to be in as much privacy as possible for smooching. As I got older, I cared less and less about that, but that took time. I get how she feels. She doesn’t need to “get over it” (it’s not that easy!) but she would be happier if she could learn to relax a bit more. Baby steps. For now, hopefully we’re going to find out if she simply enjoys the kissing itself or if it is because of who she is kissing. Good luck, Nil!
13 year-old boys have it rough, in general. A little compassion would be nice to see sometimes rather than scorn and ridicule. This is especially true now (and over the past 10+ years) with far-too-easy access to hard core porn and far-too-little guidance regarding how to cope with raging hormones. This combo leads to very confused young men who grow up not knowing how to properly behave regarding those to whom they are attracted. Notice how looked a little panicky in the second panel of 4-2-22’s strip and then hastily backed away and retreated back into himself? Cut the kid some slack.
Didn’t hear a “thank you for trying, Dad” out of her self-centered ungrateful mouth.