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WCDT Strips 3601-3605 (30rd October - 3rd November 2017)
theMarc:
Ah, the innocent young age where you consider $17 dollars to be a small fortune...
dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: theMarc on 30 Oct 2017, 07:46 ---Ah, the innocent young age where you consider $17 dollars to be a small fortune...
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Nowadays 14-yr olds are really not impressed with $17...I think it's part of the fact that Jeph's is still new with writing a non-adult character, and as such sometimes gets the typical behavior not quite right. For example, the skullmaster-stuff with Sam (the playing skullmaster and jumping on Faye's bed, not the mask itself) I would normally not expect above age 11 or so. In fact, most of the time Sam to me comes across as 10-11 year old instead of 14. Same with considering $17 a nice amount of money.
Of course there are always latebloomers who display more childlike behavior until well in their teens (or later!), so in that sense Sam is not THAT unusual.
Alternatively Jim did well teaching Sam the value of money, and she isn't jaded yet by these small-ish sums. I like that one actually.
Dave H:
My take was that Sam was excited at the idea that not only would someone pay for her scribbles, but that someone would tip her for them too. The amount of money involved isn't nearly as important as the respect it implies. (I know I was walking for clouds for a week after the first time I saw my own writing in print.)
SotFX:
--- Quote from: Welu on 30 Oct 2017, 06:09 ---Another Veronica empty plate theory. Everyone else seems to be chatting so maybe they're eating a lot slower. Sam's plate is the fullest and she's just finishing telling the story of her day.
When I first looked at today's strip, I was so confused about why Marten and Claire would be having dinner with Sam and Jim. Took me a few seconds to even see Veronica and remember the connection.
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Another possibility is that Veronica is one of those who tend to have a few at a time. My brother and mother are like that with tacos, would rather make one or two before going back, while others get a plate full, and still others heap it up.
As for what's on the Tacos, judging by the table, it seems that the fixings are in the kitchen rather than on the table...
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: michaelbirks on 30 Oct 2017, 05:48 ---Somehow I also got the vibe that Veronica might have been sipping the wine to avoid a natural inclination to hold forth on the relative virtues of tying someone to a chair versus tying them to heavy machinery.
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Agreed. Veronica is the only one at the table professionally qualified to comment on various methods of bondage, and she's very intentionally not going to say a damn thing.
Also, Sam is a woods and pond kid, not a mall girl. This will influence her attitudes toward money.
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