How about that?
on November 6, 2021 at 12:01 amChapter: Merger and Restructuring
Characters: Amber O'Malley, David Walkerton, Ethan Siegal, Galasso, Jason Chesterfield, Joe Rosenthal, Joyce Brown, Leslie Bean, Robin DeSanto, Rose Xandria Pepper, Sal Walters, Zaph Tran
Location: Shortpacked!
See, more setting up! I am using my removal of Amber (and Mike, sure) from Shortpacked! to push this Leslie story along. Leslie (and Robin) get to stay in Shortpacked!, because 1) they didn’t/don’t have as large roles in Dumbing of Age, so I had the mental space to keep them here, and 2) Leslie had kind of worked herself into the backbone of the strip. She was a random addition that’d become its heart. And, of course, Robin has to stay because she thrives in this farcical environment way more than the more down-to-earth Dumbiverse.
But, oh no, Amber might take Robin with her to Denver! OH NO! LESLIE NEEDS TO MAKE UP AND GET BACK TOGETHER WITH ROBIN!!!! CAN LESLIE TURN THIS AROUND????
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“we don’t want to take the babysitter with us” is kind of a weak reason to get back with an ex tho
I think it’s more like “I want to get back with my ex” is the reason for them not taking the babysitter with them as opposed to vice versa
It’s not really a reason, though: it’s an excuse.
Fun fact: Unless I’m very much mistaken, this strip is the very last appearance of the original Walkyverse Sal and Jason, from an in-universe chronology standpoint.
Do they not appear in that Definitely Final Roomies story? I genuinely have no memory of it if I ever read it to begin with, but if they don’t then yeah, I think it’s a wrap for them. Last tags in Shortpacked for either character except for a couple Circumstances That Don’t Count for Sal, anyway.
Okay so I’m PRETTY SURE Zaph’s surprise probably has something to do with Donna or the ‘dang, I only learned I had this half-sister pretty recently and now she’s moving,’ but honestly it looks like he’s checking out Ethan’s ass. Which is pretty impressive given the suit.
Robin definitely is better in the environment of the Walkyverse than in the Dumbiverse. And I forgot that Leslie and Robin were broke up at this point in the Walkyverse.