To quote John Wayne in “SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON”, “Well…Haul Off and KISS HER, DANG IT!!” Tell Her “I like you too” as you stroke her hair, then KISS HER & Hug her.
I detect a significant Spike on my Sarcasm-Meter. Is that anything like a Chris-Hanger, or Panning to the Night Sky on Chris Hazelton’s MISFILE -Hell High?
Wait, was he impulsively running to his locker to get out something he has been wanting to give/show her for a long time, but didn’t have the courage to do until now?
Wow. She not only bounced back, but she hit him HARD. It’s like in those action-comedy movies where the Big Bad Guy fires off a random potshot as he’s being tackled or had a wrench thrown at his head, it bounces off a frying pan that one of our plucky sidekicks was holding, bounces off a metal lightshade or girder, and hits him right between the eyes. Depending on the Parental Guidance warning, it only knocks him out cold or kills him.
MINDY! DAMN! You go girl! Now, Hiroshi, take your head out of your ass say you are sorry. Tell her she is 100% right, and you were 100% wrong for what you just did. and then ask her if you can be her boyfriend and then kiss her when she says yes. Then count your lucky stars because you just won the lottery Buddie.
Rereading Hiroshi’s declaration, it’s not 100% clear that it’s “I wanna go out with you.” And he has monumentally bad previous experience with being asked out. Remember Reginald the butterfly?
Yes, he’s being thoughtless, or at least being a terrible judge of the effect of what he says, but that was an established character trait way back when.
Then Mindy lets the glasses glamour fade and looks him in the eye from about two lips away. I can see this all from his PoV, and it’s scary as hell. I hope she hits him hard enough to, as one of Dashiell Hammett’s detectives said “break his head open so brains will leak in.”
I’m Uncertain where Demigoddess ranks among Paras, but I expect a Half-Fae had NO Chance. Still after a Panic Induced Sprint down at Least One l-o-n-g Hallway, He arrived at his Locker neither Winded nor Sweating. Mindy, at Least One of said Hallways BEHIND Him, Popped up Right NEXT to him, a Heartbeat Later, without a Hair
Out of Place. He had NO chance. Surely he Realizes This.
That’s the thing with flight reflexes—once you’re in full flight mode, intellectually, you know you can’t get away, but you can’t stop yourself. Look at all those low-speed car chases beloved of cable news. The driver must realize the cops will catch him, but he can’t stop himself.
If Our Boy Hiroshi ran, he must’ve calmed down enough by the time he reached his locker. (It’s been established the Paranormal Club room, outside of which this started, is on the other side of the Gryphon High school building—quite a run.)
And now he’ll stammer and stutter and try to make excuses until she does what girls have always done: Take over the situation and show him what he needs to be doing.
Joke # 347, page 195, “Asimov Laughs Again,” in modified form. Actually, it was supposed to be a reply to Myk Streja above, but I must’ve clicked on the wrong thingy.
People need to stop casting ‘Roshi as the bad guy who needs his arse kicked, that’s just reinforcing the negative image he already has of himself
They are both damaged and need help, it’s good that Mindy was able to make the first step and talk to him right away instead of the typical way of mishandling things
Yeah, they both have problems, and his response in the end is understandable. But he was 80% responsible for that crisis by running his mouth off. Sure, we can say “He panicked and told Mindy how much he liked her, and THEN panicked again when he realized that he’d just panicked and told Mindy how much he liked her”. But to say he’s not responsible is getting into “everything is preordained so none of us are responsible for our actions” territory.
He screwed up, but not in the way he thinks and she’s trying to get him to a) realize it and b) take corrective action. He needs either a shock (preferably of the romcom variety) or a retreat into long therapy.
Wasn’t saying he’s not responsible (they both are), just saying he’s not the bad guy who needs his arse kicked
The only arse-related activity that should be involved is both of theirs being firmly placed on a seat (preferably a comfy one) so they can talk!
We really don’t know what powers come down the generations. Devyn’s grandfather is Kronos, for God’s sake (pun intended). Aphrodite is either Zeus’s kid or Uranus, and so a half sister (? she had no mother) of Kronos. In *any* event, these are some serious Powers.
Mindy seems to be able to teleport to a given locker door…
If life were fair, these two would spend the next hour talking over a chocolate malt, kiss like the world weren’t even watching, and their malt might go unfinished. But that’s not how shy, embarrassed teenagers work.
Well, depending whose Aphrodite origin story you believe, she’s either a descendent of Titans, or a direct descendant of the things that PRECEDED Titans, Go back four generations and it just stops at Gaia. So I put no limits on her ability to appear behind a locker when needed.
Paul, which of her parents is the child of Aphrodite?
Go Mindy!!!
Now kiss…!
You heard em! Kiss dammit!
She’ll get to it, I’m sure. ^_^
To quote John Wayne in “SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON”, “Well…Haul Off and KISS HER, DANG IT!!” Tell Her “I like you too” as you stroke her hair, then KISS HER & Hug her.
Now that wait until Monday . . . 🥺🥺
We MIGHT get the rare Friday comic for a cliffhanger
I detect a significant Spike on my Sarcasm-Meter. Is that anything like a Chris-Hanger, or Panning to the Night Sky on Chris Hazelton’s MISFILE -Hell High?
And extra points for the dramatic appearance from behind the locker door!
That is munitions-grade eye contact. If it were a full body shot, Id guess she was on tiptoe, but with her posture she’d topple into him… again…
Wait, was he impulsively running to his locker to get out something he has been wanting to give/show her for a long time, but didn’t have the courage to do until now?
Mindy FTW
Promising . . .
He needs to hug her and pet her and name her George.
points
Inherited godly power to be where love needs her.
Wow. That was a very, very impressive response to a traumatic whirlwind.
Mindy has some really serious maturity working there.
She must have came up behind him at Mach 2.
Wow. She not only bounced back, but she hit him HARD. It’s like in those action-comedy movies where the Big Bad Guy fires off a random potshot as he’s being tackled or had a wrench thrown at his head, it bounces off a frying pan that one of our plucky sidekicks was holding, bounces off a metal lightshade or girder, and hits him right between the eyes. Depending on the Parental Guidance warning, it only knocks him out cold or kills him.
MINDY! DAMN! You go girl! Now, Hiroshi, take your head out of your ass say you are sorry. Tell her she is 100% right, and you were 100% wrong for what you just did. and then ask her if you can be her boyfriend and then kiss her when she says yes. Then count your lucky stars because you just won the lottery Buddie.
For the record I still want to kick in the butt for making her cry.
Perhaps he could be turned into a butterfly.
Rereading Hiroshi’s declaration, it’s not 100% clear that it’s “I wanna go out with you.” And he has monumentally bad previous experience with being asked out. Remember Reginald the butterfly?
Yes, he’s being thoughtless, or at least being a terrible judge of the effect of what he says, but that was an established character trait way back when.
Then Mindy lets the glasses glamour fade and looks him in the eye from about two lips away. I can see this all from his PoV, and it’s scary as hell. I hope she hits him hard enough to, as one of Dashiell Hammett’s detectives said “break his head open so brains will leak in.”
Thank you Mindy…I was really worried yesterday….
I’m surprised his flight reflex let him stop at his locker.
I’m Uncertain where Demigoddess ranks among Paras, but I expect a Half-Fae had NO Chance. Still after a Panic Induced Sprint down at Least One l-o-n-g Hallway, He arrived at his Locker neither Winded nor Sweating. Mindy, at Least One of said Hallways BEHIND Him, Popped up Right NEXT to him, a Heartbeat Later, without a Hair
Out of Place. He had NO chance. Surely he Realizes This.
I’d venture he may have been wanting to do the locker and then get the h*** out of there. That or open up the locker and hide inside.
That’s the thing with flight reflexes—once you’re in full flight mode, intellectually, you know you can’t get away, but you can’t stop yourself. Look at all those low-speed car chases beloved of cable news. The driver must realize the cops will catch him, but he can’t stop himself.
If Our Boy Hiroshi ran, he must’ve calmed down enough by the time he reached his locker. (It’s been established the Paranormal Club room, outside of which this started, is on the other side of the Gryphon High school building—quite a run.)
Welcome to being a teenage guy.
Jesus christ how terrifying, the kid is gonna have a heart attack.
Heart attack?
Nah.
Change his shorts?
Yep
And now he’ll stammer and stutter and try to make excuses until she does what girls have always done: Take over the situation and show him what he needs to be doing.
I oly *wish* I could have done something like that at Mindy’s age. This is better than taking her out for ice cream.
“I was advised in no uncertain terms to marry the girl.” “Well, who advised you?” “The girl.”
Nice line! Sometimes we need a little nudge to get us moving in the right direction.
Whatever became of Nudge, anyway?
Joke # 347, page 195, “Asimov Laughs Again,” in modified form. Actually, it was supposed to be a reply to Myk Streja above, but I must’ve clicked on the wrong thingy.
People need to stop casting ‘Roshi as the bad guy who needs his arse kicked, that’s just reinforcing the negative image he already has of himself
They are both damaged and need help, it’s good that Mindy was able to make the first step and talk to him right away instead of the typical way of mishandling things
Yeah it’s been pretty disgusting how people kept saying he needed an ass-kicking for having a panic attack and running off last page.
Yeah, they both have problems, and his response in the end is understandable. But he was 80% responsible for that crisis by running his mouth off. Sure, we can say “He panicked and told Mindy how much he liked her, and THEN panicked again when he realized that he’d just panicked and told Mindy how much he liked her”. But to say he’s not responsible is getting into “everything is preordained so none of us are responsible for our actions” territory.
He screwed up, but not in the way he thinks and she’s trying to get him to a) realize it and b) take corrective action. He needs either a shock (preferably of the romcom variety) or a retreat into long therapy.
Wasn’t saying he’s not responsible (they both are), just saying he’s not the bad guy who needs his arse kicked
The only arse-related activity that should be involved is both of theirs being firmly placed on a seat (preferably a comfy one) so they can talk!
holy shit. way to do the grownup thing, Mindy.
Words:
https://youtu.be/TrRbB-qUJfY
She is her grandmother’s granddaughter. The Love Force is strong with this one.
Correction:
great-grandmother❗
Good girl. Now I hope he takes that to heart.
I knew Paul wouldn’t leave us all hangin’ like that…
It could be worse for him — Mindy could be fae❗
We really don’t know what powers come down the generations. Devyn’s grandfather is Kronos, for God’s sake (pun intended). Aphrodite is either Zeus’s kid or Uranus, and so a half sister (? she had no mother) of Kronos. In *any* event, these are some serious Powers.
Mindy seems to be able to teleport to a given locker door…
None of them have th same mindset as a fae who feels ^rejected^ (remember “Reginald”?)!
We know that Hiroshi is half-fae. But what we don’t know is what the other half is. We might assume “human,” but there are lots of possibilities.
If life were fair, these two would spend the next hour talking over a chocolate malt, kiss like the world weren’t even watching, and their malt might go unfinished. But that’s not how shy, embarrassed teenagers work.
Aunty Artemis would be proud of you, Mindy.
… How did she get there so fast and with out him knowing she was there? She can be a little scary. XD
Well, depending whose Aphrodite origin story you believe, she’s either a descendent of Titans, or a direct descendant of the things that PRECEDED Titans, Go back four generations and it just stops at Gaia. So I put no limits on her ability to appear behind a locker when needed.
Paul, which of her parents is the child of Aphrodite?