Wapsi Time is sorta of wibbley-wobbly, what with the time skips, and Atsali and Castela (and her contemporaries) skipping time at different rates, and real-time seasonal changes affecting events that are only a couple days apart in strip time. It’s all part of artistic license so as long as the story flows, there’s no need to squint too intently at it.
Besides, fantastical universes tend to unravel if you start poking at their mechanics too much. (Everything from Star Trek to X-Men to Harry Potter starts to barf up contradictions and absurdities if you merely consider the logistics aone.) Unless the story starts breaking its own stated rules, it’s best to push logic to thte back of your brain and just enjoy the ride instead.
Suddenly, but wonderfully, I feel old! How wonderful to see a couple of the original gang! <3 They were always one of my favourite couples. I hope they are still making beautiful music together… they certainly made a delight-filled daughter!
From when I started writing the story of the original cast was around 1994 (it didn’t make it to the internet until 2001), around the time that Owen and Lakshmi started their family would be around 1997. With the in comic time jumps, of which 6 years were made mention of, and the others that were just implied. Roxanne is 23 years old. =)
On the subject of cartoons old enough to vote… thank you, Paul, for the gift of your time and your art.
The world would be a little less weird and a lot less happy without you.
Well, the ill-fated rendezvous between Castela and Reginald and Hiroshii ran approximately one month, but was clearly one night. One must allow a certain amount of time for things to happen even if they only take a certain amount of time to happen.
Those two officially had sex on 17 February 2005 (http://wapsisquare.com/comic/02172005/), minus 9 months, the time difference to 9 February 2021 is 15 years, 2 months, and 23 days. Unless said biological child is physically and mentally precocious (and takes after her mother) Roxanne might well have been adopted, especially since her depictions so far would make her at least 6 feet tall.
OMG – as soon I saw today’s strip I was like, “wait a second, there’s no way she is that mature and be their biological child, it’s been to little time!” So being me I had to quickly calculate the passage of time since their hook up all those years ago. After logging all the in-comic age progression benchmarks I calculated a rough passage of around 16 years +/- a bit. I then came down to the comments and BANG! David Butler beat me to the punch!!! 15 years, 2 months, and 23 days is around 16 years!
So yes, I second that calculation, under 16 years have elapsed in-comic. With Paul locking her age at 23, we can say that she was adopted around the age of 8-9. Which makes her born about 3 years before the comic started +/-1 a year. I love the idea of a totally mixed family via adoption in the comic although we have that via Spider-eyes, Stink weed, and Jugs – which, ironically, were used in my calculation of Roxanne and in-comic time passage.
I also agree that her depiction (e.g. around 6ft), let alone her stated age, point to adoption. That would be a cool way to weave in some backstory of her youth and how she ended up being in the system for adoption.
I haven’t seen those two in years and now I am curious and I got questions!
Is Roxanne a Para? and if yes, Is either Owen or Lakshmi a Para? Better yet are both of them Para?
and if also yes, does the girls (Shelly and the others) know about it?
^_^
Oh, my!
Those two got busy fast, didn’t they?
Yesterday I wanted to grumble about introducing another new character, but now it’s all different.
I’ve always missed our first happy couple…
From when I started writing the story of the original cast was around 1994 (it didn’t make it to the internet until 2001), around the time that Owen and Lakshmi started their family would be around 1997. With the in comic time jumps, of which 6 years were made mention of, and the others that were just implied. Roxanne is 23 years old. =)
I really appreciate the character name index to earlier works.
It really fleshes out both the characters and the story in general to go back and see who they were.
I have to question Roxanne’s human pedigree if her mother can toss a 16lb ball the full length of a lane on nothing but air.
as i said before… not so impossible,, my Amazon is 6′ 4″ 220lb, Marine prison C.O.(was)..
and we do medieval recreations , she sword fights with a 20lb claymore .. one handed.!! an has been known to duel wield..
All I can say is, let’s see now what kind of kids Jin and Alan have, now that Jim is back to fully human, presumably with a working reproductive system. Alan has always been one of my favorite characters here, for the way he nursed Jin through her return to humanity.
He’s a successful Science Fiction author (passed SFWA president), who dabbles in music, but mostly known on the internet for his weird food choices. And his wife is known to carry trees at times.
People seem to think that Shelley would have a problem with Owen & Lakshmi still being together after all this time. She’s got her Immortal Boyfriend to keep her busy, plus she’s had 80K+ YEARS of growing up since Owen hooked up with Lakshmi “I can’t BELIEVE she’s ‘just’ a Human” Prasad.
Wait, what. SO Roxanne is Owen and Lakshmi’s girl? Yeah… DEFINITELY got the whole wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey thing going on there. I sense there have been… discontinuities in the narrative, maybe more so than I’ve noticed! 😀
Oh hey, those two! My, time has flown, hasn’t it?
Wapsi Time is sorta of wibbley-wobbly, what with the time skips, and Atsali and Castela (and her contemporaries) skipping time at different rates, and real-time seasonal changes affecting events that are only a couple days apart in strip time. It’s all part of artistic license so as long as the story flows, there’s no need to squint too intently at it.
Besides, fantastical universes tend to unravel if you start poking at their mechanics too much. (Everything from Star Trek to X-Men to Harry Potter starts to barf up contradictions and absurdities if you merely consider the logistics aone.) Unless the story starts breaking its own stated rules, it’s best to push logic to thte back of your brain and just enjoy the ride instead.
Yeah, I was mostly thinking how the time skips, both specifically stated and the generally implied, have added up over the real-time years.
Gotta wonder how Shelly would handle meeting Roxanne.
Suddenly, but wonderfully, I feel old! How wonderful to see a couple of the original gang! <3 They were always one of my favourite couples. I hope they are still making beautiful music together… they certainly made a delight-filled daughter!
That, I did not see coming.
I didn’t even hear the sound of a diesel engine, as the bus pulled back into town after a very long trip along memory lane.
*surpirised_pikachu.gif*
https://giphy.com/gifs/3DudglxvlDmJfCVQjL
OMG
The time difference seems a bit off to me, like how would those 2 had a child that is that age, unless they adopted her…..
Maybe I answered my own question.
From when I started writing the story of the original cast was around 1994 (it didn’t make it to the internet until 2001), around the time that Owen and Lakshmi started their family would be around 1997. With the in comic time jumps, of which 6 years were made mention of, and the others that were just implied. Roxanne is 23 years old. =)
On the subject of cartoons old enough to vote… thank you, Paul, for the gift of your time and your art.
The world would be a little less weird and a lot less happy without you.
Well, the ill-fated rendezvous between Castela and Reginald and Hiroshii ran approximately one month, but was clearly one night. One must allow a certain amount of time for things to happen even if they only take a certain amount of time to happen.
Thanks, that does clear things up, I was a bit fuzzy on there being time jumps.
Those two officially had sex on 17 February 2005 (http://wapsisquare.com/comic/02172005/), minus 9 months, the time difference to 9 February 2021 is 15 years, 2 months, and 23 days. Unless said biological child is physically and mentally precocious (and takes after her mother) Roxanne might well have been adopted, especially since her depictions so far would make her at least 6 feet tall.
The date that a strip is posted is not necessarily the date that the events in said strip occur.
OMG – as soon I saw today’s strip I was like, “wait a second, there’s no way she is that mature and be their biological child, it’s been to little time!” So being me I had to quickly calculate the passage of time since their hook up all those years ago. After logging all the in-comic age progression benchmarks I calculated a rough passage of around 16 years +/- a bit. I then came down to the comments and BANG! David Butler beat me to the punch!!! 15 years, 2 months, and 23 days is around 16 years!
So yes, I second that calculation, under 16 years have elapsed in-comic. With Paul locking her age at 23, we can say that she was adopted around the age of 8-9. Which makes her born about 3 years before the comic started +/-1 a year. I love the idea of a totally mixed family via adoption in the comic although we have that via Spider-eyes, Stink weed, and Jugs – which, ironically, were used in my calculation of Roxanne and in-comic time passage.
I also agree that her depiction (e.g. around 6ft), let alone her stated age, point to adoption. That would be a cool way to weave in some backstory of her youth and how she ended up being in the system for adoption.
You forgot the 6 YEAR time jump and a few jumps of months. in some spots.
Guys, Paul himself. WORD OF GOD answered up above an hour before Davey posted this. The story of the comic starts in 94 😛
Rockin’ Roxanne is even Hotter with her Hair down. She is her Mommas Baby girl & has all her Momma’s …….assets.
It’s a world of laughter
A world of tears
It’s a world of hopes
And a world of fears
There’s so much that we share
That it’s time we’re aware
(I cheated. I googled the name of the song to find the lyrics.)
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Hey, sorry to nitpick, but panel 2 first bubble. Shouldn’t that be “that I’m working”?
I haven’t seen those two in years and now I am curious and I got questions!
Is Roxanne a Para? and if yes, Is either Owen or Lakshmi a Para? Better yet are both of them Para?
and if also yes, does the girls (Shelly and the others) know about it?
^_^
Roxanne is human. =)
Oh, my!
Those two got busy fast, didn’t they?
Yesterday I wanted to grumble about introducing another new character, but now it’s all different.
I’ve always missed our first happy couple…
Ahh, and suddenly she makes so much more sense. XD
What a delight to see these guys surface and have them entangled in the current storyline! *squee gif*
Wait, whut?! WTF did those 2 get old!?!
I… I… Uh… Huh… err… what?
These two’s last appearance in the comic was… March 20 of 2012. (http://wapsisquare.com/comic/echoes/)
If she’s 24, that means comic-time is… 2036?
From when I started writing the story of the original cast was around 1994 (it didn’t make it to the internet until 2001), around the time that Owen and Lakshmi started their family would be around 1997. With the in comic time jumps, of which 6 years were made mention of, and the others that were just implied. Roxanne is 23 years old. =)
Hadn’t expected that. A lotta things happen when you lose touch over the years…like having a kid old enough to work for MIB…
Who is she calling “Pappi”? And wow.
Holy shit, Owen and Lakshmi is a CALLBACK.
LAKKY? OWEN? I haven’t seen them in a skunks age! (and I had NO idea Roxy was their Daughter)
Time skip, Calendar Machine, Author’s prerogative, wow!
Yay, Owen and Lakshmi!
I really appreciate the character name index to earlier works.
It really fleshes out both the characters and the story in general to go back and see who they were.
I have to question Roxanne’s human pedigree if her mother can toss a 16lb ball the full length of a lane on nothing but air.
as i said before… not so impossible,, my Amazon is 6′ 4″ 220lb, Marine prison C.O.(was)..
and we do medieval recreations , she sword fights with a 20lb claymore .. one handed.!! an has been known to duel wield..
SCA?
So do I.
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So…is a Fermented Banana reunion is in the works?
I think the bassist might have a problem with the reunion.
All I can say is, let’s see now what kind of kids Jin and Alan have, now that Jim is back to fully human, presumably with a working reproductive system. Alan has always been one of my favorite characters here, for the way he nursed Jin through her return to humanity.
Actually there are a lot of questions to ask. Is Owen still in the music business? Any other children? Do they still live near Wapsi Square?
Just a guess…
He’s a successful Science Fiction author (passed SFWA president), who dabbles in music, but mostly known on the internet for his weird food choices. And his wife is known to carry trees at times.
carry trees and is sometimes mistaken for trees.
Don’t recall the name, but haven’t been much in touch since my associate membership lapsed.
Don’t worry, you’ll Lock In on it. But, it’s just a bit of an Old Man’s fancy, most likely.
Nice to see Owen and especially Lakshmi again. 🙂
All it would take for Shelly’s hackles to get raised would be to hear Roxanne’s last name as Albrecht-Prasad….jwhouk
People seem to think that Shelley would have a problem with Owen & Lakshmi still being together after all this time. She’s got her Immortal Boyfriend to keep her busy, plus she’s had 80K+ YEARS of growing up since Owen hooked up with Lakshmi “I can’t BELIEVE she’s ‘just’ a Human” Prasad.
Owen and Lakshmi are back? And Roxanne is their daughter? Whoa!
Also, if Rox is using Spanish, Papi is spelled with only 2 P’s, not 3.
Wait, what. SO Roxanne is Owen and Lakshmi’s girl? Yeah… DEFINITELY got the whole wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey thing going on there. I sense there have been… discontinuities in the narrative, maybe more so than I’ve noticed! 😀
Lakshmi’s eyes are so beautiful 😍
Who knew Roxy was Lakshimi’s daughter??? 😌