Everyone is a fan of the mythos depicted by H.P. Lovecraft.
Being a fan will reduce the eventual pain and suffering as our minds are devoured when the Great Old Ones return.
Yes, but running around the field randomly is so much more fun if you call it “wind sprints”!
I still maintain that Dave’s long game is to make this a story about _all_ the kids in the orphanage. Speaking as one who spent formative time in the system, in a situation where another kid is a constant, that kid is a sibling. Heather is Selkie’s sister in a primary although non-genetic way. And so is Amanda. You can hate your sibs, even cut them off and never speak to them again, but they are still your sibs and will walk forever through your dreamscapes.
Thank you again, Dave!!
Same here. They were originally portrayed as almost ominous plastic Ken & Barbie “everything must be perfect in our family” people, but they’ve both shown good parenting skills by now. I believe they can be good parents for Heather. (I wonder if she’s met her new grandparents yet?)
well atleast its not shuttles, bear crawls or highknees up hill.
na that would be the other form of football
you know the one thats a religion in texas
I really like how you’ve humanized Heather’s parents. It would have been easy to make them very one note rich out-of-touch people, but they’re becoming more than that. And I’m still glad Heather and Selkie are getting along.
in america they are all but phased out, likely a backwoods area still has one but they arnt used in the main adoption system anymore from what i can tell. its mostly group homes(similar but somewhat different) and foster care now
In real life, not really. Sadly, the comic suffers from a case of Research Fail in this regard, but I can’t fix it without redrawing and retconning the entire first arc and big pieces of the followup arcs.
Sekie speaks from experience
**Selkie, that is
Haha, that transcript. A bit hard to match it up to the dialogue, but close enough!
And when I first started reading this, Selkie did remind of Deep Ones.
(Also other amphibious humanoidish shaped sapient creatures)
Cthulhu fhtagn!
Are you a fan of Cthulhu mythos too!
Everyone is a fan of the mythos depicted by H.P. Lovecraft.
Being a fan will reduce the eventual pain and suffering as our minds are devoured when the Great Old Ones return.
Or something.
Another natural parent.
Indeed.
Yes, but running around the field randomly is so much more fun if you call it “wind sprints”!
I still maintain that Dave’s long game is to make this a story about _all_ the kids in the orphanage. Speaking as one who spent formative time in the system, in a situation where another kid is a constant, that kid is a sibling. Heather is Selkie’s sister in a primary although non-genetic way. And so is Amanda. You can hate your sibs, even cut them off and never speak to them again, but they are still your sibs and will walk forever through your dreamscapes.
Thank you again, Dave!!
Aww… I’m glad Heather’s parents are shaping up to be good people after all. I was a bit worried.
Same here. They were originally portrayed as almost ominous plastic Ken & Barbie “everything must be perfect in our family” people, but they’ve both shown good parenting skills by now. I believe they can be good parents for Heather. (I wonder if she’s met her new grandparents yet?)
While I think they’re a bit flying-by-the-seat-of-their-pants, I think that’s more or less the standard…
And to be perfectly fair, most parents cleared for adoption are good people, in some capacity or another.
well atleast its not shuttles, bear crawls or highknees up hill.
na that would be the other form of football
you know the one thats a religion in texas
I really like how you’ve humanized Heather’s parents. It would have been easy to make them very one note rich out-of-touch people, but they’re becoming more than that. And I’m still glad Heather and Selkie are getting along.
Agreed. Any concerns I had were put to rest with “crazy grounded”
The last two panels are masterfully done, both for humor and showing more of Ken’s parenting ability.
I also love the long s-curved shriek of Heather’s delight. That’s a more difficult tool to use than it seems, but you make it work here.
Are there still orphanages in real life, or is it all foster homes?
in america they are all but phased out, likely a backwoods area still has one but they arnt used in the main adoption system anymore from what i can tell. its mostly group homes(similar but somewhat different) and foster care now
In real life, not really. Sadly, the comic suffers from a case of Research Fail in this regard, but I can’t fix it without redrawing and retconning the entire first arc and big pieces of the followup arcs.
Yeah but if we can bypass the whole blue skinned, water breathing, alien thing I think we can get over this.
Thanks for the responses!