Ditto. There house reminds me of College. Not the immortal part but the single lamp, bed on the floor, and under utilization of buttons. Those were good years.
Oh, certainly. If you have the nerve for it, answering the door while scantily dressed, or even naked, is a very effective way to deal with door-to-door evangelists. It disconcerts them no end. I know some people who swear by it… after one or two treatments, the Jehova’s Witness and Mormon missionary teams have learned to leave them alone.
Works even better if you pretend you are a Satanist in the middle of a ritual. “Oh, you’re here for the sacrifice? Great! HEY MAGISTER, THEY’RE HERE FOR THE SACRIFICE! Please come in… you can leave your clothes over there on the floor.”
Personally Most don’t even get to my door. I leave the blinds up on my living room window. Sitting in the window is a life size replica of Cloud’s Buster Sword and hanging from the seling on the other side of my living room is a replica of the Masamune. When the light hits right, the glare detracts most of them, those that don’t just decide to move on.
The one time that didn’t scare a magazine sells man. He knocked on my door at 8 in the morning after me working a double at work. I grab one of my real samari swords, cut the brochure in half and shut the door in his face. Haven’t heard from anyone sense…..
Equally effective is what I did to a group when I was ten. For some reason a ten year-old little girl dropping down from a tree branch they didn’t see hanging over the driveway to land in front of them, sends them screaming in panic.
As a college student, one of my daily hazards is Mormons on campus. I have three methods to get rid of them that I have never put into use: “I can’t talk to you. My uncle got eaten by rabid Mormons back in Colorado,” “Sorry, I really need to get going, I’ve kept my *same sex romantic partner* waiting long enough,” and, of course, get startled and “accidentally” spill coffee on one. I’ve never used any of them myself, but feel free to try out either of the first two. As for the third, I don’t want to be responsible for anyone getting hurt. Messing with people is fine, but spilled coffee could hurt someone.
I had an aunt that had developed a far more effective “remedy”
She ALWAYS asked them inside and gave them tea.
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The kind that older people drink when their pooping is a bit problematic……. 😀
Strangely enough, the evangelists left in quite a hurry, and never returned….
I wouldn’t try the coffee one.
Messing with their heads is one thing, ruining their clothes is another.
Heh, my family is of a different Christian faith and my uncle is a rather impressive Christian scholar (I say scholar in the self-taught kind of way). He always invites them in and then turns the tables on them by debunking everything they say and then starts witnessing right back to them. XD
To be honest I’d like to witness more. But it’s not a REQUIRED thing like it apparently is with Mormons. Nor is it as intrusive. It more like, “Hey would you like to come to our Harvest Festival on Halloween. There’s candy, and face-painting, and hay-rides.”
Or MY favorite was what my last church did. Periodically they’d hold an event where they’d invite all single mothers to come get their car oil changed for free.
And then of course there was food drives like were we’d make little bag lunches and drive around Austin and hand them out to any homeless person or person begging on a street corner. I think it’s a little smarter than giving money. If they’re one of those fake people just begging cause they’re lazy (unfortunately those exist), you’re just giving them food. If they’re legitimate then you’re giving them a good meal.
All funny and effective, but what about “I understand the evangelical obligations required of you by your religion, but kindly ask you to respect my differing beliefs, please. Have a good day, sirs.”
sure love to do that out here in uk (small town ) … but the neighbors across the street may see, so , um… 😛
but the wife had a good way with all those, she just shouted “how DARE you talk about MY religion!!!” – Portuguese, they like to keep it private and personal.. 🙂
I don’t get any visits anymore since they bothered me in the middle of cleaning my Mosin Nagant. They leave in a hurry when you come to the door wiping down a rifle 😀
How are you able to get your hands on one of those? I can never seem to find one. Are you some kind of WW2 Russian weapons collecter? Because I always wanted a Mosin Nagant!
Nah, I always hit missionaries with the Heinlein “Church of All Worlds” schtick, complete with plenty of “Thou Art Gods”. Drives ’em away in less than 15 seconds, or your money back!
A couple of elderly women came to the door to try and get me interested. Their presentation was so sickly sweet, patronizing and naive that I just simply said, “Leave the materials. I’ll read them later. Don’t call us, we’ll call you.”
I dumped them in the bin as soon as the door was closed. It was the naivety that really annoyed me. Then again, even as a teenager, I found Yes, Minister funny and could keep up with Sir Humphrey Appleby (most of the time).
Nowadays, if they come to my door (very rare), I just simply say “No, thanks.” If they stop me on the street (still rare but happens more often) I just leave them without talking.
On a side-note: Paul did an amazing job on the wet frizz. It’s drawn exactly the way frizz acts when wet and soapy.
(Yeah, black&mixed girlfriends are quite enlightening as far as the interesting peculiarities of frizz go, especially when “natural”, like Brandi wears it…*sigh*.. áhm ‘n Luuuve… )
I have so much been looking forward to Justin meeting Bud off duty. Shelly probably invited him over with a line like, “You should meet my friend Bud. She’s really level-headed; she’ll convince you nobody’s crazy!” Tomorrow should be a lot of fun.
But he is getting answers to so many questions that hse may or may not have ever asked himself. I’m still kinda wondering if one of our girls might be family to him.
Judging from Shelly’s “Uh… hey there, Bud” and eyeroll toward Justin’s reaction, I don’t think Shelly realized until that moment that Bud and Justin have met before. This’ll be interesting…
And his face, too. A combination of long-suffering, OhBloodyHell, and “I really do need a couple of aspirin, and perhaps a very strong drink, quite urgently thankyouverymuch.”
But that’s normal for Bud. She’s notoriously bad at the game of love. Almost Wapsi’s version of Bill (from King Of The Hill) in that regard.
They’re always either already claimed (Kevin by Monica, Officer TB by Shelly) or immediately turn out to be someone she’d hate the moment she starts flirting (the ambulance chaser, for instance).
To date, outside of Brandi, Bud’s never really gotten along with another immortal in Wapsiverse. That might be why she keeps trying her hand at mortals.
Bud’s also got the problem that the only immortal male around has been Tepoz, who’s not really boyfriend or husband material, for various reasons. (He is one hell of a drinking buddy, though.) She might find a nice guy if she got to meet a few more of them.
I’m wondering if the Lanthian priests wrote some glyphs to wreck her love life so that she could fulfill their function of being a weapon rather than get distracted by relationships?
Shelly and Bud bonded very nicely especially when Shelly learned about her strength. Since then she has looked to Bud to help her cope and come to terms with things. Also they did go drinking together when Shelly decked the drunks.
Shelly’s shown to have a stronger relationship with Bud as of late than Monica.
Monica’s become too stressed and sensitive dealing with matters of the supernatural, and Shelly does not wish to add to that stress. Bud despite her moaning feeds on that stress, and needs to be actively “protecting” someone to feel useful, just like Shelly, and will be more than willing to help.
Bud also has far more experience dealing with the supernatural and tends to act far more practical than the rest of the crew (sans maybe Amanda at times) since rediscovering her humanity.
– – – – –
In fact, the only reason I question this is Brandi. From what we’ve seen, Shelly feels uncomfortable around Brandi, if not outright terrified of her. Every instance we’ve seen of Shelly and Bud socializing is away from Brandi, unless the entire group is present. The first time the two interacted away from Monica and Bud, Brandi ambushed Shelly and scared her half to death (when Shelly made Bud cry). And the last time Brandi interacted with Shelly directly, she almost murdered Shelly and Monica in a panic (when Shelly warped Bud to the demon realm).
Shelly should know Brandi would be at the house with Bud. I’m curious to see if Shelly drags Bud out of the house, or if not how Shelly reacts to Brandi once she inevitably joins the conversation.
– – – – –
Then there’s the little matter of Brandi knowing how she could have saved Shelly 80,000 years of her life and avoided this entire Sphinx business. Brandi told Bud and Monica (and possibly Jin), but did that information leak its way down to Shelly? Not something you want to accidentally slip now, on top of everything else.
Brandy realized that Shelly had to go to the time forest for the 80,000 years for her to fully mature into a Sphinx so that is not an issue here. She thought it was something she could have saved her from because all of the other times she went there it was before the resets and she never returned.
i just had an evil thought… what if BRANDI was one of those immortals that were messing him up?… with Brandi’s statement of “I don’t like myself when i think too much, and i get dangerous, too” that, to me anyways, implies that she could possibly have a much darker side than we’ve previously seen her portray (other than the Imhotep Angry-Face from way back when) and that when she walks out of the shower to meet the visitors… woo boy, that’ll be a doozy!
@Maark30: Sorry, I was more referring to Brandi’s knowledge that she could have obtained a V-Cell without sacrificing 80,000 years of Shelly’s life and her humanity, even if Shelly’s sacrifice proved necessary in the long run. Shelly’s known for having a short temper, and we saw how badly those 3 (Brandi, Bud, and Monica) reacted to this knowledge. One can only imagine how enraged Shelly may become if she learned that Brandi knew this all along (to say nothing of Shelly feeling all her sacrifice was in vein, regardless of the going-back-in-time business).
Brandi ultimately acknowledged to Monica that Shelly’s vigil was “the best plan”. So I don’t think Shelly will get angry over that: She said she’d do it, and restoring Jin was a success.
And Bud seems to have known, before that breakfast scene, that Brandi became informed after the fact (“Sphinxes are resilient”). Still, Bud looks remarkably ominous in conversation there with Brandi, now doesn’t she?
You guys had postulated all sorts of weird scenarios of when Bud discovers OTB is Shelly’s squeeze; but Paul dropped a bomb on all of us with a common answering of the door.
… but that means Paul will do the unexpected… and we have come to expect that from him… which means he can only do what is predictable… but we know that… so he must exceed our anticipations… but then
FZZPOP!
Paradox breakers have tripped. Please allow brain at least 30 minutes to cool, prior to resetting breakers. If breakers trip again, contact an electrician and refrain from thinking about The Game or green elephants.
It’s oddly comforting to know I’m not the only person having that problem. Three simple words… “Oh, dear God”… with such heartfelt meaning behind them…
Since he’s a policeman, and has been to that location at least once and perhaps more than that in response to “unusual events” calls, I imagine Justin probably had an “Uh, oh!” reaction as Shelly was bringing him up the front walkway to the door. Seeing Bud, and seeing that she recognized him, was just the icing on the cake. It wasn’t just the other shoe dropping… it was the whole Imlda Marcos Memorial Closet full of shoes dropping.
Justin might have never been to the house. The only time we actually saw Bud pull her “crazy rube” act was in a field by the house as they were investigating a loud noise in the neighborhood. So all the meetings might have been out in the neighborhood and not at the house.
After Bud brought the crunched Calendar Machine back from the demon dimension, she threw it into the sun… big sonic boom. The police were called to investigate… Justin was one of the officers sent out. Bud did a marvelous impression of a crazy UFO-chasing weirdo and disarmed their suspicions.
She has apparently “teased” Justin on at least one subsequent occasion, playing the same role as a flake… flirting with Justin, not realizing that he’s Shelly’s paramour and has been for quite some time.
She has been purposely causing unusual trouble which brings the police around.
the station apparently has one particular officer for such weirdness (which makes me think his superiors are aware of his ‘gift’) and Bud has nicknamed him “Officer tight Buns”.
Have you noticed that Paul has begun drawing some “anime eyes” lately? Not every time, but often enough to improve the cute factor. I still like Jin’s snake eyes, and her part in the girl’s panel where she says, “I’m crazy.”
Justin recognizes Bud as the crazy blond, and thinks his luck with females is working overtime.
Bud just realized that Justin, who she has been playing tricks on, is Shelly’s boy friend.
Shelly sees that Bud and Justin know each other, but doesn’t know from where.
They all are starting to make bad assumptions and reach wrong conclusions. Tempers are going to flare, things will be said, accusations will be leveled. A sphinx vs. golem catfight will be in the making, and Justin, wiser than he knows, will be about to leave.
Then Brandy arrives from the shower, does her mother thing, and makes the children play nice.
Naw. I think they’ll just have a good chuckle about the whole thing. Bud may feel a bit let down, however. But you know the old saying, “Lucky at imortality, unlucky at love.”
Yeah, I think you’ve called it. We know Bud *isn’t* the abusive ex, since we’ve seen them on previous meetings. Shelly, on the other hand, is going to instantly jump to that assumption, and go nuts. Whereas Bud’s going to assume this has something to do with her lusting over what she now realises is Shelly’s beau.
And Justin? Well… I’m pretty sure it’s doing nothing to disprove his preconceptions…
i made a reply up in an earlier post, but what if BRANDI was the abusive EX? the link that Yamara listed in her post, could be her hinting at the dark side of her past.
So could anyone we know be one of Justin’s abusive ex-para-amours? Let’s play detective!
Means, Motive and Opportunity… eliminates almost all of the old main cast.
(There’s always Magic– if a-wizard-did-him, detective logic could be thrown out the window. But let’s proceed.)
Amanda, Katherine, etc. etc. aren’t paranormals. (Opportunity)
Phix was mostly stuck in the Library. (Opportunity)
Nudge was on the lam, and sucked at human form. (Means, Opportunity)
The Tina collective warned Shelly against discovery. Tina Rosario Aldaco Guzmán is the daughter of a fugitive drug lord; not the kind of cover one wants exposed to a cop boyfriend. (Motive)
Bud had only been flirting up to now. (Opportunity)
Monica and Jin were in committed relationships. (Motive, Opportunity)
Heather is gay; the male supporting cast, including Justin, is seemingly not gay or bi. (Motive)
Let’s not forget May and her attitude toward men! She was imprisoned with demons. (Opportunity)
Note: ANY OTHER PARA-AMOUR NOT YET INTRODUCED would have Means and Opportunity to mess with Justin, by definition.
One thing to keep in mind, he may have been abused by non paranormals as well. Just human females he wanted badly enough to put up with their games. Who knows, at some time in his life he may have been so down and out, he did things of which he is not proud, for money. Either that or some had something over him in one way or another to force him to be compliant.
And/or the paranormal exes had their own nonmagic bffs (like Mon has Amanda) who were in on the action. They’d have they same attitude as their friends. Good point.
Take a look at their past and present membership rolls. You will note some rather big names (not a real surprise, in truth).
Of particular note will be names of comedians and comediennes (female comedians) who have made a pretty good living convincing they don’t have two brain cells with solid communications between their ears.
Seems there are two types of people who came truly pull off the ‘fool act’ and one of those is the ‘high quality genius’.
Maybe Justin will know this and realize Bud has done so to him.
There’s a Tom Clancy book–I think it’s The Cardinal of the Kremlin but I can’t recall–where half the plot is based on the idea that the best compliment a spy can get is, “Who, that guy? Nah, he’s to stupid to be a spy!”
A bit late, but I just noticed this: http://wapsisquare.com/comic/gave-it-to-me/
The ‘I had a cold last week’ line was probably just a lie to cover for not being able to get sick. That explains his odd expression as he says it.
Thanks, Paul, as many have expressed before me: we really needed this.
After weeks of tension and angst, a much needed relief in each panel:
* Sexaayy fan-service shower Brandi (curse those bubbles!!)
* Grumpy bedhead Bud
* Infinitely cute deer-in-headlights, “my brain just died” scantily clad Bud
* Justin’s realisation thet he just jumped headfirst in the rabbit hole, Shelley’s “now what” face
And our giddy expectation for Justin to meet the whole Wapsi team…
this is going to be a fun week :-))
BTW, I was away from commenting last week: congrats on your handling the Justin situation, it was the ONE outcome nobody suspected or expected. Nice!
A trappist monastery looks quite a good thing to spent the rest of his life into righ now.
One tiny thing about panel 1 that worries me. As someone who takes a shower day in day out, I know for a fact that bubble soap disappears in hot water in 0.1 second. So, why are those still sticking to Brandy’ …huge tracts of lands?. It makes my mind goes pop.
MMMMMM, One one hand Paul getting the awards he deserves, on the other hand BOOBIES. I know that I should aim only on the awards here, but the ‘female nudity’ cortex of my brain is putting up a fight to see Brandy without the bubbles.
I’ve noticed this too in Paul’s art over the past year especially… all the characters are starting to look like Monica with different hairstyles to me, especially in profile.
Honestly, I don’t think Bud will react badly in front of Shelly, though I do think she’ll have some kinda self destructive behavior because of it at a later date.
Bud is a bit wacky, but she is not really the type to angrily blow-up at people. Impatient? Yes, buut..
She’s actually a kind, sensitive soul. The little thing with the light gave that away without any doubt, despite her sometimes quirky behaviour.
She’s an 18-year old with , apparently, not much experience with love, so she’s still at the level of a 14-year-old, the level where girls have serious crushes about every other week.
hmm..went a bit confuzzling.
Bud does blow-up every now&then, but there is no menace, or hatred in it. Something I am not too sure about concerning Jin, or even Brandi..She now scares me a bit too, after the whole “confession-bit”
I just guess Bud is not really capable of holding a grudge for very long. She’s -oddly enough- the most “normal”of the gang, despite being a clay-jar.
Yeah. That clay jar crack is politically incorrect and insensitive. Just as Tina dislikes the term ‘zombie’ The golem girls preferred term is probably something like ‘organically challenged avatar’. 😉
er, no, that would only fit if they were *visibly* clay.. their ‘perception filter’ is good enough to fool medical devices, not just humans.. 🙂 – between them, its just an ‘in joke’..
O_O
Ditto. There house reminds me of College. Not the immortal part but the single lamp, bed on the floor, and under utilization of buttons. Those were good years.
Double ditto. BO
I’ve been…kinda dreading this meeting Dx
Brandi. Shower. Brain overload.
Overload? Mine just shut down…..
Gbfll. Bffflbbfhlbb.. Bzzzzzt…..click!
Division by zero
*blue screen*
Yup…..just as I feared. Popped every circuit breaker on the board.
I’m sorry, but were there any other drawings on this page other than Panel #1?
Because if there is… I don’t see it?
What about how CUUUUTE Bud looks at the door? Cute overload
And THAT is why it’s going to be my new Gravatar!!
Nice. 🙂
I’ve got a whole collection of Bud avatars going!! XD
Bud, answering door, robe open. breasts peaking.
Eyes like deer in headlights.
just as good… LOL
I’m thinking “She answered the door looking like that while fully expecting missionaries?”
ROFLMAO
Oh, certainly. If you have the nerve for it, answering the door while scantily dressed, or even naked, is a very effective way to deal with door-to-door evangelists. It disconcerts them no end. I know some people who swear by it… after one or two treatments, the Jehova’s Witness and Mormon missionary teams have learned to leave them alone.
Works even better if you pretend you are a Satanist in the middle of a ritual. “Oh, you’re here for the sacrifice? Great! HEY MAGISTER, THEY’RE HERE FOR THE SACRIFICE! Please come in… you can leave your clothes over there on the floor.”
>>>GAPE<<<
Personally Most don’t even get to my door. I leave the blinds up on my living room window. Sitting in the window is a life size replica of Cloud’s Buster Sword and hanging from the seling on the other side of my living room is a replica of the Masamune. When the light hits right, the glare detracts most of them, those that don’t just decide to move on.
The one time that didn’t scare a magazine sells man. He knocked on my door at 8 in the morning after me working a double at work. I grab one of my real samari swords, cut the brochure in half and shut the door in his face. Haven’t heard from anyone sense…..
Equally effective is what I did to a group when I was ten. For some reason a ten year-old little girl dropping down from a tree branch they didn’t see hanging over the driveway to land in front of them, sends them screaming in panic.
As a college student, one of my daily hazards is Mormons on campus. I have three methods to get rid of them that I have never put into use: “I can’t talk to you. My uncle got eaten by rabid Mormons back in Colorado,” “Sorry, I really need to get going, I’ve kept my *same sex romantic partner* waiting long enough,” and, of course, get startled and “accidentally” spill coffee on one. I’ve never used any of them myself, but feel free to try out either of the first two. As for the third, I don’t want to be responsible for anyone getting hurt. Messing with people is fine, but spilled coffee could hurt someone.
I had an aunt that had developed a far more effective “remedy”
She ALWAYS asked them inside and gave them tea.
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The kind that older people drink when their pooping is a bit problematic……. 😀
Strangely enough, the evangelists left in quite a hurry, and never returned….
My dad sets me on them.
I wouldn’t try the coffee one.
Messing with their heads is one thing, ruining their clothes is another.
Heh, my family is of a different Christian faith and my uncle is a rather impressive Christian scholar (I say scholar in the self-taught kind of way). He always invites them in and then turns the tables on them by debunking everything they say and then starts witnessing right back to them. XD
To be honest I’d like to witness more. But it’s not a REQUIRED thing like it apparently is with Mormons. Nor is it as intrusive. It more like, “Hey would you like to come to our Harvest Festival on Halloween. There’s candy, and face-painting, and hay-rides.”
Or MY favorite was what my last church did. Periodically they’d hold an event where they’d invite all single mothers to come get their car oil changed for free.
And then of course there was food drives like were we’d make little bag lunches and drive around Austin and hand them out to any homeless person or person begging on a street corner. I think it’s a little smarter than giving money. If they’re one of those fake people just begging cause they’re lazy (unfortunately those exist), you’re just giving them food. If they’re legitimate then you’re giving them a good meal.
But now I’m rambling…
And it wastes perfectly good coffee (c8
All funny and effective, but what about “I understand the evangelical obligations required of you by your religion, but kindly ask you to respect my differing beliefs, please. Have a good day, sirs.”
That’s what I usually do, but I didn’t feel like posting that here because it wasn’t funny.
My old roommates and I pulled something like that on some of them in North Carolina, I swear that the evangelists left vapor trails.
wow dave…. 😛 😛
sure love to do that out here in uk (small town ) … but the neighbors across the street may see, so , um… 😛
but the wife had a good way with all those, she just shouted “how DARE you talk about MY religion!!!” – Portuguese, they like to keep it private and personal.. 🙂
I don’t get any visits anymore since they bothered me in the middle of cleaning my Mosin Nagant. They leave in a hurry when you come to the door wiping down a rifle 😀
.577 boxer works like a charm too… 😛
@Bud Fanboi
How are you able to get your hands on one of those? I can never seem to find one. Are you some kind of WW2 Russian weapons collecter? Because I always wanted a Mosin Nagant!
Well, I still prefer my personal copy of the Necronomicon. “Before we talk about YOUR god, I’d like to talk about MY gods …”
Nah, I always hit missionaries with the Heinlein “Church of All Worlds” schtick, complete with plenty of “Thou Art Gods”. Drives ’em away in less than 15 seconds, or your money back!
I’m think of how I deal with those people:
When I was a teenager:
A couple of elderly women came to the door to try and get me interested. Their presentation was so sickly sweet, patronizing and naive that I just simply said, “Leave the materials. I’ll read them later. Don’t call us, we’ll call you.”
I dumped them in the bin as soon as the door was closed. It was the naivety that really annoyed me. Then again, even as a teenager, I found Yes, Minister funny and could keep up with Sir Humphrey Appleby (most of the time).
Nowadays, if they come to my door (very rare), I just simply say “No, thanks.” If they stop me on the street (still rare but happens more often) I just leave them without talking.
Unfair…the stream of water should totally have washed away that strategically-placed clump of suds by now…I’ve been staring long enough for sure…
Curse you bubbles – And the chemist who designed them .
ROFL – and the you realized it was a picture, not a movie… what are you smoking again????
Aww come on, don’t be mean. They are just using wishful thinking. Harmless really (Useless but harmless)
hey :/ at least when I am wishfully thinking, I colorize it, and share!!! :/ :/
– and no, I am hopeless at doing that.. 🙁 🙁
Hmmmmm, I wonder if Brandi needs help washing her…back?
Otherwise, this is gonna get interesting.
She definetly has a handy shelf to keep the shampoo on until she needs it. Bubble, Bubble, toil, and drool….
On a side-note: Paul did an amazing job on the wet frizz. It’s drawn exactly the way frizz acts when wet and soapy.
(Yeah, black&mixed girlfriends are quite enlightening as far as the interesting peculiarities of frizz go, especially when “natural”, like Brandi wears it…*sigh*.. áhm ‘n Luuuve… )
Look but don’t touch, rafiq. I saw her first. 0;)
“Oh dear God.”
Thanks for that. I needed a good laugh after a not so good day. 🙂
I know, BEST MONDAY EVAR!
I have so much been looking forward to Justin meeting Bud off duty. Shelly probably invited him over with a line like, “You should meet my friend Bud. She’s really level-headed; she’ll convince you nobody’s crazy!” Tomorrow should be a lot of fun.
(Also, hello, Bud’s neckline!)
I’m imagining a blond and a blonde, staring at and pointing towards one another, with one merged word-bubble… “You?!?!”
It wouldn’t work, Dave. That would be the blond leading the blond.
And i thought the pun jar would starve this week.
>>>GRIN as he shakes pun jar<<<
Ah, ex’es.
Ex’es? Bud and Justin were never involved. He just knew her as a resident nutjob.
http://wapsisquare.com/comic/it-went-phbbbbbb/
Their first meeting
that was not truly their first (that’s why she was so eager to meet him this time).
and it was definitely not the last. Poor Justin’s opinion of her brainpower has been in a power dive the entire time.
Now, we all know Shelly’s opinion of Bud (and Brandi) is quite exalted (which is why she came here first).
I wonder how much she told Justin about how much she trusted Bud’s and Brandi’s opinions.
It does not appear to be the same as Justin’s opinion.
HAHAHAHA!! RECOGNITION!! XD
He he starts to wonder if that “spaceship” was real, I’m gonna lose it. XD
And Santa.
Justin always had his suspicions about him.
agreed. These have to be the funniest panels in years!
yesindeedy. It’s going to take me hours to stop doing the Muttley wheezey-laugh 🙂
So, has Bud been abusing Justin?
Or has he just been avoiding her because she’s his favorite Space Cadet?
I think the latter. The penny just dropped for Justin… “Oh, THAT must be what’s going on…”
This has probably not been the most peaceful week of his adult life 🙂
But he is getting answers to so many questions that hse may or may not have ever asked himself. I’m still kinda wondering if one of our girls might be family to him.
understatement of the…
hmmm… need to expend my vocabulary of time spans.
Understatement of the ‘multi-dimensional millennium’ perhaps???
Calendar Machine Cycle?
I don’t think Calendar Machine Cycle is a good name because it makes me think of the term washing machine cycle.
Well, the calendar machine DID look like a washing machine…
i think the generally accepted term is “Calendar Machine LOOP”… or CM Loop for short.
I love the sound of frying brains in the morning! Lets me know I’m alive!
Wow. Two complete laughing-out-loud frames in one day! I count myself a wealthy man just for this experience.
Happy Valentine’s Day, Bud. Please try to leave North America and central Africa where they are.
“Let me introduce you to my friend!”
“We’ve met.”
Bud may try to break into her backwoods, Squirrely Shirley persona in an attempt to keep up the charade. At least for a bit.
Judging from Shelly’s “Uh… hey there, Bud” and eyeroll toward Justin’s reaction, I don’t think Shelly realized until that moment that Bud and Justin have met before. This’ll be interesting…
Thanks for the Brandi fanservice, BTW.
Thank you Paul! I’ve been looking forward to this scene for quite a while. The look on Bud’s face is priceless.
And his face, too. A combination of long-suffering, OhBloodyHell, and “I really do need a couple of aspirin, and perhaps a very strong drink, quite urgently thankyouverymuch.”
I wonder what expressions they’ll have when Bud plunges them both into Lake Kyoga, startling some Baganda fishermen.
If Shelly and OTBJustin are missionaries, I’d actually like to know what they’re offering.
Hi. Have you heard about Tepoztecal, the Aztec god of alcohol?
Hopefully, it’ll be one of their infamous positions!
Trust me. The look on Bud’s face tomorrow will be even more priceless.
So, we meet again for the very first time!
Oh Behave!!!
Poor Bud, she’s only attracted to secure guys apparently.
Whahahaha!
You can see Justin thinking:”Oh noes..the crazy chick..i suuuure pick ’em”
Ahaha! 😀 “And I thought things couldn’t get any worse!”
Well, lets see, Monica could *Poit* in wearing a Bathrobe to borrow some shampoo……maybe making a bad landing like Aunt Clara from Bewitched.
I’m suddenly sad for Bud. Didn’t she have a crush on him?
Yup. Hence the Deer in Headlights look in panel 3….
“No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There’s always a boom tomorrow.”
Sigh. She played the game her way…
Yeah, well, one of them will surely be babylon soon! (+1 for the Ivanova reference)
Bud has a tendency to crush on her friends’ boyfriends. Luckily she hasn’t developed a thing for Alan.
yet
But that’s normal for Bud. She’s notoriously bad at the game of love. Almost Wapsi’s version of Bill (from King Of The Hill) in that regard.
They’re always either already claimed (Kevin by Monica, Officer TB by Shelly) or immediately turn out to be someone she’d hate the moment she starts flirting (the ambulance chaser, for instance).
I kinda think that Bud would need to hook up with an immortal for a perfect relationship.
To date, outside of Brandi, Bud’s never really gotten along with another immortal in Wapsiverse. That might be why she keeps trying her hand at mortals.
@SonicThunder
Now I’m thiinking about Bud dating Brandi.
What do you mean, “now”?
Bud’s also got the problem that the only immortal male around has been Tepoz, who’s not really boyfriend or husband material, for various reasons. (He is one hell of a drinking buddy, though.) She might find a nice guy if she got to meet a few more of them.
I’m wondering if the Lanthian priests wrote some glyphs to wreck her love life so that she could fulfill their function of being a weapon rather than get distracted by relationships?
As to why we haven’t seen that in the others:
Jin killed herself before they could gain control of her and Brandi seems to be too guilty and busy to worry about such things.
Alternatively, now that they have free will, we find that Bud’s always had hopeless taste in men?
Actually, Bud’s taste in men isn’t bad, but her timing stinks.
I wonder… why go to Brandi and Bud’s place, rather than Monica’s?
And why not call first?
BECAUSE OF TEH FUNNYS.
Shelly and Bud bonded very nicely especially when Shelly learned about her strength. Since then she has looked to Bud to help her cope and come to terms with things. Also they did go drinking together when Shelly decked the drunks.
Maybe Bud and Brandi live closer to Punk Yoga.
Shelly’s shown to have a stronger relationship with Bud as of late than Monica.
Monica’s become too stressed and sensitive dealing with matters of the supernatural, and Shelly does not wish to add to that stress. Bud despite her moaning feeds on that stress, and needs to be actively “protecting” someone to feel useful, just like Shelly, and will be more than willing to help.
Bud also has far more experience dealing with the supernatural and tends to act far more practical than the rest of the crew (sans maybe Amanda at times) since rediscovering her humanity.
– – – – –
In fact, the only reason I question this is Brandi. From what we’ve seen, Shelly feels uncomfortable around Brandi, if not outright terrified of her. Every instance we’ve seen of Shelly and Bud socializing is away from Brandi, unless the entire group is present. The first time the two interacted away from Monica and Bud, Brandi ambushed Shelly and scared her half to death (when Shelly made Bud cry). And the last time Brandi interacted with Shelly directly, she almost murdered Shelly and Monica in a panic (when Shelly warped Bud to the demon realm).
Shelly should know Brandi would be at the house with Bud. I’m curious to see if Shelly drags Bud out of the house, or if not how Shelly reacts to Brandi once she inevitably joins the conversation.
– – – – –
Then there’s the little matter of Brandi knowing how she could have saved Shelly 80,000 years of her life and avoided this entire Sphinx business. Brandi told Bud and Monica (and possibly Jin), but did that information leak its way down to Shelly? Not something you want to accidentally slip now, on top of everything else.
Brandy realized that Shelly had to go to the time forest for the 80,000 years for her to fully mature into a Sphinx so that is not an issue here. She thought it was something she could have saved her from because all of the other times she went there it was before the resets and she never returned.
Actually, Bud very specifically did not tell Brandi that Shelly was a sphinx.
http://wapsisquare.com/comic/best-plan/
Bud’s reasoning may turn out to be… important.
i just had an evil thought… what if BRANDI was one of those immortals that were messing him up?… with Brandi’s statement of “I don’t like myself when i think too much, and i get dangerous, too” that, to me anyways, implies that she could possibly have a much darker side than we’ve previously seen her portray (other than the Imhotep Angry-Face from way back when) and that when she walks out of the shower to meet the visitors… woo boy, that’ll be a doozy!
@Yamara: True, but the last Bud+Brandi conversation revealed Brandi knows Shelly is part Sphinx now.
http://wapsisquare.com/comic/no-teasing/
@Maark30: Sorry, I was more referring to Brandi’s knowledge that she could have obtained a V-Cell without sacrificing 80,000 years of Shelly’s life and her humanity, even if Shelly’s sacrifice proved necessary in the long run. Shelly’s known for having a short temper, and we saw how badly those 3 (Brandi, Bud, and Monica) reacted to this knowledge. One can only imagine how enraged Shelly may become if she learned that Brandi knew this all along (to say nothing of Shelly feeling all her sacrifice was in vein, regardless of the going-back-in-time business).
Brandi ultimately acknowledged to Monica that Shelly’s vigil was “the best plan”. So I don’t think Shelly will get angry over that: She said she’d do it, and restoring Jin was a success.
And Bud seems to have known, before that breakfast scene, that Brandi became informed after the fact (“Sphinxes are resilient”). Still, Bud looks remarkably ominous in conversation there with Brandi, now doesn’t she?
Whatever could be on her mind?
Get the door. It’s chessmen.
Shelly probably thought, and I agree, that given Justin’s previous experience, Brandi and Bud could relate. Remember how they became golems?
Lovely way to start the morning – laughing out loud!
Proof that Paul does grant his fans wishes on occasion. Love it!
So the first stop on the crazy-bus tour of the homes of the weird and wonderful is at the domicile of Nutty McFruitcake and her sidekick. Charming.
I just wonder if the visit to ‘Poity McJuggs’ place will be before or after going to the Library to meet the Phix(er)
You guys had postulated all sorts of weird scenarios of when Bud discovers OTB is Shelly’s squeeze; but Paul dropped a bomb on all of us with a common answering of the door.
VERY VERY SLICK, Paul.
First rule of WapsiClub; never expect Paul to do what you think.
… but that means Paul will do the unexpected… and we have come to expect that from him… which means he can only do what is predictable… but we know that… so he must exceed our anticipations… but then
FZZPOP!
Paradox breakers have tripped. Please allow brain at least 30 minutes to cool, prior to resetting breakers. If breakers trip again, contact an electrician and refrain from thinking about The Game or green elephants.
Hehehe. I blue screened Dave, My work is done.
Your work is done–and so is Dave’s, until he reboots.
now I have to get through classes trying not to sound like Muttley or laughing out loud.
This is going to be one difficult day… and I’m gonna enjoy every second.
It’s oddly comforting to know I’m not the only person having that problem. Three simple words… “Oh, dear God”… with such heartfelt meaning behind them…
Since he’s a policeman, and has been to that location at least once and perhaps more than that in response to “unusual events” calls, I imagine Justin probably had an “Uh, oh!” reaction as Shelly was bringing him up the front walkway to the door. Seeing Bud, and seeing that she recognized him, was just the icing on the cake. It wasn’t just the other shoe dropping… it was the whole Imlda Marcos Memorial Closet full of shoes dropping.
Justin might have never been to the house. The only time we actually saw Bud pull her “crazy rube” act was in a field by the house as they were investigating a loud noise in the neighborhood. So all the meetings might have been out in the neighborhood and not at the house.
I think this is the first time he’s been to the apartment, as Maark says.
Dear “Feminist Media Class”…
…this is why you can’t have nice things.
Bud’s first thought may be “WTF? Shelly’s been arrested? And they’re coming for me?”
nope. as I understand it, he is not ‘on duty’ unless he has the full outfit on.. compare the ‘phbbbbbb’ scene with todays… 🙂
And he apparently did put on the shirt–but only because his tee-shirt has a few large gashes and bloodstains on the front.
anybody else notice the ‘perfect pattern’ on Bod’s robe as she walks to the door?
only in a comic would you see that.
Yes I did… have seen a few similarly-too-perfect pattern fills before in previous Wapsi strips.
Not impossible in the real world, but exceedingly improbable.
It’s an in joke in the world of cartooning. I first saw it used in a Chuck Jones Bugs Bunny cartoon, and many times since.
Yeah, as an illustrator myself I can say it’s a common visual trick of the trade. Saves time and looks graphically interesting.
It doesn’t look realistic, but then it’s not meant to – the art style in Wapsi isn’t realistic…
The art in the strip is not realistic??? I see people like the girls all the time. Of course that is usually when I run out of my meds… Oh bother. ;-p
well if you have a few *days* to carefully detail all the folds of fabric, ok, but most have a lot of others things needing doing!!
OK, I are cornfuzzled. I know that Bud and Justin know each other, but when did they meet? I’ve tried to remember and find it, but can’t. Help?
After Bud brought the crunched Calendar Machine back from the demon dimension, she threw it into the sun… big sonic boom. The police were called to investigate… Justin was one of the officers sent out. Bud did a marvelous impression of a crazy UFO-chasing weirdo and disarmed their suspicions.
She has apparently “teased” Justin on at least one subsequent occasion, playing the same role as a flake… flirting with Justin, not realizing that he’s Shelly’s paramour and has been for quite some time.
She has been purposely causing unusual trouble which brings the police around.
the station apparently has one particular officer for such weirdness (which makes me think his superiors are aware of his ‘gift’) and Bud has nicknamed him “Officer tight Buns”.
take a guess who that is.
I thought is was Shelly who called him ‘Officer Tight Buns’
http://wapsisquare.com/comic/getting-his-attention/
Thanks, All!
zacharaiaha has a link earlier – the UFO incident.
http://wapsisquare.com/comic/it-went-phbbbbbb/
The Truth About Bud Comes Out!
They’ve already met.
Have you noticed that Paul has begun drawing some “anime eyes” lately? Not every time, but often enough to improve the cute factor. I still like Jin’s snake eyes, and her part in the girl’s panel where she says, “I’m crazy.”
Love her!
Justin recognizes Bud as the crazy blond, and thinks his luck with females is working overtime.
Bud just realized that Justin, who she has been playing tricks on, is Shelly’s boy friend.
Shelly sees that Bud and Justin know each other, but doesn’t know from where.
They all are starting to make bad assumptions and reach wrong conclusions. Tempers are going to flare, things will be said, accusations will be leveled. A sphinx vs. golem catfight will be in the making, and Justin, wiser than he knows, will be about to leave.
Then Brandy arrives from the shower, does her mother thing, and makes the children play nice.
Naw. I think they’ll just have a good chuckle about the whole thing. Bud may feel a bit let down, however. But you know the old saying, “Lucky at imortality, unlucky at love.”
Yeah, I think you’ve called it. We know Bud *isn’t* the abusive ex, since we’ve seen them on previous meetings. Shelly, on the other hand, is going to instantly jump to that assumption, and go nuts. Whereas Bud’s going to assume this has something to do with her lusting over what she now realises is Shelly’s beau.
And Justin? Well… I’m pretty sure it’s doing nothing to disprove his preconceptions…
I fear that you might be right. I am, therefore, not looking forward to the next few days.
Now THIS, this reminds me of college. 9_9
i made a reply up in an earlier post, but what if BRANDI was the abusive EX? the link that Yamara listed in her post, could be her hinting at the dark side of her past.
So could anyone we know be one of Justin’s abusive ex-para-amours? Let’s play detective!
Means, Motive and Opportunity… eliminates almost all of the old main cast.
(There’s always Magic– if a-wizard-did-him, detective logic could be thrown out the window. But let’s proceed.)
Amanda, Katherine, etc. etc. aren’t paranormals. (Opportunity)
Phix was mostly stuck in the Library. (Opportunity)
Nudge was on the lam, and sucked at human form. (Means, Opportunity)
The Tina collective warned Shelly against discovery. Tina Rosario Aldaco Guzmán is the daughter of a fugitive drug lord; not the kind of cover one wants exposed to a cop boyfriend. (Motive)
Bud had only been flirting up to now. (Opportunity)
Monica and Jin were in committed relationships. (Motive, Opportunity)
Heather is gay; the male supporting cast, including Justin, is seemingly not gay or bi. (Motive)
Let’s not forget May and her attitude toward men! She was imprisoned with demons. (Opportunity)
Note: ANY OTHER PARA-AMOUR NOT YET INTRODUCED would have Means and Opportunity to mess with Justin, by definition.
So that leaves Motive.
And Brandi.
One thing to keep in mind, he may have been abused by non paranormals as well. Just human females he wanted badly enough to put up with their games. Who knows, at some time in his life he may have been so down and out, he did things of which he is not proud, for money. Either that or some had something over him in one way or another to force him to be compliant.
And/or the paranormal exes had their own nonmagic bffs (like Mon has Amanda) who were in on the action. They’d have they same attitude as their friends. Good point.
I just remembered a little tidbit of info.
You guys know what the ‘Mensa club’ is?
Take a look at their past and present membership rolls. You will note some rather big names (not a real surprise, in truth).
Of particular note will be names of comedians and comediennes (female comedians) who have made a pretty good living convincing they don’t have two brain cells with solid communications between their ears.
Seems there are two types of people who came truly pull off the ‘fool act’ and one of those is the ‘high quality genius’.
Maybe Justin will know this and realize Bud has done so to him.
There’s a Tom Clancy book–I think it’s The Cardinal of the Kremlin but I can’t recall–where half the plot is based on the idea that the best compliment a spy can get is, “Who, that guy? Nah, he’s to stupid to be a spy!”
And the ninja in the room is that person wearing bright colors and falling down the stairs, because that’s the last person you’d ever expect.
Hey, it worked for The Mule.
Way to build on old “Foundations’. I just love references to old but important book series.
everybody laminate your maps.
the landscape is about to get some serious alterations and those maps will become valuable collector’s items.
I have a feeling the pun jar will starve this week.
Luck for the jar that it has had some great meals of late to help it deal with a minor fasting.
Minor fasting? Not possible. Every significant character in Wapsi Square is clearly of adult age.
(tosses a pair of nomasian tidbits into the Jar, just to quell its hunger pangs)
GOOOOD morning Brandi!!
And of course, the last panel is priceless.
Justin: Oh no, HER?!? SHE’S involved in all this!??
Shelly: What’s his problem now??
Apologies for putting words in Paul’s characters’ mouths; a bad habit I have.
/drool
Look at the drawing of Bud and Justin. Same nose. Same chin. Same eyebrows. Same ears. They’re brother and sister.
That’d be an interesting twist. I can’t see it going that way but it’d be neat if it did!
It’s possible. We don’t yet know Justin’s age.
Yhen why didn’t they know each other when they met?
When did they meet?
Nevermind! I saw what you meant.
Even the same hair tuft in the middle. I have no idea why I didn’t notice this before.
Wow…I say this as a pretty damn heterosexual girl…even I’m drooling over that first panel. WOW.
bOObs, even girls like em!
And apparently, they attract soapsuds. (c8
F#%king Magnets! How do they work?
Then why else would they be drawn with the same features, Ari?
Honestly it’s Paul’s style. But I agree, it’d be awesome since they do have similar features.
Yes, Brandi’s got nice curves.
Oh this is going to be rich.
Looks like this weeks Wapsi Squares is gonna be chock fulla goodness. LOL
Oh dear….yet another Bud Crush already taken by a friend. Bud is going to snap one day.
She was talking about him here: http://wapsisquare.com/comic/nerdy-cop/
Maybe Justin knows a nice immortal male somethingorother to whom he could introduce Bud.
A bit late, but I just noticed this:
http://wapsisquare.com/comic/gave-it-to-me/
The ‘I had a cold last week’ line was probably just a lie to cover for not being able to get sick. That explains his odd expression as he says it.
Thanks, Paul, as many have expressed before me: we really needed this.
After weeks of tension and angst, a much needed relief in each panel:
* Sexaayy fan-service shower Brandi (curse those bubbles!!)
* Grumpy bedhead Bud
* Infinitely cute deer-in-headlights, “my brain just died” scantily clad Bud
* Justin’s realisation thet he just jumped headfirst in the rabbit hole, Shelley’s “now what” face
And our giddy expectation for Justin to meet the whole Wapsi team…
this is going to be a fun week :-))
BTW, I was away from commenting last week: congrats on your handling the Justin situation, it was the ONE outcome nobody suspected or expected. Nice!
A trappist monastery looks quite a good thing to spent the rest of his life into righ now.
One tiny thing about panel 1 that worries me. As someone who takes a shower day in day out, I know for a fact that bubble soap disappears in hot water in 0.1 second. So, why are those still sticking to Brandy’ …huge tracts of lands?. It makes my mind goes pop.
Re Bubbles:
Exquisite Timing. The artist caught her in precisely that 0.1 of a second.
Also, Brandi is unusually well suited to supporting a large mass of bubbles, as Bud has pointed out before.
Censor Bubbles
We had censor I-pod before, that may be Wapsi trend indeed.
Bare buttocks are becoming a common theme too.
now, now…. you don’t want this becoming r-rated do you??? especially if you want Paul to get an award… :/
MMMMMM, One one hand Paul getting the awards he deserves, on the other hand BOOBIES. I know that I should aim only on the awards here, but the ‘female nudity’ cortex of my brain is putting up a fight to see Brandy without the bubbles.
See Frames 4 and 5 of today’s Order of the Stick. Xykon’s advice is probably relevant here.
My thoughts on panel 1:
I don’t know why but it doesn’t look like Brandi to me.
My thoughts on Bud, Justin and Shelly:
It was inevitable that they were going to meet. I’ll see how things play out over the next few days.
I’ve noticed this too in Paul’s art over the past year especially… all the characters are starting to look like Monica with different hairstyles to me, especially in profile.
/respectful concrit
And, since nobody else has mentioned it yet: Isn’t it nice that Shelly and Justin spent the night together, it seems?
They were probably talking until the wee hours of the morning. Which seems more likely than them bumping uglies.
well it could easily be just early evening, getting ready to go out.. I dont think ‘missionaries’ get up *that** early… 🙂
You don’t live in the South-East United States then. In South Carolina I had crack of dawn visits.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Yowza!!
♪Hello!
My name is Elder Tight Buns,
And I would like to share with you the most amazing book!♫
This is the Book of Beermon, Our deity is a little blue today.
Ok, You two. somehow I knew you’d keep the pun jar well fed.
>>>shake<<<
Mmm, Brandi. Like a good brandy, this needs to be rolled around the tongue and savored slowly.
I’m sure Brandi would agree.
Prraow! Yes. Haha.
Pfrtjss.. Pffrt.. *blows some bubbles from mouth* huh? what?
Careful, guys, Brandi only WANTS you to think she’s left her back pieces vulnerable.
[tosses in a captured knight]
Yeah I think that’s what makes it so sexy….I’m really messed up. :-\
Is anyone else worried about a bad reaction from Bud? I can see this going.. badly… Either or… Panel#3 is why I chose my name 😀
Honestly, I don’t think Bud will react badly in front of Shelly, though I do think she’ll have some kinda self destructive behavior because of it at a later date.
Bud is a bit wacky, but she is not really the type to angrily blow-up at people. Impatient? Yes, buut..
She’s actually a kind, sensitive soul. The little thing with the light gave that away without any doubt, despite her sometimes quirky behaviour.
She’s an 18-year old with , apparently, not much experience with love, so she’s still at the level of a 14-year-old, the level where girls have serious crushes about every other week.
It’s also what makes her so adorable.
hmm..went a bit confuzzling.
Bud does blow-up every now&then, but there is no menace, or hatred in it. Something I am not too sure about concerning Jin, or even Brandi..She now scares me a bit too, after the whole “confession-bit”
I just guess Bud is not really capable of holding a grudge for very long. She’s -oddly enough- the most “normal”of the gang, despite being a clay-jar.
Yeah. That clay jar crack is politically incorrect and insensitive. Just as Tina dislikes the term ‘zombie’ The golem girls preferred term is probably something like ‘organically challenged avatar’. 😉
er, no, that would only fit if they were *visibly* clay.. their ‘perception filter’ is good enough to fool medical devices, not just humans.. 🙂 – between them, its just an ‘in joke’..