Single Parents

[Henohenomoheji]

heh... he did it again.

[Talitha]

The main characters of the comic are Ozy and Millie. Not Avery, or Timulty, or Stephen. Ozy and Millie's personal and family situations would then be, in theory, more focused on then secondary characters. A parent of a secondary character would only appear when it was convenient for DCS. I don't think DCS himself has given it much thought, unless he's planning a storyline that directly involves Avery's parents or Stephen's parents.<br><br>A while back, I came across <a href='http://www.ozyandmillie.net/1998/om19980123.html' target='_blank'>this strip.</a> Notice Millie says <b>"parents"</b>. Of course, this was an early 1998 strip, and one would persume that DCS hadn't thought that far ahead. Who's to say he's given much thought to, say, Stephen's mom? It's just something that slipped by unnoticed, until now.

[Ibun]

<!--QuoteBegin-Talitha+Sep 21 2004, 08:23 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Talitha @ Sep 21 2004, 08:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Notice Millie says <b>"parents"</b>. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Yes, Locke is her father. We knew that already.

[Talitha]

Yes, true, but that was <i>waaay</i> back before Millie had even met Locke. Before she had even learned that Locke was her father. Theoretically speaking, If she was the child of a single parent, then it should only be she and her mother. At that point in time there was no Locke. And yet she said "parents". <br><br>So you see, DCS had not thought that far ahead.<br><br>Besides, I don't see how Millie would have to try and convince her <i>ten-year-old</i> father to stay up till 9:30. If anything, Ms. Mudd would see to it that he had no say, since having the maturity of a <i>ten-year-old</i> would most likely hinder any logical solution, rather then help resolve it.

[Zylo]

I think most comics have single parents because it avoids having too many characters. Unless the comic is based around the family unit, it's simpler to just have single parents to avoid things from getting too complex.

[Muninn]

Adding to what DraganFox said, even the main characters will have single parents when it suits the creator. Unless the adults are essential to the strip in the LONG term or the strip is based on a family then the parents will mostly appear only for a single joke in the appropiate strip.

[Steve the Pocket]

I'm thinking maybe David had planned for Millie to have to adult parents, but then realized (1) he hadn't drawn Mr. Mudd into the strip yet, and (2) there were enough characters already, and having two Mudd parents would be if anything redundant. I wouldn't really be surprised if, somewhere in David's closet, is a drawing of the Mr. Mudd that never was. And for some odd reason, I'm betting he had a mustache.

[Zaaphod]

I'd like to see a drawing of the Mr. Mudd who never was, mustache or not. 'Twould be interesting to see.<br>

[Foxchild]

<!--QuoteBegin-Zaaphod+Sep 22 2004, 08:41 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Zaaphod @ Sep 22 2004, 08:41 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> I'd like to see a drawing of the Mr. Mudd who never was, mustache or not. 'Twould be interesting to see. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> you mean locke? <!--emo&:P--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo-->

[Zaaphod]

<!--QuoteBegin-FoxChild+Sep 23 2004, 12:52 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (FoxChild @ Sep 23 2004, 12:52 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> <!--QuoteBegin-Zaaphod+Sep 22 2004, 08:41 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Zaaphod @ Sep 22 2004, 08:41 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> I'd like to see a drawing of the Mr. Mudd who never was, mustache or not.  'Twould be interesting to see. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>you mean locke? <!--emo&:P--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> No no, not Locke. As inferred in <a href='http://www.ozyandmillie.org/1998/om19980123.html' target='_blank'>this strip</a> (and already pointed out by Talitha), Millie has a mom and a dad. <i>That's</i> the Mr.-Mudd-who-never-was I'm referring to and would like to see. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--><br>

[Archaemic]

Who's to say Millie never had a step-dad?<br>And what of Ozy's biological parents?

[Ozymandias]

I think I've created a monster of speculation

[Talitha]

<!--QuoteBegin-Oni Lukos+Sep 24 2004, 07:24 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Oni Lukos @ Sep 24 2004, 07:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Who's to say Millie never had a step-dad?<br>And what of Ozy's biological parents? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> The closest person I could ever see as Millie's step-dad would be Llewelyn. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->

[Zaaphod]

<!--QuoteBegin-Talitha+Sep 24 2004, 01:15 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Talitha @ Sep 24 2004, 01:15 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> The closest person I could ever see as Millie's step-dad would be Llewelyn. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> And if Llewellyn married Ms. Mudd, he <i>would</i> be. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--><br>

[Talitha]

Damn-straight!! <!--emo&:lol:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /><!--endemo--> (Excuse my language.)<br><br>Hmm...That gives me an idea. *rushes off*