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WCDT Strips 3066 to 3070 (12th - 16th October 2015)
Drunken Old Man:
--- Quote from: Mr. Doctor on 15 Oct 2015, 22:09 ---Is the "stupid punching bsg" just a typo or am I missing some indie thing going on?
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Maybe it stands for Big Stupid Girl, which Bubbles seems to think that she is.
Looking at the pile of punching bags, Big STRONG Girl seems appropriate as well.
Omega Entity:
--- Quote from: Penquin47 on 15 Oct 2015, 23:28 ---
--- Quote from: QuestionableIntentions on 15 Oct 2015, 22:12 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 15 Oct 2015, 21:10 ---I'm trying to get my head around this complaint.
* Jeph writes a new character into the story.
* You take it upon yourself to assume from one of the strips that the character is an "introvert."
* Later on, you take it upon yourself to assume, on a similarly flimsy basis, that the character is an "extrovert."
* You immediately conclude that Jeph must be incapable of writing about "introverts," or at least your conception of one.
* You further conclude that the cast are not diverse.I don't even know where to begin.
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Nah I get it. Introverts are often portrayed as "wrong" or "not trying enough" or something. Maybe Citizen First Class is an introvert and felt good getting a positive example for once, maybe he/she isn't and is just pissed about stereotypes.
Also: poor, poor Bubbles :-(
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Yeah. It would be one thing if this weren't at the very least the second time we've seen this: a character is introduced who, for whatever reason, prefers solitude and lack of socialization to the group standard of "We should spend most evenings hanging out with at least some of our friends!" In both cases, this has been shown to be the result of some form of psychological issues. In Marigold's case, low self-esteem; now with Bubbles, PTSD. It's only two data points, but both of those data points fall into "if you don't like socialization, then clearly there is something WRONG with you". And that's a very common narrative, but it's also horseshit when it's the only narrative we ever see with people who don't like socialization.
You could also make the argument that Hanners falls into this narrative, although she's been a willing participant in the expansion of her social life all along. She genuinely wants to push her boundaries and better fit into what she deems "normal".
On the other hand, we have Penelope. She has a boyfriend and occasionally shows up to parties, but she's also very vehement that spending an evening reorganizing her bookshelves is just as valid a use of her time as spending it on a date. That doesn't seem to have changed.
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The truth of the matter is, though, that the very nature of this comic doesn't really allow for an introvert to remain an introvert. Much as some might feel it sucks, a non-social person as a main (or nearly main) character in a comic that revolves around mostly-social people wouldn't really fit, and invariably would be boring unless there were some kind of evolution of their character - in this case, Faye's attempts to help Bubbles and her PTSD. Otherwise, there's no reason for that character to even be there, unless they're just there as little more than a prop due to their lack of interaction, or to play the part of the recluse that one of the characters visits occasionally.
In other words, from a purely narrative standpoint, having a character who doesn't want to talk to anyone makes for a very dull story - or in the case of this arc, would make the entire introduction of Bubbles (and the arc itself) entirely pointless if everyone were to throw up their hands and completely leave her to her own devices.
That, invariably, would result in people here railing about how no one tried hard enough to try and help/befriend Bubbles. No matter how Jeph writes it, someone's going to not like the way the arc and characters are handled.
Pintman:
--- Quote from: Mr. Doctor on 15 Oct 2015, 22:09 ---Is the "stupid punching bsg" just a typo or am I missing some indie thing going on?
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Battlestar Galactica?
Is it cold in here?:
Maybe Bubbles needs a companion AnthroPC. Or a kitten.
Rghfrgl:
Not that I don't want to see what happens next time Faye goes to work, but I hope the party's not over yet. Wouldn't mind Claire interacting with the cast like yesterday(As opposed to sitting on the side commenting on conversations rather than being part of them) and qc tends to be good in general when the cast is altogether and can mingle.
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