I mean, Ethan hasn’t exactly been a shining example of rationality and maturity, it took a lot of recent crap to tone that down and he still gows haywire… it’s the main source of comedic elements in the whole comic.
I suspect it is meant in kind jest… sometimes someone stuck in their own head really just needs to give their head and stop looking for ‘what if/but if/it could have been/etc’. Elijah’s situation had a tragic aspect to it. So did Ethan’s. What makes one different? Elijah was a different person (as each of us to another) and that’s the world and how we work. And the question I’d say to Ethan next would be: What can you do about it now – either directly or being better at what you do to help people down the road? If… Read more »
Yes, there have been a lot of comments and jokes about Ethan sanity and his attitude has been good those times , but now Ethan is talking about her sister and in these moments we don’t have the silly Ethan, but the serious one.
I now that he is pretending to relax Ethan, but maybe that is not the way this time
It’s a very fine line, you’re right. I would be extremely cautious trying to use humor if a stranger or someone I didn’t know super super well were venting like this to me. In this case though Lucas knows Ethan really well, and I think the point he’s making is that Ethan is who he is. Lucas is teasing him to remind him that, but he couldn’t have gone down the path Elijah did because it’s literally not the kind of person he is and his silliness and absurdity is a part of that. We’ll find out but I feel… Read more »
The Joker did that. He’s now making large payments of insanity-interest to everyone around him.
Oyee
7 hours ago
Rude (though fair)
JozMk.II
5 hours ago
Guess it’s Lucas’ turn to drop an insensitively inane bomb to Ethan’s drama for a change
Last edited 5 hours ago by JozMk.II
Drew
3 hours ago
Y’see? Glass half full!
Phoebe
3 hours ago
Reminds me of the “friend vs best friend” jokes.
“What if I lost my sanity?
Friend: You don’t have to worry about that!
Best friend: I mean, you can’t lose something you don’t have!”
Banjo
2 hours ago
A quick jab from a close friend can be a surprisingly comfortable thing, in a weird way.
Ducky
2 hours ago
As we’re discussing the death of a sibling, I want to promote a group that’s been extremely helpful in the 1.5 years since I lost my brother. The Compassionate Friends is a national organization for bereaved parents and siblings, with both local chapters and online meetings. If you have lost a child, grandchild, or sibling, you need not walk alone: there are, unfortunately, many of us who can be with you on your grief journey.
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Mayyyyybe not the best comment, even being his closest friend
I mean, Ethan hasn’t exactly been a shining example of rationality and maturity, it took a lot of recent crap to tone that down and he still gows haywire… it’s the main source of comedic elements in the whole comic.
I suspect it is meant in kind jest… sometimes someone stuck in their own head really just needs to give their head and stop looking for ‘what if/but if/it could have been/etc’. Elijah’s situation had a tragic aspect to it. So did Ethan’s. What makes one different? Elijah was a different person (as each of us to another) and that’s the world and how we work. And the question I’d say to Ethan next would be: What can you do about it now – either directly or being better at what you do to help people down the road? If… Read more »
Yes, there have been a lot of comments and jokes about Ethan sanity and his attitude has been good those times , but now Ethan is talking about her sister and in these moments we don’t have the silly Ethan, but the serious one.
I now that he is pretending to relax Ethan, but maybe that is not the way this time
It’s a very fine line, you’re right. I would be extremely cautious trying to use humor if a stranger or someone I didn’t know super super well were venting like this to me. In this case though Lucas knows Ethan really well, and I think the point he’s making is that Ethan is who he is. Lucas is teasing him to remind him that, but he couldn’t have gone down the path Elijah did because it’s literally not the kind of person he is and his silliness and absurdity is a part of that. We’ll find out but I feel… Read more »
Technically you can, there’s always debt.
Not if you declare sanity bankruptcy
(michael scott voice)
The Joker did that. He’s now making large payments of insanity-interest to everyone around him.
Rude (though fair)
Guess it’s Lucas’ turn to drop an insensitively inane bomb to Ethan’s drama for a change
Y’see? Glass half full!
Reminds me of the “friend vs best friend” jokes.
“What if I lost my sanity?
Friend: You don’t have to worry about that!
Best friend: I mean, you can’t lose something you don’t have!”
A quick jab from a close friend can be a surprisingly comfortable thing, in a weird way.
As we’re discussing the death of a sibling, I want to promote a group that’s been extremely helpful in the 1.5 years since I lost my brother. The Compassionate Friends is a national organization for bereaved parents and siblings, with both local chapters and online meetings. If you have lost a child, grandchild, or sibling, you need not walk alone: there are, unfortunately, many of us who can be with you on your grief journey.