Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for April 06, 2014
Transcript:
Homer the Reluctant Soul - Epilogue Homer: *sigh* Bert: Regrets, Homer? Homer: Well... Duncan: I know, dude...I liked her, too. Bert: Well, then...congratulations! Homer: Um...for what? Duncan: ? Bert: You've found the quest for the rest of your lives! Homer: Quest? For what? Duncan: Duh... Bert: Oh, let's just say, where there's life, there's hope...and vice-versa. Homer: ? ! Ahh...hope! Ok...send me back down, Bert! Bert: To when? Homer: To whenever she's going to be! Bert: Ok, if you say so... Now that I know my quest... ...How hard can it be? Woman: Oh, no, not now!
Varnes over 10 years ago
Um, well, this is his chance to get to know her well….Kinda awkward….
Bilan over 10 years ago
Sure, you should love your mother,but that’s not what he had in mind.
Varnes over 10 years ago
Where’s Duncan? Roundin’ up another wolf pack?
wrwallaceii over 10 years ago
this kind of reminds me of this:http://joyreactor.com/post/669261
Varnes over 10 years ago
The straps that help the guy pull the wagon are a nice touch of detail Wiley….
mr_sherman Premium Member over 10 years ago
Like father, like son.
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr over 10 years ago
He’s his own father?This is getting awful Freudian.
Ida No over 10 years ago
We got the when and the why. A shame about the where, how and who. Maybe someone should ask about the what?
Darsan54 Premium Member over 10 years ago
Ooooh, look! Heaven has a sense of humor!
wrwallaceii over 10 years ago
Didn’t Robert Heinlein write a short story with a similar Plot device? I think it was titled; ‘All You Zombies—-’
dadoctah over 10 years ago
Take it easy folks, this is just the start of the target lifetime. He’ll catch up with Speranza in due time..One thing I wonder about, though. Seems to me the first life we ever saw Homer in, he was an Eskimo (his name came from the town of Homer, Alaska). Has the Reluctant Soul saga come full circle?
Zero-Gabriel over 10 years ago
Seriously…?
mac04416 over 10 years ago
If no one dare say it, then I will:The first thing guys want to get INTO, is the first thing he gets OUT of…….
Ken Gagne Premium Member over 10 years ago
Meh. Maybe I’m too saccharine, but I was hoping for a happier ending in Rome. (The DOG dies??)
puddlesplatt over 10 years ago
Eeek!
Varnes over 10 years ago
Dogsniff, thanks, buddy…You made me do a spit take with my coffee….Now I have a really good reason to buy a new laptop….
Wiley creator over 10 years ago
It seems a lot of you are leaping to the conclusion that the woman about to give birth is Hope.
YatInExile over 10 years ago
That’s just wrong. On a couple of levels.
Melekalikimaka over 10 years ago
hmmm, I guess words, DO matter.
westny77 over 10 years ago
You are starting from square 1.Heaven looked so nice. So now we know how they died and went to heaven.
dabugger over 10 years ago
myths….?
JohnnyBlackhart over 10 years ago
Ahhhhhhhh0 but do we know that its her yet ? I was hoping that the dog would chew the ropes and that there would be a happier more direct ending .
pbarnrob over 10 years ago
If you’ve ever seen Noises Off, it’s a bit like an acting troupe coming to town and putting on a play, and sometimes the actors get to switch roles. Then on to the next town, switch again, depending on what they’re learning. If you recognize someone you just met, that’s likely it.
Miba over 10 years ago
I don’t get it. Is his life starting over? Is she his mother? Are they going to be born together as twins?
racerxyz over 10 years ago
Ah, someone who may have a truer perspective……On this note, I doubt if he will have to do anything but go where he is led…..More useful perspective adjustments :-)
racerxyz over 10 years ago
Thank you, Wiley, I needed this kind of a booster today….:-)It’s more peaceful to believe that all I have to do is keep showing up…..
midas welby over 10 years ago
@Wiley, I suspect that you have read Heinlein’s “Job”! FWIW, I prefer St. Bert to Loki :-).
LV1951 over 10 years ago
Taboo!
pcolli over 10 years ago
That’s the thing about stories….. the ending is often open to interpretation so that we can draw conclusions that are relevant to our own lives.
Varnes over 10 years ago
Yup, I did it too…Jumped to a conclusion….Wiley was named well….sort of a foreshadowing I guess…(I know his name is spelled differently than wily, but phonetics and letters don’t always blend as well as one would hope)…
Mary McNeil Premium Member over 10 years ago
I figured she was “the girl” that he was seeking.
Grampus over 10 years ago
NO! NO! Press the “Esc” key, or K’tarl-D!! Talk about your plot twist.
susan.e.a.c over 10 years ago
Pretty much the eewwww comic we all didn’t want.
JP Steve Premium Member over 10 years ago
And note that Bert says “a quest for the rest of your lives” plural. No quickie wrapup here!
Ida No over 10 years ago
Another reason why the mother isn’t Hope – Homer has to locate Duncan first before the two of them can start their search for Hope. Then, Homer has to learn to walk…
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr over 10 years ago
If this is the epilogue to the Roman story, then Hope will have to be reborn again as well as Homer and Duncan.
Can't Sleep over 10 years ago
I’m done with Homer and Duncan.This one went on forever, and left me with an, “oh no.” I’ll keep reading Non Sequitur, but not the Homer stories.
GarfieldJune19 over 10 years ago
Well, there’s no Hope, and no Cash . . . . : D.
GarfieldJune19 over 5 years ago
When are we going to see Homer and Duncan next? I don’t remember seeing the next storyline.