Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for May 01, 2016

I hate the Sunday comics

You dare mock the book, Bernice?

Bernice’s interpretation of the meaning of that nightmare is probably the better of the two…

Once more into the inflated air head breach.(Sorry, Quillfans, but it was too visually obvious not to say.)This image also raises the question of whether the prickly one will eventually pop his own inflated ego and float down to rejoin the rest of the world.

But Dez can fix it all with her destiny deck of cards, right?

“I had this weird dream. What do you think it means?”“It means you were sleeping.”

At least Lu is in a Vader costume, not naked.

Luanakin?

I’m with Bernice on this one.

Hey, what’s with this Silly “New-Age Dream Interpretation” Hoo Doo, Lu?

I THOUGHT You had “M-AT-U-R-E-D??”

Rather than being a boring Sunday episode, this one seems loaded, and fully in keeping with the daily thread. It suggests that deep in her subconscious, Luann feels that she is being seduced down a dark path, and away from her true self. Pru has been encouraging her to steel herself against old emotions about Quill, while sending her to New York for fun, and subtly introducing her to gay culture in the process. Just like Palpatine in Star Wars flattered Anakin to pump him up, Pru has been pumping up Luannakin about being so grown up due to her new non-Quill/non-man focus. Luann has been getting high off it, and is eating out of Pru’s hand. The obvious outcome of that path, taken to conclusion, is Luann in a relationship with Pru. But if that outcome is not in line with Luann’s true nature, then it’s a dark side for her. This is also very much like the 2013 film, Oz the Great and Powerful. Evanora, a dark-haired witch, turned her younger sister to the dark side by getting her to steel her heart against a man for whom she once had felt love. That film may well have inspired the Pru thread from the start.

I’ve always said that MPQ has no real substance!

He’s also full of hot air!

Many years ago I dreamed that I was lying between the rails of a track and was being slowly crushed by a diesel locomotive. The driver blew the horn which went “meow”.

Quills and balloons usually don’t go together very well.

While there is something to be said for dream analysis, usually the simplest answer is the best…My vote goes with Bernice’s explanation.

Bernice is probably right but still the book is a fun reference., like horoscopes. Why people have to judge makes me laugh. I often get my full blown Christian friends upset when i point out that Christianity is founded on a belief system that is based on impossibilities. In earlier times I would have been boiled in oil. And before anyone has a conniption, I am not anti-Christian. I was raised as one. but my father in law was a minister with a doctorate in theology, and we often discussed the similarities and differences of various religions. I mean any faith is a matter of CHOICE, which when chosen becomes ‘fact’ for the believer. Faith is believing in what cannot be proven, and trusting in that belief. In fact in the Christian mass, there is something called the Nicene Creed or Apostles Creed, where basically the entire belief system is reaffirmed as a mission statement, but the the first 2 words are either ‘I believe’ or We believe’. BELIEVE, not KNOW. And lastly, living by Christian MORALITY standards is not a bad thing, so long as you keep in mind that not everyone else IS one, and their beliefs are as valid as yours so long as you don’t impose them on others, and they don’t cause harm to the believers or non-believers. Atheists and agnostics are believers in a way too. They are believers in facts that can be proven. Also science and religion do not HAVE to be mutually exclusive. I know I will be attacked on this anyway.

So basically my long-winded editorial was about Dez’s book being ONE interpretation reference. Tarot cards are often used fro things like that, Religious books are also used for the same, as are resources like professional therapists, and clergy. I’m just saying that Luann probably said something like " wow I had the weirdest dream last night! It was so vivid though." and Dez grabbed her book, and said “let’s see what this says” and off they went.

One to many Shirley Temples.

Google Translate to the rescue. I think it means Happy May Day!

I suspect it means that either Sallymargaret’s computer is infected, or her GoComics account has been highjacked.

There are many ways to see this cartoon today. There is the straight forward joke of snack food vs. incredibly generalized symbolism. There is the faith in generalized symbolism rather than individualized situational considerations. There is a resemblance of the elf to an actual person. Quill floats (away?) but at the same time is an inflated airhead and multiple individuals, and the pun w his name might have him a danger to himself in that state (which is true for people who inflate themselves, anyway). Luann’s body shape and setting go back to her insecure childhood. Like everyone she might also have some guilt about the personal growth she is just beginning to explore? King Kong? No idea, but His head and hands are more human like than gorilla like so i wonder if that might have been on purpose.

I wrote down my dreams one summer during high school. A lot of them were about the school bus, mostly missing the bus.

Archeology Fan, i put a link to a half hour talk at the American Museum (yes, NYC) in yesterday’s posts for you near the end.

No, don’t eat chocolate before going to bed.

It means Christ is Risen.

I don’t know about the rest, but a bus must mean inclusion. It’s short for omnibus, “carries everything”.The group of volunteers my stepson went to Ecuador with was always referred to as his omnibus.

Interpretation of this dream is a dream: *1)she feels evil for dumping Quill and then going out and having a good time. King Kong, or some other monster, is going to make her pay.*2) She knows she should ride roughshod over the kids she supervises, but they continue to want to be around her. Especially the ones that look like Quill.*The key to dream interpretation is to first know what the person is worried about and what s/he is hoping for. Then make up a story.

“Or it means you shouldn’t eat flaming-hot nacho snax right before bed.”

Especially if you’re going to have your head under the blanket.

A good Sunday comic for once.

Interpretation: Team Evans is commenting about how they feel about the tendency for people to over analyze the strip. Especially about Luann as Darth Vader. Given that I was criticized lately for ascribing nasty intentions to Luann in a recent strip, I wonder if it’s less about Luann feeling evil than it is about Team Evans feeling she is overly vilified sometimes. She is riding the school bus because the strip is supported by readers who sometimes act in childish ways. I’m not serious about this interpretation, but these thoughts did come to mind, for good or for bad. And if my interpretation were somehow correct against all the odds, I would applaud Team Evans for it:)

How long will the tease continue before Quill crawls back and apologizes to Luann?

Simple answer: He won’t, so stop asking that question. Phrasing it differently each time does not increase the likelihood of the answer changing.

Alethos anesti!

“I am your girlfriend, Quill!”Everyone stops when the schoolbus stops. Stop!(Darn those hot nachos!)

That’s easy for you to say, Comrade.

Good job. I too like IJBE’s work. Get better.

I’m always telling the kids not to sit on top of the school bus.So far, so good.

King Kong is Brad and the elf is Elwood Druit? Luann and Quinn pictured.

sorry, Quill I meant to write. typo in comment above

For me the elf is who Knute was in school.

I still think that Arron is coming back at some point.

Well, it is probably time i beat you to something here. Right? :-)

One thing that dreams do do (and yes I meant to repeat those transitive verbs exactly that way) is reflect subconsciously what happens consciously to the dreamer. Interpreting them is both a subject of science, and spirituality, or mysticism, however you look at it. So I will interpret them as much as anyone else could: Luann has had a lot happening, her love interest is floating away, its seems that crazy things over which she has no control keeps mucking things up, although the green gorilla I have nothing. The bus might represent school/college. Anyway this is her subconscious mind, and all of us have dreams we cannot figure out, but they generally involve basic themes. such as lack of control, or fear, or longing, or who knows. All I do know is that this is nice Sunday comic in Luannverse.

Disagree. Dreams are a magic mirror that never lies. While others can help the dreamer interpret his/her dreams by starting out “If it was my dream….” and offering insights that might case he dreamer to have an “Aha!” moment, only the dreamer can properly interpret the dream—and that may not be able to be done the day after the dream. Some of the most far-out images turn out to be very much on target when the “Aha!” moment hits. Check out the books of Jeremy Taylor if you’re really interested in the world of dreams.

SPOILER

Moving on to a bold new arc

SPOILER ALERT III

LOL! Only if the reader believes. (And maybe so; didn’t Luann just dream about an elf?)

Good grief! Bernice is a psychology student and yet doesn’t know that dream study is integral to it? If she wants to grump about something, she should call Dez on how unethical dream-dictionaries are.

From the ethics statement of the International Association for the Study of Dreamse:

“Systems of dreamwork that assign authority or knowledge of the dream’s meanings to someone other than the dreamer can be misleading, incorrect, and harmful. Ethical dreamwork helps the dreamer work with his/her own dream images, feelings, and associations, and guides the dreamer to more fully experience, appreciate, and understand the dream.”

funny

I miss Quill. He and Luann were great together.