Time Keeps on Slipping into the Past
The on-line leaked January monthly letters for For Better or For Worse said Elizabeth was planning to travel to Mtigwaki a few days after the time when the letters were written (usually the 1st of the month), which is something which was also said in the December monthly letters. However in this strip from December 7, Liz says “Can you come here for Christmas?” She has a pause, and then Liz says, “Then…I’ll see you before New Year’s.” Based on tomorrow's strip, Paul's answer to Christmas was "No", so Liz continued on with her plans to visit Paul. Assuming this is true, then why are we seeing Elizabeth still at home on January 3?
The timeline of the daily strips as near as I can tell them is:
Monday, December 18 – Saturday, December, 23 + Monday, December 25 = The fire sequence all happened on Christmas Eve
Tuesday, December 26 – Saturday, December 30 = The visit with Weed and Mike’s return all happened late on Christmas Day
Monday, January 1 – today = One or two days after Christmas, while Mike, Deanna, John and Elly are at work.
So, what we see for today's strip is not January 3, but December 27 or 28 and still before New Year's. If you look back at old New Years's Eve party strips, they go on for sometimes 2 weeks after the New Year, so this situation is not without precedent.
In December, 2005, Constable Paul Wright was very nervous about his relationship with Liz when he saw Warren, so this strip could build on that uncertainty. Lynn Johnston stretches her story lines with little hints and bits over years so this is a possibility.
What we have is:
1. In John's monthly letter, he claimed Paul was from the sticks and wouldn't be able to uproot to the South.
2. Paul himself said he was not going to try very hard for his transfer, even though he supposedly has done it.
3. Mike Patterson remarked about how absence makes the heart go wander, implying Paul is fooling around with Susan Dokis.
4. Elly and John hint that Paul is not as supportive of Liz as Anthony Caine.
5. April says that coming to Mtigwaki early will be a surprise.
Where Lynn Johnston wants this to go is an amicable breakup. If Liz ever goes back to Mtigwaki again, she can't have bad feelings about Paul and Susan Dokis, and she can't have her Mtigwaki visit end on a sour note. A fiery breakup, like what happened with Eric Chamberlain, would be more fun. Imagine Liz and Susan armed with frying pans and beating on Paul. I expect the actual ending will have lots of words, not many pictures, and will make very little sense.
The timeline of the daily strips as near as I can tell them is:
Monday, December 18 – Saturday, December, 23 + Monday, December 25 = The fire sequence all happened on Christmas Eve
Tuesday, December 26 – Saturday, December 30 = The visit with Weed and Mike’s return all happened late on Christmas Day
Monday, January 1 – today = One or two days after Christmas, while Mike, Deanna, John and Elly are at work.
So, what we see for today's strip is not January 3, but December 27 or 28 and still before New Year's. If you look back at old New Years's Eve party strips, they go on for sometimes 2 weeks after the New Year, so this situation is not without precedent.
In December, 2005, Constable Paul Wright was very nervous about his relationship with Liz when he saw Warren, so this strip could build on that uncertainty. Lynn Johnston stretches her story lines with little hints and bits over years so this is a possibility.
What we have is:
1. In John's monthly letter, he claimed Paul was from the sticks and wouldn't be able to uproot to the South.
2. Paul himself said he was not going to try very hard for his transfer, even though he supposedly has done it.
3. Mike Patterson remarked about how absence makes the heart go wander, implying Paul is fooling around with Susan Dokis.
4. Elly and John hint that Paul is not as supportive of Liz as Anthony Caine.
5. April says that coming to Mtigwaki early will be a surprise.
Where Lynn Johnston wants this to go is an amicable breakup. If Liz ever goes back to Mtigwaki again, she can't have bad feelings about Paul and Susan Dokis, and she can't have her Mtigwaki visit end on a sour note. A fiery breakup, like what happened with Eric Chamberlain, would be more fun. Imagine Liz and Susan armed with frying pans and beating on Paul. I expect the actual ending will have lots of words, not many pictures, and will make very little sense.
posted by howard at 7:18 PM
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I expect the actual ending will have lots of words, not many pictures, and will make very little sense.
Ugh, I fear you're right. Again, bracing myself.
I am not bracing myself. It's snark heaven when Lynn does her hamfisted Elizabeth writing. I am going to enjoy every minute of stupendous stupidity.
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