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The readers were given at least two other opportunities to choose which boy Luann would wind up with. As mentioned by someone above, Aaron won a poll when readers voted on who Luann should go with to the prom, but Greg had Gunther go with her and then wrote Aaron out of the strip. Some years later there was a vote as to who Luann would marry, and the vote was for Quill. (At the time Greg made a rather nice drawing showing their future life with two kids and Luann I believe working as a teacher.) Then the cartoonists broke up the couple and wrote Quill out of the strip. The Sheriff is probably right that the Evanses pay no attention to the readers when they create the strip, but in that case why have the polls at all?
I’m puzzled as to why anyone who clearly has the opposite political views of this cartoonist and general readership would be here instead of on a more compatible strip such as Mallard Fillmore.
This is one of a series of strips that reminds me of how girls aren’t taught to say “no” when they want to, but try to somehow be “nice” about it (although this situation is more awkward than most). Gunther, at least when young, was not one to pick up on subtle clues like “clearly she’s not into you”. I wish that Nancy had taught Luann that old saw “I like you Gunther but I think we would be better off as friends.” Aaron really is beside the point here.
Back to the cartoon, how did Boopsie’s idea of texting BD during a (game?) time out resolve the issue of trying to get his advice during a firefight?
That’s part of growing up. In the immortal words of Captain Kirk, there are a million things you can have in this galaxy and a million you can’t. It’s a painful lesson to learn but they’ll both survive.
Actually I made my comment because for years people criticized Luann for her unrequited obsession with Aaron but felt that she should instead reward Gunther for his unrequited obsession with her and get romantically involved with him whether she wanted to or not. In reality they’re both acting like very young people with their first crush which won’t pan out but which won’t be the end of the world if they don’t get what they want.
At which point I’m sure that Gunther understood that Luann wasn’t interested in him and thus, in a mature fashion, set his sights on other girls in school who might be more receptive to him romantically.
The readers were given at least two other opportunities to choose which boy Luann would wind up with. As mentioned by someone above, Aaron won a poll when readers voted on who Luann should go with to the prom, but Greg had Gunther go with her and then wrote Aaron out of the strip. Some years later there was a vote as to who Luann would marry, and the vote was for Quill. (At the time Greg made a rather nice drawing showing their future life with two kids and Luann I believe working as a teacher.) Then the cartoonists broke up the couple and wrote Quill out of the strip. The Sheriff is probably right that the Evanses pay no attention to the readers when they create the strip, but in that case why have the polls at all?