Aww, he went for the aprons because he wanted to help. The new lady doesn't seem like a bad person though, maybe they were misplaced. I don't really see anything bad with his dad moving on, except for maybe the super cheesy grin. Hopefully this will actually turn out to be a happy memory of how he ended up in camp, maybe.
Oh! This one has some good continuity!!!
All the way back in "Toxic," Fred says he keeps rat poison right next to the spices. It's the one without a label.
Am I the only one who giggled at the thought of a "sodium-free salt substitute"? It reminds me of reading Foxtrot when I was younger, and how the mom would always use substitute out some of the most crucial ingredients in a dish ("beef enchiladas without the beef", for example).
Also, while it looks like Seventeen did get briefly confused between the salt substitute and something else, I think she actually picked the right one in the end. Briguy pointed out that in "Toxic" (way back in season 1), Fred said the rat poison was the one without a label, and the stuff that Seventeen gave to Fred does have a label on it.
Oh! This one has some good continuity!!!
All the way back in "Toxic," Fred says he keeps rat poison right next to the spices. It's the one without a label.
Haha, I just noticed that Fred didn't even look before taking the sodium-free salt substitute and adding it. Good thing Seventeen, hopefully, picked correctly.
Here's how I think this origin story is working out: Mom passed away, dad grieves but gets over it. He still truly loves his wife, but he moves on and gets a new girlfriend. His son, however, keeps reminding him of his wife. Here's the tragic part: he didn't abandon his son at the camp because the son was in the way... he was a constant reminder of his late wife and didn't see any other way of moving on with the son in his life.
The only thing that makes really sad in this particular strip is the removal of the aprons. Me personally, that would destroy me. I get emotionally attached to items like that and if someone threw them away, I would be a sobbing devastated mess.
Fred's unlabeled jar of poison totally came off that spice rack, didn't it. The only question is which is more horrible, Fred helping his dad move beyond his wife's death and into a relationship with a black widow...or him helping his dad get over his wife's suicide, and dad dying after a meal with mom's "secret spice" (and maybe newmom getting arrested for cooking it).
Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion.
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All the way back in "Toxic," Fred says he keeps rat poison right next to the spices. It's the one without a label.
Also, while it looks like Seventeen did get briefly confused between the salt substitute and something else, I think she actually picked the right one in the end. Briguy pointed out that in "Toxic" (way back in season 1), Fred said the rat poison was the one without a label, and the stuff that Seventeen gave to Fred does have a label on it.
Also that's totally powdered Memor-eez pills
no wonder Fred had to go, she could not abide his old-school mentality and used her womanly ways on his dad to effect his untimely eviction.
for the rest of us: Toxic
I love when a story is told so well without any words; damn you sad flashback DX
http://campcomic.com/comic/toxic
I just misremembered and assumed rat poison, but Fred keeps poison in the unlabeled one.
- John Stuart Mill