[0583] A Lie Has Cold Feet
└ posted on Thursday, 22 May 2014, by Novil
- Larisa: Goddammit, Larisa! Can’t you behave like a normal, modest, respectable, civilized, sane, …, normal person for two lousy hours?!
- Larisa: Just do what Sandra would do in my place! Lie like a rug!
- Harriet: What’s your favorite hobby, Larisa?
- Larisa: I love ice! I want to see it, feel it and learn everything about it! I think about it practically all the time!
- Larisa: Antarctica! Endless planes of infernally cold ice! … I’m getting goose bumps just thinking about it!
- Harriet: Don’t you think inclusion’s being taken too far when a girl like Larisa is allowed to attend a public school?
- Landon: Don’t worry, mom. She’s not allowed within 50 feet of any of the chem labs.
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Ah, Larissa. Knows how to break the laws of physics in gym class, but not how to make a good first impression.
Or second impression.
And likely, not a good third one.
I suspect that she doesn’t often have a chance to make more than a second. you’re her friend, dead, or on your way out of the country after that.
I don’t think I’m going to like Landon’s mom.
I see what she’s trying to do, but she’s failing spectacularly.
It could be worse… I just don’t know how.
And she’s trying so hard. 😀
But then, she goes way over the top even when trying to be normal. I guess there is no such thing as Larissa and doing things in moderation.
Ah well, she tried! Landon you’re not helping the situation! /)_-“
she looks so cute in the first panel
That was fast. You made a comic like that in less than , oh… I don’t know, 3 days?
The problem, with this comic is that you just made Larisa’s character bounce from wall to wall (by character, I meant in a metaphorical way, as in the amount or quality a character has, the way they think, act, feel.)
That caused me to have my logical, rational mind to be confused for a split second.
Then it caused me to laugh.
Then it gave the worst aftertaste in my personal world: stupidity.
Nobody likes to feel stupid. It makes them p****d.
Give it some thought, but don’t feel sad. Way too many authors of humorous fiction have went down this route at least once in their careers in my perspective, but this is not the kind of surprise I appreciate.
And think about this: I have created more than my share of harsh, yet well thought out, words in the past. I care about the comic, so I am giving you the criticism needed to support it.
That is what the harshest variety of fans do: they give their opinion on how to improve the material that they are a fan of.
Sometimes they are wrong, but usually this is because that they don’t give much thought into their favorite material every day.
This doesn’t usually mean that they have “lives” or vice versa. Those who don’t think much about their favorite material could be those stark-raving fans that have way too much hormones or hyperactivity to even be able to write a well-thought-out essay and rather play video games, and those who give more effort into their responses can be artists themselves, creative, spontaneous, and also knowledgeable about the use of notepad to wirte comments. (Hint-hint.)
@ Preadatordetector:
Are you feeling alright, mate?
@ Luke:
I am having a streak of creativity.
Bonus points: this is a reference to whom in this comic?
Is Larisa saying that Sandra is boring?
@ ekimmak:
She’s a terrible liar. Actually, I kinda get the feeling that she avoids lying.
To me, it’s part of her character.
That was not a smart thing for me to be going around making assumptions of…
@ Strife:
She is saying that Sandra is extremely dishonest.
Larisa, however, is too honest.
Although it is justified for her lack of capabilities in deception, which was outlined here, even though I figured it out after the abandoned building story arc.
@ Preadatordetector:
I do not think there is a problem with her character logically. We have not yet been shown the reason why she acts like this, and quite frankly you cannot question the logic until that happens. There is something that drives her. That, we certainly know. You should wait for it.
And in my opinion, a carefully phrased and long comment does not indicate the creativity or greatness of the commenter. Half of your text is about that. But I cannot understand how this has anything to do with the comic.
Here’s hoping that if his parents (read= Mom) will tell Landon to drop Larissa, he’ll refuse. Besides, maybe his parents should meet her parents. Actually, I can see that happening, her dad will NOT take kindly to anybody saying anything nasty about his daughter. And her Mom will very calmly and with careful thought destroy such people.
At least she has the sense to feel stupid.
I think the answer to Larisa’s first question is “NO”.
@ Preadatordetector:
You have really sparked a conversation here. I feel that you could of written the same length comment, but more on topic. You strike me as a person who has a strong opinion and is smart enough to back it up. I would like to hear more of your opinions, but preferably more about the comic. <—- most hypocritical post ever
Love that expression on Edward’s face.
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It’s all like Dafaq ?
Determined Anime Girl Face on the second panel.
@ Preadatordetector:
It’s the crazy hunter dude who heard woo talk. Yes
*throws a party*
I think the word “infernally” was the problem…….other than that Antartica is a COOL place…..
Well, if you are an extreme pyromaniac and don’t want to admit it, change ‘pyro’ in ‘cryo’ for the opposite effect. Right, Larisa?
Sorry to tell you, but you got the effect you wanted to avoid.
Adventures of Flame and Frost…
Wait a sec. Last time Landon’t Mom was practically having a heart attack. Now she’s all smiles asking about Larissa’s hobbies? Some would call that a continuity error.
@ Mortar:
If you actually look at the expression, it is more of a pained smile as if to say ‘maybe she just made a bad first impression, let’s try again with an easy question and hope it goes better this time…’
Switch Master wrote:
Determine anime pose. That’s what I meant
That’s a cold blooded lie. Probably it’s better than a burning truth though :p
Too bad too.
She has such a respectable hobby in painting. She could have used that for self promotion and not dug herself further into that hole.
Is anyone else just WAITING for Landon’s dad to say something that approves their relationship? I mean, look at his face right now! He doesn’t seem bothered at all! XD
that lie just might burn her up.
I predict that Landon’s dad will be super cool and say something to approve of their relationship.
Someone’s getting a strapless blue dress for her next birthday.
Larisa didn’t actually need to lie, she just needed to pick the right hobby. She likes to paint and she paints happy pictures. That hobby would have passed.
I think I recall some readers suggesting that Larisa should act the opposite of her self. As this strip demonstrated, that advice is useless unless Larisa can identify what exactly is the problem and if that was the case, she wouldn’t need any advice to begin with.
@ Luke:
I can….she’s talking about ice now so let’s just how she doesn’t break out into “Do You Wanna Build A Snowman” or “Let it Go”….PLEASE!
Well this conversation’s frozen over. She’ll just have to let it go and Never come to Landon’s house again. Or intimidate the parents at the next bit so much that Ye Thuza would be impressed.
What’s funny is that, to me at least, it looks like Larisa spun that off the top of her head without thinking about it. Had she taken a second, she would have realized she could have just said painting, Landon’s mom would probably have liked that.
Most of the suggestions some of you guys make what a character should do resp. should have done have one grave problem: The strip would be completely unfunny, like when Larisa would have mentioned landscape painting as her hobby.
I don’t get the joke. What’s so dangerous about ice that Landon’s mum reacts that way?
Its super cute how Larisa really does want to make a good impression, she just can’t help herself
That left turn at Albuquerque gets everyone Larisa, don’t worry about it.
But Landon’s mother is very… uptight. To the point that makes me think she has money and her time is too valuable to be around “common” people. Just the way that she mentioned “inclusion” and “public” school gives me that vibe. Could Landon’s dad be a trophy husband of sorts?
I’m probably way off the mark but something about her just seems a little… elitist.
Oh Impulse Control Disorder, you make for some of the most memorable and awkward bits of conversation — I know it all too well. =P
How does she take science class if she is not allowed near the chem lab?
If I was her school, I would make her use computer simulations for all lab experiments.
@ I’ll Eat Yourself:
He’s all, “Dang, why weren’t there any girls like that when I was his age?”
Say what you want about Larissa, but she’s never going to be boring, that’s for sure.
I have lived a very similar situation to this comic, from Larissa’s position.
Well captured…
@ Novil:
I think that dude is not talking about Larissa- I am also confused by Harriet’s behavior. I don’t get how she is suddenly so ok with Larissa after such am overt reaction to strip risk suggestions…
Either she is shocked or she is offended- there is an important distinction. And then right in front of Larissa makes such a cutting remark, that only ever happened around my peers- not adults. Adults hid everything and were very patronising, a la Harriet in the third panel.
Larissa is fun because she isn’t straight laced and boring. She’s not a bad person; she’s smart, funny, creative, adventurous, precocious, and a bit of shit disturber. And yes she’s a pyromaniac, eh, no one’s perfect. Why would we want her to be respectable, or any of the rest of it?
As for what Harriet wants… That’s her own problem.
Indeed, hers is the kind that shouldn’t be allowed to be parents…use them as breeders and ship the spawn off to suitable homes.
@ Trey Marlette:
Daw, that worried look of Larissa in the first panel. And then her outrageous lie. XD
She really wants to leave a good impressions on her boyfriend’s/future husband’s parents and is failing miserable. ^^;
I either hope for the dad to be okay with her weirdness or something where Landon can show that he loves Larissa very much. I dunno like him getting the question why he’s together with her, though that would be really rude in a conversation and I doubt Landon’s parents are that rude. They do have a good reason to be worried about their son though given how this conversation went so far. XD