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Hannelore??
Ipskaya:
I don't think Hannelore's reaction was unusual or over-the-top, though I do find it kind of odd for her character that she never learned how to clean blood, especially since she can clean vomit. I don't know much about OCD, but I'd think it would make her want to learn how to clean EVERYTHING. Did she just throw away any panties that got a blood stain on them from a period? I'd think she'd learn how to deal with blood somewhat given that she's a female. (I know that she's on birth control, but as far as I know, there aren't any birth control pills that stop a period entirely.) Besides, she's dealt with blood before without having a major freak-out. (I know that a freak-out is justified in the latest case because there was a lot more blood and the injury was more severe, but she seemed freaked out at just the fact that there was blood also.)
Today's strip is kind of over-the-top, though. I think Jeph is taking the Hanners-acts-like-freaked-out-child thing a little too far. She just had a major freak-out; let's move on.
celloface:
I have to agree with the original post's basic point:
When did Hannelore become so gullible?
Ever since her pregnancy "scare" I've been wondering where and when she lost her common sense. Possibly the most interesting character has become nothing more than panic-induced comic relief.
Mad Cat:
There was definitely a character personality shift in our Hanners. When she was introduced in strip 515, she was a self-confident, young woman who had no problem with confronting a drunk guy in the women's room pissing in the sink in which her OCD was dictating that she wash her hands. The OCD kept getting supplemented with other behaviours. The making of the voodoo doll for Marten at 546 showed a less confident Hannelore. The bunnysuited cleaning at 556 showed a more profound OCD. And it just keeps snowballing. She's quit smoking, but she still has the multiple ear piercings, but since 1175, her hair's just obscured her ears.
I think the visit from her mother may have accelerated her self-infantilism. While I do think the current Hannelore who can't cope with a minor scalp laceration and who goes catatonic when informed of the reason she shouldn't play drums in a mid-thigh skirt is hyper cute, on the verge of being kawai, I'd like to see her make some breakthroughs in coping with her OCD with her therapist, like Faye is.
This is completely the pot calling the kettle soot-stained, being 35 going on 16 myself, but I just think that more mature young women who are capable of voluntarily acting responsibly immature are sexier than truly immature young women.
Tropylium:
Without going into her general portrayal as of late: dust mites, book lice and book scorpions exist, why couldn't book spiders? The answer is because paper dust can't uphold THAT much of an ecosystem, but hey, someone afraid of all sorts of dirty things — like anything out in the public — could pretty plausibly buy the idea of book spiders, especially from a library authority. Bibliodons sound a bit too silly, I admit. :-P
We would also have to assume she's never been to a (major, public) library before, more than cursorily at least… just HOW sheltered is she?
Frank Castle:
--- Quote from: Sooozie on 11 Aug 2008, 21:53 ---Is she four or what?! I really do love this comic but if Jeph doesn't move off of this childish storyline I may have to bail. I get that she has problems, I get that she had a bad childhood, but a "worry hat?" Why don't you have one of the characters get knocked up so there's a REAL child to feature? Sorry Jeph...it's just a little too weird.
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ANGRY READER IS ANGRY.
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