This is the first its been mentioned.
It does add another list of posibilities with Tim to know that his mom is a mage of some kind. It makes me wonder if she is the same kind of morph or therenis kore to his abilities than we ever suspected.
It does bring Ms Alger’s statement on the previous page into a different light, seeing as she referred to “Tim’s Mom” as though they were two distinct entities, there.
She’s either very good at keeping her home and work lives separate, a necessity to mitigate the risk of being compromised by people taking advantage of her relationship with Tim, or there’s some deeper duality at work which Paul might expand upon in a future plotline.
Either way, she obviously couldn’t maintain her composure once she was aware of Tim’s injury. But then, there aren’t many who could.
The key line is “blackmail would work better if you told the school”. This implies that Ms. Alger is keeping her relationship to Timothy secret from the school even though Dayla apparently already knows. I don’t think Ms. Alger referring to herself in the third person in the previous comic is anything more than an attempt to keep that secret from any of the other kids, who don’t already know. Based on her reaction Scarlet is probably one of those kids who didn’t know.
@Pilgrim
I think she’s suggesting telling the school she hurt Timothy would be better blackmail then threatening to tell her that she hurt him herself.
Scarlett getting sassy!!! “How about them apples?” Oooooooh doggie… if I was a kid and said something like that to an adult, my ass woulda been on fire right quick!!! And that’s before my parents got involved!
On the other hand, if a teacher of mine had caused definite physical injury to a student due to a temper outburst, THEIR ass woulda been on fire right quick, possibly with the law involved. And if a teacher of one of my kids had done it to my kid, my wrath would have known no bounds, and that’s _before_ adding my wife’s similarly unbounded wrath to the picture.
The kids do need to grasp the concept of “secure area,” though.
When my 1st grade teacher tried to teach me to write ‘correctly’ she kept telling me I was holding the pencil wrong, and would put it in my right hand the proper way. When I promptly moved it to the same position in myleft hand she’d say Iwas wrong. When I asked how it could be wrong when I was holding it the same as she showed me, she said ‘but it’s in the wrong hand’. I then refused to pick up the pencil unless I could use my left hand. She sent me to the office and had my mother called.
BIG MISTAKE, my Mom was a)trained as an elementary school teacher and b)also lefthanded. She read them the riot act, considering the then new psychological research showing that forcing a child to write with their nondominent hand causes damage. Exactly how badly were they trying to screw me up. The only problem after that was since she wasn’t allowed to teach me to write ‘properly’ she wouldn’t teach me all, and ignored me during writing.
Really… Mom has just given those “three troublemakers” a prize piece of blackmail material. It’s as bad as Naruto underwear or pennywhistle gas-passing. He may have to move to another state and change his name to get away from it all.
To make it worse, the name doesn’t really fit. Timmy is a mammal-morph (cat or canine, I can’t remember which). “Lemon drop” would be a nickname much better suited to a lizard para, ’cause he’d be sweet and saurian.
LOL, Does Scarlett know that she just called her dating “mother-in-law” an over-caffeinated dumbbell? I think that’s worse than “them apples.” Course I’m more experienced with having “under-caffeinated dumbbell” problems.
If MIB is run even remotely sensibly, those kids will be lucky if they’re allowed within a block of each other after this. Casually breaking dimensional safety/security to make a point to your friends probably isn’t going to be looked at favourably.
And they don’t even seem to realise just how bad it is
He’d announced it as four-day-a-week thing when he came out of hiatus. There was at least one week in which the Thursday posting was a pinup rather than a story-arc strip, and I think there may have been a “missed” Thursday as well.
Based on past history, we might have to wait until Monday, or he might post late today or on Friday, or do an over-the-weekend special. Only time will tell…
Well, at least someone has their priorities straight . . .
I either never knew that Ms. Alger was Timothy’s mom, or I forgot.
I don’t think we knew.
It does explain her stance in the last few comics.
This is the first its been mentioned.
It does add another list of posibilities with Tim to know that his mom is a mage of some kind. It makes me wonder if she is the same kind of morph or therenis kore to his abilities than we ever suspected.
It does bring Ms Alger’s statement on the previous page into a different light, seeing as she referred to “Tim’s Mom” as though they were two distinct entities, there.
She’s either very good at keeping her home and work lives separate, a necessity to mitigate the risk of being compromised by people taking advantage of her relationship with Tim, or there’s some deeper duality at work which Paul might expand upon in a future plotline.
Either way, she obviously couldn’t maintain her composure once she was aware of Tim’s injury. But then, there aren’t many who could.
Yups, noticed that as well
Unless… Ms Alger is possessed, and the possessor was the angry yelling one last page…
Split personality?
Some mages consider that a positive working tool.
The key line is “blackmail would work better if you told the school”. This implies that Ms. Alger is keeping her relationship to Timothy secret from the school even though Dayla apparently already knows. I don’t think Ms. Alger referring to herself in the third person in the previous comic is anything more than an attempt to keep that secret from any of the other kids, who don’t already know. Based on her reaction Scarlet is probably one of those kids who didn’t know.
@Pilgrim
I think she’s suggesting telling the school she hurt Timothy would be better blackmail then threatening to tell her that she hurt him herself.
Metallic Ding-a-ling
Well, we’ve known for some time that Daylla is made of what amounts to living metal.
We now have a better idea just what sort of metal. Bronze, with a high tin content.
Bell metal.
Har-de-har.
I dunno – in the third panel of the previous page, I’d say she was polished brass.
Amazing that a metallic being can have ovaries of solid rock.
Bells are usually made from lattens, a group of copper alloys, not necessarily just bronze.
Ding-a-ling is also the noise associated with a triangle, which is usually made of steel, or a similar alloy.
Also, the eponymous ding-a-ling in the Chuck Berry song is a toy made from a string of silver bells.
Timothy’s last name is Alger?
Or he uses his (so far unknown) father’s name.
Or he is adopted and uses his birth name.
Looks like Ms Alger is getting let into the iner circle now. Only thing to do with her son involved.
It’ Bud’s call.
She may just stop this in its tracks with the deadly words “You do not have a need to know.”
A bit…on the nose.
*slap*
More like in the nose.
I’m just startled to see an endearment used that is not some variation of “sweetie”. Shaken me to the core it has! 😁
“Poppyseed”?
“Poppyseed” startles me too. Like whenever I get one of those “everything” bagels, I always drop it because I am so spooked.
Scarlett getting sassy!!! “How about them apples?” Oooooooh doggie… if I was a kid and said something like that to an adult, my ass woulda been on fire right quick!!! And that’s before my parents got involved!
On the other hand, if a teacher of mine had caused definite physical injury to a student due to a temper outburst, THEIR ass woulda been on fire right quick, possibly with the law involved. And if a teacher of one of my kids had done it to my kid, my wrath would have known no bounds, and that’s _before_ adding my wife’s similarly unbounded wrath to the picture.
The kids do need to grasp the concept of “secure area,” though.
What if the teacher was also the parent?
When my 1st grade teacher tried to teach me to write ‘correctly’ she kept telling me I was holding the pencil wrong, and would put it in my right hand the proper way. When I promptly moved it to the same position in myleft hand she’d say Iwas wrong. When I asked how it could be wrong when I was holding it the same as she showed me, she said ‘but it’s in the wrong hand’. I then refused to pick up the pencil unless I could use my left hand. She sent me to the office and had my mother called.
BIG MISTAKE, my Mom was a)trained as an elementary school teacher and b)also lefthanded. She read them the riot act, considering the then new psychological research showing that forcing a child to write with their nondominent hand causes damage. Exactly how badly were they trying to screw me up. The only problem after that was since she wasn’t allowed to teach me to write ‘properly’ she wouldn’t teach me all, and ignored me during writing.
As a left-hander myself, i feel tor you, though i didn’t have that sort of trouble back in the 50s
Dory Previn, OTOH, did – and she wrote a song.
https://youtu.be/T1_YMNEaCII
DilyV!!!!
re: How ’bout dem apples?;
I submit a link to a youtube video put on by ‘that ATT Girl’ spokesperson (and her comedy cohort), starring guest Matt Damon…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P1kmOtdHcZ0
“Lemon Drop” he’s never going to live that outing of his mom’s sweetie name for him.
Really… Mom has just given those “three troublemakers” a prize piece of blackmail material. It’s as bad as Naruto underwear or pennywhistle gas-passing. He may have to move to another state and change his name to get away from it all.
To make it worse, the name doesn’t really fit. Timmy is a mammal-morph (cat or canine, I can’t remember which). “Lemon drop” would be a nickname much better suited to a lizard para, ’cause he’d be sweet and saurian.
Granted, he could be confident enough in himself that his close friends using a pet name his mother gives him really doesn’t bother him…
Lion, i believe
M.A.D. . . . Mutually Assured Destruction.
If Castela uses it, Timothy calls her Pickle.
And I’m sure he knows Scarlet’s embarrassing nickname.
They’ve all been friends long enough that they all know each others’ secrets.
Nah – not “Pickle” – “Stinkweed”.
LOL, Does Scarlett know that she just called her dating “mother-in-law” an over-caffeinated dumbbell? I think that’s worse than “them apples.” Course I’m more experienced with having “under-caffeinated dumbbell” problems.
The kids better make note that the talkaround can only go around so far. Clever isnt always equal to smart.
Timothy nose his stuff…
If MIB is run even remotely sensibly, those kids will be lucky if they’re allowed within a block of each other after this. Casually breaking dimensional safety/security to make a point to your friends probably isn’t going to be looked at favourably.
And they don’t even seem to realise just how bad it is
I think it’s more like Cass has just nominated herself as Scar’s research assistant.
Does anyone know when Paul is going to have today’s strip up? t’s going on 10:00 AM ET and it still isn’t up?
Thought it was running Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday now…
He’d announced it as four-day-a-week thing when he came out of hiatus. There was at least one week in which the Thursday posting was a pinup rather than a story-arc strip, and I think there may have been a “missed” Thursday as well.
Based on past history, we might have to wait until Monday, or he might post late today or on Friday, or do an over-the-weekend special. Only time will tell…