Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for February 18, 2023

As for anything else, Stefani better learn not to accuse her roommates for stealing her things.

And Tiff lays down the law to her new roomie, Dez.

So, please explain why Tiffany couldn’t have done the same to her old roomie, Stef?

Most tycoons are tyrants. They didn’t get rich by being nice to their employee or paying them a fair share for their labor. Most tycoons deserve to be hung from a lamppost for the entertainment of the masses and the edification of the children.

Told ya this would work out well.

Aww, well raspberries!!

Aw Geez, total regression for Tiff. Very disappointing.

UGH! Tiff is getting things off on the wrong foot with Dez… What is wrong with her?

You’d think Tiff would just be thrilled she didn’t have to room with Stef. She knew about Dez and her naked yoga and incense. They are minor issues.

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So will they make it that she ends up hating living with Dez… and wants to go back with Stef??

So many unanswered questions left scattered on the floor of the Gulag! Was the Gun-Bets night of passion a one off? Where do Tiff and Bets stand with the Gray’s, and why? Has the trauma at the McManse caused Tycoon Tiff to turn into Timid Tiff? (love the alliteration)

Stef couldn’t find a clue with two hands a roadmap

Bets you going to ask a airhead to explain the difference.

Tiff’s rooming with Dez? How many are willing to wager that the Tiffster will be losing her sanity due to rooming with such a looney-tune?

The queen is back, and even Stef looks afraid.

Dorm room? More like a kaleidoscope.

Tiffany’s concerns are not unreasonable.I myself would find Dez a nice person to visit occasionally,but i wouldn’t want to live with her and her unique routine

Dez will be the next to move out. Tiff being such an ingrate that Dez will choose to go on a year abroad so that when next semester arrives Tiff will get a new roomie. The new roomie will be a former RA for Hall A who is brought back to additional funds, enter Bernice. It would serve Tiff right. What a selfish and ungrateful person she is and now she is as bad as Stef.

So Tara is an archer with the bow and arrow and Bets is an archer with the words.

And the plane skids off the runway before rotation*/takeoff.

*Rotation: In aviation, rotation refers to the action of applying back pressure to a control device, such as a yoke, side-stick or center stick, to lift the nose wheel and subsequent climbing. Basically, Tiff is crashing the plane before it even takes off the ground.

Continuation from earlier in the week:

Irma and Al have a problem with Bets. What Gunther needs to do is take a copy of the Luann strip from January 17 of 2020 where Irma says Bets is a very nice girl and she really likes her, and show it to Irma.

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https://www.gocomics.com/luann/2020/01/17

Bets is the most appealing character in the strip. She’s amusing, intelligent, courageous, and cute.

Let’s see how living together with Dez will affect Tiffany. In my opinion, time two days and they will do Yoga together. Then, after a little more, she will try naked yoga and love it. We finally know what Stef studies! As far as we know, she may be the top student in her major. But I kinda doubt that.

Stef has FINALLY shedded her obnoxious and silly cheerleader garbs. She looks much better. And ugh, Tiff. Save the Tycoon Tiff for after college. Dez is a sweet friend, and you don’t want to push her away. You should have done THAT with Stef. Wrong girl. Had you done with Stef, you probably wouldn’t have gone back home and fell down the stairs then ended up bunking up with Gunther and Les. Stef would have seen that you meant business and stayed in Kip’s room. Boys tend not to mind too much sex around in their college rooms while girls tend to be much more private and not too keen about seeing others doing it. I speak from experience – boys are definitely open minded about blatant sex acts in front of others. I could never, and never will, understand that kind of mentality and attitude, but it is the truth so if Stef is ok with it, she could have moved in with Kip and you would have had the room all to yourself! And I concur – no naked yoga. That’s as bad as blatant sex acts in front of you, however, you two need to reach a compromise such as having Dez do her naked yoga while you are in classes rather than saying a flat NO.

Description of Tiffany and Dez’s outfits: Loud and Louder.

I’m waiting now for Tiff to remember why she left the dorm to return home to the family mansion. She hasn’t yet put together the lessons of her recent months’ experiences in order to rearrange her life as desired, particularly any ventures into entrepreneurial activities and the college classwork that might facilitate them. she will need to become much more pro-active and plan-oriented if she is to transition to “tycoon Tiffany”. Part of her problem with the “WareManse” idea was that it arose spontaneously and she didn’t think about liability or security issues — not to neglect her failure to seek her father’s permission to use the family home in such a manner. But she should have learned several lessons, to wit: 1. She doesn’t like dorm living because of its inconveniences and impositions on her. 2. She fears living alone in her large family home — so much so that she panicked at the first sign of a security breach. 3. She should invest in good security systems and use them diligently. This need was illustrated by the window break, and by her father’s reaction when he learned via the internet of the WareManse experiment. 4. She needs to be careful about imposing upon even the most well-meaning friends for too long, lest she harm their friendship and cause them to wish her to leave.

Today’s strip suggests that she is about to be re-learning lessons 1 and 4 above. If Bets is a real friend and continues to be capable of confronting Tiff with maturity issues, then maybe she could review these experiences and lessons with Tiff. But she has not necessarily shown herself to be sufficiently analytical to put it all together by herself, either. She might, however, gain some help from Gunther as an analytical engineering thinker, if she would talk it through with him as part of their own processing of recent events that include Tiff’s eviction and Bets’ defiance of Al & Irma’s “sleepover” constraints.

The difference between a tycoon and a tyrant is a tycoon can afford a lawyer to do what Tiff is doing, setting boundaries and expectations. If it is a shared room, Dez can accommodate some boundaries. Good for Tiff for getting her ambition and self respect back.

The open-arms welcome lasted all but one frame. “Hrmph” thinks Stefani as she’s walking by.

What a way to tie up this week’s roller coaster ride with a final twist and turn in the end. Bets miraculously escaped unscathed from the guy’s place in her overnight stay with Gun. And now we lived happily ever after. Ok, I’m getting back in line to ride this coaster again. Some rides no matter how long they’ve been at a park, you just gotta ride again and again. Reminds me of my old favorite coaster called the Whizzer at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee,IL. That’s one ride they’ll never get rid of w/o a huge public outcry of injustice. :)

For crying out loud, just go back to the mansion.

Tiff is going to change Dez!

The hawt dancer reminds The Count of our beloved, on hiatus Ann Eiffel ❤️. The other looks like she would be good hunting truffles in the forest.

New Age hippie and spoiled brat. They’re a crazy pair, but they got no problem with that. Tiff and Dez, Dez and Tiff! They are a crazy pair, no buts or ifs! It’s the Dez and Tiffany Show!

I wonder how long this will last now…

Question: Have Bets and Tara appeared at the same time in Luann? They are definitely Alpha Females.

Well, hush my mouth! Butter my butt and call me a biscuit! You just talk too much:

Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGC4JnXzn1o

Rap version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EheLN-MDzrA

So Bets palmed Tiff off on Dez, so she and Gunther can have sleepovers. Such a good friend.

Why doesn’t Tiff just move back to the mansion and have Bets move in with her? They get along and Bets can handle her. There’s so much room there that Gunther could visit without problems.

Dance major? There’s someone who will be paying off her student loan for decades. Unless she snags a wealthy husband. She does have the bait.

Same old Tiff; same sh_t different day, different location. When will she mature and realize the world doesn’t revolve around her.

Why does Bets see a difference between tycoon and tyrant? And what’s Tiff’s dance major got to do with explaining the difference?

The authors of this strip seem hellbent on refusing to let their characters (a better word is caricatures) truly advance. Well, Brad’s not a slob anymore — but beyond that, not much of lasting significance.

Yeah…I’m with Tiffany on this one

I’d think that even at MoonyU dorms would be non smoking, so that should let out Dez’s incense. As for “naked yoga,” Tiff, are you embarrassed to see the undraped female form?Of course, as far as we know, you haven’t seen (much of) the male version.

Tiffany, your requests are reasonable, just put it better, OK? Diplomacy will serve you well in your tycoon days that lie ahead…..

Tiff may have to live in the Privacy Hut.

If they have bunk beds how can they have sides of the room?

“Let’s talk about private times in our room and come to an agreement on which incense to use”Business NOT tyranny

I’m thinking Tiff & Bernice swap places, Tiff lives with Luann, Nancy gets into nude yoga & is featured daily.

Counterpoint: You JOIN HER in naked yoga and I pay you for the honor of watching!;P

There’s a lot going on today. Tiff is back and giving orders to Dez in a way she should have given to Steff. I don’t know why Bets is telling Steff to explain the difference between a tycoon and a tyrant to Tiff, as I don’t think she knows what either is. She doesn’t seem to want to get involved, maybe thinking she has the room to herself.Now she’s a dance major? ? Dez will be fine. Have a cuppa! ;-D

This arc could go on or it may be time for a switch? Who’s stratosphere do we land in next?

The prodigal son had a smoother transition than this.

What’s wrong with incense? I mean, at most I’d ask for a scent we both liked and naked yoga…meh, I’m comfortable enough with the human body

yes Bets but you made the mistake of using the term bad-ass Now Tiff is taking it literally to everything. “Tiff, it’s ok to take the bad-ass mentality toward getting work done. Don’t be a bad-ass to your friends.”

Bets, go explain the difference between “my” and “our”. Let’s start with the basics with Tiff!

Sigh, still sad to see Tiff backslide as a character. She could grow as a person with Dez around.

I guess Betz didn’t quite think this through!

She seems determined to boss everyone but Stef around. Daddy needs to hire some staff full time so she won’t be lonely or afraid and yet all her needs will be catered to and she can be a spoiled rich girl again. Or get her a private room—-whichever is cheaper.

Incense would be no minor issue with me

Tiff is a moron!

So if Tiff plays to her strengths and let’s her “friends” take care of her Bets tells her to grow up. If Tiff shows ambition and sets boundaries for her needs, Bets calls her a tyrant. Stop living up to Bets’s “standards”, Tiff.

Greg has discovered what all Americans should have learned 300 years ago: people of Bets’ and Des’s melanin content do not come in the precise same skin color. He notes that point well, and without rubbing it in the readers’ faces.

Anyway, this is a great strip today, with great characters in tip-top form.

I confess I got played by my own misdirection play. Looking at how Bets was drawn yesterday, how completely she dominated the situation and handled, adroitly, the Tiffany situation, and her plain defiant but diplomatic staying the night with Gunther (I’m no longer calling him Gun(ther), and by the way paying back Les with getting Tiffany to get over her tantrum and move back to the dorm, where she desperately needs to be, I fell victim to the interpretation of her motives that I so often decry; but I was totally played! She is staying at the dorm, per the end (?) of this arc, already ordering Stef around. By the way I’m as sure as I can be with this strip, Tiffany will be balancing her charkas, drinking mushroom tea in no time. A TOUR DE FORCE!" Showdown with Wiseguy Al, and Ginger-Head Irma is still to come, but my money is on Bets with that one. Talk about tough, tycoon type.

It seems Bets has been talking about Dez’s less popular habits.

Naked yoga should happen when no one else is around who could be offended. Maybe they can work out a schedule for Dez. Incense is an acquired taste and can actually cause allergies for some people. I don’t see any problem with her requests. At least she’s being up front about it.

My personal opinion is that Tiffany prefers, and is more comfortable, living with men as opposed to women. Maybe she just needs servants, I don’t know. I do know four women in one small place will never work, ever

Tiffany is self-centered herself, but she can’t stand Steff? They’re both the same. Tiffany hates the exact type of person she is, which also means she’s sorely lacking in self-awareness.

Somehow, hilarity will ensue…at some point…somehow….

“There’s a difference??”

Heh, heh, heh…this is gonna be GOOD!

Envisioning Tiffany alone in the mansion scared and having to rethink her attitude about roommates.

There be a reason on why Bets didn’t volunteer as a roommate? It might be more hilarious moments with Dez?

Steffo the stereotype—Greg Evans must think she’s funny, I guess.

Those are pretty big words for Stef. This could be interesting between Tiff and Dez. Dez isn’t likely to fall prey to Tiff or anyone else.

So Tiff learns a valuable lesson—just because someone is pro love and spirituality doesn’t mean she’s a pushover.

And what lessons will Steph and Bets learn from each other? My guess is that as a performer Steph will love being filmed by her new roomie.

ya….naked yoga is kinda pushing the envelope of yuckiness.

Sharing a space means it’s SHARED…for better or worse. Deal, girl…or go back to your mansion.

There has been an ongoing debate on whether Bets is good for Gunther – as she sometimes looks like a control freak. Bets has gained points in this transaction handling Tiffany. Also it’s now fairly clear that intimacy between Gunther and Bets has evolved. Irma and Al now seem like the control freaks – as they are trying to discourage Bets – whom they perceive as a real threat to the family status quo. But geez – Gun is pushing 20 and not a kid anymore. G & K have done a good job keeping Bets interesting – which requires issues.

Maybe Tiff could be professional Dominatrix!

They still have the privacy hut, right?

I don’t know about you but I wouldn’t be ok with a roommate doing naked yoga and incense gives me headaches.

Well, this isn’t going well. Back off, Tiffany; no need to establish your Alpha-status here. You need Dez as an ally, not as an enemy. Bets may have to intervene, herself. Stef is a dance major and airhead, so she can’t do anything except, ahh, “please” Kip….

Tiffany does have a right to some say in the environment. But being a bossy witch is totally uncalled for. She could ask politely that Dez not burn incense when Tiff is in the room, not do naked yoga in their common space, etc. Assuming that Dez won’t keep “her stuff” on her own side is ridiculous. I was fortunate to have roommates who actually suggested solutions to matters where we differed, such as incense use (I have asthma), when boyfriends would be visiting, and such. But then, I didn’t ever room with a “Tiffany” type!

Can’t Tiff just nicely ask Dez to use the privacy hut for those things?

I think Bets was so eager to help get Tiffany out of the boys house because she plans to move in next. Why not change rooms with Tiffany at the beginning of the semester?