The story trudges along: Cherry and Olive distrust Holly Folly, but Peach is more optimistic. Now, Holly wants to move ahead with a deal. So far, so good.

What might be confusing here is a point of grammar. In Panel 1, Cherry lists some negatives about Holly, then follows up with “But we’re not going into business …” Although I’m no professor of English, I know that when a statement is followed by a “But”, it implies a response that is contrary to the initial statement. For example, “I’d like to make prank phone calls with you today, but I’m busy working on my Great Humanitarian award speech.”

Instead, Jules Rivera has Cherry follow her initial, negative, statement with another negative statement: “Holly Folly is bad. But we’re not going into business with her, right?” A conjunction such as “Therefore” or even “So” would make Cherry’s statement sound correct. “Okay, Holly Folly has flaws and we hate fast fashion. So, we’re not going into business with her, right?”

In Panel 4, Rivera affirms Holly’s message: “Odd how that turned around so quickly.” Okay, what turned around quickly? Peach was already sold on the deal. Did Cherry and Olive suddenly become Holly Folly acolytes? Do they now like fast fashion? Sounds like a classic non sequitur.

Geez! Just how long is this argument going to continue? I reckon it must be important for the story’s development to ensure that we recognize that this is a dramatic turning point, where the protagonist (Peach Pitt) is warned by her sisterly “Greek Chorus” of impending disappointment if she continues down ths path. But like all Greek tragedies, Peach will likely put aside the advice. Otherwise, the story will end.

More importantly, why are Cherry and Olive standing side-by-side in the background? Is it to play up their Greek Chorus symbolism? I don’t know. Jules Rivera seems to love drawing people lined up in the background, anyway; we can see it often enough. In panel 1, the gals are even holding things up in front of them, as if they are in a school show-and-tell.

Cherry dropped the shirt in panel 2 in order to point a finger at her mental image of Cricket Bro, only to return to holding the shirt up again in panel 4. Okay. Why is Cherry holding up that shirt!? Well, Olive is not immune to goofiness, either. In panel 1, she holds her laptop sideways, as if it is book! In Panel 4, she is still standing and holds the laptop in her left arm, as if she is a server taking an order. Why aren’t they just sitting down, like they were doing in Monday’s strip?

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