Ok, so Te Fahn was indeed happy for Selkie and George’s great friendship, as I presumed. But apparently the melancholy bit was not jealousy but simply empathy towards George and his situation.
Also, nice flashback aesthetic. Now I finally know what she was whispering in 2072. ^^
Wow, cameras sure had limited colors in the ancient days of eleven pages ago!
(Several hours of in-universe time, tops.)
And good on Selkie for realizing that it’s not all about romance, especially at this age. She helped George and Te Fahn become closer friends, while also renewing her own friendship. Anything beyond that? Can wait for another day.
I don’t know if it’s why ‘Bean’ is a nickname for people these days, but in the 80’s there was a fad for awhile about Human Beans. They were cute little figurines and were supposed to be relatable to life I guess.
There doesn’t seem to be a general consensus on where it came from. There have been varying similar phrases, such as the older “old bean”, “silly bean”, “cool beans”, etc.
Some sources say it could be slang for head or being.
“The same goes for bean, which dates from Old English in the sense of a legume but didn’t refer to the head until around 1900, when a bean ball in baseball was a pitch that struck a batter on the bean. The head, after all, was shaped like a bean. It was tailor-made for the slang-rich works of P.G. Wodehouse. “Have I got to clump you one on the side of the bean?” asked a character in the 1924 novel Bill the Conqueror.
The word cropped up during the First World War in the expression “old bean,” as a friendly reference to a man, albeit tinged with upper-class stuffiness (I say, old bean, frightfully good to see you). It has been suggested that this use of bean may be a corruption of being (as in human being). Place your bets.” From https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/language-use-your-noodle-old-bean/article4381047/
It’s the difference between having friends who he was living with full-time, and having friends who he only gets to see at school (which means not seeing them AT ALL over the summer, unless they arrange a specific play date.) That’s a pretty huge shift, especially given it was all three of the friends he was closest to. (And Selkie didn’t have a lot of friends to begin with – it’s possible George was in a similar boat, if only because he and Selkie were so close.)
As someone who grew up in an area where it would be at least a 20min car ride to visit friends, it does make visiting them outside of school very difficult. Also, it wasn’t like we had public transit that we could take to visit them when we were old enough to do that by ourselves but not drive (pre-teen or teenager stage). I hardly ever saw friends or kids my age during the summer due to that. Didn’t help that my friends lived closer to each other than I did to them (so a lot easier for them to see each other).
School districts can cover a wide range, especially in rural areas. You can get around that by having your child be part of groups like scouts or sports teams, but that requires time out of the parent’s schedule and doesn’t guarantee that your child will make a friend (or more) with others in the group.
but why Selkie without her blue skin?
Ok, so Te Fahn was indeed happy for Selkie and George’s great friendship, as I presumed. But apparently the melancholy bit was not jealousy but simply empathy towards George and his situation.
Also, nice flashback aesthetic. Now I finally know what she was whispering in 2072. ^^
Doctor Terrorhammer isn’t so bad after all. 😀
Wow, cameras sure had limited colors in the ancient days of eleven pages ago!
(Several hours of in-universe time, tops.)
And good on Selkie for realizing that it’s not all about romance, especially at this age. She helped George and Te Fahn become closer friends, while also renewing her own friendship. Anything beyond that? Can wait for another day.
BEANZ
I like beans, but I don’t get why that word is used to refer to people either. I eat beans. I do not eat people.
I don’t know if it’s why ‘Bean’ is a nickname for people these days, but in the 80’s there was a fad for awhile about Human Beans. They were cute little figurines and were supposed to be relatable to life I guess.
There doesn’t seem to be a general consensus on where it came from. There have been varying similar phrases, such as the older “old bean”, “silly bean”, “cool beans”, etc.
Some sources say it could be slang for head or being.
“The same goes for bean, which dates from Old English in the sense of a legume but didn’t refer to the head until around 1900, when a bean ball in baseball was a pitch that struck a batter on the bean. The head, after all, was shaped like a bean. It was tailor-made for the slang-rich works of P.G. Wodehouse. “Have I got to clump you one on the side of the bean?” asked a character in the 1924 novel Bill the Conqueror.
The word cropped up during the First World War in the expression “old bean,” as a friendly reference to a man, albeit tinged with upper-class stuffiness (I say, old bean, frightfully good to see you). It has been suggested that this use of bean may be a corruption of being (as in human being). Place your bets.” From https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/language-use-your-noodle-old-bean/article4381047/
“Occasionally it may have been applied as a nickname for a someone considered of little importance. English: nickname for a pleasant person, from Middle English bene ‘friendly’, ‘amiable’ (of unknown origin; there is apparently no connection with Bain or Bon).” Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Why are the colors off in this page?
It is a flashback. The sepia tone is to note that it didn’t happen currently but in the past.
Why do humans say that? Because we’re human…
Beans.
(I’ll show myself out)
Why wouldn’t George have friends a plenty? He’s a cool little dude.
It’s the difference between having friends who he was living with full-time, and having friends who he only gets to see at school (which means not seeing them AT ALL over the summer, unless they arrange a specific play date.) That’s a pretty huge shift, especially given it was all three of the friends he was closest to. (And Selkie didn’t have a lot of friends to begin with – it’s possible George was in a similar boat, if only because he and Selkie were so close.)
As someone who grew up in an area where it would be at least a 20min car ride to visit friends, it does make visiting them outside of school very difficult. Also, it wasn’t like we had public transit that we could take to visit them when we were old enough to do that by ourselves but not drive (pre-teen or teenager stage). I hardly ever saw friends or kids my age during the summer due to that. Didn’t help that my friends lived closer to each other than I did to them (so a lot easier for them to see each other).
School districts can cover a wide range, especially in rural areas. You can get around that by having your child be part of groups like scouts or sports teams, but that requires time out of the parent’s schedule and doesn’t guarantee that your child will make a friend (or more) with others in the group.
Oh. I didn’t realize this was supposed to be a flashback until I read the note. I was so confused for a minute.