The current story arc started with this strip: Two Pieces of Cake.
- Larisa: I need a break, boys and girls. And I have to take my insulin.
- Sandra: All right. We should go back home soon anyway. Cloud and I’ll just have a last look at that room over there.
- Larisa: Hey Woo, exhausted too?
- Larisa: I guess…
- Larisa: … we all have our secrets.
- Larisa: {Sigh}
- Larisa: I wonder what yours is…
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Ok so I see…. insulin… allergy nasal spray… and I am curious what the pills are for. Any chance our esteemed writer will inform us?
Joanwrcute says: Ok so I see…. insulin… allergy nasal spray… and I am curious what the pills are for. Any chance our esteemed writer will inform us?
Yes, but you have to be patient. Larisa’s complete story will be revealed over the course of the next two or three years.
This is totally bizarre. I’m typing/viewing this page via a Nintendo DSi. This large format comic was like waving a flashlight around in tight spots. Upper screen is too small and lower turns the whole image 8-bit. (BLOCKY.) I should shoot a YouTube video on the results. Otherwise, I’m impressed with how well it ports.
I’m going to guess that it’s all nothing illegal, but assorted medication for ailments that she has, but doesn’t want others to know. (y’know, like that she’s weak or such). The insulin one is hard to hide.
To me it looks like she might have diabetes and is keeping it secret.
No, they know she has diabetes. I was guessing she also has asthma, but it could be something else.
It could be a vitamin deficiency. Or medication for some major illness. I’m not familiar with diabetes, but it could be supplemental medicine if there are stages.
Type 2 diabetics sometimes take insulin pills as well as injections, so that could be it as well.
Or, she’s taking drugs. Makes more sense to me.
2 or 3 years…? That’s a tad too long, don’t you think?
I’m guessing a heart disease is what Larisa has. It wouldn’t be really unexpected (she’s /exhausted/, Sandra and Cloud are perfectly fine).
I wonder as well. If she does have some kind of long-term disease or as organ transplant (organ transplants require a lot of medication) it would explain her personalty (to some extent). Character development is excellent; I love seeing her softer side but I don’t ever expect it to last very long.
Perhaps this is part of why Larisa is so crazy. Perhaps she is seriously ill, and believes her time may come sooner rather than later..so she’s trying to get as much out of life as possible.
makes sense to me. same situation with bobby darin. he knew he was going to die young and he wanted yo do as much as he possibly could with the short life he had.
my question is, can woo keep it secret from sandra?
Odds are those pills are not her insulin. She has syringes for that. And it’s unlikely they’re illegal drugs, as she’s made her disdain for those very clear in “2.8 Weeks Later”.
The nasal spray and/or pills could be for a medical condition besides the diabetes. Major transplant recipient is a possibility; either or both could be an anti-rejection med. Cancer treatment also comes to mind…
Whatever it is, though, it’s got to be something she has to take more often than once or twice a day; otherwise she’d take them first thing in the morning and/or at bedtime or dinnertime. Pain meds, children’s dose antibiotics,
There’s one other thing that comes to mind based on Novil’s hint, but I’m not going to say it, as it’s pretty extreme and thus hopefully unlikely, but I don’t want to put him in the awkward position of having to answer if that turns out to be it.
@ DanialArin
What awkward position? Even if whatever you’re thinking Larisa has turns out to be right, he can lie. And, as far as I know, everybody feels comfortable lying.
Taking a break from Larisa, aren’t Woo’s facial expressions awesome?
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So she got the happy meal, its not so bad you cowards, but is frustraiting I know how she feels. Secrets sucks but is better that way. Being sick is awfull when you dont have the tragedy to make your disease an excuse, rather you just feel weak and pathetic.
Why are we assuming the illness is one of the body in the first place?
*Gasp* ASPRIN!
Could well be meds for schizophrenia or anti-psychotics (whatever the term is) – you know – like psychotic killers were *supposed* to be taking when we hear about them…
I think the nasal-spray means that she has an allergy or even asthma
and the pills are just for her thyroid (I hope that’s the right word…)
A lot of people with diabetes need to take those pills to so the thyroids are working properly.
Or the pills are allergypills. (are there pills for asthma???)
Of course I could be wrong… and I’m quite sure I’am…
I hope it’s nothing deadly… but it would explain her chaotic personality… *sigh*
Other thing:
What will Woo tell Sandra about this scene?
He looks really worried about Larissa.
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Oh hell no- you’re killing her off, aren’t you? Is that why she’s more assertive? ’cause she knows her time’s limited?
Anti-depressants would explain why her behavior is slightly ‘off’ from the others. Then again, so would ADD or ADHD medications.
Poor girl; type 1 diabetes is an absolutely horrible ailment. On top of asthma and whatever the other medication is for, she must have lived an incredibly tough life…
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I simply adore this comic.
I’m amazed by how every character looks so alive and human.
Great job guys!
@DanialArin:
Nope, the pills are not insulin. See the second frame, she’s having an insulin shot in her belly, the most comon place for diabetics.
I have to say, it’s great to see a strip that fullfills such ample spectre – from slapstick comedy to make characters more human and interesting.
Novil, keep the great work
DanialArin says: Whatever it is, though, it’s got to be something she has to take more often than once or twice a day; otherwise she’d take them first thing in the morning and/or at bedtime or dinnertime. Pain meds, children’s dose antibiotics,
I think this is an example that’s beyond the point of realism you can stick to as a writer or it’d be incredibly complicated to come up with emotional scenes like this.
DanialArin says: There’s one other thing that comes to mind based on Novil’s hint, but I’m not going to say it, as it’s pretty extreme and thus hopefully unlikely, but I don’t want to put him in the awkward position of having to answer if that turns out to be it.
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Woo’s secret? His cuteness caused the diabetes. D:
Seems like someone is a little bit depressed. 😉
I have a friend in Larisa’s boat. She’s a kidney transplant patient and has to take about a dozen different perscriptions to keep herself going each day (not including her own insulin shots). So I can feel for Larisa. Poor girl, no one that young should have to fight so hard to enjoy life.
Maybe it’s Lupus.
The pills might be anti-depresents
It’s never lupus.
Sometimes it’s lupus.
Huh… I’ll admit that my first guess was that she was huffing in one variety or the other. There were kids in middle school who used to do white-out like that, stick the bottle in a nostril and sniff. I’m just now getting back to the strip after a break (I lost the URL, happens fairly often for me with webcomics) but the above comments about her being a bit too manic would fit in too with the loopiness exhibited by huffers.
It could also be that she has PTSD. Just a thought
Asthma+Diabetes+Thyroid, I belive It easy for Larisa to feel bad about her (really) weak body when having such animosity.
Also throw that mental illness away, few can manage to write about it, is dificult even for the ones who have it. Also no Cancer nor terminal diseace nor alien abduction, we all know this comic isnt about TV Drama.
But it will be awsome if it was Lupus!!!
What a cool way to die, the worst form posible and with a face your mother wont even recognice, and lisent “She…. Died of Lupus” so cool sounding
Is it just me, or does Larisa suddenly look much more boyish than she normally acts?
Just how long have Larisa and Sandra been friends?
Also, one doesn’t have to have asthma to be unable to breath properly. Chronic allergies can, and often do close off nasal airways quite frequently, the worse of cases can require several treatments a day.
The only thing that Larisa seems secrative about are the pills, as she was specifically drawn stopping to discuss having secrets right before taking the pills. The only question is what are the pills for… psychological treatment, health, or hormone contorl?
Some of the speculations in this comment section are r-e-a-l-l-y off. But it’s funny to read.
Gonzalo says: the comic is geting really sad its a really good story line but it really depreses me
Pixar movies are so great because they are funny AND touching.
Valid suggestion with Anti-Depressants.
Living with a mental illness is never an easy thing.
You especially feel as though everyone you know would think lesser of you if they knew your secret.
Sometimes, telling your friends you have a mental illness is what makes living with your condition so hard..
But this isn’t about me,
It’s a web comic about a Girl and her Raccoon, and their circle of friends.
All will be revealed in time, so let’s continue to read and enjoy.
A quote from Empire Records: “What are these, diet pills? Oh! Diet pills”
She is actually an alien. She needs the meds so that our toxic atmosphere doesn’t kill her.
I worry about Novil’s comment that
“Larisa’s complete story will be revealed over the course of the next two or three years.”
Personally, I can’t see something as simply explainable as what she’s taking meds for, to be drawn out over such a long period of time. Practically everyone takes SOME form of medication. Prescriptions, supplements, whatever.
Unless things are different in Germany, really, I can’t think of ANYTHING that she’d be taking to be that big of a deal… except maybe in her mind, of course, as she is a kid.
Of course, when one see’s a kid taking pills as a secret, and we are told we may not know for years, people are going to assume the worst things (either illegal drugs or prescription). Then again, we were never told that we won’t know what she’s taking, and what for SOONER than 2-3 years. But just that her full story won’t be revealed for that long.
Man, this comic is getting serious…
fesworks says: I worry about Novil’s comment that
“Larisa’s complete story will be revealed over the course of the next two or three years.”
Personally, I can’t see something as simply explainable as what she’s taking meds for, to be drawn out over such a long period of time. Practically everyone takes SOME form of medication. […]
ATTENTION: THE FOLLOWING TEXT CONTAINS A MAJOR SPOILER FOR THE MOVIE THE SIXTH SENSE!
Yeah, they should have said right at the beginning of The Sixth Sense that Dr. Malcolm Crowe is dead. I mean, come on, that’s just some basic information and everyone would have enjoyed the movie just as much when knowing that from the start.
I have already written the concept for a HUGE story arc about Larisa (> 25 strips). I’m currently considering to publish it in fall 2011 so that you won’t have to wait as long as mentioned in my previous comment.
And “No.” I can’t publish this storyline much sooner, because some other stuff has to happen first and some additional character building has to be done.
RockstarRaccoon says: Man, this comic is getting serious…
I think this strip is less serious than strip Nr. 30 or strip Nr. 43 and not more serious than many other strips published before.
I am really enjoying this comic. Especially this current arc. I also agree with Douglas, Woo has some spectacular facial expressions.
She’s AERIS!!!! She’s gonna die!