I’d say the problem is less that she’s saying it’s strange, and more that she’s couching it as “Don’t you think that’s strange”- by phrasing it that way, she’s implying disapproval, that Sal should basically be more ashamed of the weird crap she’s had to go through (and also implying that she didn’t “have” to go through it, if it’s something to bother with feeling ashamed about, like it’s her fault she got abducted by aliens).
Not that some things aren’t Sal’s fault, questionable decisions in the moment, but I think it’s fair to say that it isn’t ALL her fault by any means. There’s no sense in being ashamed of having learned to drive under weird circumstances, at any rate.
…but when DID she learn to drive exactly? Was this covered? Did Head Alien make her drive around shipping crates as a child or something?
I really don’t have a hate for Walkyverse Mary right now. Yeah she was super shitty at college. But she like, apologized for it when she had the chance, and lots of years have passed…
Y’all know something later in the story that I don’t, don’t you?
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Weird is the norm in SEMME.
Jason should take the fact she’s not actively badmouthing British people as a win.
(That’s the next strip, isn’t it?)
Higher-priority target nearby. Enjoy the peace while it lasts, Jason.
They may be screwed up, but at least they’re not jerks like Mary.
….. eh, they’re ALL jerks. Just different kinds of jerks.
Mary is just the worst of them all.
Still better than DoA Mary, though that’s hardly an achievement.
If this were anyone but Mary, considering the circumstances, I’d say she was 100% justified in pointing out how balls to the wall weird this all was.
I’d say the problem is less that she’s saying it’s strange, and more that she’s couching it as “Don’t you think that’s strange”- by phrasing it that way, she’s implying disapproval, that Sal should basically be more ashamed of the weird crap she’s had to go through (and also implying that she didn’t “have” to go through it, if it’s something to bother with feeling ashamed about, like it’s her fault she got abducted by aliens).
Not that some things aren’t Sal’s fault, questionable decisions in the moment, but I think it’s fair to say that it isn’t ALL her fault by any means. There’s no sense in being ashamed of having learned to drive under weird circumstances, at any rate.
…but when DID she learn to drive exactly? Was this covered? Did Head Alien make her drive around shipping crates as a child or something?
I really don’t have a hate for Walkyverse Mary right now. Yeah she was super shitty at college. But she like, apologized for it when she had the chance, and lots of years have passed…
Y’all know something later in the story that I don’t, don’t you?
Originally posted:
March 1, 2003