It's the Day's Day of Days! Because kablooey.
As we once again witness mirrored strips, with this time the underlying theme being Muir's general belief of his own absolute license and the bitter offense he feels that others imagine they have rights and agency, let's consider the extent to which Muir's age up of the twins has left him muddled. By all rights, they should be considering colleges or just getting jobs on the compound. But instead, they're still talking about being homeschooled.
Because Muir knows in his heart of hearts that they aren't actually eighteen years old.
He certainly does.
ReplyDeleteAnd also, the way he writes them is bizarre. Not merely in that they speak like naive 10-year-olds, but in that he stylizes their dialogue like comic-strip children from the 1940s. (for instance, lots of "an'" instead of "and".) It's weird.
By the way...
"Speaker Pelosi, newly released January 6 video has you threatening to attack Trump physically".
THAT is what Muir got from that video.
THAT was his takeaway.
Unbelievable.
That reading is so cartoonishly obtuse that it's hard to believe even Muir could have arrived by it honestly.
As we've both noted, he was writing them as if they were 7 when they were supposed to be 13. It's only gotten worse with the awkward, cack-handed ageup.
DeleteTo the second--remember, it wasn't a REAL coup attempt, just people peacefully storming the Capitol, smearing shit on the walls and invading her office, and if it was a real coup attempt, she deserved it. The Right Wing is supposed to do whatever it wants, the Left is supposed to sit and take it, and if the Left can't accept this state of affairs, it shows that they're evil and irrational. Heads they win, tails we lose.
The way the peanut gallery are explaining away the age weirdness with the twins is that they are getting some extra schooling past graduation.
ReplyDeleteAlso, as an overly obsessed political wonk, I've listened to plenty Nancy Pelosi press conferences...and I find it mildly amusing that Muir thinks she would get angered at being called a cacodemon. She's heard plenty of insults over the years, and would be more likely to just chuckle with contempt and move on. But then again...as always...this isn't really Nancy, it's a straw version of her that Muir is putting up so that his mediocre characters have a chance to knock her down.
Muir has to make his opponents look worse than the protagonists, and that's a mighty big reach. These are a bunch of crude, cruel bullies who can't even manage convincing victories on a crooked table.
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