Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for February 07, 2016

Make a believer out of Bernice?

Was that soon enough for ya, Bern?

I guess time to buy a sturdier mini table.

The destiny deck strikes again.

Until now, Bernice has been very respectful of Dez (unlike her treatment of Luann). So it seems out of character for Bernice to scoff at Dez’s card reading. Rather than assuming that the leg of the table collapsed because of an action taken by Luann, I’d prefer to look at this as ‘instant karma’ from the universe at large…

Something going to happen… I thought Piro & Tiffany were going to walk in – holding hands…

Of course unexpected involving Bernice. TIffany and Piro, Rosa (I keep thinking that will happen), something totally out of left field? Who knows? Oh the anticipation. The drama. Not boring contrary to some.

Having dealt with a few significant losses in my own life recently – my first thought was “surely Greg isn’t going to kill Bernice off?” But her eye is open, right? It’s a table leg failing that causes Bernice to collapse, not vice versa, right? More practically, they wouldn’t start such a major plot twist on the Sunday strip, right?

And THAT, Little Ms Bernice, Is Just for STARTERS!!!

Thanx. So many computer, laptop, tablet and phone issues. All falling apart at the same time. GRRRR

OOPS! there goes the table! and who knows what else is next for Bern. and we know Luann’s cards are next…………….tune in on Monday.

Never underestimate the power of the destiny cards.

If only you knew……… :-)

self-fulfilling prophesies

You might first think the Destiny DeckIs some sort of hokey New Age dreckBut if you would go back and checkThe cards, now twice, have been correctNow, I’m no psychic, but if I correctly discernI do believe that we will soon learnThat in the lives of both Luann and BernThe tables won’t break; they will turn!Happy Super Bowl Sunday, everyone, and Go Broncos!

That happened to all of them.

Damn Ikea

Bernie… Pride goeth, amateur psych whiz.

I guess Bernice fell asleep,or passed out?

This is another fine mess you’ve gotten me into.

At this point Bernice has been creepily accurate with the cards twice now. -————————————————————————Excuse me but I think it is Dez, not Bernice, who has been creepily acurate with the cards twice!

I wonder if Dez can use her cards to come up with the score of ‘Super Bowl 50’!

Bernice is becoming someone I no longer like.

Why thank you, sirYou’re very kind!I’m an amateurBut sometimes inclinedTo write some verseIf the readers don’t mind

And much like youI am very keenOn seeing orange and blueAnd number 18Pull this one through(Um…can’t think of a closing rhyme…where’s my caffeine?)

Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving person.

At least now they won’t have to drink that green glop and eat whatever weird food Dez was serving.

Bernice didn’t pay for her “date” with Gunther, but today lunch is on her.

I think unexpected things happen to most people every day. Life would be pretty boring if new things didn’t happen.

Thinking a bit more, the cards HAVE led to at least one plot theme before, so maybe again?Bernie has a complicated situation. She continues to try to live by the book, rather than living with observation and realism while noting where the rules and book-learning can be usefully applied. I doubt she is comfy with what she is doing, but have not seen an indication that she yet has any idea how to constructively explore a better path. Luckily, there have not been indications of escapism, though that can be a risk. I have seen in happen, as i suspect have others. If someone continually tries to pound a square peg into a round hole something just has to give. Then again, Bernie might just be up past her bedtime, and this coukd be a stand-alone. Who knows? I don’t.

I’d throw up if I was holding that nasty looking health food, too. Don’t blame the table.

All it takes for the gullible is one coincidence

You think worse of Bernice than I do. Of course, that is why i can worry for that character. Books get me involved that way, too, but the character development has to be tight.

I do believe that we will soon learnThat in the lives of both Luann and BernThe tables won’t break; they will turn! . . . ========IMO the return of Ben would do this nicely.

Thanks!

Ha! So much for “unexpected” .

Well created characters are not so two dimensional, neither as characters in comments nor as characters in comments.There is nothing wrong with being complex, and often a lot right with it. The Bernice character has much room to surprise on this score. I just hope it does not become from biochemical escapism eventually due to the frustrations of trying to be what no person can.

Sigh, can you tell that i have had a headache from my eye for two days? Not anything to worry about, just something which undermines my clarity some. Hey, i get to be three dimensional, too. Apologies for poor wording but i certainly hope that my well meant words have good results.

Naw, Bernice was leaning too much weight on it.

Not only does the table collapse (instant karma), but those yucky-looking green vegan (?) slurpies spill on Bernice, as does the bowl of whatever those things are—chickpeas? ( I don’t think it’s popcorn from Dez….)Never start calling the Destiny Deck bog(us), Bernie, unless you want to tempt Fate!

At least it came so she doesn’t need to worry anymore

Thank you for that. I find it one of your better posts for evidencing thought and more well roundedness.

As a former nurse (though not accustomed to examining comic characters, LOL!) I am worried about Bernice. Her body position, the sudden way she stopped talking, and her facial expression make me think she has something wrong and has suddenly passed out. I hope I’m wrong….

Well, there goes My faith in Ikea.

-What she was doing was snarking Luann’s love sick rants that never stopped. It got so bad that Bernice let her have it and walked out. Luann was being so selfish and didn’t care what Bernice was feeling

Someone who is ‘love sick’ as you describe it is kind of in a state that is close to mental illness. They aren’t being selfish. They are so absorbed in a delusion that they have no concept of reality.

Bernice claims to aspire to be a counselor, but will encounter many people who are completely absorbed by delusions such as love sickness, or persecution complexes or the like. If Bernice’s response to that kind of thing is sarcasm, she has chosen the wrong profession.

SPOILER ALERT

Meanwhile, back at The Fuse, Communication continues to confuse…

lol…