See, she's shallow too! That makes it okay. Years ago a friend passive-aggressively likened this comic to the end of an Animaniacs cartoon where the villain "goes crazy" and runs away with their arms flapping. We haven't talked since.
Eve is acting totally weird (because of her duck epiphany) and anyone would be justified in saying "What the fuck?" in response to her behavior. But James's new girlfriend didn't even notice how Eve was acting because she was too busy judging her outfit. Ironically the same sort of shallow judgment that caused Eve's mental break / duck epiphany in the first place.
Ahhhh, thought it was more complicated than that, and I'd just missed the joke. In particular, I've never understood Eve's reaction. I get the thing where she's about to throw a book at him, but the rest of her reaction never made sense to me.
The fact that a throwaway line by Marek gets brought back as a punchline in what at the time probably wasn't an everyday update schedule (I only started reading OP in the very last year of it's run so I wouldn't know) is what's killing me here.
The comic itself isn’t showing up on the page which makes me sad. It’s got what I’m pretty sure is the mouse over text that links to the next comic. This is one of my favorites cause I love how little Eve’s behavior affected how the new girlfriend saw Eve. She had already judged her before that. The behavior was incidental.
10 thoughts on “#047 – meaningless”
bryanew710
I'll be honest: I never quite understood this one.
Takver
Eve is acting totally weird (because of her duck epiphany) and anyone would be justified in saying "What the fuck?" in response to her behavior. But James's new girlfriend didn't even notice how Eve was acting because she was too busy judging her outfit. Ironically the same sort of shallow judgment that caused Eve's mental break / duck epiphany in the first place.
Rezmason
Her inner duck, and Hannah & Marek's plan for a duck pond, reappear during Occupy Wall Street:
http://www.octopuspie.com/2011-11-15/493-you-shou…
thoss
What's to get? Eve ran into her ex and his new girlfriend, acted kind of awkward, the end.
bryanew710
Ahhhh, thought it was more complicated than that, and I'd just missed the joke. In particular, I've never understood Eve's reaction. I get the thing where she's about to throw a book at him, but the rest of her reaction never made sense to me.
EaRayos
She channed her inner duck, following what hannah had told her
Ezzy
The fact that a throwaway line by Marek gets brought back as a punchline in what at the time probably wasn't an everyday update schedule (I only started reading OP in the very last year of it's run so I wouldn't know) is what's killing me here.
laika
My favorite part about this strip is Eve’s ex’s face in the last panel. It’s like a weird combination of amusement and wistfulness.
Lionheart
The comic itself isn’t showing up on the page which makes me sad. It’s got what I’m pretty sure is the mouse over text that links to the next comic. This is one of my favorites cause I love how little Eve’s behavior affected how the new girlfriend saw Eve. She had already judged her before that. The behavior was incidental.
Smar
It’s a shame it’s not showing. Here’s the original post:
http://www.octopuspie.com/comic/047-meaningless/