- Richard: What did you order?!
- Sandra: You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth!
- Richard: Yes, I can! Now spit it out!
- Sandra: You’re entering a world of pain…!
- Caption: Later.
- Larisa: I should start taking money for this.
- Richard: My little Sandra is an innocent angel who’s never had an impure thought in her life. Yessiree!
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Come on Richard, the sexy maid costume can’t be worse than the sexy lingerie. You also instructed your daughter in how to use contraception for sanity’s sake. You do not have any illusions about your daughter being innocent.
How lewd is that maid outfit???
Trimutius wrote:
Well, google “sexy maid outfit”, and if she has ordered one for herself and one for Cloud I think I see her point. 🙂
@ Marteri:
I mean I do read hentai so I know how lewd it can get… but I doubt this comic can get lewd enough…
If it is something that belongs in a porno mag, Sandra should not have been able to order it and her dad really should not try to forget it then since he has parenting to do. On the other hand, it has to be something bad enough to brain-bleach Richard this badly.
Crystalgate wrote:
Whatever it is, it’s probably something we will never actually see on any of the characters.
However, I do think Cloud should have ordered himself a sexy butler outfit instead.
he was warned lol
@ Crystalgate:
I don’t think it’s exactly that he thinks she’s innocent, I think it’s that he underestimated how not innocent she was, if I’m making sense. He probably didn’t expect her to want to get involved in “sexual activities”, at least not yet. I hope I’m making sense. Also Cloud got her the lingerie. I’ll stop now before I mix up my words too much.
Welcome to the wonderful world of kids growing up, Richard…
I guess it’s better to take the memory accurately instead of the usual booze-approach…
And yes, it’s still a parent erasing things they probably should deal with regards their child, but funny gag.
JohnGB wrote:
You just needed to dare him…
Lol dommie maid it Is then with that phrase. Place your bets!
No, take money for their permanent, witnessed, disposal. Extraction is the carrot, publication is the stick.
I think it’s more Richard seeing the outfit and imagining the worse case situation where Sandra is going a lot further than she has any actual plans to do so-at least currently. He knows this is the start of her truly ‘growing up’ and he’s not really ready to face that.
Still fun to see Sandra and Cloud dance around each other, pushing the envelope just a little more every now and then to see what happens next. While the situation is fantastical, the underlying ‘boys and girls grow up’ is something that’s very true to life and is well done here, just in a slightly crazy way.
IT WAS FOR HER!
@ Crystalgate:
Self-deception is a common tool for parents. He told himself (most likely) she was too young but should know “just in case”. Many people practice it. Like the 6 beers isn’t drunk guy who drives home. Or the nobody will notice 1 missing thief. We believe what we want to believe, facts don’t enter into it.
At the risk of stirring trouble. assuming german sensibilities here, being raised around them. For me it boiled down to “Teenagers are going to do what teenagers have always done, just don’t be stupid about it.” Maybe it could have just been my parents, having been stationed at an Army base.
I hope we get to see it!
Hey wait a minute, it took me this long to realise that Cloud in a dress as a running gag is from FFVII!
@ Crystalgate:
It’s not that it’s a sexy maid costume. It’s that it’s a sexy maid outfit for CLOUD.
But what was inside the package?
I’m firmly in the Richard camp, which is why I find Sandra in this situation arc so funny. We don’t know what type of costume, who the Richard-breaking costume is for, or if it’s a matching set of 2 and Sandra intends for Cloud to be the same dress size as her! I hope we get to see it. Whatever the next strip is, the strip after THAT is going to be on St Valentines Day! “Do not activate your Sandra in Expert Mode on Valentines Day without sufficient popcorn to watch the havoc!” 😀
A lot of the commenters on this series have the same issue as her dad. Unable to accept that 12-13 year old girls get horny, have sexual thoughts, and want the D/V.
@ Vicious Sand:
Actually, maybe we’ll see Cloud’s Expert mode in next strips. Would be hilarious with a maid outfit.
Damn. I laughed out almost too loud.
@ Crystalgate:
Maybe this isn’t Richard’s first visit to Dr. Larisa’s clinic.
I think Richard’s response is a lot like Cloud’s reaction to Ye Thuza. Cloud knows, in an intellectual way, that his parents have sex. His own existence proves that. He just didn’t want to know the details. Likewise, Richard knows that Sandra is growing up and having sexual thoughts and urges, but he’d prefer not to think about it too much. The fact that the details in both cases are a little kinky probably doesn’t help.
Why would that thought be “impure” – besides sex belonging in marriage, which most people don’t take seriously (sadly), Richard included ?
Crystalgate wrote:
Seriously, age restriction on clothing?
Rule of Funny trumps all other rules.
Still, that must’ve been some costume.
@ Marteri:
I’d venture that we’ll be seeing this outfit soon, so I don’t think this specific costume will be a good measure of sluttiness that a Google search may provide us.
@ JohnGB:
Nonsense! Cloud in a sexy maid outfit and Sandra in a sexy butler outfit is clearly superior.
Leomon wrote:
Butt, he put her on THE PILL when she was 12.
What I found the most fun is Sandra’s face in he second image, knowing fully how powerfull was the weapon in her hands at that moment. And, instead of getting embarrased, she used to brain-shock Richard. Just priceless.
@ Walter:
I think it’s open to interpretation if Richard actually put her on it, or was just showing her how it worked.
He might would rather give Sandra the knowledge how to protect herself later rather than not say anything and risk Sandra not having the knowledge or courage to come talk to him when she needed to the most.
Also, I can easily see him borrowing a set of pills from Ye Thuza since it was a coordinated ‘THE TALK’ since they both saw how close Cloud and Sandra were getting.
Huh. Larisa has found something not related to fire which she really enjoys doing.
Never thought Larisa would side-specialize in mnemosurgery
richard’s sanity has left chat
Ok this taking the brain out to remove memories is getting a bit silly, Sandra and woo at least used to be semi based in reality now it’s going far away from it into loonytoon territory lol
@ jabman05:
Gods, demons, talking animals. . . Yeah, reality based.
@ JohnGB:
I don’t think a butler outfit would have really done anything for Sandra. Her kink isn’t submissive roles, it’s specifically seeing Cloud in a skirt. The deal was a fantasy for a fantasy, so Sandra should get her actual fantasy.
@ Caitlin Schlitz:
I just wonder where Sandra got this fetish about seeing her boyfriend in women’s clothes.
First thing i thought after i read the strip was the similarity to Battle Angel Alita. Now i know the story might not be known(there’s a new movie this month about it) but i do hope i’m not the only one.
Teen children … a world of happiness, love … and truamas
I better not have children.
First: A parent traumatized her kid…
Second: A kid traumatized her parent…
Third: Two kids will traumatize their readers…
Richard: “Meine Sandra ist ein unschuldiger engel!”
Sandra (and Rammstein) : ” Gott weiß ich will kein Engel sein…!!!!
http://affenknecht.com/lyrics/rammstein-engel-lyric-with-english-translation/
Hawk wrote:
For a parent to decide what is best for their children and for society to restrict certain activities or purchases from minors below the age of consent?
As societies we have made collective decisions that before a certain age (variable by where you live) minors do not have the authority to consent to certain activities… most notably in this instance… sex and access to sexual material. Nowhere in the US is the age of consent below 16, so by law, sexual activity with anyone under that age is a felony. Very few locals have amended their statutory rape laws to permit “near age” sex… (so-called Romeo and Juliet laws) but NONE of them permit sex under the age of consent, even with another minor, and can be charged as felony Statutory Rape… against BOTH kids. (e.g. In re Hildebrant, 216 Mich. App. 384 – Mich: Court of Appeals 1996)
Since Sandra is about 13, incapable by law of consenting ANYWHERE in the US… even with someone her own age, it is a criminal act. In some areas it can be charged as either a felony or a misdemeanor… but still a crime either way. Even more, parents that allow their children to have sex under the age of consent may in fact (again, depending on where and the specific circumstances) be charged with Contributing To The Delinquency Of A Minor or even Accessory to Statutory Rape.
Admittedly, someone would have to notify the authorities for it to ever be charged… so prosecution is rare… but it still is illegal.
Lastly, regarding “age restriction on clothing”, society has all KINDS of mandates regarding what children can and cannot buy. Minor children are barred in most places from even having ACCESS to pornography or any sexually explicit materials and allowing a minor access is a felony in most places. This is why purchasing a bondage outfit or other similar sexual items or clothing usually requires that the buyer certify that they are 18 or older, so Sandra’s purchase was likely made through fraud. (which can also be a felony or misdemeanor… again depending on local laws)
Bearing in mind… this is just cartoon-land with talking animals and memory-removing brain surgeries… but it should be noted that even a DEPICTION of children below the age of consent engaging in actual sexual activity is illegal in most places as child porn… even if there’s a talking racoon in it.
Do I agree with the laws? Meh. Some yes… some no… but it’s not my call… in this case it would be Richard’s decision and based in what is legal in the place they live. (which is somewhere in the northeast… so there’s a wide range of probable laws being broken here) Even if some are dumber than dirt… illegal is still illegal. Don’t like it? Change the laws… if you can… or move to a place where the laws suit you. Just don’t try and preach to others how things should be in places you don’t live.
TL/DR: Sandra is 13 and therefore, given where they are, cannot have sex (even with Cloud) or access to sexual material without committing several felonies and Richard can face criminal charges if he lets her. Whether it should be that way or not… that’s just the way it is.
@ RobertaME:
Just thank you for this. Level-headed and informative. Was a good read.
I may have to set up an appointment with Larisa. I have a few memories I need removing.
@ oledakaajel:
@ Gamesman:
@ Wizard:
Compare Richard’s facial expression to Cloud’s, he got hit much harder. Compare that to the implied much lower reaction to Sandra’s sexy lingerie birthday present. Also, again, if it is something too bad, he can not afford to forget it.
That said, I’m suspecting his reaction was just exaggerated for the sake of funny, like a lot of animes have their characters overreact when a guy walks into a girl in a state of undress because it’s supposedly funny. I will maintain that some sort of comic logic is needed to justify Richard’s reaction.
@ Hawk:
Yes? Remember, Cloud could only buy the sexy lingerie because the cashier hadn’t meet his quota and was looking the other way. But even ignoring that, why would pornographic clothes not have age restriction?
And neither Sandra nor Cloud realize that Larisa has ordered a butler’s uniform and will be bossing both of them around.
Hawk wrote:
I’m seconding the opinion that this kind of brain surgery is more crazy than gods, demons and talking animals. On the other hand, we also have Yuna Williams reversing entropy, gravitation and making cold fusion reactor with black holes as sideefect … without anyone outside family noticing.
@ Gamesman:
Whether or not six beers gets you drunk depends on the timeframe, as well as regular beer vs. light beer.
@ Trimutius:
Not explicitly, no, but the power of implication is not to be underestimated… I mean, look at the theories flying around after the implication made by this strip arc…