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WCDT 2081-85 (Christmas Week - Dec. 19-23, 2011)
Carl-E:
I dunno, this feels weird to me. Elliott was moping, crying in his beer over Padma. He then says he's over it, but come on, you don't crush like that for that long (I assume it's been going on a while) and then throw a switch and high five the new guy.
Violence? No, not Elliott's style. But at least a little of the strip's famous awkwardness would be more in line with the way people behave...
Oh, and thanks for fixing the poll. At least I was able to add "Cump" to my choices!
tjradcliffe:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 19 Dec 2011, 06:12 ---I dunno, this feels weird to me. Elliott was moping, crying in his beer over Padma. He then says he's over it, but come on, you don't crush like that for that long (I assume it's been going on a while) and then throw a switch and high five the new guy.
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On the face of it, yeah, but let's make up some back-story for Elliot that would explain it.
We know he didn't express his feelings to Padma for a long time, and when he did he got shot down. Maybe that was the last in a long series of experiences where he wasn't up-front about his feelings, leaving behind him a trail of loneliness and isolation, and yet after crying in his beer he realized, "Hey, I'm kinda OK. The world didn't end. Again. I've really gotta stop doing that." So now he's like a guy who's just quit smoking, proselytizing his new-found faith.
Either that or Hanner's dad teleported him up to the space station where he was given an alien brain transplant. That seems pretty likely too.
Throg:
Turning points in life do happen. Not often, but they do happen. And when people turn a corner in their lives, sometimes friends and acquaintances can hardly believe the extent of change of behavior; but it does happen.
Good for Eliot; and it's not exactly a shame on Marten, but I hope Jeph basically allows Marten to grow a little, rather than be the constant wishy-washy indie-boy punchline.
sitnspin:
I think Monday's comic was a message to the Forumites.
I tried thinking better of people, but it didn't work out so well. Still, I try again from time to time. Maybe one of these days I won't be disappointed.
Cornan:
Man, my favorite points of the year don't seem to be too popular. :psyduck:
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