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WCDT Strips 3511 to 3515 (26 June to 30 June 2017)
Neko_Ali:
That is a poor argument/excuse. It is never about a single line. Near anything can be misinterpreted if taken out of context or people can say things that are not typical for them. Renee has shown time and again that she is not a nice person. Even to people she considers friends. It goes well beyond being prickly or snarky and often into the outright mean spirited. And something can be both true, and nasty. Renee's final comment is an example, and rather self centered, making it about her and her desires, instead of Elliot. Maybe she is a friend to Brun and Elliot, but most of the time she sure isn't nice to them.
TheEvilDog:
We've seen bits of Renee's personality, especially in her more recent appearances. Abrasive she might be, but at the same time, Renee seems to be quite thin-skinned and easily offended by small things.
Now, it might be we're just seeing an (extremely) overly-protective side of her concerning Brun, but some of what she says leaves me feeling a little wary.
Mehre:
For one, dont forget she has crush on Elliot(that was tested by extremely elaborate experiment). And now that they are at bar, he frets over her friend. Is her reaction so surprising given that?
Secondly, remember her first reaction when Brun told her about fire&apartment&Clinton? She certainly shown her friendship by worrying about her(i suspect we will never learn just what was she referencing back then).
Thirdly, for other people, well estabilished relationships can look quite weird or even hostile.
That all being said, she... I dont know, i wouldnt say she is mean or anything like that yet, but she may have that vibe? Certainly her actions make her seem better person than what impression she does.
Edit: Also, its probably not our favourite anachronistic bar. Look at a painting in background. That doesnt look like something from HR.
Edit2: Hm, but Elliot is bouncer here, so maybe it is.
Larm Hargraven:
The issue with her bringing Brun in after the fire was that she was quick on the draw to accuse Clinton of being a straight up monster, even though Brun described him and his actions as friendly and compassionate. There's being worried about your friend being taken advantage of, and then there's what Renee did, which was project a vile archetype on Clinton, a person she had not met and knew nothing about other than being the guy who helped Brun after her bar burned down. This became even worse when she started dictating a lifestyle on Brun without thinking, though I'll give her the credit that she did relent after being confronted on it.
The problem is that in context or out of context, Renee has left an impressionable distaste in my opinion of her and it's hard for me to think of ways where that opinion would change.
I saw some say that it's like Faye without the heart involved, which is true. Faye's snark and all around attitude always ends on a note of wanting to see her friends be ok, or at least is compassionate to them under all of it. While I don't want to see a Faye 2.0 or knock-off or anything in Renee, her character archetype is just plain dislikable in and out, and I mean this from an in-comic perspective and as a reader. You can have a vile, unlikable person and still have them enjoyable to read in a comic, while Renee is downright not enjoyable to read and detracts from my personal enjoyment of the comic since I feel her place in the comic has no reasoning other than to be the insult-generator. Fun for a short, brief time, but seeing as she's gotten so much screen time in the last few months of the strip, I'm personally burnt out and done with the character.
EDIT: But let me mention that today's strip is definitely wonderful with Brun and Clinton. It's a magical thing to see two drunk people yell-agree with eachother
A Duck:
Comic!
With Clinton and Brun hitting it off, I have a feeling Renee might suddenly decide to follow up on her attraction for Elliot.
I hope so, too. That way nobody is left alone.
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