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WCDT: 2811-2815 (13-17 October 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
GarandMarine:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 15 Oct 2014, 20:43 ---No. Just... no, she's not going back to Sven. I don't even think as a fuckbuddy, that's just too unhealthy a move for both of them.
On different note, I like Angus. I know I'm pretty much alone in this, but I think I know why.
I like wit. I like witty people, I like to hang with them, I've developed a pretty sharp one myself over the years. But a witty person is fundamentally a deeply flawed person - to develop that capacity, you need to be absurdly self-centered. No one is naturally witty, it's something that must be developed, and that development is done through a nearly constant internal monologue. Keeping that going, and fresh, is time and energy consuming, and you have to care about it an awful lot. Which means you value your own cleverness above others. It doesn't preclude close relations with others, but it can certainly be a stumbling block.
Oh, and most people who don't appreciate a wit view one as an insufferable ass. :psyduck:
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See I like wit and witty people. Angus is not witty in my estimation. He's just kinda annoying.
PLGRN8R:
AS A CHARACTER, I believe Angus has run his course. He's going to something he's completely in love with doing, he's relocating geographically, and he's contributed to the growth of other characters in a significant way. I don't know if he'll be written out completely quite yet, but I can't help but feel that his story in the QC universe is done. It's time for Faye to re-enter the single zone, and cope with the emotional backlash of going through her first real breakup since this comic started. We need to see how Faye can evolve as a character and move past this.
Naturally, Sven will re-enter the picture during her coping, but in what capacity? There was at least one instance (strip #872, idk how to do the fancy weird links you people do. I'm technologically handicapped) where Sven seemed to show concern for Faye getting too drunk, and he doesn't strike me as the type to take advantage of someone who's been drinking. YES he's self-centred, YES he's egotistical, YES he had a spoiled childhood, but he has shown GENUINE remorse for how things went between him and Faye. I can't make myself believe that, if he came across a newly-single and drunk Faye alone in a bar, even IF she made a pass at him, that he would take advantage of her while she's drunk. He has been shown to give genuinely good advice in the past, to Dora, Faye, Marten, and Wil. Perhaps he'd take up that role again.
He's not a great guy. But he's trying to get better, even if he's not sure how to do that.
Aziraphale:
Not sure if it was on this thread or one of the others, but AprilArcus said something of Clinton to the effect that his self-confidence was way out of his proportion to any reason for self-confidence. You could say pretty much the same for Angus. The only way in which he's above-average is his almost painful averageness. If he were a size, he'd be extra-medium. I mean, think about it; he's average looking, seems to be of more-or-less average intelligence, his wit (supposedly his meal ticket) ain't anything to set the world on fire, his emotional intelligence kicks in from time to time but is offset by an assholeish lack of awareness, whether about his own actions or their consequences on others.
Nobody's perfect, either IRL or in fiction, so it'd be silly to expect perfection from him or anybody else. But compare him to pretty much everybody else in-comic besides, say, Penelope. Each one of them is a hot mess in some respect, but they also have something -- a skill or talent that sets them apart, or at least makes them bearable. Marten's indecisive as hell, but is a good friend and confidant, and could probably do something with his music if he had the confidence to pull it off. Faye's slowly getting the confidence back to get into her sculpture. Raven, bless her ditzy self, has intellectual gifts that are at odds with her image. Sven's a lothario that you wouldn't want within a country mile of your daughter, but writes mega hits practically without trying, in much the same way that even Jimbo manages to crank out bestsellers even though we only ever seem to see him on the verge of weeping into his yellow beer in dive bars. Try as I might, I can't see anything similar for Angus. Sure, we're told he's witty, but we haven't seen it.
Maybe it's just me, but if this is a signal that we'll be seeing less of him, I don't particularly mind. He's like that person you're secretly not happy with your friend dating; they're marginally okay as long as they keep your friend happy, but once they stop doing that, you don't have much use for them. Given that he's been as much of an ass as he's being to Faye (barring some unforeseen development or otherwise out-of-character epiphany), he can tell his story walking.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: PLGRN8R on 15 Oct 2014, 21:51 ---(strip #872, idk how to do the fancy weird links you people do. I'm technologically handicapped)
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--- Code: ---[URL=http://questionablecontent.net/872]Sven characterization[/URL]
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plusorminus:
--- Quote from: Aziraphale on 15 Oct 2014, 21:57 ---Not sure if it was on this thread or one of the others, but AprilArcus said something of Clinton to the effect that his self-confidence was way out of his proportion to any reason for self-confidence. You could say pretty much the same for Angus. The only way in which he's above-average is his almost painful averageness. If he were a size, he'd be extra-medium. I mean, think about it; he's average looking, seems to be of more-or-less average intelligence, his wit (supposedly his meal ticket) ain't anything to set the world on fire, his emotional intelligence kicks in from time to time but is offset by an assholeish lack of awareness, whether about his own actions or their consequences on others.
Nobody's perfect, either IRL or in fiction, so it'd be silly to expect perfection from him or anybody else. But compare him to pretty much everybody else in-comic besides, say, Penelope. Each one of them is a hot mess in some respect, but they also have something -- a skill or talent that sets them apart, or at least makes them bearable. Marten's indecisive as hell, but is a good friend and confidant, and could probably do something with his music if he had the confidence to pull it off. Faye's slowly getting the confidence back to get into her sculpture. Raven, bless her ditzy self, has intellectual gifts that are at odds with her image. Sven's a lothario that you wouldn't want within a country mile of your daughter, but writes mega hits practically without trying, in much the same way that even Jimbo manages to crank out bestsellers even though we only ever seem to see him on the verge of weeping into his yellow beer in dive bars. Try as I might, I can't see anything similar for Angus. Sure, we're told he's witty, but we haven't seen it.
Maybe it's just me, but if this is a signal that we'll be seeing less of him, I don't particularly mind. He's like that person you're secretly not happy with your friend dating; they're marginally okay as long as they keep your friend happy, but once they stop doing that, you don't have much use for them. Given that he's been as much of an ass as he's being to Faye (barring some unforeseen development or otherwise out-of-character epiphany), he can tell his story walking.
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Wasn't it mentioned somewhere that he's from a fairly well-off family? He sort of always struck me as one of those intellectual dude-bros from money who called themselves liberal because they drink coffee made with free-trade coffee beans. He was often a shit to Marigold and it was implied that he had been even more of one to her while they were in college, so I always found it weird that they were roommates.
Maybe that's not fair. I honestly would never have thought Faye would go for a guy like him. He seems like a less "himbo"-ish Steve to me. Just sort of there and just assuming that just on the strength of them being them, cool jobs and hot chicks are their due.
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