[0591] Michelle, The Good Christian?
└ posted on Thursday, 19 June 2014, by Novil
- Michelle: Mrs. Hill? This is Michelle, from Landon’s class. … No, it’s not about homework.
- Zoey: Michelle, please…
- Michelle: Mrs. Hill, as a good Christian I must ask you a question: Do you want your son to become gay?
- Michelle: Mrs. Hill, we were all a hundred percent sure that Landon was as gay as a handbag full of rainbows. But Larisa somehow cured him of that.
- Michelle: But now that Landon is single again because of you, hunky Jeff Robertson from grade 9 will be all over him again!
- Michelle: Wouldn’t you find that beyond disgusting?? And you won’t be able to supervise Landon all the time!
- Harriet: Dear God!
- Michelle: That’s something you should think about, Mrs. Hill.
- Michelle: Fire with fire.
- Zoey: I don’t know if God is proud of you, but I am.
And that’s for all of you who kept talking smack about Michelle. =D
“We were 100% sure that Landon was as gay as a handbag full of rainbows”. That has to be one of the best lines I have ever read in a comic.
that was both suprising, endearing, and strange… im pleastly shocked
Well… that was unexpected!
But why did Michelle do it? I somehow doubt she did it for Larissa, unless we, the readers, missed out on something behind the scenes.
I don’t believe she cares enough about Landon. There wasn’t a hint that those two were somehow connected.
That leaves us with Zoey. Did Michelle notice the urgency in Zoeys body language?
The sad thing is, that she again voiced anti-gay nonsense. While she did it to help someone, it doesn’t look like there’ll be a happy time in Zoeys near future.
…I’m not sure whether this is actually an improvement.
What the heck? Since when does Michelle help Larisa with anything?
Huh. If only all our comeuppances and problem solutions were as sweet, simple and humorous as that.
Egomane wrote:
Maybe Michelle thinks helping two of Clouds friends will make him notice her.
As for Anti-gay, I don’t think she really did voice any so much as paint a scary picture for Harriet.
Egomane wrote:
Do you really need motivation for just wanting to fix a situation? If someone looks miserable and you can help, why wouldn’t you. Actually, Michelle has NEVER been depicted doing anything bad in this comic, the worst she did was taunt Sandra, once. Now I know she is feuding against Larissa, and Larissa is a main character so she’s supposed to be “good”, so you’re supposed to hate Michelle for that, but if you look at it honestly, Larissa has done things which were borderline abusive. Michelle never did.
In addition, the “gay stuff” doesn’t mean anything. She just went down to Harriet’s level. And again, Michelle never voiced ANY criticism against gay people. She just clearly stated that she was not interested in it “only gay lesbos do it”. Plus, you can see in one of the strips how hard that traumatised her, she didn’t know how to react and freaked out (maybe she’s in the closet?). You can’t blame someone for not loving someone else.
Plus, you know… being 12 and all.
So what does this mean for Larissa and Landon? Do they now have free rein when it comes to their relationship, meaning, are they going to get VERY physical, as it has been hinted up to now?
OK Michelle for some of us who thought you were going to pull some shit we apologize, and to some of us who thought she was going to take Landon and larisa side good job on calling it.
That was… unexpected. And totally hilarious.
In any case, I must agree that “you think this is bad, well here’s how it could be worse” can be a useful way to put your problems in perspective… even if your perspective’s vanishing points are in unusual places.
I just hope Harriet doesn’t go mad (-der) after this “revelation”.
Oh Well, at least I made a good but not fulfilled prediction.
Mokunen wrote:
Harriet: “Son, between you marrying the devil or falling in with Homosexuals we’ve decide to send you to military school.”
Fundamentalists for some reason believe the military to be some great christian utopian society, instead of a melding pot far more mixed up then civilian society.
That was BEAUTIFULLY unexpected 😀
@ Raen:
It’s not an improvement – but you can’t “improve” Mrs. Hill, because you can’t “improve” people.
Instead, it’s an attempt to make *constructive* use of Mrs. Hill’s bigotry, so that her son can reap benefits from it that he would actually like to reap. It’s using her stupidity in his favor, essentially.
This is not great, but it’s better – even if her bigotry is redirected, she (and it) will be dead long before Landon will, so from an “evolutionary survival” perspective, that’s sort of a moot point.
And anyway, the problem of how she is going to interact with the rest of society on her son’s behalf from now on aside, she really should be concerned with how she affects her son’s life… this is just a way of nudging her in that direction, instead of making her completely turn over a new leaf… which would be less believable.
That said, this would not be totally acceptable if Landon was anything other than straight.
TAKE THAT EVERYONE WHO EXPECTED MICHELLE TO TRY TO MAKE IT WORSE.
*Throws confetti in a fit of happiness at being right that she wasn’t going to try worsen things*
I suspect that even though Larisa isn’t her favourite person, that she still prefers Landon to be happy, and the relationship keeps Larisa occupied so she isn’t bothering Michelle or Zoey. XD
I actually foresee this getting worse, because Landon’s mom is batshit insane and will have her son watched “All of the Time.”
THANK YOU, MICHELLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There should be more people like Melissa, huh?
Still, this could end up with the military school idea…. or worse, with the home school idea…. Time will tell!
OK… THAT, I did not see coming!
Damn, that was awesome! Go Michelle!
@ Egomane:
Define “happy time”
and please try to do so as if it were Larisa defining “happy time”.
: )
Now that was a wild ride from start to finish.
Michelle is likely aware at this point that Zoey herself is as gay as a handbag full of rainbows, so what she’s spouting to Harriet is likely things she knows will provoke Harriet.
For people wondering Michelle’s motives, this could be an apology to Zoey for the whole Mega-Gay-Lesbo incident assuming she’s aware that she hurt Zoey AND assuming that she knows that Zoey and Larisa are friends now.
@ Egomane:
@ Egomane:
It’s Zoey’s and that is very true
@ Raen:
True. There’s also no guarantee that Harriet won’t just try to set Landon up with someone else.
@ Puyon:
Possibly so. Good call.
now i am happy
Ok, my theory is, Michelle ships LarissaxLandon, because if Larissa is dating Landon, she (probably) isn’t dating another, hotter boy. Same reason why Larissa is cool with lesbians, less competition.
O___O Michelle … Who’s michelle?! Is that THE Michelle?! I need a drink…
@ Random lurker:
I agree!
absolutely out of this world crazy as in batshit crazy!
I love it
@ ThatOneComment:
The cynic in me doesn’t doubt it. Kinda suspected Landon is going to get moved to a
brainwashing institutioncatholic school. And other than military school I can’t see anything worse.The idealist in me, however, found this absolutely priceless. (Love the “WHAT?” panel, by the way.) It’d be great if this worked.
I correct myself (0v0 ) Michelle is actually a pretty good person 🙂
Well, I didn’t rule something like this out. But I have to admit, I did expect her to try and screw with Larisa. Even though some of the comments for last comic got me thinking. And it was obvious that she did have to have some redeeming qualities, a good side. But with the ongoing feud, I simply didn’t saw a reason for her to side with the two on this one.
Granted, us not really getting all that much insight into her character if you really think about it might have played a part there.
I am, unfortunately, still not sure whether she didn’t actually make it worse though. But I hope not. She deserves her little moment of awesome here.
@ Thisguy:
AKA, Cloud, also, I think Larissa is bisexual.
Um..wow..just..wow. I’m not sure what I was expecting her to do, it felt like a coin toss between crossing the moral line or calling someone to deal with Landon’s mother, but this..this was nice. I think I see part of why Zoey fell for her.
Speaking of, part of me hopes to see those two either officially get together, or get a boyfriend/girlfriend while still remaining friends. I’m honestly looking forward to that more than whatever Larisa’s secret is.
ChaoreX wrote:
Well, her speech about not kissing girls due to there being a small window of willing partners she would want to kiss and freaking out more over Zoey’s indifference towards men, then the revelation that she likes girls, certainly point to her sexuality being open, but I don’t think this is something that will really ever matter.
Ok, I may have actually been doubled over with a case of the chortled and pounding my knees with my fist for an undisclosed amount of time. Well played, Michelle! XD
Okay, THAT was hilarious! We’ll have to wait and see how it is as a long-term solution, but it was funny.
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn girl!!!!!!
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What the?How the? Who the?
Someone get that girl a gold trophy
Cue Landon becoming home schooled… “can’t watch him all the time.” Famous last words.
ChaoreX wrote:
No she kissed Sandra back in the woods to piss her off. She’s not bi! Did you read the comic where she was talking to Zoey about how girls don’t have penises? Proof she’s not bi. Horny? Fast? Free Spirit? Maybe but she’s not bi.
Fire+Fire= fire. No difference except the size… And seriously, Landon may be gay, but your friend right there is literally drooling over you and you still don’t notice a thing?
OK, that girl is a genius. Also, this is awesome.
@ Elizabeth:
Noooooooooooooooooooooo! Don’t Jinx the comic!!!!!!
Michelle x Larisa OTP
Michelle x Larisa OTPXezlec wrote:
(I kid)
Fire? Nay. Nuclear Launch Detected. Pity one Mr. Robertson too.
I’m pretty sure that’s going to bite Landon in the ass a while from now, but for now…
Thanks Michelle.
Where’s the other shoe?