And now we get to the reveal of one of the Selkie story’s longest kept secrets: their apartment building is horsehoe-shaped!
Dun dun duunnnn!
The building is laid out with three units per floor. the A and C apartments sit in the wings and are full-size with kitchen bath living area and two bedrooms. The B apartments in the center of the horseshoe are smaller units with only one bedroom and a half-kitchen that rent at a lower price.
One step at a time.
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
I also notice that she’s dropping the slur. Good work, Amanda! And good work, Andi, for probably being the one to insist upon it.
“Hello? Yes Todd Smith here. Selkie can’t come to school today, I’m afraid. No, I’m not sure what’s wrong with but I’m calling her family doctor anyway just to make sure…”
“… Dads? Did you just tell a lies to the principals?”
“Sweetie, if you think carefully about what I said you’ll note that every single word was true. “
I can so see Todd doing this.
Wait I thought their apartment was shown to be on a second or third floor in the past; that looks like first floor. selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie19/
Yeah, it is on the second floor, they go up the single flight of stairs while Frau Blucher makes insin-uendoes with Todd.
There’s just that much snow. The people on the first floor will be missed.
Todd and Selkie’s apartment is on the first floor up the landing right off the front foyer. However, there are no ground level apartments. Underneath that stairway are stairs to the basement, the hallway to the back courtyard, and a small laundry room.
My going back to find that strip has hit me with nostalgia. Dave could you sometime during the year do a week of “old familiar faces” for the background characters we dont see as much anymore?
I was attempting to do a bit of that with this nitro piece actually (I’ve missed the other kids) but didn’t want to overdo it. But a longer revisiting of absent characters… that could happen! I’ll put some thought into it.
hmm… will it be Agent Orange and HIS team that shows up?, Will it be Selkie’s MOM? Or, will it be the people that she was fighting against that show up next?
Same Selkie time, Same Selkie Channel…. Tune in Next Time!…
Its so nice to see Amanda reach at least this state with Selkie. Very good start. Um dave my question was never answered the otherday though. Will Keisha ever get adopted?
Just going to have to wait and see on that. 😉
Oooh! Thanks dave look forward to it
Heh… I’m not sure why, but I picture Keisha’s future parent (one of them anyway) is a cop, firefighter, or the like and the kids’ ten year high school reunion has her as a Police Detective. 🙂
so…is the bow malfunctioning and displaying its message even though selkie is close or why is todd panicking like that?
Was Selkie’s distance from the bow extended enought to make her detectable by Sar’Teri searchers? I got the impression that Plo Quar modded Selkie’s bow to keep her daughter undetectable and/or safe from government search warrants. If the Sar’Teri were determined to find Plo Quar and punsih her for being a resistance fighter, they could take/harm Selkie either as ransom to make Plo Quar turn herself in, or just to punish Selkie for being Plo Quar’s kid. Oppressive systems suck, amirite?
Hey maybe we’ll get to see her Mom? It might be just something to bring her Mother in. A just in case thing to warn her Mom if something’s up?
HOLY CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AMANDA
Sorry if I’m dumb but how/when did Selkie help her?
You’re not the only one, I’m kinda having a blonde moment here too.
She gave her advice in Christmas eve when Andi was calling her mother.
“How can you be sisters if you hate her?” Heather doesn’t know much about how siblings work, does she?
Well, Heather has never had a sibling.
Alternatively, you could say she has not only one, but about a dozen. Ricky’s terminology, not mine.
And once again, the reason why I love this strip so much. Everyone evolves. Everyone grows up, and most importantly, there is no such thing as a 2d personality here. That and the Eva reference.
Does Selkie’s speech thing with all the plurals get worse when she’s excited or stressed?