Not only is this not how Edison wanted to surprise Dilbert, this is definitely not how she wanted him to react.
Hey! Did I ever mention how great you (and you, and, of course, you) are? You all know Dragonsreach, of course. Well, we were corresponding about Edison’s reunion, and he came up with the line “I’m here, li’l deer,” which, as he pointed out, goes along with the “right there, li’l bear” line from here.
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The reunion is different to how I’d imagined it, but yes Dilbert’s anger and resentment is accurate after all we all want our parents to be both immortal and perfect, so it hurts and scares us when we discover that they are neither.
However their future relationship is still to come and I believe that that particular pendulum has to swing between dark and light for a while yet.
And I used the wrong code Facepalm
While I don’t normally edit other people’s posts, I did fix that one, Mike.
Least I could do for your writing.
And you’re spot on about Dilbert, and kids in general.
Yup, sad panda time. I should have seen this coming. I can’t say that I blame him, but this is all so very, very unfortunate all around. Bad timing, bad situation.
I agree with this as well. 🙁
Ouch, I have a feeling that the pain Edison felt when hit by the freezer door is like nothing compared to now.
Unfortunately, for Edison, she is nowhere near bottom.
Kids are so JUDGMENTAL at that age, aren’t they? Sigh..
Whew, Dilbert has teeth! There may be a more devastatingly effective verbal slap out there, but I can’t think of one.
Children, especially an only child can react badly to parental failure(s), instant anger to some things my mother did and said was mine!
I can and do sympathise (as much as is possible for a fictional character) with Dilbert’s response all I can say is that I believe that a rapprochement will be not only possible but inevitable.
Edison might as well go home now. Dilbert will not see or talk to her after this. At least for a LONG while.
She can now either: a. do the hard part of going sober or b. commit suicide.
Here is hoping for ‘a’.
Or c.) she could go back to her wonderful boyfriend, her adorable housemate, her hexapedal…pet?, and her all around pretty good life.
I vote for c.
Yes, Dilbert is upset, hurt and angry, but lashing out at Edison will only make things worse.
He will hopefully figure that out as he matures…
There is that one too. I still hoping that after doing c, she will do ‘a’.
That seems fairly authentic.