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[V-Adore]

Well there's always the Phillipe is a 30 year old and mentally disabled possibility.

The weird thing about this is the general progression in the strip has been from the "Philippe is a mentally disabled adult or otherwise 'not all there'" idea prevalent early on to the more recent idea of "Philippe is actually a child." It's possible that that just reflects changing reactions of characters to Philippe, but it's still changing in sort of weird ways.

[CortJstr]

DONNY SAYS VACUUM!

But yeah.   Nephews living with rich uncles is a longstanding fictional tradition.  Think of him as the Fresh Prince of Achewood Estates if it makes you feel more comfortable.*  It's simply a linear progression from the dead wife syndrome that terrorized 1950's sitcom families.  If this were the 80s he would be an adopted orphan.

*I'm now imagining what the sitcom centered on LN's life would be like.  Probably all airing on UPN and starring someone with a recording contract.  You'd meet his crazy classmates from school and he'd play pranks on Mr. Bear and go to Lyle for life advice.

If it were the 80's he'd be an adopted orphan of another race. In Achewood terms I'm not sure if that means another breed of cat or another animal entirely. Also, we're all going to need to remember to update our UPN and WB jokes to CW jokes.

I swear the alt-text said something about a trampoline yesterday...

[oball]

Yah, it said he trained by jumping off his roof onto a trampoline.  My guess is Onstad doesn't want to get sued when some impressionable young Achewood fan dies emulating it.

[mrdna1]

Another question: why has LN apparently grown up in a more or less real-time fashion (remember, back at the Party he seemed pretty young) while Philippe has been five for years and has a wildly fluctuating maturity level?

I always figured because it was a cartoon and Onstad can do whatever the hell he wants with the characters.

[Hobot]

I enjoyed the line, "the way things are these days, he is probably a nerd."  It is as if becoming a nerd is unavoidable at present.  Perhaps it is similar to the Joe Camel phenomenon of making kids smoke cigarettes; advertisements of video games and the like are turning kids into nerds without their knowledge or consent.  Not to mention the unsavoury influence of that goddamned Internet.

[ananke]

Yah, it said he trained by jumping off his roof onto a trampoline.  My guess is Onstad doesn't want to get sued when some impressionable young Achewood fan dies emulating it.

He was probably laying in bed and thought "what if my daughter grows up to read a comic strip about alive stuffed animals and gets so heck of obsessed with it that when the comic strip suggests that jumping off your roof onto a trampoline is a good preparation for a tough life experience that she does it and breaks both her arms?" so he got up and quickly changed it. Being a parent is a tough shake, man.

[pmcd9]

I enjoyed the line, "the way things are these days, he is probably a nerd."  It is as if becoming a nerd is unavoidable at present.  Perhaps it is similar to the Joe Camel phenomenon of making kids smoke cigarettes; advertisements of video games and the like are turning kids into nerds without their knowledge or consent.  Not to mention the unsavoury influence of that goddamned Internet.

I took that line to mean something like 'he seems pretty cool to me, but the way kids view the world these days he is probably considered a nerd.'  But your explanation makes more sense.  Thank you for the clarification.

~Paul

[Hobot]

I took that line to mean something like 'he seems pretty cool to me, but the way kids view the world these days he is probably considered a nerd.'  But your explanation makes more sense.  Thank you for the clarification.

~Paul

I do what I can to make the world a better place.

[Drastic Action]

The trampoline bit was from the comic itself, panel 5.

That is my contribution for today.