Said Anything 2018-01-19

[AnotherFairportfan]

Very convincing there, Shawna.

[jwhouk]

...eeeYeah. Hiroshi's having flashbacks to his last "girlfriend"...

[oldmanmickey]

to quote Snagglepus, "exit stage left"

[Sgt. Howard]

... whelp... Shawna's written herself out of the situation here quite nicely... now if Castela is INCREDABLY LUCKY, she won't do the same thing...

[FreeFlier]

Good point . . .

--FreeFlier

[Dave]

...eeeYeah. Hiroshi's having flashbacks to his last "girlfriend"...

I have no idea what particular god(s) or goddess(es) a young half-Fae ex-butterfly might look to, but I'm fairly sure that his current prayer aimed in that particular direction probably consists in large part of one question: "Why me????"

(And, no, I'm not expecting a YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE, ROSCOE, THAT'S WHY sort of response from on high. Hiroshi doesn't deserve that.)

[AnotherFairportfan]

...eeeYeah. Hiroshi's having flashbacks to his last "girlfriend"...

I have no idea what particular god(s) or goddess(es) a young half-Fae ex-butterfly might look to, but I'm fairly sure that his current prayer aimed in that particular direction probably consists in large part of one question: "Why me????"

(And, no, I'm not expecting a YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE, ROSCOE, THAT'S WHY sort of response from on high. Hiroshi doesn't deserve that.)

What about =I was bored that day=?

[eee]

Of COURSE we believe you, Shawna!

(Somebody get the tranq gun and a strait jacket)

You kind of have to feel for Hiroshi. One would-be girlfriend turns him into a butterfly, another can't understand her own feelings, and a third is Shawna. He may be less clueless about normal romantic relationships than thinking all this IS normal.

[Drakkenmensch]

You kind of have to feel for Hiroshi. One would-be girlfriend turns him into a butterfly, another can't understand her own feelings, and a third is Shawna. He may be less clueless about normal romantic relationships than thinking all this IS normal.

Or perhaps he wants none of this and just thinks "I'm surrounded by CRAZY PEOPLE!"

[FreeFlier]

You kind of have to feel for Hiroshi. One would-be girlfriend turns him into a butterfly, another can't understand her own feelings, and a third is Shawna. He may be less clueless about normal romantic relationships than thinking all this IS normal.

Or perhaps he wants none of this and just thinks "I'm surrounded by CRAZY PEOPLE!"

He's a teenager, in high school . . . he IS surrounded by crazy people!

--FreeFlier

[AnotherFairportfan]

You kind of have to feel for Hiroshi. One would-be girlfriend turns him into a butterfly, another can't understand her own feelings, and a third is Shawna. He may be less clueless about normal romantic relationships than thinking all this IS normal.

Or perhaps he wants none of this and just thinks "I'm surrounded by CRAZY PEOPLE!"

He's a teenager, in high school . . . he IS surrounded by crazy people!

--FreeFlier

Someone needs to put him in contact with Epimethius ... errr ... Justin ... for advice.

"Stay away from werewolves, for one thing..."

[FreeFlier]

You kind of have to feel for Hiroshi. One would-be girlfriend turns him into a butterfly, another can't understand her own feelings, and a third is Shawna. He may be less clueless about normal romantic relationships than thinking all this IS normal.

Or perhaps he wants none of this and just thinks "I'm surrounded by CRAZY PEOPLE!"

He's a teenager, in high school . . . he IS surrounded by crazy people!

Someone needs to put him in contact with Epimethius ... errr ... Justin ... for advice.

"Stay away from werewolves, for one thing..."

One's ears itch . . . /bambi eyes/

/eyeroll/

Quite.

--FreeFlier

[Sgt. Howard]

The scary thing is... I remember this sort of thing happening in High School... and I am pretty sure we didn't have any paranormals there... just teenagers...


...granted, there's not much difference from an emotional perspective...

[jwhouk]

Yanno, going through all the crap in my garage, I did come across the old RPG called Teenagers from Outer Space. Basically, think an anime version of Saved By The Bell... in SPAAAAAACE!

[Typeminer]

to quote Snagglepus, "exit stage left"

Heavens ta Murgatroyd! Teen tragedy!

[jwhouk]

Someone reading the comic for the first time in 10 years would wonder when the strip went from Slice of Paranormal Life to Paranormal Teen Drama...

[GlytchMeister]

Someone reading the comic for the first time in 10 years would wonder when the strip went from Slice of Paranormal Life to Paranormal Teen Drama...

Maybe it's because I'm closer to my teens than pretty much anyone else here, but it kinda irritates me when people imply that the first 18 years of life aren't "real life", like it is some kind of free trial that doesn't matter and doesn't count.

High school is incredibly shitty. Teens are going through changes to their bodies and their psyche when they are most vulnerable and while they are being thrust into responsibilities that they might not be ready for, all in what is probably the least healthy environment for all of that: surrounded by hordes of other teens going through the exact same bullshit. A young woman here is struggling to understand novel emotions whilst bombarded by hormonal or hormonal-analogous urges while other people are either sniggering at her, giving up on her, or not really understanding what is wrong nor how to help, all while having to maintain performance in an increasingly challenging academic environment, participate in clubs, and handle paranormal shenanigans on top of all that.

I don't know about you, but that's some extraordinarily real fucking life right there. It's not "just stupid teen drama". It's "learning how to handle love self-taught on the fly." I defy anyone and everyone to prove to me they either did better or would have done better in the same situation without outright lying both to yourselves and to everyone else.

Teenage years are life. And they are one of the hardest parts of life to go through, and they and the challenges therein are no less valid than any challenge faced later in life.

[Typeminer]

Quite right, Glytch. But we can joke about it because we survived it. Anything worth taking seriously is worth joking about.

[GlytchMeister]

Quite right, Glytch. But we can joke about it because we survived it. Anything worth taking seriously is worth joking about.

I'm just tired of how it's so common for people to completely discount and delegitimize the trials and challenges teens face as just silly drama and are not joking. Or anyone, for that matter, not just teens. Kids die by their own hand because of this stuff. A student at my high school, someone I didn't even know, killed himself and the tsunami of depression and the aftershock of anxiety that followed... That freaked me out. The whole school cafeteria was silent for a week at lunch. Suddenly, loads of other kids started to self-harm or express suicidal and major depressive behavior patterns, and those who weren't effected that way were anxious and always on guard, on the lookout for anyone else who might have been pushed over the edge.

Maybe it's just harder for me to see the joke when all I hear is the silent cafeteria. I can't imagine how that kid's actual friends feel when they hear this sort of stuff.

And I suppose I'm also just standing up and putting this out there for anyone who might be reading - so they know that at least someone out here definitely isn't laughing at them or at what they're going through. Sometimes, it doesn't take much to push someone over the edge. Sometimes, it doesn't take much to pull them back, either.

[Alkarii]

Man, that makes me realize just how shitty the student body at my high school had been when I was in school. They sure as hell wouldn't have cared that much, unless someone shot themselves during lunch or an assembly. Two days of a quiet cafeteria, at most.