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WCDT Strips 3326-3330 (10th to 14th October 2016)

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themacnut:
The more I see Elliot stutter and cringe around Brun, the more I wonder how thus guy can be a successful bouncer. How can the quiet confidence he shows on the job not translate to other areas of his life? Especially since in my experience, guys I've known who were this bad (or worse!) around women suffered from a general lack of confidence that screwed up their entire lives.

Even Marten's better with women than this, despite the spectacular crash-and-burns we've seen him go through.

TinPenguin:
Our very introduction to Elliot was him moping over Padma and struggling to do anything about it. His awkward silence with Hanners is related to his tendency to quietly loom. He's not a very confident conversationalist, and being terrible with women is a crucial part of his character.

But it's a lot easier to be confident with people who you don't care about. When chucking someone out the door, you WANT them to see you as the big bad guy, and you want them to know you're capable of hurting them. Easy. Elliot is fine with that on the job, but is desperate not to be seen that way by those he is trying to befriend, and is not always successful (see: Marten flinching from a high five). Elliot's eternal dilemma is that he doesn't want to be stereotyped as a big brute, but has a job that reinforces the image.

Neko_Ali:
It's entirely likely that he doesn't have to interact all that often with people during his bouncer job. Not in any kind of extended manner like he does at the bakery or while trying to figure out how to flirt with someone. The Horrible Revelation doesn't seem like much of a dive bar. Most of his job probably involves politely suggesting that the group of frat boys trying to get in might find a place more suited for them to drink down the block.

BenRG:
Interacting with relative strangers with whom he has little or no emotional connection is one thing. Interacting with a girl on whom he is crushing is something else. There is a stake that makes it that much harder to overcome your insecurities.

brasca:

--- Quote from: Gyrre on 10 Oct 2016, 06:41 ---We've had at least one time skip. Who's to say that it hasn't been two years in comic?

--- End quote ---

If there was a time jump of two years Samantha would look significantly different.  Since she's still a child so she ages more noticeably than everyone else. 

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