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WCDT: 2434-2438 (29 April-3 May, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
cesium133:
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--- Quote from: Zebediah on 02 May 2013, 09:35 ---While we were trawling the archives for every reference to peas that has ever occurred in the strip, did anyone think to get a count of other vegetable appearances so that we can do a statistical comparison? Over-analysis is nothing without numerical data.
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I got nothing better to do. I'll get right on it.
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Just remember that the peaches are not ripe.
Method of Madness:
Whoa, who said anything about fruit?
CleoKat:
--- Quote from: Loki on 02 May 2013, 10:06 ---
--- Quote from: CleoKat on 02 May 2013, 06:56 --- Maybe she has got issues but right now, she's just 'ha ha, oh Emily, you kooky chick!' and that's it.
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Yeah, except she has been shown
* to be at times socially clueless
* to have no social circle
* to cry (presumably at realizing she utterly failed to impress her only friends). Today.I am not sure which of those spell "ha ha" to you.
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So this is the point where I whip out links to prove things, right? I'm on a break so I'll do a few. This means you have to bring out the links too though :wink:
Exhibit A: 2298 This is where we find out that Emily has no other friends coming which for me personally would be quite a vulnerable moment (actually, quite close to home for me) and Emily says "I like greem peperth!"
Exhibit B: 2300 When she accidently gives Hannelore tanning lotion her response is her usual obliviousness played for laughs.
Exhibit C: 2282 I suppose this is an example of socially awkward Emily making Claire feel uncomfortable for a moment as she doesn't know if Emily's really annoyed being played for laughs. This isn't me pointing out things that are wrong or should have been done differently but that Emily is generally joke-fodder (QC is generally is a hybrid joke-a-day/slice of life comic so I'm keeping my expectations in check but when you have characters like Hanners, Faye and Marigold I know that Jeph can balance a character with humour). In the next strip 2283 she has a discussion with Momo about her having an 'owner' and that ends up being about Emily wanting to be a toaster with Momo looking a little perturbed.
Exhibit D: (I'm reading the Momo and Emily convo if you haven't guessed already) 2284 Emily's a computer science major who spent all of AI 101 looking at cat gifs. Oh Emily, she's such a kook!
Ok, I'm running out of time but can you see where I'm coming from yet? Yes she's been shown to be socially clueless and awkward but my complaint is that these facets haven't been fleshed out and are treated in a superficial way. That's fine if Emily crops up only every now and then (I loved her giggling at Tai's hair for example) but she's pretty regular and I either want less of this Emily or more depth. As for her crying today well I guess we'll see how tomorrow plays out but I don't really sense that this is a big moment for Emily's character but more to do with a comedic overreaction.
Whoa, time is up for me. God those links better work, if they don't I'll fix them later. I hope that makes where I'm coming from a bit clearer. We're all going to have characters that don't hit the spot and internet forums to let strangers know how we feel ;)
Loki:
Woha. I am still not sure if you managed to change my mind, but I definitely tip my imaginary hat to commend your effort. (I need a real hat.)
And yes, I would like to see more depth to Emily too. I really hope the current developments will introduce that.
I was just opposing the notion that she is only played for laughs. I think she is... kind of a sad character, much like Faye pre-500.
And shit, I really felt shitty for a moment for wanting Jeph to use Emily's angst for character development. My brain was like "Dude, you are wishing for someone to suffer just for advancement of 'plot'. You are bad and you should feel bad.' :psyduck: Then my brain was like "Dude. She is fictional. She is not actually hurt. No need to feel bad about it."
cesium133:
--- Quote from: Loki on 02 May 2013, 11:40 ---Woha. I am still not sure if you managed to change my mind, but I definitely tip my imaginary hat to commend your effort. (I need a real hat.)
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I've been thinking of getting a cowboy hat. I feel like I don't fit in in this part of the country without one.
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