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This would have run after the early strip today with Ruth and Carla!  Now, I kind of wish I'd actually run with this one, but chose not to at the time because:

1) I was afraid it was cannibalizing some dialogue exchanges I was expecting to happen in upcoming strips.  

2) I thought it might've explained characterization too plainly without letting readers simply understand it from everyone's words and actions

3) With everyone pointing at each other and shouting "HA!  AUTISTIC!" I was worried that I might as well change the title of the storyline to "The Gang Discovers They All Have Autism."  

But in a belated answer to all of those: 1) ehhh, maybe I should've tried to make it work anyway, 2) lol, *side-eyes comments section*, should have just made it more explicit, you fool, and 3) Now I think that might've been rad, oops.  

You may consider this one psuedo-canonical until when/if I figure out how to address its spirit canonically.  

(no it is not feasible to splice it into the buffer at this point)

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Taffy

We dig it.

Steve McSheffrey

Sarah's dialog makes me think of how I have a ton of empathy. I just have very little sympathy.

Simon Magid

Ouch, Sarah. Ouch. That one hits hard.

C

It will be interesting to see when said spirit is brought in.

Harold

Can we consider last week’s impromptu “Ligma” strip pseudo-canonical, too?

Drazi

Don't you dare call me out like that! Rude

Steve McSheffrey

Just curious if you're offended by what I commented. I just meant me and honestly, I consider it a feature, not a bug.

William Tessmer

Well, I suppose that answers some of the arguments in chat. Personally I prefer when the text is a little ambiguous because spelling it out too obviously feels uninteresting? Really undervalues the audience and leaves us nothing to chew on. And plenty of commenters hit the nail on the head so I don't think all *that* much was lost by dropping this one.

C.T. Phipps

I say put it in the queue, Willis!

C.T. Phipps

I know, I know. But your fans always make impossible demands! It's why we're fanatics.

darklion

Having seen it now, I know where you're coming from here, but I think the actual COMIC exists better without it. As some other people say, it doesn't leave space for the audience to ponder, and I think you want us pondering.

Andrew

Wait 10 years then retcon it in to the extended edition with a new John Williams soundtrack and Sarah shooting first and no one will notice :)

Minzoku Bokumetsu

I was gonna make a joke about *Oprah Winfrey meme* "Everybody gets autism!" but discarded it bc I fell asleep and didn't like the joke enough to post it anyway and possibly hurt someone's feelings, so it's somewhat comforting you kinda did the same

Harold

I had a somewhat similar idea for a drawing of Dr. Kaur sitting in a Lucy Van Pelt-style “The Doctor Is In” booth, with all of the characters lined up. (Someone created a glorious piece of fan art years ago recreating the dance scene from A Charlie Brown Christmas, with Peanuts versions of the DoA characters. If someone could find that and post a link, I think anyone who’s never seen it would enjoy it.)

Chris Reaves

Damn you Willis, why can't you alter the space-time continuum for our needs?

fudo

A simple solution to make it canon without having to queue it: run it as June's 2nd bonus strip ;)

Crissa Kentavr

That's cute! I like it. I have an Autism Spectrum Diagnosis, and I always cry at Benji movies.

Regalli

Oh, Sarah. Low-empathy is ALSO a potential autistic trait! (Which is not mutually exclusive with having compassion or sympathy. Totally different traits and brain things!) I suspect I made a good decision in avoiding the comments the last week or so, then.

Sun

The comment section on the main website have definitely been a mixed bag lately. People aren't giving conversations between characters the opportunity to play out through multiple strips and aren't allowing characters the opportunities to learn and grow. It's like if character A says something in the moment the reader construes as mean they're just in the comments like "I can't believe character A is such an awful person why are any of these characters friends with them" as if we haven't been reading through the past 12 years of content

Damien

Yeah, I think it would have been better to have this in the main comic. There's a difference between "readers pondering" and "readers thinking the storyline is abrupt and dropping in quality", which has been true for many readers I've seen.

Steve McSheffrey

Has anyone suggested this as a flashback down the line?

Minzoku Bokumetsu

I took issue with that for people commenting on a different (furry) webcomic, that because the first human introduced in the series was evil, All Humans Are Evil and how dare not giving a single chance for the ENTIRE REST OF THE HUMAN POPULATION to show they're, uh... human also once someone complained during updates that the artist loved dragging things out, but when you read the pages all at once, the pace is perfect

Harold

That's the one! Thank you!

Maude Reads Things

The good news is that Willis plans to address it canonically at some point, which'll be cool.