Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCT: June 8-12, 2009
Delirium:
--- Quote from: Manix on 12 Jun 2009, 14:25 ---
--- Quote from: someone1074 on 12 Jun 2009, 07:20 ---...I fail to understand the Angus hate.
Seriously, judging by a majority of the justifications I've read, it seems that a number of you have completely misinterpreted his presence in this comic. Stalkerish? Annoying? Disgusting?
He's just an average guy, a little dorky at worst. And he seems to get along rather well with the cast. I would say he even seems like a decent fit into their group.
Where is all of this hate coming from?
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I'm of the belief that alot of people who hate Angus are...
1. Angry Marten/Faye shippers, still upset their ship didn't sail, and thus, hysterically violten to anyone who threatens Faye's singleness ( so long as she single, Marten/Faye can still happen!).
2. People who don't like the fact that Angus isn't as physically attractive as Sven.
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Are you kidding? Marten/Faye is the one thing in this comic that can NEVER, EVER, EVER happen. No, just no. And reason 2... what? I don't care if Angus is the platonic goddamn IDEAL of fairness. He still needs to leave Faye alone, she is hurt and vulnerable.
Is it cold in here?:
That's a really interesting point.
Jeph has in general chosen a pretty realistic approach to his comic. Even the little robots running around have consistent characterization and act according to a consistent logic.
This choice makes it easier to care about the characters.
Are the ventures into surrealism, like the Department of Kicking Your Ass, so funny just because Jeph only does them as occasional exceptions?
Delirium:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 12 Jun 2009, 18:53 ---That's a really interesting point.
Jeph has in general chosen a pretty realistic approach to his comic. Even the little robots running around have consistent characterization and act according to a consistent logic.
This choice makes it easier to care about the characters.
Are the ventures into surrealism, like the Department of Kicking Your Ass, so funny just because Jeph only does them as occasional exceptions?
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Most definitely. His most egregious departure from "reality", comic #666, he even had the decency to declare non-canonical.
Manix:
--- Quote from: Delirium on 12 Jun 2009, 18:40 ---
--- Quote from: Manix on 12 Jun 2009, 14:25 ---
--- Quote from: someone1074 on 12 Jun 2009, 07:20 ---...I fail to understand the Angus hate.
Seriously, judging by a majority of the justifications I've read, it seems that a number of you have completely misinterpreted his presence in this comic. Stalkerish? Annoying? Disgusting?
He's just an average guy, a little dorky at worst. And he seems to get along rather well with the cast. I would say he even seems like a decent fit into their group.
Where is all of this hate coming from?
--- End quote ---
I'm of the belief that alot of people who hate Angus are...
1. Angry Marten/Faye shippers, still upset their ship didn't sail, and thus, hysterically violten to anyone who threatens Faye's singleness ( so long as she single, Marten/Faye can still happen!).
2. People who don't like the fact that Angus isn't as physically attractive as Sven.
--- End quote ---
Are you kidding? Marten/Faye is the one thing in this comic that can NEVER, EVER, EVER happen. No, just no. And reason 2... what? I don't care if Angus is the platonic goddamn IDEAL of fairness. He still needs to leave Faye alone, she is hurt and vulnerable.
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You're making Faye sound like some wilting lily, so hurt and traumatized by her past that she cannot bear to even live! AT least that's the kind of impression I'm getting from all these Angus haters. Faye does have ahurtful past, but it's not effecting her to the point where she's not acting like Faye. She's still a tough, foul mouthed quasi-bitch, who can still remain loyal to her friends and have fun.
You know, this entire debate is pointless! Jeph is still going to use Angus whether we want him to or not. Jeph doesn't strike me as being too similar to, say, modern comic book publishers, who frequently change around stories to add elements fans want. If Jeph has decided to use Angus and make him part of the cast, it is set in stone!
Jeez! I'm finally starting to understand all those people who say "But they're just fictional characters."
NeverQuiteGoth:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 12 Jun 2009, 18:53 ---Are the ventures into surrealism, like the Department of Kicking Your Ass, so funny just because Jeph only does them as occasional exceptions?
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I don't think Steve's advendture falls into that category, because it had lasting repercussions and everybody remembers it. The non-continuity strips are such because the events depicted aren't canonical, I'd think.
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