Trudging Down the Same Path
Michael was upset with himself when Deanna got engaged, and then he left her alone. Oddly enough, Deanna wanted Michael to ask her to wait for him. That was an odd strip when she said that as if to blame Michael for some wrongdoing, but after the business with Elizabeth and Anthony all over each other when Anthony was engaged to Thérèse, it was clear that engagements don’t mean “hands-off” as far as the FOOB ladies are concerned. I actually had respect for Michael back in those days, when he didn’t continue pursuing Deanna after he found she was engaged, but only considered it a possibility when she broke her own engagement. Elizabeth showed no such restraint with Anthony. The two of them hug and publicly fondle each other no matter what relationships they are in.
Now Elizabeth is kicking herself for waiting to ask Anthony to the wedding. If the wedding is far enough along so she has picked up her bridesmaid dress, then it has been awhile since Liz got that invitation. The thing about it is that the only reason she is considering Anthony, is because Warren is stuck working at Yellowknife for an extended period of time. Otherwise Anthony wouldn’t have even come up. She would invite Warren to the wedding, and see Anthony there with the accountant girl, and she would question whether or not she made the right decision to be with Warren instead of asking Anthony out after she broke up with Paul. After all, and I cannot emphasize this enough, Liz went home to Milborough because she learned Anthony had gotten a divorce. I am kind of sorry Lynn Johnston didn’t go for that plotline. It would be a lot more fun than Liz picking up Dennis North again to try make Anthony jealous, or whatever stupid thing is headed our way next. We’ll have to wait and see. Maybe we will luck out and Warren will magically show up just in time to take Liz to the wedding.
Now Elizabeth is kicking herself for waiting to ask Anthony to the wedding. If the wedding is far enough along so she has picked up her bridesmaid dress, then it has been awhile since Liz got that invitation. The thing about it is that the only reason she is considering Anthony, is because Warren is stuck working at Yellowknife for an extended period of time. Otherwise Anthony wouldn’t have even come up. She would invite Warren to the wedding, and see Anthony there with the accountant girl, and she would question whether or not she made the right decision to be with Warren instead of asking Anthony out after she broke up with Paul. After all, and I cannot emphasize this enough, Liz went home to Milborough because she learned Anthony had gotten a divorce. I am kind of sorry Lynn Johnston didn’t go for that plotline. It would be a lot more fun than Liz picking up Dennis North again to try make Anthony jealous, or whatever stupid thing is headed our way next. We’ll have to wait and see. Maybe we will luck out and Warren will magically show up just in time to take Liz to the wedding.
posted by howard at 10:03 PM
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That's interesting. I had forgotten that Deanna had told Michael that he should have said "wait" when he found out she was engaged. This is another recurring theme in Lynn's work, although I'm not sure yet what it indicates.
The art is so awful now, there is no way it is Lynn Johnston drawing it. However, she could still be writing it. She's getting ready to work up to the hybrid strip, which is specifically and intentionally supposed to comparison / contrast between Mike's family and Elly's family (reprint strips), so it could be part of that creatively to recycle all these things from past strips.
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