Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for May 16, 2023

His friends don’t have faith with him? Even though he had relationships that lasted longer?

Teddy and Francis is probably wondering how he gets so many girls

We waited 7 years for this, I’m gonna cry T_T

I wanna see how their relationship plays out, they look really cute.

I wonder if this is just foreshadowing that their relationship will end soon

Stop being so doubtful, Francis and Teddy! Give Nate and Daphne 3 months at least

Who remembers Nate’s longest relationship?

I mean, I kinda get where they are coming from considering middle school couples never last very long..

tbh i give this arc 2 weeks before daphne disappears off the face of the earth

and Nate’s a betting line…AGAIN.

I’m betting this one’s gonna last….BUT…Craig could be VERY bitter about being tossed over like he was. Trouble behind… trouble ahead…..

June 6. Write it down.

so this storyline will last just three weeks? should last until they hit high school

Comic strip characters can’t be dull. Remember that, and you’ll realize why you read this every day. Right, Lincoln?!

I mean, everyone keeps talking about them kissing. By now, that should’ve happened.

Strip rating: 2/10 Okay, NOW his friends are being mean…

Man thats just mean- Nate needs new friends

C-

Tick, tock.

poll: how long do you think they will actually last? respond in replies

Well, let’s see if it’ll last 3 weeks

I know stuff like this is how 6th grade boys act (trust me, I would know), but there’s a difference between screwing with Nate (like last strip) and literally talking behind his back about how long his relationship is gonna last.This is a bit too far.

Foreshadowing…?

That’s mean of teddy and fancis. well thats how boy treat each other by joking around

They should stay a couple. Gives the boys something to talk about

Question: When is the kiss??

i saw some people complain about teddy and francis being mean. i dont think people understand that pierce is trying to capture the way 6th graders act. like of course they’re gonna mean about it, they’re 6th graders. yeah its mean but its also realistic and in some way (atl east to me) its charming.

BUT…..

i personally think its too overdone now. in the past, teddy and francis were mean to nate. but they also SUPPORTED him too. now you see almost no support. i was cool with teddy and francis being mean to nate in the older strips because they would also show their support for him to balance it out.

but that support doesn’t show up much anymore and it makes them look like bad people (which they are not)

tell me this pierce, if nate is the narcissist who always gets in trouble. and teddy and francis are the nice guys, than how am i supposed to root for teddy and francis when they are just jerks to nate all the time.

but at the same time, this is exactly how normal 6th graders act so i dont know what to think of it

That long. Really…..

Three weeks is a lifetime for a 6th grader.

Prove ‘em wrong Nate!

I will be back around June 6 to see if this prediction holds true.

1 week at best

Normally I would think like them. But in this case I hope these are the Famous last words and Nate and Daphne stick together for a long time.

…WILL they make it to the end of school year? Oh, the SUSPENSE!!!!!…….

They’re in 8th grade! Three weeks is pretty good.

Weeks?

Wow, Francis. Way to support a friend. l:l

Nope, that was just uncalled for.

dang francis u need to be nicer 2/5

Some friends of my ex-wife bet each other we wouldn’t stay married for 6 months (at our wedding/reception). We made it 5 years, so they had the right idea, just not the right timing. Happily remarried now for over 25 years.

Three weeks? Dang, Francis is really pushing it, here!

People think this is mean and uncalled for, I say its friendship

UR SUCH A BULLY FRANCIS

AND SO ARE U TEDDY

I’m giving them 3 days.

Oh ye of little faith…

This will last a little while, then come crashing down

Foreshadowing

hes is just happy to have a gf so to speak

Goofy ahh

I think that they will actually last

1\10. Unnecessary jerks

hell no

you are so wrong

Its so much MORE than 3 WEEKS!

Teddy and Francis are stupid sometimes. F-

Ok now Teddy and Francis comments it was just cruel

They were so wrong. Nate and Daphne have been going out for a solid 10 months. And Daphne’s more happy then Anjie, Kelly, or Trudy.

As of March 18 the following year, Daphne is getting “advice” that she should dump Nate. Hopefully they weather the storm and hang in there, if not they won’t make their 1 year anniversary.

Little did he know they were still going out

DEEP THEORY

Of course we don’t know if Nate really ages in the series, but its implied he’s had multiple Halloweens, and multiple school years, which basically means times repeating itself. I also remember in a strip Teddy or Francis said that time doesn’t continue over and over in real life or something of that sort, which is sort of like some sort of fourth wall break. This really makes you think what’s going on in the big Nate universe and do they know that time just continuously repeats itself? In this strip, judging by francis’ immediate guess to how long Nate’s going to date Daphne this implies he still remembers the past 6 or 7 girlfriends nates had so well that he’s able to give a guess quickly. HMMMMMMMM