Just a curse, easy.
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ANDI (Placing barrette back on Amanda): Jeez, kiddo, what was that in your voice?
AMANDA: Nothing fun, thanks.
ANDI: Todd, what the hell kind of "reaction" was this?
TODD: Long story...
SELKIE: It was me! I dids it to her!
ANDI: You did?
SELKIE: With MAGIC!
SELKIE: That's rights. I'm learnings witchcraft. Praise me.
ANDI: snerk!!
ANDI: If you're feeling religiously curious, I know a couple covens.
SELKIE: Okay I WAS jokings, but now lets talk deals.
AMANDA: Nothing fun, thanks.
ANDI: Todd, what the hell kind of "reaction" was this?
TODD: Long story...
SELKIE: It was me! I dids it to her!
ANDI: You did?
SELKIE: With MAGIC!
SELKIE: That's rights. I'm learnings witchcraft. Praise me.
ANDI: snerk!!
ANDI: If you're feeling religiously curious, I know a couple covens.
SELKIE: Okay I WAS jokings, but now lets talk deals.
Prepare for a lack of fire and lightning, Selkie.
…you know. Andi’s reaction made me like her for about the first time in this entire comic. Maybe cuz of how many Wiccan friends I have…
I don’t see Agent Brown in this page.
Andi is Agent Brown. It all makes sense now.
Wait, no it doesn’t!
I thought Pohl was agent Brown and Then was Andi? I’m so confused.
Proctor: I just keep my thumb by my place in the script, that way I never get lost.
Sarnothi cloaking device?
I love Amanda’s look of: “ho hum, blah, blah… yeah, she’s gonna do her evil ‘moo-ha-ha’ cackle next…. blah blah ” about Selkie’s blurb in the last panel. that’s truly the reaction of someone who has clearly grown up around Selkie and her “Dr. Terrorhammer” tactics… and is not as amused as she should be over it… i guess the residual headache and puking is still got her down i bit…
De-escalation by Obfuscation, you are growing wise Selkie
Extra points for doing it with humor!
You know, I wonder which side of the family Amanda gets her Echo, I guess genes?, from. Andi? Todd? Both?
The moment ended well. Good for them.
Selkie’s learning diplomacy! Defusing a situation with humor is a good step.
Geniuse defusing of the situation Selkie! Todd should be so proud. Now to see if Andi can wrap her head around the concept of Resonance.
OMG, I love the interaction between these three here. Totally was expecting Andi to freak out more. Seeing her laugh and become open with Selkie is refreshing.
I feel a whole history of survivorship here, where Selkie learned this method of deflection through humor as a way of dealing with potential ostracism and bullying.
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As a neurodivergent kid who was bullied in elementary school despite/because of being outrageously friendly to everyone (how should I know how bullies think), and ended up as a middle schooler who responded to any hint of perceived judgement/insult from peers by being as weird and creepy as possible (first on purpose and then by reflex):
YUP BIG MOOD AHAHA
I think as coping mechanisms go this one is pretty great. It lets you cast ‘detect potential friend!’ As shown by Andi, there are some people who will respond to dramatic-claims-of-creepiness in good humor, and some even play along. Of course, like any coping mechanism – like any social behavior at all really – it’s not infallible.
In my experience it mostly becomes a problem if 1. you’re unable to tone it down when you need to (like around easily frightened friends, children, job interviews) or 2. you overuse it to the point where even you aren’t sure if you’re serious. (Those might actually apply to Selkie, but 1 is normal because *she’s an eight-year-old* and 2 isn’t really a problem because she’s 8 and, like Todd has said, her mad scientist thing can probably be redirected into STEM when she’s older.)
Also, thinking of what we have seen of other characters (Pohl, Scar, etc.), this could be a very Sarnothi type of reaction to avoid violence and general devastation.
She’s taking it remarkably well.
I know a Pagan curse that I can share freely.
“May you get everything you deserve.”
May you live in interesting times
At first I thought Andi was suggesting convent( school)s. Then I double-checked with an actual dictionary and realized my in-brain-translation was wrong.
Yeah, it’s a somewhat different thing.
1. I hoe that Pohl left some ice cream in the freezer.
2. I hope Todd gives her some as a reward for the super-adept deflection of Andi from the Sarnothi tech/device.
Surprised Selkie was so willing to “take the blame” for what happened (Especially since she had nothing to do with it.) after being so mad it happened at all.
It is what sisters do.