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9 Chickweed Lane
And so the storyline, which has gone on for months longer than I originally thought it could be spun out, draws to a close with an ending a lot of people predicted.
After months of rushing to my computer first thing to see the new installment, I feel flat on two levels. Some because it's over... but mostly because yes, according to character dialog throughout, Edda gave up the love of her life to marry out of a sense of duty a man she would ultimately not get along with very well.
And in the meantime, the one man who acted honorably and fairly honestly throughout, who never asked great sacrifice of her or lied to her directly or indirectly, who did his best to let her be her best self rather than see her only in terms of what she was to *him* misses out on the promised life with her *and* apparently any knowledge of his own child. If he's as devoted as Edda remembers, quite likely his only child.
I'm pretty pissed at Edda and Bill right now.
I do wonder if this is the end, though. Considering that the storyline has run since November of last year, I'm wondering if phase 3 is going to be a trip to Vienna.
After months of rushing to my computer first thing to see the new installment, I feel flat on two levels. Some because it's over... but mostly because yes, according to character dialog throughout, Edda gave up the love of her life to marry out of a sense of duty a man she would ultimately not get along with very well.
And in the meantime, the one man who acted honorably and fairly honestly throughout, who never asked great sacrifice of her or lied to her directly or indirectly, who did his best to let her be her best self rather than see her only in terms of what she was to *him* misses out on the promised life with her *and* apparently any knowledge of his own child. If he's as devoted as Edda remembers, quite likely his only child.
I'm pretty pissed at Edda and Bill right now.
I do wonder if this is the end, though. Considering that the storyline has run since November of last year, I'm wondering if phase 3 is going to be a trip to Vienna.
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I know, although if that was going to be a big problem in Edda's life, surely she wouldn't have blithely made almost instant plans to move to Vienna. There doesn't seem to be any parents or siblings here having an opinion on the subject - does Edda have a family? Did she ever tell anyone aside from the people she worked with that Bill even proposed?
Now that we know she's pregnant, she's going to be under more pressure to marry, and quickly, though.
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We'll see. Don't really think I'll keep reading after this plot finishes. It just drags on soooooo sloooooowwww. Maybe stop by once every six months and catch up, get a whole 2 or 3 days covered at once.
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Ditto. I was just really sucked in by this in particular, after months of checking maybe once or twice a year. Once it's over, so will my fascination. As it is, my fascination is getting dented!
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And I agree that the strip can be slow when you're awaiting a payoff, but the payoff and even the diversions can be worth it. Once, during a music practice, Amos remarked to the snotty brunette pianist that Edda had said no one ever says anything dirty to her. Next panel the pianist is gone, there are some sheets of music fluttering down in her wake, and Amos, not having moved, remarks, "Say hi for me." Not a big plot point, but it cracked me up.
FYI, this is the Unofficial 9 Chickweed Lane Tribute Page, and it's a lot of fun:
http://home.comcast.net/~ccdesan/Chickweed/Chickweed.html
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