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Compromise!

Well, not so much a compromise, but rather a reasonable option for them to do. Look, I had to choose some brief words or other to put up there.

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Compromise!

Well, not so much a compromise, but rather a reasonable option for them to do. Look, I had to choose some brief words or other to put up there.

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Always Three, There Are…

"Wait, I thought it was two." "You're thinking of Sith." "They're not Sith?"

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Always Three, There Are…

"Wait, I thought it was two." "You're thinking of Sith." "They're not Sith?"

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"How can you enjoy that fictional couple? It's so toxic!"

"It's also fictional."

"Yeah, but you like it. That suggests you'd like it in real life, too."

"One, no it doesn't, two, don't you really like a bunch of violent slasher movies?"

"Yeah. Why?"

#dan shive says stuff

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Schedule conflict

The schedule conflict has nothing to do with Susan and Jay. It's actually two anthropomorphic TV schedules kickboxing each other.

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Uh, isn't Jay REALLY Against Cheating though? I thought that she kinda blew up at someone for abusing magic to win- isn't it a touch hypocritical to use magic to cheat grades?

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Jay's not claiming to be using magic in today's EGSNP. She's considering magic as a possible explanation for why she's so good at multiple choice tests.

Her point is that, if she was using magic, she wasn't doing it on purpose, but it would explain a lot.

As for her getting mad at AJ, Jay's initial hostility towards AJ came about due to a misinterpreting his spell as reading her mind. The thought of mental invasion was what set her off. She barely cared about the spell itself upon learning what it actually did.

After that, she was prepared to simply play the game as normal with no animosity towards AJ, but then she overheard AJ insulting her. That, and her general mood in that moment, was what set her off the second time.

In short, we don't really know how Jay feels about cheating. Given her personality and history, however, it's likely highly contextual. I will, however, boldly declare that she'd be against cheating in a friendly game.

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Schedule conflict

The schedule conflict has nothing to do with Susan and Jay. It's actually two anthropomorphic TV schedules kickboxing each other.

#el goonish shive #egs new comics #webcomics #egsnp

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Part 2 of Grace's Master Plan

I'm a bit tired, let's all pretend there's a clever joke about some sort of ridiculous plan Grace had here.

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Part 2 of Grace's Master Plan

I'm a bit tired, let's all pretend there's a clever joke about some sort of ridiculous plan Grace had here.

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A DREAM?!

Shocked electric squirrel Grace face.

Don't mind me, just killing my darlings.

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No no, it's a term that refers to editing out things you like or worked hard on because, ultimately, they don't contribute well, if at all, to the story.

😗

Did you think it referred to killing off characters just to meet some sort of writing quota?

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#dan shive says stuff #writing #assumptions by way of literal interpretation

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A DREAM?!

Shocked electric squirrel Grace face.

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The Conundrum of Aerial Combat

Don't tell anyone, but they're not actually flying. There's just string keeping them aloft.

danshive

I removed Grace thinking "darn sun…" from this page. It's enough for impending continuity that she squints. Drawing extra attention to it just made the page more confusing.