Many years ago, a friend of mine, who had an abundance of freckles (about which they were very self conscious), happened to be at a party and a very drunk person came up to them and said, “Oh, wow, I like love your freckles! Your freckles are so sexy, I wanna count your freckles!”
They were not so self conscious about their freckles thereafter.
(And to be fair, their freckles were pretty sexy…).
Sacrilege! Red heads have the best freckles. It is scientific fact and religious doctrine rolled into one. Or many. Depends on the freckles.
Maddie B
All freckles are beautiful.
RoyanRannedos
All freckles matter.
Doopyboop
How about freckles on someone with dark brown hair?
Signed, a dark brown haired person with freckles all over the face, shoulders, and arms. For real though it was hilarious, I worked with kids and one little girl looked at the freckles on my forearm and we had the following exchange.
“That’s dirty, you need to take a bath.”
“Oh that’s not dirt, hon, those are freckles. See? *rubs at arm, freckle stays put*”
“Ohhh. I don’t have freckles. I just have face.”
Theluxland
I had freckles on my face when I was younger but they are now gone. Only the ones on my arms remained and I though for the longest time I wasn’t taking a bath properly and when ask my mom she was ”Honey are you stupid?”
Freckles are scars from severe sunburn, and a potential starting point for skin cancer. I can’t consider them any cuter than the scars from physical child abuse.
(Boy that should raise a few hackles.
after looking at a characters list: also Beatrice, Deborah Keener, Adinah Jackson, Bonnie MacIntyre, Guns
Cholma
Don’t tell anyone, but I think Willis likes freckles. After he saw Terry Farrell portray “Dax”, who is a Trill with spotted skin, on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, he found his new love.
Or was that me? It’s so long ago, I can’t remember.
clif
Long ago? It’s only been … (Looks at current date.) Nevermind.
Decidedly Orthogonal
We’re closer to DS9’s in-universe construction, than to the start of the series.
(not actually, but it felt like the time to say it.)
Canada isn’t all a frozen wasteland in winter. It is a big country with several different climates, southern Ontario/Quebec doesn’t get all that cold, just a lot of snow. Lower mainland British Columbia panics if more than a few snowflakes fall, and winter is just a time that you cut the grass twice a month instead of weekly. Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba don’t even start to put on light jackets until it is -20.
Needfuldoer
She’s from Kaladar, Ontario, about halfway between Ottawa and Toronto. I assumed it would have kind of the same winter climate as northern Vermont and upstate New York. (Sort of like Buffalo but without the lake effect snow.)
At the very least it must be colder than it’s been here in the Rhode Island area. It was 50 freedom degrees outside today.
Billie can tell Asher he’s free on the way through the lounge.
Jason can watch.
Dante
I have no idea why, but I’m like. CERTAIN. Jason would be into it. While tied up. As Jennifer mocks him to his face.
I had like, A Vision.
Miri
Actually, Ruth, Jason and Jennifer as a polycule where he gets dominated the hell out of by both girls sounds like it would work really well on most levels… But I think there’s probably quite a large age gap between him and Jennifer? Like, he’s been old enough to bartend all “year” (I think? Although cast page indicates change of profession rather than that he was supporting his income previously…). Ruth is just about 21 (think she’s just had her birthday? Was that the disastrous date with Jennifer’s boss?) but 21 and (say) 24 or 25 is a relatively small gap. Cusp of 20/21 and 18/19 is only a year and was only problematic because Ruth being an RA meant there was an inherent power gap – age difference itself is tiny.
But 18/19 and living away from home from the first time, and (probably) 24/25 and living in a foreign country, negotiating international work visas, etc, seem like reasonably different life stages…
morleuca
Minimum age to tend bar in Indiana is 21
Li
I’m pretty sure Jason was established as not being Much Older than Sal way back when. Willis answered an ask about it or something. It was a whole “yes there’s some problematic here but it’s the TA position and her thinking she was sleeping with him for grades, not a big age gap” thing.
anonymsly
Jason’s a grad student iirc, meaning he’s 21-22 at youngest, and I personally wouldn’t put him much older than that since a lot of stuff that would have been happening the whole time (Penny sleeping with students, mostly) were new/unfamiliar to him, indicating that he hadn’t been a TA that long. I’d guess ceiling age 23, or about 4-5 years older than Jennifer depending on whether she’s 18 or 19.
Morleuca
I’m going to say this is his first year as a TA and as a grad student. And I’d put him at 21 shortly before the fall semester started
zee
He’s like 22 isn’t he?
Decidedly Orthogonal
Yotomoe we need you! Someone light the Yoto-Signal. Or throw stupid money at Willis. Or something!
I can hear Ruth’s voice in that last panel. And at the risk of sounding repetitive, god they miss each other so much the UST is insane, I can’t even. Thank you (???) Dorothy for putting an end to this clownery.
I’m kinda picturing Jennifer now, realizing Dorothy has freckles like in those teen movies where the Love Interest realizes the Protagonist was ~beautiful all along.~ (Those makeovers were always such a downgrade imho TwT)
hey you’re an absolute sweetie thank you for your adorable message yesterday <3 <3 <3 (not sure what i've implied but i'm happy you like the implications too haha <3)
MILU MILU I HOPE YOU SEE THIS, I’m replying here because you aren’t around for the next strip yet (timezones, I bet) but I’ll do a copypasta tomorrow (Saturday) just in case if you don’t ;DD
SO. IMPLICATIONS!!!Well, for starters, there’s the drawing orgies ;DD BUT DLGJFSK. More seriously — It’s about how much you care about other human beings.
It’s unusual to find someone whose self-care may involve activism and I think that’s incredibly cool! A++ on the dinosaurs, the ACAB, and the Palestine solidarity (in French! Are you French or Canadian?) And hey, if you gave this to your parents, this also means they’re pretty cool too? So idk, I was like “wow, how nice to have met this person” :’33
Ruth’s lip bite in the last panel means it’s a close one as to who breaks things off first, between Jennifer and Asher. Seeing as how they’re both one well-timed sneeze away from cheating.
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Ana Chronistic
“yeah, but HERS look STUPIDT”
anon
“stupid sexy freckles”
RoyanRannedos
It’s like she’s wearing no sleeves at all!
Weatherheight
Many years ago, a friend of mine, who had an abundance of freckles (about which they were very self conscious), happened to be at a party and a very drunk person came up to them and said, “Oh, wow, I like love your freckles! Your freckles are so sexy, I wanna count your freckles!”
They were not so self conscious about their freckles thereafter.
(And to be fair, their freckles were pretty sexy…).
Yotomoe
Yeah but they look WAY better on her!
Sirksome
Blonde freckles superior to red head freckles?
Dante
….. We cannot agree in this one, my good scholar.
Rose by Any Other Name
Sacrilege! Red heads have the best freckles. It is scientific fact and religious doctrine rolled into one. Or many. Depends on the freckles.
Maddie B
All freckles are beautiful.
RoyanRannedos
All freckles matter.
Doopyboop
How about freckles on someone with dark brown hair?
Signed, a dark brown haired person with freckles all over the face, shoulders, and arms. For real though it was hilarious, I worked with kids and one little girl looked at the freckles on my forearm and we had the following exchange.
“That’s dirty, you need to take a bath.”
“Oh that’s not dirt, hon, those are freckles. See? *rubs at arm, freckle stays put*”
“Ohhh. I don’t have freckles. I just have face.”
Theluxland
I had freckles on my face when I was younger but they are now gone. Only the ones on my arms remained and I though for the longest time I wasn’t taking a bath properly and when ask my mom she was ”Honey are you stupid?”
Ana Chronistic
Meanwhile, I’m growing them… there’s one in my eyelid D=
Opus the Poet
Freckles are scars from severe sunburn, and a potential starting point for skin cancer. I can’t consider them any cuter than the scars from physical child abuse.
(Boy that should raise a few hackles.
Adam Black
Late late comic
NGPZ
ooolala Jennifer XD
Sirksome
A lot of girls in this comic have visible freckles actually. Or maybe it’s just three.
Thag Simmons
Three can be a lot.
Yotomoe
More than I know. Actually I can’t name one I know personally.
Casi
Dottie, Ruth, and.. Tall Rachel i think?
Sirksome
I was thinking Dorothy, Ruth, and Becky. Does tall, spiteful, Rachel have freckles too?
RassilonTDavros
She does. So that makes four.
Schpoonman
I’m so happy people are using “Tall Rachel”.
HueSatLight
Ruth, Dorothy, Becky, Rachel, Penny, Vivian.
plus Malaya
HueSatLight
after looking at a characters list: also Beatrice, Deborah Keener, Adinah Jackson, Bonnie MacIntyre,
GunsCholma
Don’t tell anyone, but I think Willis likes freckles. After he saw Terry Farrell portray “Dax”, who is a Trill with spotted skin, on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, he found his new love.
Or was that me? It’s so long ago, I can’t remember.
clif
Long ago? It’s only been … (Looks at current date.) Nevermind.
Decidedly Orthogonal
We’re closer to DS9’s in-universe construction, than to the start of the series.
(not actually, but it felt like the time to say it.)
HueSatLight
Bell Riots in 8 months.
shadowcell
looking forward to seeing incongruous skin at coachella this year
Yotomoe
They’re on after Babydoll Tee, right?
Dante
No, no, that one’s going to Lollapalooza. Here we’ve got only Titty Shirt (it’s pop punk).
Yotomoe
Oh yeah I heard of them! I think the lead Singer actually got her start in Stupid Freckles before starting her own band.
Megan Rivera
I love this thread so much ♥
shadowcell
oh is there a band?
Decidedly Orthogonal
Yep. They’re on tour, and Whoosh is openning for them.
(Sorry, it was just a great setup. At least I *think* they’re all joking about band names. Maybe I’m the one being whooshed! ?)
Cattleprod
Form an alliance against the freckle-less one. Freckless.
True Survivor
I think that would be fun, but feckless.
PirateTawnee
will they heckle her?
Miri
No, for they are heckless. They have no hecks to give…
Autocorrect does not appreciate this line of punning. Rude! ?
morleuca
Quick! Someone grab a ukulele!
Decidedly Orthogonal
Did Danny ever put it down?
Morleuca
I can see him doing covers of Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq
Amós Batista
Jennifer loves her freckles so much..
Needfuldoer
She does NOT.
(Yes she does.)
StClair
These two.
(Three, I suppose.)
Sirksome
IU must have a pretty good heating and air system.
Needfuldoer
Or maybe Ruth just runs warm; she is Canadian…
Roborat
Canada isn’t all a frozen wasteland in winter. It is a big country with several different climates, southern Ontario/Quebec doesn’t get all that cold, just a lot of snow. Lower mainland British Columbia panics if more than a few snowflakes fall, and winter is just a time that you cut the grass twice a month instead of weekly. Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba don’t even start to put on light jackets until it is -20.
Needfuldoer
She’s from Kaladar, Ontario, about halfway between Ottawa and Toronto. I assumed it would have kind of the same winter climate as northern Vermont and upstate New York. (Sort of like Buffalo but without the lake effect snow.)
At the very least it must be colder than it’s been here in the Rhode Island area. It was 50 freedom degrees outside today.
Red
This is going well
John Campbell
Seriously, ladies, just go back to Ruth’s room and bang it out.
Invite Dorothy if you want to.
Nono
They both have boyfriends, I hope not.
John Campbell
Billie can tell Asher he’s free on the way through the lounge.
Jason can watch.
Dante
I have no idea why, but I’m like. CERTAIN. Jason would be into it. While tied up. As Jennifer mocks him to his face.
I had like, A Vision.
Miri
Actually, Ruth, Jason and Jennifer as a polycule where he gets dominated the hell out of by both girls sounds like it would work really well on most levels… But I think there’s probably quite a large age gap between him and Jennifer? Like, he’s been old enough to bartend all “year” (I think? Although cast page indicates change of profession rather than that he was supporting his income previously…). Ruth is just about 21 (think she’s just had her birthday? Was that the disastrous date with Jennifer’s boss?) but 21 and (say) 24 or 25 is a relatively small gap. Cusp of 20/21 and 18/19 is only a year and was only problematic because Ruth being an RA meant there was an inherent power gap – age difference itself is tiny.
But 18/19 and living away from home from the first time, and (probably) 24/25 and living in a foreign country, negotiating international work visas, etc, seem like reasonably different life stages…
morleuca
Minimum age to tend bar in Indiana is 21
Li
I’m pretty sure Jason was established as not being Much Older than Sal way back when. Willis answered an ask about it or something. It was a whole “yes there’s some problematic here but it’s the TA position and her thinking she was sleeping with him for grades, not a big age gap” thing.
anonymsly
Jason’s a grad student iirc, meaning he’s 21-22 at youngest, and I personally wouldn’t put him much older than that since a lot of stuff that would have been happening the whole time (Penny sleeping with students, mostly) were new/unfamiliar to him, indicating that he hadn’t been a TA that long. I’d guess ceiling age 23, or about 4-5 years older than Jennifer depending on whether she’s 18 or 19.
Morleuca
I’m going to say this is his first year as a TA and as a grad student. And I’d put him at 21 shortly before the fall semester started
zee
He’s like 22 isn’t he?
Decidedly Orthogonal
Yotomoe we need you! Someone light the Yoto-Signal. Or throw stupid money at Willis. Or something!
Thag Simmons
Jennifer’s current boyfriend status is questionable, and the next book is called “trystin’ in the wind”
Needfuldoer
So we’re finally going to meet the boy Joyce was crushing on back at home in church, what does that have to do with Ruthifer?
Dante
I can hear Ruth’s voice in that last panel. And at the risk of sounding repetitive, god they miss each other so much the UST is insane, I can’t even. Thank you (???) Dorothy for putting an end to this clownery.
I’m kinda picturing Jennifer now, realizing Dorothy has freckles like in those teen movies where the Love Interest realizes the Protagonist was ~beautiful all along.~ (Those makeovers were always such a downgrade imho TwT)
milu
hey you’re an absolute sweetie thank you for your adorable message yesterday <3 <3 <3 (not sure what i've implied but i'm happy you like the implications too haha <3)
Dante
MILU MILU I HOPE YOU SEE THIS, I’m replying here because you aren’t around for the next strip yet (timezones, I bet) but I’ll do a copypasta tomorrow (Saturday) just in case if you don’t ;DD
SO. IMPLICATIONS!!!Well, for starters, there’s the drawing orgies ;DD BUT DLGJFSK. More seriously — It’s about how much you care about other human beings.
It’s unusual to find someone whose self-care may involve activism and I think that’s incredibly cool! A++ on the dinosaurs, the ACAB, and the Palestine solidarity (in French! Are you French or Canadian?) And hey, if you gave this to your parents, this also means they’re pretty cool too? So idk, I was like “wow, how nice to have met this person” :’33
I hope you’re having a great day!!
Hazel
Ruth’s lip bite in the last panel means it’s a close one as to who breaks things off first, between Jennifer and Asher. Seeing as how they’re both one well-timed sneeze away from cheating.
Bryy
….. huh. I actually totally see Jennifer cheating with Ruth as some sort of fucked up way to try to keep authority.
Suet
Oh no the stakeout’s ruined! Scatter!
At least the AD is gone