Its even funnier when you think he probably goes through this every day. ^.^
Chapter 69: At Loose Ends
This page makes me wonder how much of that flashback was real, and how much of it was Abbey's subconscious playing tricks on him. Like, did everything up to and including "Take it back!" actually happen in the past? If so, the comparison of Molly to Charlotte must be pretty jarring for him. Poor Abbey, you want so much to be unlike your father that you're just like him.
It's a wonder Abbey and Daisy can sleep through Janet belting out song lyrics. Also, it seems to be snowing outside now?
It's a wonder Abbey and Daisy can sleep through Janet belting out song lyrics. Also, it seems to be snowing outside now?
- #402
- 28 March 2012 - 07:31 PM
What happened to Daisy
- #405
- 30 March 2012 - 04:08 AM
Yes, Abbey, it's good to be aware of your faults, and to learn from your past experiences and try to improve yourself. And sometimes it takes a long time before you progress to a point where you're at peace with yourself. I know this, because I had to do a similar thing. Actually, my experience was quite similar to what Abbey describes on this page, except it didn't have to do with anger problems.
Lucy will have to do a similar thing as well: re-examine her past actions and behaviour, come to grips with it, and try to improve for the future.
I just now noticed the seatbelts. SAFETY FIRST
Lucy will have to do a similar thing as well: re-examine her past actions and behaviour, come to grips with it, and try to improve for the future.
I just now noticed the seatbelts. SAFETY FIRST
- #407
- 30 March 2012 - 06:42 PM
HAHAHAHA she's dead.
- #408
- 02 April 2012 - 04:04 AM
- ChewySmokey
- BCI Member
well shit, I was way off. can't wait to see what he's like when he finds the grave
- #414
- 02 April 2012 - 04:47 AM
Jerk, on 02 April 2012 - 04:51 AM, said:
Alternately, Janet discovered Charlotte hiding in a gated community populated by anthropomorphic snowmen.
- #416
- 02 April 2012 - 05:00 AM
- Carcharocles
- BCI Member
This certainly explains why she never contacted them, doesn't it?
- #420
- 02 April 2012 - 10:54 AM
- Mitte Jane
- Member
Kaxbe, on 02 April 2012 - 02:38 PM, said:
just wait till molly finds out.
Yeah, that will not go well.
- #424
- 02 April 2012 - 04:14 PM
Somehow, I think Molly does suspect that her mother is dead. I don't think it would've mattered either way though, Molly would still have made those gifts in remembrance. By comparison, Abbey seems to be in denial at the fact his mother's actually dead, despite being the one who worried over Molly still making gifts and acting as if Charlotte could come back.
The lingering question of course is: how did Abbey's mother die? It was previously established that Abraham didn't murder Charlotte. Yet that was two years ago, and the story may well have changed since then. (I'd think even if Charlotte had lingered for quite a while before dying from her injuries, Abraham would still be charged with murder no matter how much time had passed.)
The lingering question of course is: how did Abbey's mother die? It was previously established that Abraham didn't murder Charlotte. Yet that was two years ago, and the story may well have changed since then. (I'd think even if Charlotte had lingered for quite a while before dying from her injuries, Abraham would still be charged with murder no matter how much time had passed.)
This post has been edited by wacko: 02 April 2012 - 07:08 PM
- #425
- 02 April 2012 - 07:08 PM
- Carcharocles
- BCI Member
Correct Wacko. As long as she died from injuries sustained from Abraham's attack, he would still be prosecuted for murder. Double jeopardy doesn't attach even if he's in jail for that assault; the murder is its own crime. Funny how the justice system works.
- #426
- 02 April 2012 - 07:16 PM
- ChewySmokey
- BCI Member
Dammit, woman! Why would it trouble her own children?
- #429
- 04 April 2012 - 06:30 AM
- regularpatron
- Member
When I look at this page one major thing sticks out to me and makes me ask more questions.
1. The face that Abbey is smiling when he sees his moms grave? Is he happy to know where she finally is? Or is he just trying to throw up a mask to disguise any true feeling he may have?
Second you can really start to see the toll all of this is having on Daisy since she seems to have a really haunted look. That, or she is still looking disheveled from the sleeping on the car ride here.
1. The face that Abbey is smiling when he sees his moms grave? Is he happy to know where she finally is? Or is he just trying to throw up a mask to disguise any true feeling he may have?
Second you can really start to see the toll all of this is having on Daisy since she seems to have a really haunted look. That, or she is still looking disheveled from the sleeping on the car ride here.
- #430
- 04 April 2012 - 07:22 AM
- ChewySmokey
- BCI Member
You know, without the bags under his eyes, in the second panel that just might be what his o-face looks like 
This post has been edited by ChewySmokey: 04 April 2012 - 08:04 AM
- #431
- 04 April 2012 - 08:03 AM
"She knew it would trouble you kids..." My guess is that Charlotte didn't want her children seeing her in that state and worrying about her.
As for Abbey's weird smile, he's probably still in denial, not quite believing his mother could actually be dead. Yet he'll soon need to come to grips with cold reality. Definitely Abbey is much more affected by this than Daisy is. (Daisy's curls are easily messed up.)
I am interested in hearing the rest of Charlotte's story!
As for Abbey's weird smile, he's probably still in denial, not quite believing his mother could actually be dead. Yet he'll soon need to come to grips with cold reality. Definitely Abbey is much more affected by this than Daisy is. (Daisy's curls are easily messed up.)
I am interested in hearing the rest of Charlotte's story!
- #432
- 04 April 2012 - 02:58 PM
Thank you for that dose of WildSpec, DLancer. 
The thought of the gravestone actually being Abraham's is intriguing, but it would take quite a bit of explanation and a few stretches of the imagination to pull that one off. Besides, that theory doesn't really seem to fit with what's happening here.
Charlotte was hit with a lamp, so most likely she wasn't mortally wounded or anything, just knocked out. If I might suggest one possible conjecture: Charlotte may have been so dependent on Abraham that she thought her life was basically over without him. After finding that her children were with foster parents, she might have fallen into deep depression, blaming herself so much for what happened that she decided to end her own life. If that's what happened to Charlotte, that would really be a guilt trip for Abbey, no matter how much Janet tells him not to blame himself for what happened. In which case, Abbey might take after not only his father (in anger), but also his mother (in self-guilt). He'll most likely need a few more sessions with his therapist to try and get over the guilt as well as deal with his anger issues.
The thought of the gravestone actually being Abraham's is intriguing, but it would take quite a bit of explanation and a few stretches of the imagination to pull that one off. Besides, that theory doesn't really seem to fit with what's happening here.
Charlotte was hit with a lamp, so most likely she wasn't mortally wounded or anything, just knocked out. If I might suggest one possible conjecture: Charlotte may have been so dependent on Abraham that she thought her life was basically over without him. After finding that her children were with foster parents, she might have fallen into deep depression, blaming herself so much for what happened that she decided to end her own life. If that's what happened to Charlotte, that would really be a guilt trip for Abbey, no matter how much Janet tells him not to blame himself for what happened. In which case, Abbey might take after not only his father (in anger), but also his mother (in self-guilt). He'll most likely need a few more sessions with his therapist to try and get over the guilt as well as deal with his anger issues.
- #435
- 04 April 2012 - 10:25 PM
- Jerk
- Member
Abraham hit her so hard that it unsettled a blood clot or tumor that was cutting off blood to her brain and caused her to suddenly realize what a faggot her oldest child is. She woke up in the hospital to this epiphany and subsequently, feeling violated that a Republican had spilled screaming out of her womb, did the sensible thing and ascended to her role as an heroine.
- #436
- 04 April 2012 - 10:39 PM
“Yes! YES! YES! YES! YES!” yelled Jerk.
- #437
- 06 April 2012 - 12:50 PM
If only the surgery made her brain-dead. The look an abbeys face when he finds out his mother is a vegetable would've been hilarious.
- #438
- 06 April 2012 - 01:05 PM
- ChewySmokey
- BCI Member
Anialator, on 06 April 2012 - 04:24 PM, said:
And already there is Nurse fan art.
If anything I'd be shocked if people weren't harassing Taeshi for a name, age, birthplace, backstory, cup size, and sexual orientation everytime a nondescript meaningless and nonessential extra wanders into the frame
UNLESS OF COURSE SHE KILLS THEIR MOM!
- #440
- 06 April 2012 - 07:59 PM
- regularpatron
- Member
Quote
If anything I'd be shocked if people weren't harassing Taeshi for a name, age, birthplace, backstory, cup size, and sexual orientation everytime a nondescript meaningless and nonessential extra wanders into the frame
UNLESS OF COURSE SHE KILLS THEIR MOM!
UNLESS OF COURSE SHE KILLS THEIR MOM!
That's how those nurses get you. They tell you your children are safe in foster care, and offer you a nice meal to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Then she messes up the surgery, and you end up dying... I hate it when that happens.
This post has been edited by regularpatron: 06 April 2012 - 10:11 PM
- #441
- 06 April 2012 - 10:10 PM
Nurses don't perform surgery. Surgeons do. 
Though I still don't like the way she said "last meal".
I guess Charlotte's head injury was worse than I thought, if she needs surgery for it. And of course, surgery of any kind carries a risk of complications. Something could have gone wrong during the surgery or afterwards, which caused Charlotte to die. Or she could've even quietly passed away in her sleep the night before the surgery.
Though given that she did die, that'd mean Abraham would most likely be facing a charge of second-degree murder, since the head injury contributed to the death. He'd probably be spending quite a long time in jail upon conviction. Good thing Abbey didn't have to testify, I guess?
Though I still don't like the way she said "last meal".I guess Charlotte's head injury was worse than I thought, if she needs surgery for it. And of course, surgery of any kind carries a risk of complications. Something could have gone wrong during the surgery or afterwards, which caused Charlotte to die. Or she could've even quietly passed away in her sleep the night before the surgery.
Though given that she did die, that'd mean Abraham would most likely be facing a charge of second-degree murder, since the head injury contributed to the death. He'd probably be spending quite a long time in jail upon conviction. Good thing Abbey didn't have to testify, I guess?
- #442
- 06 April 2012 - 11:56 PM
- ILB
- secretly a man
Member
I would guess that this is a surgery which is ninety-nine per cent likely to fail, so they count it as her last.
Or she might be donating organs, being sick in other parts of her body and as such wanting to do some good for the world.
Actually, I have no idea, but both of those seem more likely than euthanasia at the current time - it is, after all, not generally legal in the United States.
Or she might be donating organs, being sick in other parts of her body and as such wanting to do some good for the world.
Actually, I have no idea, but both of those seem more likely than euthanasia at the current time - it is, after all, not generally legal in the United States.
- #445
- 08 April 2012 - 11:53 PM
- Mitte Jane
- Member
I had a few tears in my eyes after reading the update a few times. I usually don't cry (I know, unusual, but that's how I am), but damn, today's page affected me. ;__;
- #447
- 09 April 2012 - 11:18 AM
She is paralyzed to some extent where she can no longer care for them as much as she would like.
- #448
- 09 April 2012 - 06:06 PM
No one posted the page?
It's nice that Charlotte made sure her children were placed in a good foster home for the time being. Yet by withholding information of her condition from them, she ultimately caused them to wonder about her for years afterward. She thought she was doing the right thing, shielding her children and trying to keep them from worrying about her, but ultimately that wasn't the right decision. Abbey and Molly deserved to know what happened to their mother, instead of always wondering and making conjectures.
It's nice that Charlotte made sure her children were placed in a good foster home for the time being. Yet by withholding information of her condition from them, she ultimately caused them to wonder about her for years afterward. She thought she was doing the right thing, shielding her children and trying to keep them from worrying about her, but ultimately that wasn't the right decision. Abbey and Molly deserved to know what happened to their mother, instead of always wondering and making conjectures.
- #450
- 09 April 2012 - 06:39 PM