....the more I think about Emily, the more I wonder. We know she has parents - Marigold met them on-panel after the beach house party. She COULD just be one of those people who's so terrifyingly intelligent that nominal social interactions are at best tertiary concerns...but I still wonder.
My brother is highly intelligent. I mean, I have an IQ of 160, and he makes me feel stupid by comparison. I don't know if his IQ is over 200, but it's pretty damn close. As a result, he does not tend to interact well socially. His brain can do laps around normal people, but he doesn't know how to talk to them. Emily does a far better job of that, considering how smart she is.
There is some research indicating that communication tends to break down with more than a 30-point IQ gap. There are ways to compensate and talking to people is a teachable skill. Emily may have chosen not to invest the time and effort.
Or she may not have run across anyone capable of teaching that particular skill.
I'm not sure if you mentioned this, but Emily sees the same thing when smelling Assam that Roko does...
A) If I recall correctly, Emily didn't say she
sees anything, she just said that Assam
smells like a hunky unicorn guy to her.
B) The strip that showed what Roko sees when sniffing Assam was a guest strip, wasn't it? Guest strips are usually assumed to be non-canon. Then again, the strip that mentioned Emily's impressions of Assam
was by Jeph, so that may imply he has canonized that particular guest strip...