Moment 2019-02-07

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Re: Moment 2019-02-07

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And now we get to see how this relationship turns sour and pushes Castela into her hyper-punk aesthetic that was hinted at for her teenage years long ago.
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Re: Moment 2019-02-07

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Her eye stems are what got me. Guys always complain that its obvious when a guy is excited. I would say pickle has a very obvious tell as well.
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Re: Moment 2019-02-07

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Thor wrote: Fri Feb 08, 2019 6:02 am Okay, so if Pickle is 15, and Shawna is Hiroshi's age and therefore IIRC two years ahead of Pickle's Posse, that makes her 17.

And we found out from Atsali and Nadette drinking the spiked eggnog that in the Para world, you are an adult at age 17, so does this mean that Shawna is going to be sent to para-prison for inappropriate physical contact with a minor?
Pickle is (at the very least) almost as old as Atsali is. She may be older than Atsali.

Her nominal age of "15" is a convenience number (that is, a useful fiction). It seems to be based on the point at which Pickle matured enough that she could weave her tendrils into a human form. This was years after she was "born" (cloned, DNA-engineered, whatever) in a lab.

Remember, when Atsali was a toddler, Castela was already on the scene... a "widdle potted plant" which was already capable enough of defending Atsali with lethal force, and capable of recognizing adults and sensing their intentions and (apparently) capable of understanding at least some speech.

Now, it's possible that the para world has rules (de facto laws) which regulate physical contact between paranormals of very different para-species, having different rates of maturation (just as they apparently have different rules about "drinking age"). Pickle might be considered "too young" by those rules, even though she's chronologically in her late teens (at least). However, we haven't seen any such details. And, those rules might have difficulty dealing with Pickle's case, anyhow, since she is apparently unique.

The fact that there's a different drinking age which applies to young paranormals, does seem to indicate that paras are not necessarily bound by the laws of whatever human government regulates the place in which they live. We don't know how this actually works out in practice.
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Re: Moment 2019-02-07

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ziggy78eog wrote: Fri Feb 08, 2019 11:51 am - fourth panel we finally see Castella, with an embarrassed face, and sheepish grin, holding hands with Shawna, saying, "weeeeeelllllllll..."
Nah. Castela will be all "Whut?", standing there alone, with the lipstick she didn't think to wipe off all over her face...
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Re: Moment 2019-02-07

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AnotherFairportfan wrote: Fri Feb 08, 2019 12:59 pm Nah. Castela will be all "Whut?", standing there alone, with the lipstick she didn't think to wipe off all over her face...
Castela: "Uhhh... it's sunscreen. Tinted sunscreen. Didn't I apply it properly?" (scrubs frantically)

Kath: "You're UV-proof. You laugh at radiation. You don't need sunscreen."

Castela: "But all the other girls are wearing it!!" (blushes frantically)

Kath: (knowing look)
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Re: Moment 2019-02-07

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I think we are dating these entries wrong; they should be for the Mon-Wed-Friday's dates, vs the date the strip hit the web (late on Thursday for example...).

Moment 2019-02-08 would seem to be more appropriate.
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Re: Moment 2019-02-07

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Dave wrote: Fri Feb 08, 2019 1:47 pm
AnotherFairportfan wrote: Fri Feb 08, 2019 12:59 pm Nah. Castela will be all "Whut?", standing there alone, with the lipstick she didn't think to wipe off all over her face...
Castela: "Uhhh... it's sunscreen. Tinted sunscreen. Didn't I apply it properly?" (scrubs frantically)

Kath: "You're UV-proof. You laugh at radiation. You don't need sunscreen."

Castela: "But all the other girls are wearing it!!" (blushes frantically)

Kath: (knowing look)
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Re: Moment 2019-02-07

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AnotherFairportfan wrote: Fri Feb 08, 2019 12:59 pm
ziggy78eog wrote: Fri Feb 08, 2019 11:51 am - fourth panel we finally see Castella, with an embarrassed face, and sheepish grin, holding hands with Shawna, saying, "weeeeeelllllllll..."
Nah. Castela will be all "Whut?", standing there alone, with the lipstick she didn't think to wipe off all over her face...
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