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WCDT Strips 3601-3605 (30rd October - 3rd November 2017)
tustin2121:
I'm not fond of the way Jim is talking to his daughter. It reminds me too much of my mother, always assuming the worst when it comes to my and my sibling's interactions with other people outside the family. "They're not going to like that." "I don't want you getting in their way." "No, they don't want you to be over there." Even in situations where the other party has made it perfectly clear that they don't mind or they're happy to have us over, it's always "no, no, no, they're going to hate it." Always seeing the worst in their own kid! I feel the need to go into that strip and give him a piece of my mind!! :x
...Sorry... Apparently helicopter parenting is a trigger of mine...
Zebediah:
--- Quote from: dutchrvl on 30 Oct 2017, 08:17 ---
--- 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.
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Sam reminds me a lot of my son. He's wholly immersed in his own imaginary world half the time, and enthusiastic about whatever he's into at the moment. (For example, about ten minutes ago he got home from school and immediately launched into a five-minute monologue about the robot horror story he's dreamed up for novel writing month.) And socially he's probably about two years behind the normal curve for kids his age, much like Sam. (I was too. Still am.) So I don't find Sam the least bit implausible. If Sam was a real person she'd be my son's best friend.
JohnTheWysard:
"This is a drill. This is ONLY a drill. If it were a torture device you'd be in a LOT more trouble..."
Penquin47:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 30 Oct 2017, 02:24 ---As for the tacos, squinting at them, it looks like there may be vegetables in the filling. Being a middle-class Californian woman, I can't see Veronica not making every meal at the house healthy!
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While likely true for when she cooks - Taco Night has been a thing Sam did with her dad since before he met Veronica. I can see Veronica taking over most of the cooking, but Taco Night is Jim's night to cook because it's a thing with his daughter, and Veronica wouldn't interfere with that.
ChipNoir:
New comic up!
Kinda want to pinch Martin's nose or flick his ear. Just vaguely annoyed with his attitude. Again, because I absolutely know where he's coming from, and it IS really kind of an immature/insecure way to think about the situation.
My dad's a hopeless bachelor, but not for lack of trying, and that's meant inviting a lot of women into his life for a couple years at a time, and a few of these have involved single moms.
As a late generation nest leaver of 23-24 at the time, having two children enter the family and having a dynamic with my dad I never did was kind of unnerving to me. The older of the two boys was very sporty, and very keen to play catch, wrestle, all the things that the much more shut-off, physically disabled and shy shut-in child I was at his age refused to do. I did feel jealous, and I wasn't the best role model at first at the time because of the resentment. It took some serious growing up to not be selfish about it, and let my dad have that new relationship, and be a good brother for the short period that we were a family unit.
So I hope Martin steps up. The hike was good, but I could see him being an avoider over this, if only because I know I sure as hell was.
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