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State of the Comic: Hannelore

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clyspe:
She hasn't had too much character development lately, which indicates either the space station will reveal something has changed about her, or that she has fully come to terms with her condition and she recognizes both her limitations and yet how independent of her ocd she can be. This is evident especially in today's comic, where she admits she had a serious problem before. I know hannelore will never truly rise above her condition, but I think she can function alongside it.

Is it cold in here?:
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That's an interesting point. Jeph has been hinting that something big may happen in this arc, and the most logical person for it to happen to is Hannelore.

clyspe:
Hannelore has also been much more assertive lately, which is in stark contrast to how she was in the past. Hannelore usually shied away from conflict and assumed she could resolve anything on her own and that it didn't need to be brought up. Any conflict that happened was by chance and in spite of her great attempts to steer it away from conflict. I don't have many specific examples, but I can remember her scolding Merigold and from then on taking a sort of motherly role for Merigold. That definitely wasn't only for Merigold's benefit, I think Hannelore used Merigold so that she can 1. better understand herself and 2. etch out a place for herself in society. Maybe using is a strong word, but Hannelore has a masked but apparent domineering aspect to her. She asserts her will over the environment (her ocd) and any disorder is treated harshly; Hannelore orders herself by ensuring she's surrounded by an immaculate environment and I think that's one of the key factors between Merigold and Hannelore's relationship.

SomeCanadianWeirdo:
We've seen that her mother seems to be a major league control freak, to use a loaded term,  who's used that to become a very powerful and very ruthless businesswoman.  Hannelore seems to have inherited that characteristic in the worst possible way, namely as OCD.

alienatedduck:
I think on top of that, the interaction with her father has been briefly shown before and, like her mother, it definitely isn't all plain sailing. I think the way Hanners has evolved the way you have pointed out will be shown in relation to her childhood, the environment she grew up in, and specifically her relationship with her father.

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