Girlfriend
Benji casually dropping a bomb.
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So Benji’s long-rumored girlfriend is finally gonna show up! Awesome!
Wait… “long ruomored”?
I don’t think Benji ever mentioned having a girlfriend…
Did Jackie and Jesse write and produce *Jesse’s Adventure* or was there a third person involved? I seem to have missed out on all the lore around that story.
uh-oh, kaya´s overeager expression spells trouble. poor nora is so getting pounced on!
also, why isn´t she part of their d&d group, i guess she´s living a bit further away and going to another school?
I think so, otherwise Benji probably would have said something earlier so that she could have ridden with the rest of them.
She was likely warned ahead of time.
Kaya is 90% LESS invested in his relationship than Anna would be. So Benji should be VERY VERY VERY HAPPY to have Kaya involved in meeting his girlfriend over Kai’s personal pestering problem.
Ngl I expected Benji to get a boyfriend instead ^^
So was I. (I was kinda hoping he’d end up with Kai but oh well)
I hope Kaya didn’t dent the car in her enthusiasm.
Many cars have died when she heard some information?
And a grenade is casually dropped.
Autographs, card tournaments, karaoke, swag/loot, cosplays, and more. What’s not to love about a con. (I’ve never been to one)
And here, we casually learn that Benji has a girlfriend. Watch out, Nora, Kaya’s on the way!!!
Never been to a con, myself (except for the mini-con the gaming club I was in put on in college about 30 years ago…), but it’s on my bucket list! Wonder if they’re as much fun as ren-faires…
I’m a ‘wallk around’ con goer myself. I don’t get starstruck so celebrity meet and greets aren’t my thing and most panels don’t strike my fancy. I usually wind up collecting pictures of good cosplays and trying to figure out what I want to spend my loot budget on.
Same here. The sights, the sounds, the random Anime madness….. I enjoy just wondering around and casually soaking it all up…
Took my 11 year old Nephew to his first ever Anime Convention earlier this year. He was surprised to see all the Cosplay in the lobby area. When we actually got inside, I picked him up, lifted him so he was sitting on my shoulder (I’m 5’11″/180cm) so he could see as much as possible. He was NOT ready for what I had introduced him to…
We both had an awesome day, got stuff for us and the rest of his family, mission absolutely accomplished…
Way to go Benji! Looking forward to meeting her.
Rex really is surprised, you don’t often see him not wearing his normal resting grumpy jerk face. Everyone else’s expressions are also priceless!
Benji, you sly dog! You’ve known Kai and Kaya for months now and this is when you drop this bombshell? You’d think that this would come up sooner. I wonder what his friends are thinking about this sudden revelation…
Kai and Kaya: “We’ve known you for months and you haven’t mentioned your girlfriend until now!?”
Rex: “I thought you were gay!”
Cleo: “you’re looking awfully smug about this, puppy.”
I wonder what other events Team Dragons will attend aside from the card game tournament, the karaoke contest, and the Jesse’s Adventure panel… I have a feeling Kaya’s gonna kill at karaoke, she’s at least gonna be in the top 3 contestants.
Well, as things are.. The twins were in Italy, and the connection between Rex and Benji is not that deep.
He didn´t say where and when he met her. Could have also happened while they were all on vacation.
But Kayas Face.. We know what is coming.
Nora? That made me think of a certain white dragon lady from TwoKinds.
I wonder if another hybrid joins the group. Kaya sure is ready to pounche.
OMGosh; that’d be one heckuva crossover!
Not to mention cradlerobbing, since Dragon Nora is what, 2000+ years old and Benji is…15?
Is Kaya going to go all “Annabella” on Benji now? 😉 🙂
It’s probably less gossip vulture and more friend hoarder in this case
I wonder if Kaya will be recognized by anyone at the karaoke contest. She has a u-tube channel she makes music on. She’s small time at the moment, but I can see her signing at least one autograph this chapter and riding that high all the way home
It’d be cool if she can live stream her own karaoke performance. I wonder if the rules at the con allow that…
Want to know something interesting? My great grandparents (paternal-paternal) were Grover and Nora Jones.
Wait… in the last panel is Benji talking to everyone else in the car… or directly to us…?
(Also, I see no reason why he shouldn’t have a girlfriend… but I DO think it odd he’s never mentioned her until now…!)
Yes!
Maybe he just started seeing her while The Twins were in Italy? Might also be he was just talking to her online before that and didn’t count her as an actual girlfriend until now.
In the last panel it -looks- like Benji may have dropped that bomb on purpose, but the phrasing of his comment sounds, to me, like he did not.
Could go either way.
Benji, there’s a difference between NOT KNOWING that you have a girlfriend and THINKING YOU CAN’T have a girlfriend. With that smug grin, I’m half inclined to believe you kept it quiet specifically to drop it as a bomb.
I bet some of them were thinking it would be more likely he’d have a boyfriend than a girlfriend
Exactly XD
Panel 4: Perhaps add a comma to “around”?
There’s already a period after it. It’s kinda small; I had to zoom in on my phone to see it.
That’s panel 3.
Not needed in panel 4 either.
Try sounding out questionable sentences in your head (or out loud). Say it once -without- the comma’s pause. Then say it again -with- the pause, but exaggerate the pause a bit. That often helps me in my writing.
Group: Why didn’t you tell us before??
Benji: You never asked.
Kaya: Why didn’t you volunteer the information???
Benji: …Do I *need* to?
So he’s not flying Solo,
our handsome, canine, player.
As Kai has found his Near
so Han has found his Leia?
Kai’s going celeb hunting?
Will he have a ploy?
Will he just meet Jessie
or be lucky and meet Troye?
But, to save your sanity
and keep you on the page,
stay away from the Karaoke
when Kaya takes he stage…
Diolch yn fawr iawn.
Does Kaya sing in the key of “off”?
When she starts singing, there is NO turning her ‘off.’ 😉
I’m not really surprised Benji has a girlfriend, for someone with nerdy hobbies he’s got a confident air about him. Considering how busy the game shops he frequents are the chances of hitting it off with someone are high.
Lol at my ADHD brain’s reaction. I’m imagining Benji’s GF being an employee of some DnD store, and she’s constantly giving him discounts as her way to show affection.
Of course, Benji, being a good boy, sneakily manages to pay full price to the shop owner directly, somehow, not wanting Nora to get in trouble. And, to continue this headcanon, Nora’s Mom is the shop owner, and totally plays into Benji and Nora’s little competition…
Oooooooh secret girlfriend 😏
Secret secret secret secret girlfrieeeeeeend?
“But…your dads are gay.”
“One: That’s not how that works. Two: Even if it was, I’m not biologically related to them.”
Sorry, my “logical comedian” brain just need to get that out.
I apologize to everyone, as that sounded better in my head.
It is SO much easier to find a girlfriend that’s into gaming now than it was in the 80s.
If I had managed to find one, maybe I’d still be married.
Or the early ’70s. 😉 🙂
HA HA TRUE! I was born in 2970 though, so girls were still ‘icky’ at that stage of my life. 🙂
WHOOPS * 1970 !!!!!!!!
Time traveler confirmed!
Benji got confidence to spare. I am not surprised he got a girlfriend 😀
Is Nora one of those bat teens?
Their names are Jenny and Trixy, so that would be a no.
can confirm I was surprised as well, but it makes sense.
also i’ve been in benji’s place, and casually dropping lore on people like that is SO MUCH FUN.