The Dreadful -- Chapter 7

[Bum Bill Bee]

Dammit Ping, what are you doing out of detention!? The cyborg principal's gonna get pissed and kick your ass.


Heh, sorry, I've been addicted to the Detentionaire cartoon lately.

[Gillsing]

Originally Posted by BigDemonicBunny

It's a proverb analogous to "never judge a book by its cover"

Yes, and usually people say that when a 'book' has been misjudged by its cover. So I idly wondered if this was the case.

Perhaps she intended it as an addition to her earlier admission to him that she hadn't expected him to take her to such a place? And therefore she was the one who had 'misjudged him by his appearance'? But she kind of looks like she's aiming it at him.

So perhaps she meant that he shouldn't have assumed that she couldn't speak French, and therefore he was the one who had misjudged her by her appearance? Which might be fair or unfair. Perhaps 'pinkies' are supposed to be uneducated, but if most people wouldn't know French, then his assumption that she wouldn't speak that particular language could easily have been based on probability rather than appearance.

This is all aside from her primary goal of showing him that she speaks the language he was fumbling with. Perhaps the most likely answer is that she only wanted to say something vaguely relevant in French, and didn't intend to imply that either of them had misjudged the other in the last few panels.

So much typing.

[MSperoni]

Page 173!

Trust me, Lucas, just tell Poe. You don't wanna have to go over this with Jeanne.

[SaltyKracka]

Oh lol. I pity Ping. And maybe Lucas, if he doesn't shut up and tell her what she wants to know.

[Spinell]

A customer. Probably the type who you give a little finger and he takes the whole arm.

[MSperoni]

Page 174

Well, it's a cafe, maybe this fella isn't a morning person and once he takes a hit of coffee he'll perk right on up and look less haggard and drooly.

[epcharles]

I don't think the coffee will help, but I <i>would</i> like to know if they act more manageable after eating.

Also, since it looks like there won't be time to find out:

I have been wondering what type of establishment the more normal customers might mistake this place for if they saw Poe. Will they not know who she is and mistake it for the type of place looser kids take their "dates"? ... or will they know who she is and mistake it for the type of place frequented by ruffians?

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[Bard The 5th LW]

Originally Posted by epcharles

I don't think the coffee will help, but I <i>would</i> like to know if they act more manageable after eating.

Also, since it looks like there won't be time to find out:

I have been wondering what type of establishment the more normal customers might mistake this place for if they saw Poe. Will they not know who she is and mistake it for the type of place looser kids take their "dates"? ... or will they know who she is and mistake it for the type of place frequented by ruffians?

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I presume the type of 'place' being referred to is some kind of brothel seeing as how Devikin apparently have a reputation for being hookers.

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Bard The 5th LW

I presume the type of 'place' being referred to is some kind of brothel seeing as how Devikin apparently have a reputation for being hookers.

Either this or a place that serves 'her kind'.

Think segregation era (and before) US.

[MSperoni]

Page 175!

He wants a cup of blood with a side order of blood.