Fay’s not too shy to envision herself on the stage. And she’s not too shy to mouth an actor’s lines in the audience. But she’s shy about talking to Axel.
Interestingly, many actors report during interviews that they are actually shy people. Playing a role brings them out of themselves and lets them become someone else so they can actually submerge the parts of themselves that they don’t care for under the personality of the character they are playing..
Better go catch him quick, Fay – he’s with that guy and he’s already got his lips puckered up and ready to go. Looks like the guy is telling him “Forget it, dude, not a chance”
Adolescence is like a pendulum swinging back and forth between insecurity and overconfidence. As we grow older, we don’t swing as far back and forth. Eventually most (some?) of us stop swinging and find maturity.
Maybe….just maybe, Fay isn’t apprehensive because of Axel. Maybe it’s because she realizes, or heard from Luann, that his friend just happens to be that “Stinky” kid from “Hey Arnold”. Or maybe she’s just afraid/intimidated by this small screen star, only because she just heard that this guy could be …Stinky….
Lets see if she gets the courage to talk to Axel. I bet he is just as shy as she is, but once the shyness dam breaks they will be fine. I also hope that we get to see Fay and Luann interacting a lot more going forward. It’s great to see Luann in this gentle loving role, she is just like parents, as is Brad. That has great results with people they interact with, LOVE.
While I am glad that Fay is confident “she could have done better” than the actual actor in the play… I still find it unpleasant that in yesterday’s installment it was seemingly “ok” by Luann, Fay, and Axel for Fay to be reciting lines out loud in a voice apparently loud enough to disturb others. I would have liked to have seen Luann show some sort of expression (a grimace perhaps?) to indicate that she was not comfortable with the ruckus that was caused by Fay reciting her lines out-loud… enough to disturb others.
And, again, while Fay’s improvement in confidence is a good thing for her, she may not realize that it is far different being on stage, and ACTING the lines with conviction and with stage movement and directions… so I am glad she “nailed” the text of the part…. but… I would have liked that given Fay’s own challenges with shyness, she would have felt and expressed a bit more empathy towards the actor who played Dorothy.
In terms of Greg’s drawing style today…. I really like how he has drawn Fay with a more upright posture…. it does a very good job of suggesting new found confidence that Fay is feeling about acting. Then he has the more “sloop-shouldered” Fay in silhouette in the last panel…. indicating a continued lack of confidence in speaking to her beloved Axel. Very, very nicely drawn details, Greg!!!
Hopefully, Sam Catchem and Dick Tracy barge in right now, looking for the Nitrates! // Oops! Wrong comic! // But I still think that would be the right outcome!
Seriously, I am of the opinion that this Axel character, at present, represents what’s wrong with Fay. Perhaps in future, perhaps even the near future, that would be a different story. But today? Methinks Fay should stay away!
From all the hate posted against Axel, I’d suggest the younger members of our viewing audience take it to heart that a first impression can be very important as to how you will be treated and reacted to in the world. With very very little evidence, many have condemned him to the pits of the undesirable.
Always know your room Fay. You might not want to criticize the actor who remembered the audition time, showed up for rehearsals and handled a special needs brat yelling in the audience while only dropping two lines, directly after the play, unless you want her overhearing you and returning the favor/becoming Fay’s Tiffany. At best, if this gets back to the director, he/she should really consider if he wants to work with a kid who’s being taught to criticize and ruffle cast members feathers (Fay) or a performer he’s worked with before and knows can get herself to auditions and cooperate (the girl playing Glinda). Not impressed Luann.
Templo S.U.D. about 7 years ago
as for the road of speaking to boys, good luck, Fay
GovernmentCheese about 7 years ago
This exercise would have been more amusing had they gone and seen Hamilton.
Carrots about 7 years ago
Maybe if Fay got in her fancy pink Glinda dress she could do it
Wizardgoat about 7 years ago
Fay’s not too shy to envision herself on the stage. And she’s not too shy to mouth an actor’s lines in the audience. But she’s shy about talking to Axel.
SactoSylvia about 7 years ago
Confidence in a fantasy world is one thing…. Confidence in real life is another thing entirely!
Vilyehm about 7 years ago
Green jacket interrupts.
Or…
Too many ways it could go tomorrow
Argythree about 7 years ago
Interestingly, many actors report during interviews that they are actually shy people. Playing a role brings them out of themselves and lets them become someone else so they can actually submerge the parts of themselves that they don’t care for under the personality of the character they are playing..
howtheduck about 7 years ago
And in just two short strips, Fay goes from being sweet and adorable to obnoxious and overconfident. Good job, Luann!
Peabody429 about 7 years ago
BORING!
Brdshtt Premium Member about 7 years ago
Better go catch him quick, Fay – he’s with that guy and he’s already got his lips puckered up and ready to go. Looks like the guy is telling him “Forget it, dude, not a chance”
Mordock999 Premium Member about 7 years ago
Jeeze, Luann!
Why RUIN Everything by Encouraging Fay to talk to some Joker That Doesn’t Knows/Cares, She even Exists???
Didn’t YOU “Learn” that Bitter Lesson from YOUR “Aaron Hill Days???”
someguy3 about 7 years ago
So, 1 strip left in the arc… I say she either does not talk or fails to get a facial expression.
Then we can go back to being rudely bickering with each other about whether being rude is ok.
Rosette about 7 years ago
Fay shouldn’t be knocking others down to build herself up. She’s involuntarily turning into a bully.
Wizardgoat about 7 years ago
Maybe Fay’s just graduated to the next plateau, so now Axel’s beneath her.
capricorn9th about 7 years ago
One more strip. Please get back to Gunther/Tiffany or Brad/Toni/Shannon.
Carole Athena Costa about 7 years ago
Adolescence is like a pendulum swinging back and forth between insecurity and overconfidence. As we grow older, we don’t swing as far back and forth. Eventually most (some?) of us stop swinging and find maturity.
Brdshtt Premium Member about 7 years ago
According to the posters in the first panel, Greg is playing today, and the score is 11 to 3.
kenhense about 7 years ago
Likely tomorrow we’ll see some interaction between Fay & Axel – then – jumping to another arc. Where’s Tara!
Jose_Muerte about 7 years ago
Meanwhile back at the fat dorm….
chris_weaver about 7 years ago
Under the circumstances, I can see how Fay might have trouble with that one line.
JayBluE about 7 years ago
Maybe….just maybe, Fay isn’t apprehensive because of Axel. Maybe it’s because she realizes, or heard from Luann, that his friend just happens to be that “Stinky” kid from “Hey Arnold”. Or maybe she’s just afraid/intimidated by this small screen star, only because she just heard that this guy could be …Stinky….
JayBluE about 7 years ago
“Once Shy, Twice Bitten”
“The Impossile Dream” (♬)
“Still Withers” (♩)
“Just The Too Many Of Us” (♬)
“The Difference Between A Telescope And A Microscope”
“Under Pressure” (♬)
“…But I Can’t Get Next To You…” (♪)
“Butterfly With A Net”
“A Tall Order For A Strawberry Shortcake”
“You Can Tuna Fish, But You Can’t Catch This One”
“Nothing To Fear…But Fear, Itself…And More Kardashian Shows…”
“Four Alarm Chilly”
“A Crowd Of Many, A Crowd Of One”
“Panic! At The ‘Just Go!’ " (♩)
“Uneasy, Like A Monday Morning” (♬)
or
“Intrepid, We Trust”
31768 about 7 years ago
looks like she forgot all her lines on panel #3. Lu Glinda to the rescue!
2Goldfish about 7 years ago
Ahhhh… this is so boring!
luann1212 about 7 years ago
Lets see if she gets the courage to talk to Axel. I bet he is just as shy as she is, but once the shyness dam breaks they will be fine. I also hope that we get to see Fay and Luann interacting a lot more going forward. It’s great to see Luann in this gentle loving role, she is just like parents, as is Brad. That has great results with people they interact with, LOVE.
Pipe Tobacco about 7 years ago
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While I am glad that Fay is confident “she could have done better” than the actual actor in the play… I still find it unpleasant that in yesterday’s installment it was seemingly “ok” by Luann, Fay, and Axel for Fay to be reciting lines out loud in a voice apparently loud enough to disturb others. I would have liked to have seen Luann show some sort of expression (a grimace perhaps?) to indicate that she was not comfortable with the ruckus that was caused by Fay reciting her lines out-loud… enough to disturb others.
And, again, while Fay’s improvement in confidence is a good thing for her, she may not realize that it is far different being on stage, and ACTING the lines with conviction and with stage movement and directions… so I am glad she “nailed” the text of the part…. but… I would have liked that given Fay’s own challenges with shyness, she would have felt and expressed a bit more empathy towards the actor who played Dorothy.
In terms of Greg’s drawing style today…. I really like how he has drawn Fay with a more upright posture…. it does a very good job of suggesting new found confidence that Fay is feeling about acting. Then he has the more “sloop-shouldered” Fay in silhouette in the last panel…. indicating a continued lack of confidence in speaking to her beloved Axel. Very, very nicely drawn details, Greg!!!
Cheapskate0 about 7 years ago
Hopefully, Sam Catchem and Dick Tracy barge in right now, looking for the Nitrates! // Oops! Wrong comic! // But I still think that would be the right outcome!
Cheapskate0 about 7 years ago
Seriously, I am of the opinion that this Axel character, at present, represents what’s wrong with Fay. Perhaps in future, perhaps even the near future, that would be a different story. But today? Methinks Fay should stay away!
Airman about 7 years ago
Everyone is lined up in front of the door that is marked “Greg”. I do hope its a ladies’ room because there is always such a shortage of them.
Jose_Muerte about 7 years ago
Jose is being forced to read this arc and comments as punishment for being bad, bad, bad.
fchism5 about 7 years ago
Actually, and I may be looking at this way to hard. But it looks like he is looking back at her.
Schrodinger's Dog about 7 years ago
From all the hate posted against Axel, I’d suggest the younger members of our viewing audience take it to heart that a first impression can be very important as to how you will be treated and reacted to in the world. With very very little evidence, many have condemned him to the pits of the undesirable.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace about 7 years ago
Separate the personal and professional and ignore those who insist you never should.
kittysquared Premium Member about 7 years ago
I nailed my lines? Are you kidding me? Sitting in the audience and whispering…yeah, that’s acting. Great job. Just ridiculous.
Luanaphile about 7 years ago
Wondering how Fay’s mum would feel about Luann abetting this relationship.
Sisyphos about 7 years ago
“On stage” is one thing. “Up close and personal” is very much another. Ask any of the many introverted professional actors….
Schrodinger's Dog about 7 years ago
What if the guy who was shooshing her in the theater hits on Luann?
astahl2003 about 7 years ago
Always know your room Fay. You might not want to criticize the actor who remembered the audition time, showed up for rehearsals and handled a special needs brat yelling in the audience while only dropping two lines, directly after the play, unless you want her overhearing you and returning the favor/becoming Fay’s Tiffany. At best, if this gets back to the director, he/she should really consider if he wants to work with a kid who’s being taught to criticize and ruffle cast members feathers (Fay) or a performer he’s worked with before and knows can get herself to auditions and cooperate (the girl playing Glinda). Not impressed Luann.