[0592] Encircled
└ posted on Monday, 23 June 2014, by Novil
- Larisa: Do you have any idea what caused your mother’s sudden change of mind?
- Landon: Beats me.
- Landon: Her sole requirement was that she’ll never have to see you again.
- Larisa: How far exactly do I have to stay away from your house?
- Landon: I dunno. Why does it matter?
- Larisa: Well…
- Larisa: If it’s more than 100 yards, it’ll become quite a challenge to find yet another way to school.
- Landon: Please don’t tell me all these circles mark restraining orders.
S&W in German/auf Deutsch
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“Of course not! This one here marks the effective range of…well, you don’t need to know that yet.”
I certainly hope that this “out of sight, out of mind” is the end of Harriet’s part in this story. Although, I am a little surprised that Larissa would be willing to obey the law – I guess Landon must be worth it to her! Thank you for writing, and take care!
Weeeelll….I can see a feeew tiiiiny lil spaces inbetween those circles ….nah who am I kidding…larisa don’t you worry! There’s always something called “underground”!
Larissa should consider getting restraining orders outside her school route.
Yes they probably are.
Amazing… a few of them overlap too…
I guess Larisa won’t be too shaken from not having to see Harriet ever again. After all, she made t far enough before she actually had to, right?
Larisa sure seems to have lived an adventurous, eventful life, for her young age. Never fails to amuse me.
You know, for a comic called “Sandra and Woo,” we haven’t been seeing to much of Sandra or Woo. Perhaps you should change it to “Landon and Larisa.”
I’m sure only a few of those are restraining orders. Larissa is too eccentric not to have a dozen other reasons important enough to mark on a map never to go to a particular location.
All she would have to do is warp space to get around those exclusion zones, or cancel out some gravity and jump. She could even enlist some outside help…
Alien Captain: Subject no. 1092835002-135, we meet again. Just run yourself under the scanner – you know the drill. Pilot, set course for Location X487.
Larisa: Would it be possible to start picking up my boyfriend as well?
Captain: I should think so. Just brief him on the testing schedule and make sure he’ll have the required stool sample ready, so we can avoid all the unpleasantness with the you-know-what…
Part of me is a little disappointed that there wasn’t a more..permanent solution to Landon’s mother. Part of me was hoping either for a divorce, or a moment where Harriet saw Larisa risk her life to save Landon (I don’t know from what) to show her that chaotic neutral pyromaniac or not, Larisa’s got her priorities straight.
The other part is pleased at how the world of Sandra and Woo has grown, and is eager for the next part of the ride. Can’t be easy to juggle around so many characters, especially so many with their own plots and sub-plots. Keep up the good work.
For a moment, that last panel kinda looked her distance concerns were related more to the problem of not being able to grope Landon.
If the question starts with “please don’t tell me” the answer is almost certainly yes.
Larisa, you have been a busy person. I wonder if Landon has been able to help her be less of a problem around the community by occupying her time.
Landon catches on quick 🙂
@ ExtraIntelligence:
And for a while before this arc, we haven’t seen much Larisa or Landon. It was a nice break catching up on them.
No those circles aren’t for restraining. They are locations that she’s gonna burn for later on.
For Larissa life is an adventure, trying to dodge those houses are pretty adventurous on its own.
Michelle Used Lie!
IT’S SUPER EFFECTIVE!!!
Larissa seems to have more respect for the laws of man than nature (and that’s considering some of her artistic stunts have had her lay low at least once we’ve seen).
All I could think of: Larisa: “Okay, I won’t tell you that.”
Well this was a very nice storyline with some good character development, an amusing conflict, a hilarious solution, and OH WHO AM I KIDDING GIVE US BEN AND THEO PLEASE!
Point. There is probably at least one “freaked me out, not going anywhere near there again”. Probably a couple “If I go there, someone’ll recognize me and turn me in.”
Maybe even an “If I see that person again, I’m honor bound to end them and I’m not ready to go to jail, so can’t go there.”
QuantumManiac wrote:
AckAckAck wrote:
I have a suspicion Larissa was given Achilles choice without being asked her preference.
We’ve been left hanging on her big secret, but my suspicion is she is not expected to live very far into adulthood and had decided to live what life she does get to its fullest. Felonies and all.
So that’s why Google Maps has a “Larisa” option.
Horray first time I think Larisa is actually prepared for something!!!
I would expect Larisa to have 3D models so that it will be easier to envision tunneling under the houses or flying over them.
looks as if landon is catching on just how…..crazy? excentric? unstoppable? …damn, there are no true words to describe larissa. she´s just a force of nature!!
@ Sean:
I certainly hope not. She’s got so much more to burn, so many people to scare, so many off the wall thoughts to have! But frankly, I can’t think of any other explanation that works that well.
Of course not. This is where I buried that plutonium after the…event last year. Can’t get too close to that. This is where that rabid semi-intelligent wolf-demon I accidently conjured by black magic lives. This is where that fat cook who works part-time as a hit-man can see from his sniper nest – after the Mafia came after me, I managed to buy out all of the others, but he just keeps sizzling. This is the fire-hall. Getting too close begins to extinguish the unholy flame that burns in my soul.
And the rest?
…restraining orders.
@ ExtraIntelligence:
Hahaha never fear! This is only a story arc. Although their not Sandra and Woo they are still characters in it. Kinda Like how Mario Land 3 has absolutely nothing to do with mario. Oh and a side note Mario Land 3 is a great game! If you got about 10 dollars and a couple minutes it’s a great way to kill time on the weekends.
wow, the call worked without unforeseen results.
Landon, you have a tigress by the tail and you’re in for an… interesting ride.
@ invisible dancing bottom:
Also let’s not forget about Bible Buffet. Blowing A snowman’s head off. Don’t see that in the bible.
Cheers if you know what I’m talking about and who I’m referring to.
LOL
I’m reading another webcomic about a school full of kindergarten – to second grade students who seem to be ‘Larisas in training’.
How good are they? The mob is paying the school protection money (to keep those kids away).
When the teachers in the school went on strike for better pay, the town was in no mind to pay them more.
after week of the children loose on the town, the council was holding emergency funding meetings to get the teachers more pay.
Challenge Accepted. Next thing she takes up? Skydiving.
I wonder if she can use this as an excuse?
“I’m sorry I’m late, but I had to go to Vermont.”
…
“Because I CARE about my education.”
Thank you very much for taking the time to make this comic. I found it about a couple months ago, took a night to read it, and have been paying attention to it ever since. My favorite comic since I read Calvin and Hobbes. Thanks for adding a few more smiles to my weekly routine.
It would be easier if everyone else have restraining order against her school route. lol.
It’s a cute and reasonable way to end the arc, and it deals with the problem of Landon’s parents in a satisfactory way.
I also feel like commenting on how well you’ve managed to show that the characters are now in their teens and are maturing.
Which prompts me to wonder how long raccoons live for? Woo has shown himself to be a normal raccoon in most ways except for his human-like intelligence and his ability to speak and understand human language, so I’d expect him to have a normal raccoon lifespan.
And back to being funny again. Dang it, i’m getting mental whiplash. You win this round Powree/Oliver.
Larisa will adapt. If nothing else, this gives her an excuse to travel to school via trebuchet and BASE jumping parachute…
“Yes, Landon, you may keep dating the little heathen. At least, while you are in school, and others can tell that she feels some sort of affection for you.”
“That…won’t be a problem. Thanks mom.”
“Don’t thank me. I still think she is leading you on. Haven’t you noticed that she has walked by our house every single morning, even before you two walked to school together? Don’t you find that a bit stalker-ish?
“Mom, that’s got nothing to do with her being a stalker. It’s because…right, she’s a stalker, okay, let’s go with that.”
Sean wrote:
I got this theory that Sandra and Woo world is actually made up in the mind of Larissa who’s in a coma in a hospital. In her world her problems are solved easily and even the one who hate her is actually pretty nice to her. She got perfect friend (Sandra) perfect understanding boyfriend (Landon) her dream boy (Cloud) and something magical (talking raccoon) or fantastic (aliens trying to abduct Cloud). The change between colour and black & white in several comics was happened when the doctor changed the medications she took.
I don’t know if many people have noticed, but Landon’s drawn in a much more decontracted way now. Compare to older strips where he had a bowl haircut and wore striped shirts and other geeky apparel. Now he’s splitting his hair to the sides and graduated to wearing a T-shirt.
I guess having a super hot girlfriend does wonders for his self-esteem
Landon: Please don’t tell me all these circles mark restraining orders.
Larisa: Ok.
…
Landon: So… what do the circles mark?
Larissa: You asked me not to tell you that.
Jetpack
I think this is a problem that could be solved by burning something down.
Restraining orders are simple to deal with, I had one mother try to get one against me after I beat her son senseless after he tried bullying me. I told the judge everything the son had done to me and my friends, and insisted we should have a restraining order against him, and then explained all she had done to us also, and the judge put the restraining order against her and her son. And since they lived on the end of our street with only one way out, they were forced to move real quickly. It also did not help her when other parents came forward and insisted on restraining orders against her son.
Well Landon we COULD tell you that but then we would be lying.
@ Petah-Petah:
Look, you don’t plan on getting restraining orders, it’s just that if you walk past somewhere every day, one day you’re going to set it on fire. It’s inevitable.