Saturday, 20 April 2024

[dreadedcandiru2]

The one where we finally learn where John picked up the bad habit of spouting nonsense about counting on your fingers from.

Synopsis: Instead of medical attention, April gets a hug and a soppy load of balderdash about stars.

Summary: Ever wonder why John never met a statement that only seems profound if you're an idiot that he didn't like? We now

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[howtheduck]

The sad situation where the stars look great and the Pattersons look at it through a window that cannot maintain the same shape, size, or even relative distance to the floor. Why are looking at the stars? They should be looking at this bizarro window.

[dreadedcandiru2]

It's odd how Lynn's wonky artwork distracts us from an actual concern: did Carrie and Elly give April more medical attention than what was on tap in the B movie Lynn stole this story from?

[howtheduck]

It almost seems like we are seeing a secondary storyline where Carrie does not actually bond with her grandkids during the time she had them by herself, but had to wait until the family dog was dead to do it.

[dreadedcandiru2]

Which is deeply weird and says something about how Lynn thought Ruth should have behaved.

[howtheduck]

Good point there. My guess is that Ruth was the exact opposite.

[jjamele]

Besides the fact that if there are any lights on in that room, they aren't seeing any stars through the window. There's a reason why people don't star-gaze or look for meteors from their living rooms.

[dreadedcandiru2]

A reason Lynn dismissed with the phrase that pays for degens who don't like to think about what they see: "don't get technical."

[ext_6121213]

And of course, the GTA is well known for its complete lack of light pollution.

But hey, let's not let facts get in the way of glurge.

You must have a camera in my house.

Put that one up on the fridge, mee maw.

[jjamele]

Another one of those strips where Lynn magically puts the Patterson house in a remote area instead of a typical suburban setting because it fits the immediate purpose.

[dreadedcandiru2]

It's like when Lawrence's leg got busted: she was so busy looking out her window and seeing wall to wall fetch all that she forgot that back in Dundas, the ambulance is just down the street.

[chocolate_frapp]

yeah, that confused me, don't most people go outside to look at stars? I even did that during the damn lockdown.

[howtheduck]

Outside to view stars is much better. These Pattersons don't know how to do the most basic things. They tend to do things like a middle-aged cartoonist who was in her studio looking out the window in the middle of the night.

[ext_6121213]

Is this the same night as the near-drowning?

[dreadedcandiru2]

Why, yes. We're seeing the closest to medical attention we're probably ever going to see.

[ext_6121213]

Never mind looking after the ALIVE LITTLE GIRL who nearly drowned and somehow survived the cold that killed a (checks notes) 100lb Old English Sheepdog furiously exerting energy which would generate heat, the important thing was to get an autopsy on the dog, which could have waited.

I get that Lynn is going for the Newberry medal here, but if your concern for the child after something like this is "okay, she's warm now I guess, OH FOR GODS SAKE NOW YOU'RE CLINGY AND THIS IS WORSE" I mean what is WRONG with these people.

[dreadedcandiru2]

What is wrong with these people is that Lynn is imagining how people would react in a situation like this. As it is always when she imagines things, she doesn't stick the landing.