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This storyline remains one of my favorites. It won an Ignatz award in its print form a few years later, and I think it's a genuine turning point for the series. It's Mar's real breakaway from prop punching bag, and a bit of a heel turn for Hanna.
The biscuit device was compared at the time to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which I admit has sat in the back of my brain since the early 2000s. But the dilemma is from the point of view of a third party, who has mostly imagined her own role in the breakup.
8 thoughts on “#421 – the brownout biscuit”
Bleh
I never understood Hanna's original motivation to be this way with her friends. Was it from being an only child? Were her parents similarly over-involved in their friends' lives? Did her happiness with Marek make her regularly sought out as a source of guidance and wisdom by her friends to the point where she internalized it?
Hans
Personally, I wish you'd just postpone posting the comics 'till you had the commentary ready. Now I have to keep checking the previous ones to see if the comments have appeared yet :/
And that's such a draaaaaaaag 😛
dapperanarchist
"You do want to, don't you" should be the motto emblazoned across the fake heraldic shield on the family of all toxic friends…
wykstrad
I was going to say, given that Hannah knows about the Eve/Will Valentine's Day stuff (and given that Eve doesn't know she knows), those last two panels are more than "a bit of a heel turn." This is straight-up emotional manipulation.
Rachel
Wait, when was it established that Hannah knew?
Wingéd Elf Girl
I have always feel so terrible for Marigold. u_____u
parker
"well sure i took my mom to buy that stupid laptop" is up there for best throwaway joke of all time
thoss
Somehow I don't see Hannah as a villainous character, even though she did become an antagonist to Marigold. Not even Hannah gives herself that much credit though.