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Missing Pieces, p16

September 9, 2024 by Tim

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Right now you show your interest by pledging $2; if we hit our mark, that $2 will be credited against the cost of the plushie. If we don’t hit our mark, you get your $2 back.

If this goes well, we’ll pick other characters to try and plushify!


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Nono
Nono
24 days ago

He’s almost too understanding.

Just waiting for the other shoe to drop, because this is a webcomic and we can’t have that nice thing forever.

austindorf
austindorf
24 days ago
Reply to  Nono

This. it’s almost TOO perfect.

Darkhorse
Darkhorse
24 days ago
Reply to  austindorf

Not sure what is ‘too perfect’. Lucas is still in rough water. Personally he still needs to get a grip on being open to a serious relationship. His principles are also under attack, as cops are an agrred on forbidden fruit. It was his idea. He knows this can become a **major** problem downbthe line if they go superheroing again. Even without the principles it is a potential friction point with Ethan. Ethan will probably want to support Lucas in his new view on relationships, do it might be all right. That being said, Ethan has missed his shot with… Read more »

Last edited 24 days ago by Darkhorse
Apple Norris
Apple Norris
24 days ago
Reply to  Nono

He probably had similar thoughts in previous relationships. Working as a policeman is dangerous, after all.

Lordy
Lordy
24 days ago
Reply to  Apple Norris

Yesterday my neighbor suddenly collapsed and I was called over to help. We tried CPR but unfortunately to no avail, even though the ambulance arrived in a few minutes. Then the crew asked me to stay because they needed to call the police, etc., and having someone not hysterical around helped to speed up the process… so I’ve had the pleasure of chatting with police officers for like 5 hours. I feel that police officers meet SO MUCH IRL cr*p first-hand that they need to handle things such as this in a stride, otherwise their job would break them mentally… Read more »

leduk
leduk
23 days ago
Reply to  Lordy

No. Firemen, nurses depending where they work, emergency doctors and stuff see all a lot of crap too, and yet, they dont act like cops.

Freddie!
Freddie!
23 days ago
Reply to  leduk

Firemen act like firemen because they’re firemen; nurses act like nurses because they’re nurses; emergency doctors act like emergency doctors because they’re emergency doctors; police officers act like police officers because they’re police officers. No shorting of the other professions mentioned.
Save the ACAB attitude for when cops are actually behaving badly; otherwise, kindly don’t be an asshat.

Freddie!
Freddie!
23 days ago
Reply to  leduk

Firemen act like firemen because they’re firemen; nurses act like nurses because they’re nurses; emergency doctors act like emergency doctors because they’re emergency doctors; police officers act like police officers because they’re police officers. No shorting of the other professions mentioned.
Save the ACAB attitude for when cops are actually behaving badly; otherwise, kindly shut it.

Quilla
Quilla
23 days ago
Reply to  Freddie!

No, ACAB is always, even when a cop is acting nice. And there’s so many reasons that it really is ALL COPS even the ones that look ok on the face of it, and no I’m not going to elaborate here because given your response you probably already know them all and if you don’t there’s more eloquent people like me that can be found who have explained it

Brillo
Brillo
23 days ago
Reply to  Quilla

hmmm… calling an entire specific group of people bad just because of some bad apples… does this sound familiar? maybe don’t perpetuate what you are trying to stop

Playing it Safe
Playing it Safe
23 days ago
Reply to  Freddie!

You’re right, the professions are different…When firefighters perceive danger they run towards it and help people. When police officers perceive danger, like a black man selling cigarettes or using a counterfeit $20, they kill them.

You could make the argument that police have a more dangerous job than those doctors and nurses, but you’d still be wrong because more healthcare workers are killed by patients each year than police officers are killed by suspects.

Rolan7
Rolan7
22 days ago

Now being a police officer’s spouse? There’s a dangerous job.

leduk
leduk
23 days ago
Reply to  Apple Norris

dangerous indeed, especially for the person you’re dating

Mor
Mor
24 days ago
Reply to  Nono

The other shoe will probably be him being a guy who takes his job very seriously and cannot imagine a relationship between a cop and a vigilante. At least that’s what I think would be quite obvious. Let’s see where this goes. 🙂

Soeroah
Soeroah
24 days ago

Is it just me or is there an ‘is’ missing from one of Ben’s last sentences?

“All any of us can give (is) what we’re ready to give, when we’re ready to give it”

Am I just dyslexia-ing

JdW
JdW
24 days ago
Reply to  Soeroah

Difference between speaking language and written language. It’s fine and unambiguous as it is, technically the _is_ could be added to further clarify the sentence but it’s not needed here.

GeorgeV
GeorgeV
24 days ago
Reply to  JdW

Really? To me it also looks incorrect this way. Without the ‘all’ it would work, but the sentence as is does seem to need the extra _is_.

Darkhorse
Darkhorse
24 days ago
Reply to  GeorgeV

It looks all right to me, though English isn’t my first language. The is can be added or left out. The way it’s written is a bit shorter, removing a mental pause that gels better to my mind. Even if it is incorrect it can be an artistic choice, where every dot or comma can change meaning, impact and more.

GeorgeV
GeorgeV
24 days ago
Reply to  Darkhorse

Depends. There are phrasings that don’t have the extra ‘is’, and using them can indeed be an artistic choice. However, with how the rest of the sentence was constructed the added ‘is’ was actually necessary in this case. (Or the ‘all’ needed to go, or some other change.)

It is also fixed now, so not sure which version was up when you looked. .

Kif
Kif
23 days ago
Reply to  GeorgeV

But this is not a school essay or court proceedings… It is casual talk, and IRL people don’t always speak with perfect syntax and perfect grammar. And that includes native speakers.

It could be a typo, or it could be a quirk of how that character talks. English is known for natives mumbling parts of words or sentences into oblivion and that is often a major tell between native speakers and proficient foreign speakers.

WesleyRiot
WesleyRiot
24 days ago
Reply to  Soeroah

You are correct, it doesn’t make sense. Needs to be fixed

Grallen
Grallen
23 days ago
Reply to  Soeroah

Wow, it got fixed.

Swordust
Swordust
24 days ago

Oh no… He’s a villain, isn’t he?

Vice Versa
Vice Versa
24 days ago
Reply to  Swordust

Had exactly the same thought. I’m betting on Deathblood.

Lrbearclaw
Lrbearclaw
24 days ago
Reply to  Vice Versa

I’ve had that theory since he was first introduced. Glad I’m not the only one.

Esc
Esc
24 days ago
Reply to  Swordust

I hate that type of storytelling. That every character introduced can’t be their own and is secretly connected to the other part of the storyline.

It’s a lot more satisfying for this guy to just be who he is.

Darkhorse
Darkhorse
23 days ago
Reply to  Esc

THANK YOU. Especially in comics, where you have more time to flesh out characters and add in new ones where needed. It is an overdone trope that someone causing even the mildest strife is also a super villain. It might be a big surprise a few hundred years ago in story telling, but these days people stub their toes against a brick, and in act 3 it this brick is revealed to be a sentient all powerful brick from the evil dimension, hell bend on showering the universe with bear-spider hybrids. Who could have predicted that? /s Tim has so… Read more »

Last edited 23 days ago by Darkhorse
leduk
leduk
23 days ago
Reply to  Swordust

well, he’s a cop, so, we allready know this.

A different Tim
A different Tim
24 days ago

I wish the plushie campaign were for a different character, since I love the concept but already have a Zeke.

JustJim
JustJim
24 days ago

Remember the ‘A’ in ACAB stands for ‘All’.

Tychon
Tychon
24 days ago
Reply to  JustJim

“Are Cops All B*st*rds?”

GeorgeV
GeorgeV
24 days ago
Reply to  Tychon

All Cannibals Appreciate Barbecue.

JustJim
JustJim
24 days ago
Reply to  JustJim

…the *first* ‘A’…

Eldest Gruff
Eldest Gruff
24 days ago
Reply to  JustJim

All Covergeneralizations Are Bstupid.

leduk
leduk
23 days ago
Reply to  Eldest Gruff

every cop enforce a shitty, violent and crooked system, no exception, that’s their job

leduk
leduk
22 days ago
Reply to  leduk

Your boos means nothing I’ve seen what make you cheer.If you were able to answer you would have do it anyway. Bootlicking at its finest.

Kenneth
Kenneth
24 days ago
Reply to  JustJim

Thank you for the input, Dysgenic Jim.

leduk
leduk
22 days ago
Reply to  Kenneth

using genes as an insult to defend police, typical n*azi

leduk
leduk
23 days ago
Reply to  JustJim

15 bootlickers didnt like your comment so far
But I do remember, because I saw what they do and how they do it.

karrde
karrde
23 days ago
Reply to  JustJim

“All Communists are Bastards?” agreed

leduk
leduk
22 days ago
Reply to  karrde

Your kind of ppl is 100% of the time unable to define what communism means anyway. Cheering for the cops like uneducated people.

James Rye
James Rye
24 days ago

Please don’t be a villain, just be a nice understanding guy who is ready to wait for Lucas to get his shit together.

Lrbearclaw
Lrbearclaw
24 days ago
Reply to  James Rye

My money’s on Deathblood.

ThatGuy
ThatGuy
24 days ago

I’m gonna laugh if it turns Ben is a super himself or is an Analog a D-Pad fanboy. That would break Lucas’s mind.

MarthKoopa
MarthKoopa
24 days ago

The moustache has given me villain vibes from the beginning and it only has gotten stronger

Roger
Roger
24 days ago

I’m beginning to “smell the poop”. That guy is way too nice, it’s starting to be scary.

If that guy is a plot from the Troll, Lucas is going down…

BioYuGi
BioYuGi
23 days ago

I really hope there’s no ‘but then’ moment with this. It’s almost too good to hope for but this level of honestly and forthrightness should be something TO hope for.

Crestlinger
Crestlinger
23 days ago

Challenge! Introduce Ben to Ethan. THAT will determine if this can be a long term thing or not.

Saixak
Saixak
23 days ago

The last time Lucas tried to have his cake and eat it too he met towel guy at his girlfriend’s door.

Darkhorse
Darkhorse
23 days ago
Reply to  Saixak

My guess is that Tim will tell new stories.

Nightdagger
Nightdagger
22 days ago

This is either going to be extremely wholesome, or it’s going to end VERY badly.

Daniel
Daniel
22 days ago

I suppose Ben is here to stay. Also, I don’t think he’s vigilant or a supervillain.
YET.
It would be implausible if he suddenly revealed to be connected to the super world. But, if this relationship affects him in some ways… Causing a consistent interaction with this world, pushing small lever inside him that he weren’t aware of until now… Well, now it hardly a coincidence, is it?