We slightly delve into the backstory of the ugly old wooden box now…
I got a bad feeling about this.
Also, officially meet Flore and Liliane’s mom, Roxane De Champlain. I feel like it’s been forever since she made her original cameo 195 strips ago…
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So, can we assume that Florence and Laurence may or may not be the very same entity which is related to this box and is or is not related to Nergal?
We can assume.
When you assume, you make an ass out of me and u.
Hehe, so Florence is the combination of Flore and Laurence then? You can have all the bad feelings you like, I enjoy this arc. ^^
Also there’s a typo in panel 1: There –> Where
Thank you. It’s fixed now.
You’re welcome.
Also: Who are the beatniks? Is this about Liliane and Roxane showing cleavage?
And what do the Hebrew signs on the box mean?
The Beatniks? They are a young Roxane and Laurent. I’ve shown him as a young man a couple times already…
Ok. I still don’t get the mouse-over text. XD
Laurent and Roxane look a bit like beatniks in the third panel. But judging from their age, that panel probably happens in the early 80s, at least two decades too late for beatniks to be in fashion.
Ohhh, so it was about these two. Thanks for explaining, I have zero fashion sense. XD
The hebrew says “asor”, which translates along the lines of forbidden/prohibited/taboo.
Thank you!
I’ve been calling the twins “Florence” for quite some time now. Portmanteau-like.
I guess that would be too confusing now though. Or would it?
You’re not the only one. Seems like they were predestined to have an ancestor called that.
Okay mom, one more question: do you remember giving birth to any twins 30 years ago?
“No.”
How about 31 years ago?
Or is she 32 already. The comments on http://frivolesque.com/archives/comic/210-empathy say she’s 31, but I’m not quite sure whether that comic is before or after her birthday on november 9th.
You ought to talk to your father about this… ;)
Given that Liliane takes after her mother does that mean Roxane has a past working for a secret government agency?
Agent Carter- sorry, Agent Roxane…
Sadly no. XD
Her mom is just a rich heiress who abandonned her family when they wanted to force her to marry some guy who was an asshole.
She met a traveling Laurent Bougainville in some café in France, and was seduced by his simpler, artsy ways.
I don’t think she ever had a job other than that. XD
I’ve been viewing Frivo at the rate on one per day. Which is seven times faster than Dez produces them, alas. The evil day has arrived when I am caught up. So no more new strips for me except on Mondays. What to do? I will go and read the French strips!
And I’ve decided to get my own gravatar. Let’s see how it turns out…
Not bad. By Phil Foglio, from his “What’s New with Phil and Dixie” strip. A one-off character who has studied the eyes of thousands of species of newts — “And they all need glasses!”
“I think there’s a madness to your method…”
Glad you could make it here where we’re all hanging out!
IS that going to be a Dybbuk box ?
A dybbuk box with all the evils of the world inside!
Not after Marie-Neige already let them out.
Pro tip: don’t burn haunted boxes, because what’s inside will escape.
Instead, give it to someone that’s not superstitious.