Today’s strip seems almost tame after yesterday’s turn of events, but still… Yes! To think, we all called Pete the creepy one.
Everything about this continues to be bizarre and off-putting. Why is Linda apparently conflicted about backing away from Buck’s advance? Heck, why is Buck making these advances to begin with? I mean, sure, he talked to Linda a bit when he came to visit Bull but… that’s just it, he came to visit BULL. Prior to Bull’s death, he spent 95% of his time at the Bushka house with Bull. Even when he was talking to Linda, they talked about Bull!
We know nothing about Buck other than that he played high school football and that he was miraculously diagnosed with CTE. Did he have a career? Prior relationships? Family? Friends? We have no context for this behavior, which means TB has painted himself into a corner without a way to make Buck come across as anything but gross and way out of line.
Filed under Son of Stuck Funky
Tagged as Batiukmobile®, Buck, Buck Bedlow, characters everyone hates, creepiness, creepy, CTE, disgust, impending doom, Inappropriate quotes, Linda, Linda Bushka, old crap, Old dying people, old useless junk, sad-sackery, Squick, tags you never thought you'd use, tiny hands, very long arcs, very old gags