Oh, hey, right, this is also the storyline where we find out what happened to Sal’s parents. Not in detail — that comes later — but the CliffsNotes. I guess we don’t have to consider that bit of trivia spoilers any more.
And one line later, both the audience and Sal find out she’s adopted. It’s honestly the best possible way. And by “best” I mean “worst.”
I still take proud ownership of that last panel, even fifteen years later, because I’m a jerk.
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Any chance we’ll get an explanation for how the switch was pulled off? Walky’s dad claims he would have noticed a gender switch when he mentions it later on and how the hell did she get Beef’s parents on board?
I’m still not sure why a switch was even necessary, she didn’t use her ‘distraction to train Walky to be a bad ass or anything, she just threw Sal away for nothing.
they were all kinda in on the con
Were they? How did she explain that? I feel it’s information that should have been addressed at some point.
Beef’s parents at least knew. I think from the beggining Sal was supposed to be the bait for the HA and the reason they kept moving was because Alliens kept finding them. Even theri last relocation was suden, because her parents didn’t know they’ll need to move untill they were told to do so.
dang, now I feel like there was a lost opportunity for Beef’s last name to have been Wellington
Y’know, for such an innocent, Christian-hearted college student, Past!Willis was pretty good at making Head Alien such an utter bile-clog.
Her parents are dead, now it’s time for Sal to become Batman.
I absolutely put Head Alien up there as one of the all-time greatest villainous characters. And this is one of those arcs that really make me feel that. The sheer satisfaction he gets from tormenting his victims just oozes out of him at times like this. It actually kind of makes the good guy’s victories a little hollow…sure, you can thwart him, you can kill him, but you can never take away how damned *happy* he was as he ruined your life!
Well, since it was mentioned before that they are twins, one of them pretty much had to be adopted.
And it’s a pretty good bet it’s the one whose parents look like Beef.
But we haven’t seen either’s parents at this point, have we?
Where’s the porblem? “My name is Head Alien. I killed your parents. Prepare to serve me.”
IF YOU KILL THEM, YOU BECOME THEM
You’re right, it’s the worst. Implying that those who went through parenthood are somehow not your parents (but those who did the genital stuff are), I mean. Jeez, such an evil alien.
And yeah, sorry Sal, but even if your REAL parents were assholes, your adoptee status won’t enable you to suddenly decide that your genitors are your parents. I don’t know yet if that’s in your plans (pop culture would tell us that it is), but that’s not how it works. They didn’t parent you, they’re not your parents.
To be fair, there’s still plenty of time left for them to parent her and become her parents as well now that she knows.