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WCDT: 2761-2765 (4-8 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread

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Janet_Yellens_yellin:
I do think that it is likely that once Jeph gets more comfortable with the style, it'll better fit the tone.

Storel:

--- Quote from: Zebediah on 05 Aug 2014, 16:29 ---Would it annoy you all terribly if I said that at 48 I still have a full head of hair? And it's turning pure white. I am going to look awesome when I'm old.  :-D

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Would it annoy you all terribly if I said that at 52 I still have a full head of hair, and it has hardly any gray strands at all? Seriously, you can't see any gray at all from a slight distance. My father still had a full head of hair when he diead at age 72, and it was still salt-and-pepper, with at least as much pepper as salt. I think I'm taking after my dad.  8-)

My beard, however, is another story. It started going gray at least ten or fifteen years ago and now has noticeably more salt than pepper in it. I'm told this is pretty usual for beards, which is why "graybeard" has approximately the same meaning for male humans as "silverback" does for male gorillas...

KOK:
I have not had any strong reactions to the new drawing style one way or the other until now, but 2765 is just not up to Jeph's standard. Marigold especially seems hurried and unfinished.

To reiterate the obvious: I have no right to complain. This is a free comic. Jeph can do what ever he pleases.

TheBiscuit:

--- Quote from: Loki on 07 Aug 2014, 23:57 ---Hanners is clingy and suffering from divorce child syndrome, yeah. Selfish and not a friend? Hardly.

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You are what your behaviour makes of you, in my opinion. Hannelore is not really behaving as a friend. She's behaving as someone who values her own needs over and above those of her supposed friend. I'd perhaps be saying something completely different if I thought the relationship was more than a few weeks old, of course. After the intial intensity subsides, it does become inconsiderate of a person to not find time for their friends.

It really is a perfect symmetry. In the early stages a friend must make allowances for the newly-in-love to be wrapped up in romance, while after the early stages, the other friend must make sure to find time for social activities involving their other friends. It is furthermore symmetric in that a group of friends will take turns at these roles, as each of them finds romance.

This is merely a part of my philosphy of friendship, I don't mean to pretend it is universal. I'm speaking for me.

I do appreciate that Hannelore has limited experience of friendship, but I just don't know how much that should matter. It still doesn't seem to me like the right way to go about things, and as I said... only a person's actions really matter, to anyone else. I'm really not that sympathetic to the Hannelore character, myself. It's probably apparent, but I'm one of the few readers who isn't crazy about her. She's fun at times, but... I don't think of her as a person who would be good fun to associate with.


--- Quote ---I am trying to explain why someone would disagree.
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You're succeeding with your explanation. I'm not saying I buy into it, but you've made your point well enough. We just disagree. That should be OK - unless you think I'm stating my opinions in a way which is problematic. That was never my intention. I have very little difficulty in understanding the other points of view, but they're just not ones I can entirely share.

It does occur to me though that maybe all this could be explained if more time has passed than I was aware of - or even if Jeph has himself simply lost track of the passage of time in the comic to some extent. Is it just my imagination, or are there more currently active plot threads than is typical for this comic? Seems like it, but I can't be sure.

With regards to the art style, I had barely noticed the change until I read this thread. I noticed that it was different, but I had not fully become aware of all the various characteristics of this current style. I find that I'm starting to dislike it entirely based on things that you folk have brought to my attention. I wish I'd continued ignoring it.

Barmymoo:
Rubbish. It's not ok to spend every waking minute with a new romantic partner and entirely ignore all your friends until you need them again. If Marigold can't spare an hour to hang out with the people who supported her and cared about her while she was lonely, miserable and not very pleasant to be around, she is the one being selfish and shouldn't be at all surprised if she comes back in a couple of months when the Dale-gloss has rubbed off to find that she doesn't actually have any friends any more.

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