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Oh my god. I had built a theory that Rick was the one whose face was cut out for the standee, and Penny was actually the young child. I should've posted it for street cred.
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I am inordinately pleased to be the first to point out: https://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-4-page-17
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Mar 12, 2021 11:51
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Isn’t Ritz non-binary, or was it just implied but not yet confirmed?
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Mar 12, 2021 13:49
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Xinder posted:Love the way she was introduced here. I hope we never get a deadname and she's just constantly referred to by surname or "Known in the future as Penny"  But Spender puns
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Mar 12, 2021 14:06
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Pants Donkey posted:Isn’t Ritz non-binary, or was it just implied but not yet confirmed? Her intro splash gave her the title of "heiress" paired with a very masculine fashion sense, so kinda? Gnc at the very least
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Mar 12, 2021 14:11
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Xand_Man posted:
But yeah, it’s likely going to be a lot of “Son” “Sport” and other nicknames. Zack doesn’t seem like the person to make that (completely unnecessary) reveal. It also will reinforce the Spenders very fake family relations. I seriously put in [/spender] at first to end the spoilers
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Mar 12, 2021 14:32
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She is committing crimes in her reintroduction I guess that makes her a Bad Penny
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Mar 12, 2021 14:42
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Xand_Man posted:She is committing crimes in her reintroduction
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Mar 12, 2021 14:53
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Are Ritz and Penny the same age here? In the previous chapter, when we're introduced to Ritz, it's mentioned she's still in high school (or, at least, that's what Stephen thinks, anyway) but Penny is already working as a waitress. I guess the implication is that both Rick and Penny were disowned and are now earning their own livings instead of living off the Spender fortune.
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Mar 12, 2021 15:06
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SKULL.GIF posted:Are Ritz and Penny the same age here? In the previous chapter, when we're introduced to Ritz, it's mentioned she's still in high school (or, at least, that's what Stephen thinks, anyway) but Penny is already working as a waitress. Some people start working in High School so if they're about the same age that'd still work. Probably both disowned but I do wonder how much money they still have access to considering giancarlo was probably not purchased on a teacher's salary. Maybe they still had their own stupid large bank accounts.
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Mar 12, 2021 15:35
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rannum posted:
That was exactly the direction my mind went when reading this page too. The problem is, though, Suzy would have to be 5-6 years old already here and thus would probably have been in that family portrait. SKULL.GIF fucked around with this message at 15:42 on Mar 12, 2021 |
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Mar 12, 2021 15:40
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rannum posted:Some people start working in High School so if they're about the same age that'd still work. Wealthy parents are...not good at understanding what it means to love someone.
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Mar 12, 2021 15:50
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SKULL.GIF posted:That was exactly the direction my mind went when reading this page too. Well, Penny says they had to go back "more than two years" for the portrait, so Suzy would only have to be 3-4. So, bold prediction: they photoshopped the dog over her.
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Mar 12, 2021 15:59
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Acebuckeye13 posted:Well, Penny says they had to go back "more than two years" for the portrait, so Suzy would only have to be 3-4. So, bold prediction: they photoshopped the dog over her. drat that's good
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Mar 12, 2021 16:03
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I assumed Penny was a girl that liked to wear suits before I read the author blurb.
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Mar 12, 2021 16:11
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well, thanks for speaking to my thought of 'i don't know why zack felt like they needed to underline that penny is trans, i thought they'd communicated it pretty well'
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Mar 12, 2021 16:14
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Who What Now posted:I assumed Penny was a girl that liked to wear suits before I read the author blurb. Same. But then I also forgot that Ritz Jr. existed and was extremely confused about why Mothman's wife was a child just a few years ago and if we were supposed to think there were some spectral shenanigans going on until I read the author blurb, so I don't think I am good measuring stick for readers noticing things. 
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Mar 12, 2021 16:18
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I did not pick up on any indications that penny is trans
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Mar 12, 2021 16:21
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ninjewtsu posted:I did not pick up on any indications that penny is trans The commentary under the comic states it directly.
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Who What Now posted:I assumed Penny was a girl that liked to wear suits before I read the author blurb. I'm trans and that's what I thought too
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Mar 12, 2021 16:43
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In my defense suits are snazzy and gendered clothing is bullshit
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Mar 12, 2021 16:54
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Who What Now posted:In my defense suits are snazzy and gendered clothing is bullshit 
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Mar 12, 2021 17:07
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ninjewtsu posted:I did not pick up on any indications that penny is trans I gather most trans people prefer if you can't
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Mar 12, 2021 17:09
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The parents that want to disown their son over being gay, the one concerned with presenting the image of a Perfect Nuclear Family...would definitely be okay with their daughter wearing boy clothes at a gala. Also calling her the “future” Penny Spender, to really make a point of it.
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Mar 12, 2021 17:21
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I also thought they disowned Spender over being a massive, unphotogenic goober and that "the future" meant that Penny was the future of the Spender family. I might be stupid as gently caress
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Mar 12, 2021 17:27
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I can't find it but I'm almost certain there was another panel earlier in the comic that also had the line "... big brother." or a similar way of ending the panel. Something about that panel looks super familiar, can't put my finger on what it's reminding me of from this comic. Anyway look at last week's page, panel 4, the man to the left of Mothman. Pie eyes which no one else in the comic has, he's Collin's father or related to him. Looking at Suzy's house in this page from looking out her window we can conclude that it's not the same house as Bill Spender's mansion depicted at the bottom of the page here. That said the bed curtains, copious amounts of stuffed toys, iBanana, and the sleep mask suggest she's accustomed to at least some level of financial comfort. Between the Spenders, the Price-Lees, possibly whoever Collin's family is, and the Joneses (...... "keeping up with the Joneses", hmm.), plus Mayview Academy vs. Mayview Middle School, I think it's plausible that there's some sort of high-society subplot going on?
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Mar 12, 2021 17:41
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I wonder if even knows about Penny. If he was cut off early enough, he may have never known a out her transition. Basically, I want another Awkward Spender Moment where he treats Penny like a stranger. EDIT: Read a comment that, even as a child, Ritz wants to be a jerk to dogs. Pants Donkey fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Mar 12, 2021 |
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Mar 12, 2021 17:49
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She could be Susan B. Anthony Spender.
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Mar 12, 2021 18:33
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Holy poo poo, how tall is that dude Penny's pickpocketing?!
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Mar 12, 2021 18:44
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SKULL.GIF posted:Looking at Suzy's house in this page from looking out her window we can conclude that it's not the same house as Bill Spender's mansion depicted at the bottom of the page here. That said the bed curtains, copious amounts of stuffed toys, iBanana, and the sleep mask suggest she's accustomed to at least some level of financial comfort. Hmm. Spender has bed curtains here, and this would be when he's still living with his family.
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Mar 12, 2021 19:04
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I do love the headcanon that the Spenders are actually fine with Rick's monster boyfriend and disowned him purely because he's such a huge dork.
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Mar 12, 2021 19:32
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A gay son locks in the liberal vote.
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Mar 12, 2021 19:56
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Fecha posted:I do love the headcanon that the Spenders are actually fine with Rick's monster boyfriend and disowned him purely because he's such a huge dork.  (their dealings and Davy and Bill’s gaudy gala package imply this will not be the case, but we can dream)
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Mar 12, 2021 20:39
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Who What Now posted:A gay son locks in the liberal vote. rich: i'm gay bill to his wife: oh honey we can make liberal use of this one (and then both of them laugh a lot) penny, meanwhile is just making a mental note to never mention it
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Mar 12, 2021 20:44
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SKULL.GIF posted:Hmm. Or would it? Maybe the Spenders make their children live in a separate household from them.
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Mar 12, 2021 21:09
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If Suzy is the third Spender child, maybe her obsession with the Activity club is just her wanting to know what her big brother is up to? Or maybe just the consequence of being a child of power in a family where there's secrets everywhere that she isn't privy too.
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Pitch: Suzy is a Spender, but she’s Bill’s lovechild from an affair, so she lives in a different house with her other parent. Maybe she got the Spender name if there was some sort of arrangement to do so or in the years since Bill divorced and married her mom (as he’s obsessed with image, both are doubtful), or maybe she has a different embarrassing last name. In that case, she’d still have a reason to be interested in the Activity Club with her older brother running it. Pitch #2: I don’t think I see Mom Spender on these pages. Maybe she and Bill pretend to be together for image purposes but have actually broken up in reality, and she took Suzy with her to another house.
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Suzy isn't a Spender because the comic has spent a lot of time focusing on spectral/paranatural lineages. The Guerras, the Spenders, the Joneses, the Burgers... most major spectrals are part of a spooky family in some way, shape, or form, so it would be weird if the Spenders, who have at least two spectrals in their family, had a third kid who wasn't.
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Who What Now posted:I also thought they disowned Spender over being a massive, unphotogenic goober and that "the future" meant that Penny was the future of the Spender family. This is the impression I got as well and I'm such a moron that I swear the text under the comic was just 'Thanks for Reading!' when I looked at it first. Personally I can't wait till these girls taking selfies become the main focus of the plot for 3 months. They look cool.  https://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-5-page-154 RareAcumen fucked around with this message at 02:25 on Mar 13, 2021 |
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Lmao my dumbass completely missed the implication of "the future" meaning she takes the name Penny in the future when she transitions. I just figured she was already Penny and "Flawless favoured child, The Future" was one of Zach's typical over the top titles. Edit: Ed "The Burger Child" Burger versus Penny "The Future" Spender.
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