Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT December 15-19, 2014 (2855-2859)
brown paper bag:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 14 Dec 2014, 20:51 ---We don't know what, if any, mental issues Emily has. She just might be a bit odd.
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Odd is fine. Mental issues are fine. Lack of mental issues are fine. I just hope she won't only be all about the crazy, because it would mean that Jeph can't think of any interesting ways to develop her character.
Kinda like Sven. He's the one immutable object in the comic. His character has grown the way slime grows on raw meat in the hot sun. He started as a selfish and dishonest philanderer, and after his long absence during which he reflected on his life (meaning Jeph spent a long time scratching his head about what to do with him), Sven came back as a full-blown sociopath who couldn't even get the basic concept of other people having minds and desires and plans of their own.
greekstreek:
--- Quote from: brown paper bag on 14 Dec 2014, 21:26 ---
--- Quote from: hedgie on 14 Dec 2014, 20:51 ---We don't know what, if any, mental issues Emily has. She just might be a bit odd.
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Odd is fine. Mental issues are fine. Lack of mental issues are fine. I just hope she won't only be all about the crazy, because it would mean that Jeph can't think of any interesting ways to develop her character.
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I just don't want this to devolve into serious mental issues flippantly masquerading as cute eccentricity, and have that be the end of it. This comic takes characters seriously enough that if Emily is actually mentally ill she should be given a story that realistically addresses that problem instead of just dismissing it as "oh Emily, she so craaazy". This behavior goes a shade beyond eccentric for me.
Nyithra:
--- Quote from: greekstreek on 14 Dec 2014, 21:38 ---
--- Quote from: brown paper bag on 14 Dec 2014, 21:26 ---
--- Quote from: hedgie on 14 Dec 2014, 20:51 ---We don't know what, if any, mental issues Emily has. She just might be a bit odd.
--- End quote ---
Odd is fine. Mental issues are fine. Lack of mental issues are fine. I just hope she won't only be all about the crazy, because it would mean that Jeph can't think of any interesting ways to develop her character.
--- End quote ---
I just don't want this to devolve into serious mental issues flippantly masquerading as cute eccentricity, and have that be the end of it. This comic takes characters seriously enough that if Emily is actually mentally ill she should be given a story that realistically addresses that problem instead of just dismissing it as "oh Emily, she so craaazy". This behavior goes a shade beyond eccentric for me.
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I agree and as a person who has dealt with mental illness myself I don't really appreciate a craaaazyy character being played for humor.
Natswash:
Or Claire could have forewarned her of Clinton coming, and asked her to kick it up a few notches
KOK:
Until now Emily has just been "marching to a different drummer". Now she is really crazy.
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