(This is a Luann post)
Wow. All the will-she, won't-she, does-she, doesn't-she has pretty much been resolved. Brad loves Toni. Toni loves Brad. Cue the walk into the sunset.
On a technical note, I love the pacing Evans has used the past two weeks to the big reveal. The kiss, the single-panel happy couple...and Brad's reactions have been spot-on. I cringed, just slightly, when he brought up Dirk, but Toni breezed right over it, and "Ok, two things..." was about the Braddiest comment there could have been.
I am a bit torn. Unfortunately, happy couples aren't interesting. Conflict drives storytelling. That's why there's always a dragon threatening the fair maid; always a malevolent, asthmatic cyborg who happens to be your father trying to take over the universe; always a huge shark terrorizing a sleepy coastal town. Evans gets away with it with the DeGroot adults, and the occasional "happy longtime married couple" panels always give me a smile, but honestly, now that Brad and Toni are together, the only way to keep them interesting is going to be to introduce some conflict. I hope it turns out to be of the "you and me against the world, baby" variety, rather than the relationship self-destructing over Brad's insecurities.
For now, I'm just happy that Brad's gotten what he's wanted, and waited for...and Toni too, even if she didn't know she wanted it.
