Does no one else think that Marigold is aware of Hanna's cookie thing and just plays along? I figured so all along, and today makes me think it even more.
She remembers the flavor of muffin, and that they "always have it when she needs it." I know it's romance-based amnesia, but maybe that's a sign that it's fake? Maybe I'm just clutching for straws?
I agree with Someone. I'm pretty sure that we've established a long time ago that Hanna is a lunatic. There's no such thing as magical boyfriend forgetting muffins.
I think that the Brownout Biscuit is going to turn out to have never worked at all. Either that, or it yields diminishing returns (a la the MIBNeuralyzer). I mean, Marigold does seem to have *some* recollection of previous Biscuit-induced-Brownouts.
:: End Prognositcation Mode
Even better would be if she had known all along that Hannah was trying to mindwipe her, and has simply been playing along in order to make her feel better.
yeah i did the same thing! haha i went from 420-22 without realizing it, and then it was only over the weekend when people kept going on about the burnout biscuit on comments that i realized..
I'm guessing that the brownout biscuit never really worked all along and that Mar is much more together, with it, and awesome than any of us suspected. I'd be more ashamed of Eve for being hell of sketchy, but her reaction to Mar's gift is priceless and she appears to be genuinely remorseful over the whole ordeal.
The alt text is so perfect it defies all kinds of stuff.
Marigold said that you don't have happiness with heartbreak. And then she said that she loved the flavor – they always had it when she needed it. If the biscuit actually made her forget, she wouldn't be saying either of those things. I think the only person who really believes the Brownout thing is Hanna. And Eve momentarily. God love her occasional naivety.
I'm warming up to Marigold now. She is starting to remind me of a bunch of my school friends.
Also: she wouldn't have said the thing about not letting Hanna 'set her up with her dumb friends anymore' if she didn't remember those past relationships, would she? She definitely remembers, and Hanna is definitely loopy.
I really hope that Marigold's been onto Hanna all those years. Such good dialogue! I'm really jealous, but in the way that it makes me want to get my own up to snuff! Thanks for the comics!
Wow! Good find. But her answer "No. No, I do not" seems a bit forced, like she's playing it up for Hanna… and if that's the case, man, that's some incredible story planning there. How deep does Mer's character development go?
If that balaclava-with-brim had another flower on the opposite side, it would look a lot like a duck head. And the duck does not judge. The duck seeks only bread.
It's probably bad that my main OP thought process is something along the lines of "can it be will and eve smoochie tiem nao plz?" even though this arc is definitely more poignant than that. Also, I needs sleepies. Zzzzzz.
SEE. Seeeee. SEEE! I TOLD all you Marigold haters that she's not so bad.
Clearly the brownout biscuit doesn't work so I wouldn't worry about that: she wouldn't say that she knows there can't be happiness without heartbreak if it really worked and she had no memory of past heartbreaks.
I do believe that Hanna believes it works, because Hanna's nuts. (I like her anyway but she's nuts. She's like that crazy drama stoner insane superstitious friend that you never get toooo tight with but you always invite to parties and drink with for fun).
I'm still wondering how one bakes with powdered Joy Division. Like a ground-up CD? Wouldn't that poison you?
What's Eve not spitting out o.o; It's "Not whatever", Hanna "doesn't understand", and then there was that weird mysterious conversation with Will last time. Maybe I'm reading too much into her guilt, but there's totally something else going on in Eve's adorable, balaclava covered mind…
98 thoughts on “#423 – hanukkah present”
Shatner's Basso
Oh god this is heartbreaking. Especially that last panel.
Los
Yeah, even my semi-stone hearted self couldn't help but frown progressively deeper as I made my way through the strip. The last 3 panels kinda hurt 🙁
lily
The cookie is a lie!
Bryy
Srsly. Marigold goddamn remembers. Otherwise I don't think she would have said what she did.
PersonalGenius
Aww, Eve's big crying eyes! 🙁
Catherine
is your username/name/whatever here a subtle depeche mode reference or is it coincidence?
Sarah
I love these guys. They're so real, y'know? Like… this is how actual people act.
HellSpork
Do your friends slip each other memory-erasing baked goods?
Zonemind
I don't remember…
hohmeisw
Please, please don't let Eve have gone through with Hanna's psychotic plan. I would not like to hate all the characters.
Sledgeh101
Man, I wish someone would think of me enough to give me a Hannukah present like that!
Lissa T.
Hanukkah, represent!
Rufus
NOOOOOO! You shouldn't have eaten it Marigold! Now it's TOO LAAATE!
NextChamp
That second to last panel might be the saddest panel I've ever seen…..ever.
Happy Holidays!
Sela
🙁 She ate the cookie? Oh no.
Angelica
Ahh! Weep!
Junker
what's the best? this is the best.
dood
NOOOOOOOOOOOO MAR
This makes me like Hanna less. Which is unfortunate.
someone
Does no one else think that Marigold is aware of Hanna's cookie thing and just plays along? I figured so all along, and today makes me think it even more.
CLR
Marigold in Panel 1: priceless.
Marigold saying "I made you a Hanukkah present, you boyfriend-kissing bitch": even more priceless.
Octopus Pie: just freakin' awesome.
CLR
I keep replying in the wrong box… Apologies all round.
Rufus
She remembers the flavor of muffin, and that they "always have it when she needs it." I know it's romance-based amnesia, but maybe that's a sign that it's fake? Maybe I'm just clutching for straws?
cappadocius
I agree with Someone. I'm pretty sure that we've established a long time ago that Hanna is a lunatic. There's no such thing as magical boyfriend forgetting muffins.
Justellian
Prognositcation Mode Activated ::
I think that the Brownout Biscuit is going to turn out to have never worked at all. Either that, or it yields diminishing returns (a la the MIB Neuralyzer). I mean, Marigold does seem to have *some* recollection of previous Biscuit-induced-Brownouts.
:: End Prognositcation Mode
Even better would be if she had known all along that Hannah was trying to mindwipe her, and has simply been playing along in order to make her feel better.
damien walder
I think Marigold is more aware than we've given her credit for. Lovely rendering and writing, once more! Best of the season to you all, DMW
matt w
Wow, somehow I missed strip 421, and I was like "What are you guys talking about?"
becky
yeah i did the same thing! haha i went from 420-22 without realizing it, and then it was only over the weekend when people kept going on about the burnout biscuit on comments that i realized..
jcrunch
aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh I DID THE SAME THING. AND NOW MUCH LESS HAPPY
I PRAY that Hanna's underestimating Marigold, b/c this resolution would be soooo nice without non-consenting memory-loss… DDD:
Jones
Just the right mix of lol and heartbreak! 😀
skwidmonster
Love Eve in the second to last panel. So cute!
Andrew
I'm guessing that the brownout biscuit never really worked all along and that Mar is much more together, with it, and awesome than any of us suspected. I'd be more ashamed of Eve for being hell of sketchy, but her reaction to Mar's gift is priceless and she appears to be genuinely remorseful over the whole ordeal.
The alt text is so perfect it defies all kinds of stuff.
AlmostLiterally
Marigold said that you don't have happiness with heartbreak. And then she said that she loved the flavor – they always had it when she needed it. If the biscuit actually made her forget, she wouldn't be saying either of those things. I think the only person who really believes the Brownout thing is Hanna. And Eve momentarily. God love her occasional naivety.
I'm warming up to Marigold now. She is starting to remind me of a bunch of my school friends.
Sela
On second thought, I think you're right.
AlmostLiterally
happiness withOUT*
Arkadi
Also: she wouldn't have said the thing about not letting Hanna 'set her up with her dumb friends anymore' if she didn't remember those past relationships, would she? She definitely remembers, and Hanna is definitely loopy.
joelle
How appropriate! With that full-face toque covering her mouth, Eve won't be able to kiss any of Marigold's future boyfriends!
Emi
HAHA, I know, right? Best coincidental timing evar, too bad they're having too much of a moment to laugh themselves.
Jade
Hee, I so love Eve's eyes in that next-to-last panel–and yeah, I think Hanna's a wee bit confused about the effects her biscuits have on Marigold. 🙂
Hazy
I just have to say how much I LOVE this comic!! It's a highlight to my week .. 3 times a week!!
katy
i want dat hat so freaking much |:
Lyndon
So I'm somewhere in the middle of the 2009 strips, and I'm in love with every character.
Kuyerjudd
I want one of those hat-mask thingies! What are they called?
Also, I just read the entirety of Octopus Pie in one sitting. Yay! 😀
MerchManDan
It's a balaclava! 🙂 Popular among Canadians, ninja(s) and bank robbers everywhere.
Shiftseven
Damn it Eve, why didn't you snatch the cookie back?!
David
I think we are all missing the bigger question. Eve celebrates Hanukkah?
MerchManDan
No, you silly person*. I suspect Marigold does; Fuchs is a Jewish name, isn't it?
*I am aware your question may not have been 100% serious.
Cece
Now Eve, too, wears the Mark of Marigold.
MerchManDan
Aha!! Proof positive that the winterwear worn by the others is indeed Marigold's work.
Professional Mole
Oh, god, I guess there's a twist here, or else my heart might start to fail me. This is… anguishing.
Dean
Note that Marigold's gift prevents lip-access. Always thinking, that girl!
Elkae
Marigold, you surprised me. I was wrong, you do know how to deal <3
Eve, you big sap. I love you too <3
Your writing is so good Meredith!
Elkae
And I LOL'd at the alt-text!
Danny
I really hope that Marigold's been onto Hanna all those years. Such good dialogue! I'm really jealous, but in the way that it makes me want to get my own up to snuff! Thanks for the comics!
foodog
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Becky
Mar your continuity is… UNFATHOMABLE!
http://www.octopuspie.com/2009-06-15/302-unfathom…
Becky
*Mer, DAMMIT!
cousinitt
…holy crap. Just when I thought I couldn't possibly become even *more* impressed with Meredith. DAMN.
mike r baker
Wow! Good find. But her answer "No. No, I do not" seems a bit forced, like she's playing it up for Hanna… and if that's the case, man, that's some incredible story planning there. How deep does Mer's character development go?
Sela
Sometimes, I have the feeling she's got the whole story planned out.
Higgy
This strip is really perfect and makes me take back all the negative feelings I had towards Mar.
SecretlyASuperhero
Ok, first i kinda hated mar, then i kinda pitied her, and now i kinda love her
Defcise
Damn did she just call her… and is she wearing…. Man, this is wild. Wow and they just keep it going.
Grace
Eve looks so cute here! I like short-haired Marigold so much more.
Mayday
This was so heartwarming I'm being cooked alive from the inside out D:
Sinewmire
If that balaclava-with-brim had another flower on the opposite side, it would look a lot like a duck head. And the duck does not judge. The duck seeks only bread.
Cri
This comment is amazing.
A Real Comedian
Will it get resolved! Get it? WILL it get resolved!
Still A Real Comedia
Because Will is her ex-boyfriend XD
Cri
It's probably bad that my main OP thought process is something along the lines of "can it be will and eve smoochie tiem nao plz?" even though this arc is definitely more poignant than that. Also, I needs sleepies. Zzzzzz.
CLR
Naw, we all want that.
At least, *I* want that.
Chocobo
Or MAYBE Eve chickened out and that's not the Brownout Biscuit, and just a regular cookie from the caf
jenna
SEE. Seeeee. SEEE! I TOLD all you Marigold haters that she's not so bad.
Clearly the brownout biscuit doesn't work so I wouldn't worry about that: she wouldn't say that she knows there can't be happiness without heartbreak if it really worked and she had no memory of past heartbreaks.
I do believe that Hanna believes it works, because Hanna's nuts. (I like her anyway but she's nuts. She's like that crazy drama stoner insane superstitious friend that you never get toooo tight with but you always invite to parties and drink with for fun).
I'm still wondering how one bakes with powdered Joy Division. Like a ground-up CD? Wouldn't that poison you?
Happy Solstice Time!
Sarah
What's Eve not spitting out o.o; It's "Not whatever", Hanna "doesn't understand", and then there was that weird mysterious conversation with Will last time. Maybe I'm reading too much into her guilt, but there's totally something else going on in Eve's adorable, balaclava covered mind…
Also, now I want a cookie.