She was a plain girl in middle school. Quill didn’t date a plain girl, and Jack the jock didn’t get interested in a plain girl. She doesn’t dress as if she’s going out on a date around the house or at the day care, but she’s drawn as a pretty girl with thick blond hair, height and weight proportionate and a nice smile.
It’s just gentle humor about the gap between what we imagine and what can really happen. If that was a Regency romance, Lily probably lives in England, where summers are (or were) not as hot as in some parts of the U.S. People who don’t like Bernice will always say that she looks bad or is bad, no matter what she does. She put on a cute, picnic appropriate outfit. Luann’s makeup will probably melt. It’s nice to see them doing something fun and different together. And it’s creepy when commenters slaver over the drawn body and features of a cartoon 19-teen-year-old who still lives with her parents and best friend from elementary school.
Bernice looks as if she’s actually going on a picnic in the park. Luann — more like going to the club. But it’s nice to see them having fun together…hope the park is not somehow a disaster.
Do we know if either Luann or Bernice is working? Not that they shouldn’t have days off, but most college students have summer jobs, whether they’re paying for expenses or internships for experience.
Or is he planning to enlist to get out of his family situation?