For Better or For Worse

[ladytrentham]

Oh, noooooooooo!

It's the rehearsal dinner!

:: braces self for glorping noises ::

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Aug 4, 2008 10:57:12 GMT -4 @calvin said:

So "Connie" is just a roleplay name for when John dresses in drag?

Hee! Seriously, though- "Connie" doesn't always look like John. Sometimes s/he looks like Grampa "Yes!" Jim!
Oh, and why is "Connie" (quotes now required!) going to the rehearsal dinner? Is s/he in the wedding party?

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I just saw the Sunday strip with Iris and Jim looking at old photo albums. Did ANY of those moments she was "reminiscing" about actually involve her? Or were they all from his previous marriage? She's a bigger doormat than The Doormat.

I can't imagine being with someone who would gladly page through old photo albums like that. "Remember when she went on vacation with you? You had so much fun with her!! Too bad you don't have any pictures or memories that involve ME that are worth preserving."

[Mugsy]

Wow, time in the foobiverse is strange. It either crawls along, taking three weeks to tell the tale of April's zit, or it whips through an entire courtship-proposal-wedding planning-actual wedding within a month.

Connie's body is great, but her face looks like that of an 80 year old man's. I don't understand this world. And yes, since Connie's presence generally means flashbacks, let's hope it's flashbacks of Liz for once. If it's Elly reminiscing about Mike and Dee's wedding, I'm gonna puke.

[ivy]

Since when does Elly worry about looking frumpy? And I see she's dating Grandpa Connie now, apparently. As for John, he will probably forget to go the wedding at all, since Lynn's on this "Look what a jerk John is" kick.

[kanding]

Aug 3, 2008 4:11:50 GMT -4 thneed said:

You know what's really stupid about Anthony's retconned bio? What ELSE is stupid, I mean.

Lynn has a prime opportunity here. Even though she controls these characters and was writing Anthony + Liz = tru luv!!!! 4eva!!!! people still preferred Warren and Paul because they weren't pathetic milquetoast sadsack losers. So why doesn't she create a backstory that shows he had a life outside Milboring, that he's smart or funny or has interesting hobbies or passionate about anything at all? Sure, it would fly in the face of what she's spent decades establishing in the current strips, but so does his current retcon bullshit bio, so what's the big deal?

Instead, she makes Anthony pitiable. We'll feel so sorry for him, we'll HAVE to like him. And pity is like love, right?

Lynn needs so much therapy.

In LJ's mind, pitiable means that he'll never run away. He hasn't any hobbies because that would only take time away from his sturdy devotion to Liz. He's hasn't been out of Milford because that would be unseemly for a man who's presented as a homebody. Nope, pitiable and bland...that's the kind of man who'll stick to you like glue. Yep, yep, one who'll never run off with another woman like some husbands LJ could mention...

[azaleaqueen]

No, it looks like John is going to show up, al though, along with all her other responsibilities, April has to dress him.

In my world, today is August 5. That, by my calculations, leaves 18 days till the wedding. Is LJ just going to pun her way along for all that time or are we going to be treated to flashbacks?

[aibohphobia]

Aug 5, 2008 7:51:24 GMT -4 azaleaqueen said:

No, it looks like John is going to show up, al though, along with all her other responsibilities, April has to dress him.

Although the color scheme is nauseating like we all knew it would be, I'm glad that the Yahoo! colorist actually did color the strip today because I want to see the Settlepocalypse in all its vomit inducing glory.

Anyhow, I'm glad that at least someone in the strip commented on how Liz was suppose to have a simple wedding. Partly because I don't think that this is part of LJ's checklist otherwise I think she would have some kind of wall of text explaining why Lizthony had the right to a big wedding that falls on the same day as his first marriage.

Of course, while she had John complaining just last Friday about the cost of the wedding because the non-KAN people were complaining about all the freebies Liz was getting, now we're back with the freebies again since John is also picking up his tux from Anthony's never before seen Uncle because some people had given LJ the benefit of the doubt that perhaps Anthony's Uncle was just supplying Anthony and the groomsmen with tuxes. Not that other things couldn't cost a lot, but since everyone loves the Pattersons so much, of course this wedding will cost them nothing.

[tabby]

You know, I could almost forgive Liz's loveless marriage and her settling for Blandthony when she could have forged a fulfilling, exciting life away from her suffocating and insufferable family.

But formal wear that includes teal bow ties and cummerbunds? That is heinous.

[azaleaqueen]

That's straight from the 70s. Why didn't she give them ruffled shirts and flared pants.

Are they going to feed the guests at the reception? Is there going to be a cake? A bar? They haven't mentioned getting these for free, so that must be what's costing John a "fortune".