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WCDT December 15-19, 2014 (2855-2859)
ysth:
I don't get the response of some. Nothing she's done is crazy. She just has very individualized responses.
Natswash:
I still hold that it's a plot on Claire's part, then Emily and Clinton will actually get to like each other and it will all come out
SubaruStephen:
--- Quote from: Natswash on 14 Dec 2014, 21:42 ---Or Claire could have forewarned her of Clinton coming, and asked her to kick it up a few notches
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Oh PLEEEEEEASE let it be this!
brown paper bag:
--- Quote from: ysth on 14 Dec 2014, 22:36 ---I don't get the response of some. Nothing she's done is crazy. She just has very individualized responses.
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If someone like Emily joined my group of friends and behaved exactly as portrayed by the last two comics, I wouldn't be thinking "Wow, Emma's so random and imaginative! She must not care what people think of her. She's such a free spirit. That's someone I want to be friends with!".
I'd be thinking: "Whoa. This girl has some kind of mental and emotional issues. She's telling stories about hacking satellites and some kind of magic coming from her laptop in school. She thinks the government is going to kill her parents if she explains more. Something is seriously wrong with her."
You see, I once knew a guy at university in student residence who completely lost his shit. He actually believed he had invented a universal software interface which could interact with and hijack anything electronic or electrical, and he said he controlled it via a bluetooth headset. He actually believed this and he was scaring the other students. He offered to show me how it worked and thumped a couple of keys on a keyboard to prove it and acted sincerely like he had just achieved some technical marvel. I don't know if he had schizophrenia or some other disorder, but I do know that he had a complete mental break from reality and we were afraid he'd hurt himself or others. I got hold of the building manager and we called his parents to come and pick him up. He never came back and I never saw him again.
It's not cute and innocent. It's not "individualized". It's not deep or profound. It's not even funny. Please pardon my language, but it's fucking terrifying.
greekstreek:
--- Quote from: ysth on 14 Dec 2014, 22:36 ---I don't get the response of some. Nothing she's done is crazy. She just has very individualized responses.
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See, I think this is more my point - I disagree with you. I think her current depiction goes beyond weird and into the realm of (oddly depicted) mental illness. I think your response is probably the one Jeph intended, I.e. He is going for cute eccentric not legit psychosis, but I think he's missing the mark, and that's troubling me a bit.
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