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WCDT Strips 3606 to 3610 (6th - 10th November 2017)

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Marco:

--- Quote from: swapna on 09 Nov 2017, 04:11 ---To be honest, I'm starting to like Tilly. I'm going to interpret her "well, since you don't have a phone..." offer as sarcastic with a kernel of truth. She's going to go if Hanners actually calls the police, but she's determined to try and do her job until then.
her previous conversation with Hanners  (I was told to disregard evidence...) sounds as if she had exactly that conversation with Ms. Chatham (since she's actually good at her job, as far as we know, and has figured out that Hannelore doesn't need anybody from the minute she saw her schedule).
she could be a good assistant, too - pushy enough that you can't ignore her, up to date on everything, well-organised, able to improvise and a snarky sense of humor.

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From Tilly's expression, I'm not sure she's being sarcastic, or even has a sense of humor, snarky or otherwise... She looks to me more like borderline autistic. This would be exactly the job requirement that Beatrice would demand, to assure that the job would be done...

Neko_Ali:
I'm a little disturbed by all the people suggesting Tilly is neuro atypical or diagnosing disorders for her based on such limited interaction. And it's not even that it's likely accurate, or that she's bad at this job. Rather, I would say with everything shown, she's very good at the job she was given. She's been persistent but not aggressive. She has neither taken affront or even been surprised by Hannelore's reaction. From what small bit we've known of her I'd say she makes a very good assistant for someone who is temperamental and prone to lashing out to those around them. Beatrice hired her to be Hanner's assistant and told her she's not going to want this, she's going to try to get rid of her, but you don't do let her fire you. Stay with her and eventually she'll come around and see you're doing good.

And here we are. She's being helpful, she knows the history and schedule of people around her and she's being polite, respectful and absolutely deflecting every attempt Hanner has tried to get rid of her. There is nothing here that shows me she is anything other than good at the  job she was picked to do. And I predict it's going to work in the short term. Hannelore is going to cave in and go along with it until such time as she can figure out how to get rid of Tilly.

TheEvilDog:
I wouldn't say that Tilly is neural atypical.

I would say she's certainly sharp enough to continually deflect Hanners and her efforts to get Tilly out of her apartment.

Actually I think that's what people are really picking up on, Tilly is the kind of person who doesn't take no for an answer. Its clear that Hanners doesn't want her there, she's clearly said it and suggests that Tilly's abilities might be better use elsewhere, but her efforts are repeatedly getting shot down. Which really is not a good first impression to make.

Storel:

--- Quote from: Castlerook on 09 Nov 2017, 15:32 ---Actually I think that's what people are really picking up on, Tilly is the kind of person who doesn't take no for an answer. Its clear that Hanners doesn't want her there, she's clearly said it and suggests that Tilly's abilities might be better use elsewhere, but her efforts are repeatedly getting shot down. Which really is not a good first impression to make.

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She's more afraid of disappointing Beatrice than upsetting Hannelore.

No, wait, it's even simpler than that: she's more afraid of Beatrice than Hannelore, period. Who wouldn't be?

Tova:

--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 09 Nov 2017, 15:26 ---I'm a little disturbed by all the people suggesting Tilly is neuro atypical or diagnosing disorders for her based on such limited interaction.

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I'm with you here.

I mean, I get the feeling that at least in some cases it's not so much diagnosis as a fervent hope for representation. But it still comes across kind of wrong to me.

My understanding is that we should try to show the same respect to the fictional characters as we do to real people. Right?

Upon meeting someone, would you immediately begin to speculate on their sexuality, whether they are neuro-atypical, or whether they have some disorder? YMMV but that doesn't seem to me like a nice thing to do. Yet it's accepted here, I guess because this is over-analysis central.

Not upset or angry in any way, just finding it all a bit odd.

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