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WCDT Strips 3546 to 3550 (14th to 18th August 2017)
Emperor Norton:
--- Quote from: Larm Hargraven on 17 Aug 2017, 00:20 ---And if there is still character judging happening, Momo should also be noted to be extensively passive in her interaction with May to the point of almost enabling the behavior, as she may know Winslow the most (second to Hannelore) but allows the topic of "privilege" to over-ride her reasoning to be able to understand why May is mad and accept that while also perhaps coming to the defense of her friend who genuinely did not know why this would have been an offensive thing to May. Momo isn't bad for it, but it's not a very good personality trait to have.
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This is the part that is frustrating me about this. Yes, Winslow was unintentionally insensitive. Yes, I understand May's frustration, but May's actions are still not OK. And Momo is treating her like it is OK. Not only that it is OK, that it is justified, and that she felt the immediate need to apologize to May as well, even though she didn't even do anything.
Winslow learns that he unintentionally hurt someone, he feels awful, and is working to learn a way to fix it.
May deliberately hurt someone that she KNEW wasn't intentionally trying to hurt her (her comment that he wanted him to think about it and not be a dick in the future, shows that she knew the issue was him not thinking it through), she feels justified, and Momo is basically confirming it.
Tova:
Which actions are you talking about? The ones Momo still knows nothing about?
Cornelius:
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 17 Aug 2017, 02:47 ---... And Momo is treating her like it is OK. Not only that it is OK, that it is justified, and that she felt the immediate need to apologize to May as well, even though she didn't even do anything.
...(May) feels justified, and Momo is basically confirming it.
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To be honest, I did feel the same way, at first. Why should Momo be apologising now? But, to be fair, Momo only gets the baldest account of what happened, and, the way I read it, is mostly confirming that it's fair that May is not after an apology, but should be happy if Winslow should learn from the experience.
Not that I necessarily agree that apologising for any (past or present) unintended slight is the best idea, but I can understand how it's a nice thing to do. In all fairness, May does not do very much apologising herself, even when she is intentionally rude and agressive.
BenRG:
Momo is doing what she doest best - Showing empathy. She's trying to calm May down by mollifying her. It's neither the time nor the place to critique May's behaviour (it will only make her angrier). The time to address whether Winslow did anything wrong is after May has calmed down.
That said, I will be disappointed if the strip continues with characters assuming that Winslow is in the wrong.
Cornelius:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 17 Aug 2017, 04:40 ---That said, I will be disappointed if the strip continues with characters assuming that Winslow is in the wrong.
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Ok, now I have this vision of Pintsize brazenly rallying to Winslow's side, only to get a new dent at May's hands.
Seriously, though, it is kind of a big deal for Winslow as well, and surely someone should just tell him not to mind, as it's just May's usual charming way.
Equally seriously, I'm wondering what Pintsize's reaction will be. Something like this?
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