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WCDT Strips 3231 - 3235 (30th May to 3rd June 2016)
Perfectly Reasonable:
I am now even more interested in seeing Brün's Renée. If she is Angus' Renée, then we are adding detail to a previous character instead of bringing in a completely new one. ("This strip has too many characters": Jeph)
(Does archive trawl)
We have heard her speak in 1845, 1864, 1867, 1868. Maybe more, but that's all I have time for now.
mustang6172:
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--- Quote from: Larm Hargraven on 31 May 2016, 13:17 ---Renee's incredibly off-key and, unfortunately, poorly written introduction. Right off the bat it's violent threats in the strips as well as being supposedly abrasive and grossly over-protective in a story-situation where it's unwarranted. We have no grey area with Renee, she's coming in at 100% steam.
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But that could be the actual characterisation of Renee, rather than a poorly written one (which implies that it might not be accurate); people in real life can be unexpected in that sort of way. Also Jeph might quite simply be relying a bit more than is sensible on our remembering Renee (if indeed it is the Renee we've met before) and the earlier outline of her character which is not so much out of line with this.
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And hey, that's all good, but it turns her into a 1-Dimensional character, or at best, 2-Dimensional. And what I mean is that if that's all her characterization is, her importance in these strips should be seen far less than we do already. It'd mean she's either poorly written or written to be a throw-away character. That's really all I want pointing out, how the character is written isn't equalling to how much everyone is assuming her importance in this story-arc, and to a degree, her need to even be in it. Think filler episodes like the "Fly" one in Breaking Bad, if you've ever seen it.
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A little Tarantinoesque dialogue can flesh out a character quickly.
wlewisiii:
Comic.
Brun and Hannelore in the same space is an interesting combination.
And the harpoon survived!
Zastie:
1) I like how Jeph questions his own comic's decisions.
2) Did the harpoon shrink? Looks small in that box.
3) Not even Hannelore can give a straight answer to that.
Neko_Ali:
Well, most of the harpoon survived. Typically, the handles are made of wood, while the haft and pointy bit is metal. Which tends to fare slightly better in fire.
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