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Not A Big Deal

by Paul Taylor on November 7, 2018 at 12:29 am
Story: Wapsi-Archive
Characters: Castela, Shawna
Location: Lake Bde Maka Ska

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Discussion (30) ¬

  1. Carl-E
    November 7, 2018, 1:51 am | # | Reply

    It’s nice to turn an acquaintance into a friend.

    • Robert Nowall
      November 7, 2018, 9:56 am | # | Reply

      Or turning the girl who stole the guy she was interested in into a friend.

      • Akamar
        November 7, 2018, 11:46 am | #

        There was no “stole” because it implies Hiroshi is a possession to own, and not a person with his autonomy. Cas was in denial of her own feelings, while Shawna owned up to them. She took the step to ask Hiroshi out, while Cas continued to wallow in her own ‘tsundere’ space.

        Sorry, Hiroshi was under no obligation to wait for Cas to figure her shit out.

      • Robert Nowall
        November 7, 2018, 3:19 pm | #

        Does Castela accept that reasoning? Not on the surface, but deep down?

      • Mark N
        November 7, 2018, 11:52 pm | #

        We also still do not know if they went any farther over the last couple of years.

      • Gavote
        November 8, 2018, 2:35 pm | #

        Pretty sure it has been, at most, months since Shawna asked Hiroshi out.

      • Mark N
        November 8, 2018, 8:39 pm | #

        I am not sure if it was before or after the jump to high school.

      • Gavote
        November 12, 2018, 11:25 am | #

        Seems we missed a time skip somewhere!

  2. Great Scott
    November 7, 2018, 2:09 am | # | Reply

    and maybe not a strong rival either (for Hiroshi’s attention [/affections?])…?

    • Guesticus
      November 7, 2018, 7:12 am | # | Reply

      Personally probably the only one who doesn’t see anything really there on Stela’s part, just like with Timmeh: it was more the attention she felt she got from him than any real feelings

      • Akamar
        November 7, 2018, 11:49 am | #

        Not the only one. I’ve argued against the people growling at Shawna for awhile. Even if Cas DID/Does have feelings for Hiroshi she’s either unable or unwilling to come to terms with them. He isn’t a possession. He’s a person. He can make his own damned choices, and Shawna was willing to at least EXPLORE whatever she was feeling. I’m really tired of the “he belonged to best girl!” camp..

  3. Guesticus
    November 7, 2018, 7:10 am | # | Reply

    Sometimes, just having someone to sit with you can be enough 😀

    • Mickk
      November 7, 2018, 9:58 am | # | Reply

      What this guy(?) said, definitely.

    • PyjamaPartyMonster
      November 7, 2018, 11:57 pm | # | Reply

      Which is exactly the role which Butterfly Hiroshi used to fill…

  4. Centaur71
    November 7, 2018, 8:21 am | # | Reply

    I always love Paul’s art, but had a hard time following this sequence…

    • TazManiac
      November 7, 2018, 8:53 am | # | Reply

      Um. Yeah.

    • Sunny
      November 7, 2018, 9:45 am | # | Reply

      How so, it seems clear to me.

      • Guesticus
        November 8, 2018, 5:25 pm | #

        Yeah, don’t understand the confusion either

    • The Old Wolf
      November 7, 2018, 11:48 am | # | Reply

      To be honest, I do better when I go back and read the books. That way I can flip around and pick things up that I missed when I have a “What??”
      moment. His storytelling can be supremely complex.

    • Forrest Davis
      November 8, 2018, 3:38 pm | # | Reply

      Are you having trouble with the plot line, or was it just the “camera angle” rotating around the two of them that caused confusion? The way I read layout of this scene, the POV started out from Castela’s right side, circled around behind the two girls in the second panel, then continued around them until the POV ended up in front of them.
      If your issue was with the plot points, I don’t see the problem. This seems like a perfectly normal interaction for teens who are growing up emotionally and moving beyond their own egocentric worldviews. Granted, there are sadly many “adults” who never manage to reach that level of growth, but our author is pretty good about letting his characters mature…

  5. Robert Nowall
    November 7, 2018, 9:58 am | # | Reply

    I’m thinking that if Shawna is there, she thinks *she* needs to talk to Castela. (Then again, I put the whole fiasco squarely on Hiroshi’s shoulders.)

    • Correllian
      November 7, 2018, 10:43 am | # | Reply

      Hiroshi’s been somewhat clueless about the whole Hiroshi/Shawna/Castella situation, and sort of bumbled his way through it. If he’s to blame for anything, it’s that he didn’t think to sit down with both of them and try to figure the situation out and minimize the drama.

      • Robert Nowall
        November 7, 2018, 3:26 pm | #

        I think I’ve said it before: Hiroshi is the Ado Annie of Gryphon High. If either of these girls wants him, they had better never leave his side.

    • Akamar
      November 7, 2018, 11:55 am | # | Reply

      That is most certainly not fair. Castella is to blame for her own bumbling around and inability/unwillingness to review her feelings.

      • Correllian
        November 7, 2018, 12:39 pm | #

        Didn’t say Hiroshi was the only one to blame. Castella shares a fair bit of the blame, too. If there’s anyone completely blameless in the situation, it’s Shawna. All she did was act on her feelings and go for it.

  6. Shawn Bilodeau
    November 7, 2018, 11:00 am | # | Reply

    I think that what Castella mostly got from Hiroshi was someone non-judgemental that she could just talk to. Seems like Shawna is willing to help provide what Castella lost when Hiroshi was de-bugged. Could be a good swap for Castella…

  7. Somebody Someone
    November 7, 2018, 5:26 pm | # | Reply

    On this page, Shawna reminds me of Reynir from “Stand Still, Stay Silent” for some reason…

  8. DahliaRose
    November 11, 2018, 4:05 pm | # | Reply

    Ship ahoy!

    • Bratty Roger
      August 22, 2023, 3:54 am | # | Reply

      Like this:
      https://youtube.com/watch?v=LCDgJiPBxfI&list=PL42OlP74yr4v1kHJ2p4RHqwDVwbn-Vr6F&index=41&pp=gAQBiAQB

      AND

      this:
      https://youtube.com/watch?v=8Tc7MH5ZXbg&list=PL42OlP74yr4tY4MkOosuEil8sZcqFDT8m&index=6&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB

  9. Sithspit
    November 16, 2018, 10:56 pm | # | Reply

    Paul, I know some time back you did a week break photo of Cas at age 18, but I really like the way she’s looking in this comic. It’s the most normal/human….something indefinably different. She looks really, really good. You can SEE the pensive, thoughtful “mood” in her face. Excellently done, Sir.

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