Uh-oh. Eleanor has picked the one person who-given Lyssa’s propensity for meddling– would probably help her. With Lyssa taking the high road, and Eleanor planting mines in every other one, Larry and Edison’s future isn’t looking too bright.
Lyssa does raise a good point…Larry’s nose isn’t what you would call “aristocratic…”
Next time-shopping! And… well, that’d be giving it away. Stay tuned.
While Eleanor is a fantastic manipulator, I struggle to see how she’d pull this off. If there is anyone who can see right through her schemes, it’s Larry, with Edison on a close second. She’s going to have her work cut out for her, if she’s going to slip by BOTH their defenses.
Excellent point, my friend. Eleanor has a tough row to hoe. Breaking Edison and Larry up would be easy-just present evidence of Edison’s frolicking with Rad Sampson. Rad would be happy to catch Edison on the drunken rebound. Larry could probably be persuaded to start dating Anya, especially if he found out she was royalty. They are good friends, after all, and we know Anya’s interested.
The problem is how to do it without hurting Larry and/or the rest of the Hallow e’en Boulevard gang? What would Nelson and Toivo think? Would they shun her? Would they understand that she was only doing this for everyone’s benefit?
Eleanor may not have much of a conscience, but she does have some iron-bound beliefs. Foremost among them is to always look after her friends.
Do, uh. Either Anya or Larry even want kids? Not that Eleanor is likely to care about their opinions. But still.
Lyssa’s dialog in the first panel kills me.
Eleanor knows Larry wants children. She also knows that he’s resigned himself to loving two women who can’t (or won’t) ever have them. So, getting him together with Anya would be doing him a favor.
And Anya? Well, just because she’s a top-notch Children’s Librarian doesn’t mean she wants some of her own. Though if she learned of her heritage, she’d certainly be willing to produce heirs.
And you’re right-it’s not like Eleanor would care. She’s doing this for their benefit, even if they don’t know it at the time, dear.
Glad you liked Lyssa’s dialogue. I thought a bit about whether to make “What do you want” a question or statement. In the end, she just says it straight out. This is just one of those games two good friends play.
Someday Eleanor’s going to bring Lyssa lunch and not have ulterior motives. Just to keep her on her toes.
I can see Anya wanting kids. Larry may be resigned by now…
Larry’s nose? The descriptor “Short-Billed Woodpecker” occurs to me…..
And as for passing it on to his progeny, well, there’s always rhinoplasty. ^^
There is rhinoplasty. But this child would be Royalty. A certain, ah, “eccentricty” in looks would not only be overlooked, but embraced by an adoring public.
Larry’s nose is sort of a toned-down version of Mike Doonesbury’s; hardly seems problematic to me.
I re-read Lyssa and the Pirates last night – third or fourth time through, first couple being right after you sent it to me five years ago – and I’m just beginning to get the entire story arc in my head. Now I need to track down the piratey bits of GK and see how they fit in. Thee plot at first seems knotted, but in truth I think it’s knitted.
You know, Pops, it’s been far too long since I read “Lyssa and the Pirate.” I think I’ll start tomorrow.
I have to see where I may have gone astray in Groovy, Kinda. Where I might not have followed canon as closely as I could’ve. That happens when you get old.
I like your “knotted/knitted” comparison. Lyssa was pretty much “seat of the pants” when it came to writing. I had an idea of where it would end, and I wrote each book from beginning to end before I started drawing. But I had little or no idea what was coming in the next book. And, of course, the characters would wrench the story away from time to time… just like they do now.
Let’s hope Larry’s nose genes are recessive.