[544] Bah! You Shoulda Zapped Him

It took me a couple read-throughs before I could parse what Anja was saying in the last panel. But I'm still not sure what Donny's "Dang"-ing. Perhaps because Eglamore caused trouble, and inspired Surma to be further convinced that showy violence is the answer?

Ben

EDIT: Or, of course, perhaps it's the fact that without Jimmy, Donald is now by himself. That's pretty "Dang"-worthy.

Poor Anja looks so sad.

Maybe someone else has already commented on this, but I noticed just now that in this chapter, the Court seems to be in a much better state. Things must have turned bad in the past 20 years or so.

Probably from its lack of Surma, did it cause such a thing to happen to the court?

Only if you disregard the abundance of cracks in the wall near the girls’ bathroom. And since we only see any detail when we are quite close, that doesn’t mean other parts of the building are in better shape.

No matter how well-kept a school is, the girls' bathroom will always be covered in cracks. You could build an entire school right now. The minute you cement the last brick, before you enroll even a single student, the girls' bathroom will be covered in cracks. And the boys' bathroom will have huge puddles of what you hope is water all over the floor.

Ah, thank you for reminding me. Within seconds, four illegible scribbles and five crudely drawn penises will appear seemingly out of nowhere. Some have theorized that there is a Pratchett-esque alternate dimension where graffiti exists in potentia, only being converted into material form when it comes into contact with the trans-dimensional portal that is a school bathroom.

I love Anja and Donald. So awkward. So cute.



That's probably what Surma can't stand about Jones.

That does bring up an interesting point- Does Donald know Anja has superpowers yet?

Although he does look ashamed/bashful second panel, that could just be because he was beside Anja. And they are cute.

I thought it was possible that Donald also has magic—I think I was seeing Anja's "we/our" as being inclusive of the whole group. But that wouldn't really compute with grown-up Anja's statement that Donald can't use blinker stones, huh?

So, we could see Anja's use of "we/our" as being inclusive of Brinnie and/or of some yet unseen power of Surma's, however I think it's likely that, from what we know of child-Anja's knowledge of English, she could actually just be talking about herself (she could mean "I/my.")

ANYWAY, that was kind of a tangent... I think Donald knows what his friends can do. With someone like Brinnie around, there'd be no reason to hide what the others can do.

Well, they are married now, and have a kid together (knowhatimsayin'?). I wouldn't call it "forward" to act like that with your spouse!

EDIT: I do understand your point about the progression and change in their relationship. I just thought "forward" was an amusing choice of words. :-)

I had to look at it a couple of times—it DOES look like Surma's head! If you look closely, though, you'll see that she is using her back to lean on and open a door. I believe that's what's creaking.

I know, I just couldn't think of anything else.
Obviously they're going to be more comfortable together, they've had a kid and everything. That's about as comfortable as you can get.
I can't wait to see more of the 'Anja and Donny' story. They're such a cute couple

A door does make more sense than her head, I suppose... unless Surma's a robot too, just like Jones

I don't think Kat really nailed down just what was odd... she just knew there was something that didn't quite fit.

She's still a bit of an innocent.