2014-10-24 Lazybutt

[Vaken]

You don't find many English people named Lavali.

Well, there was a british empire once, you know ;)

[Adamas]

Lavali and Marie!

[FlashD81]

That last panel I love Marie, she is so helpful.

[Zippy]

Until we know what these three English-speakers are actually doing studying and working in Paris, frankly, all bets about their domestic arrangements are wide open.

I'd kind of like to see all this resolved soon, in passing, really; I can't believe that the reveal will be so stunning that it's worth keeping the audience in ignorance.

And then Eloise came back, still angry, to meet her flatmate after a night at her girlfriend's place ;)

[Don Alexander]

Stunning. Marie just needs to raise her hands in a supplicating gesture, and Alex gets tossed telekinetically out of the bed!

[OldBrit]

these three English-speakers .

I concede that Marie is English, but what makes you think Lavali and Alex are? You don't find many English people named Lavali.

English-speakers. The absence of <quote marks> shows they're speaking English. Compare Eloise and Nadine's speech.

[brasca]

I know they're speaking English, but that doesn't mean they all come from England. Marie has used enough English slang that she likely originated from there, but it's also possible that Alex and Lavali are from the many different places the British used to control. It's nice to keep things ambiguous so as not to paint oneself into a corner, but I don't know what voice to assign to which character when I read this.

Quote removed. The DAMNed

[Spidrift]

I concede that Marie is English, but what makes you think Lavali and Alex are? You don't find many English people named Lavali.

Alex and Marie have been friends since childhood, and speak English when they're together. So if Marie is English, it looks like Alex almost certainly is too.

(Why has Lavali got a name of Indian origin? Search me. Despite the Empire, ethnic Brits don't usually go for Indian names, and Alex and Lavali look Caucasian to me. Hippyish parents, most likely.)

[Mutant for Hire]

Okay. Apparently Marie lives there, too.

Having watched countless anime, I know for a fact that childhood friends are allowed to invade your bedroom and wake them up, though usually they're a bit more tsundere about it.

Hopefully he doesn't have any morning wood.

[Kirtai]

You mean tsundere like this?

[zaprzapb]

Okay now there needs to be a new third character that tosses Alex out of bed.

[FlashD81]

Easy, Sandra will be the one who does it

[rpr]

Easy, Sandra will be the one who does it

Add my vote!

[Dorje Sylas]

Ah yes, a young male slacker's worst nightmare; being surrounded by sisters (and/or sister-figures) who have taken a maternal interest in him. You might think this is a good thing, but this comic clearly shows it's not so good for the slacker himself.

Well if that blog is bringing in enough extra household revenue it's kinda hard to call him a slacker for basically doing his job. Depending on when those interviews ended and if he had to do any post-work on them, he could have only just entered the first REM cycle and only been asleep for a little under two hours.

Though personally, I think Marie just flipped him out of bed for the fun of it. Fun for her, that is.

I would agree with this. Tough love is how you get oblivious people to notice you exist right... I digress. It is really fun flipping sleepy people out of beds.

[JoybuzzerX]

I concede that Marie is English, but what makes you think Lavali and Alex are? You don't find many English people named Lavali.

Alex and Marie have been friends since childhood, and speak English when they're together. So if Marie is English, it looks like Alex almost certainly is too.

(Why has Lavali got a name of Indian origin? Search me. Despite the Empire, ethnic Brits don't usually go for Indian names, and Alex and Lavali look Caucasian to me. Hippyish parents, most likely.)

Or parents just liked the name. Not all parents pick common names.