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WCDT 3611 to 3615 (13th to 17th November 2017)
ChipNoir:
--- Quote from: tiercel on 13 Nov 2017, 22:29 ---Red flags:
“Hi! I’m nominally here to serve you but refuse to respect your express wishes except in way I deem fit for me!” Gets right up my nose; can understand this spawning passive-aggressive in response by calling her Taffy etc.
“Hi! I already have and am using a disturbing level of personal detail on you that most people might normally only entrust to a spouse/partner!” (Or at least Facebook?) Maybe I’m foolishly old fashioned, the way some people heedlessly share Every Life Detail online, but I find this repulsive and insulting.
“Hi! I’m here to work your mother’s will upon you!” Do I need to explain this one? Even in the best case scenario where this plot forces Hanners to sustain enough spine to either genuinely bend Taffy to her will or (in defiance of all comedic convention) actually dismiss this “loveably” whackadoodle intrusion, we still get a HannerMom steepled-fingers “Excellent-everything-is-proceeding-as-I-have-forseen” reaction shot.
And, possibly triggery: (click to show/hide)“Hi! I’m here to nonconsensually force my form of ‘professional’ intimacy upon you; for me, No Means Yes!” A number of people have commented on Taffy’s creepy persistence, and perhaps it is in part because of a possible perceived uncomfortable similarity to ... Unfortunate Implications. I am in no way saying anything like that is Taffy’s aim, but it’s easy to get hackles raised by innocent Hanners being creepy-insistent-wheedled by someone forcing attentions upon her.
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That...Doesn't really seem to be what Beatrice actually is. She's a tyrant, but she's not really that meglomaniacal so much as...impulsively aggressive? She might not hold back when it comes to handling things on a corporate level, but as far as individuals? Neh. I'm inclined to give her the benefit of the doubt, and especially in regards to her own daughter.
I'm gonna stick with what seems to be the usual case with Jeph's storylines: The road to hell paved with good, and oddball intentions. Corpse Witch so far has been the only 'truelly' irredeemable character we've ever seen, and even she has a certain logic to her Machiavellian personality: She did what she thought was best for her personal survival, even if it had amoral results.
To have Beatrice behave so cartoonishly villainous would be a HUGE step backwards from the growth she had bonding with Hannelore when she visited.
Storel:
--- Quote from: Nycticoraci on 13 Nov 2017, 22:14 ---
--- Quote from: brasca on 13 Nov 2017, 21:51 ---And 93 minutes to shower! I hope her father gave her some kind of space age hygienic chamber because that's a lot of water to be going through.
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A 93 minute bathing process probably doesn't mean 93 minutes of continuous water usage. A sensible person turns things off while scrubbing then turns on to rinse etc. It probably also includes other elements of morning ablutions.
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And when was the last time Hannelore was described as a sensible person?
Tova:
If you're a new QC character and you aren't detested on the forums within about half a dozen appearances, then you've probably been mute.
BenRG:
I've got the feeling that Tilly is going to find the next two days will consist of her being 'speak my schedule' and acting as a pair of arms to carry things Hannelore doesn't want to carry and a pair of hands to touch things she doesn't want to touch (all within reason, of course).
IMO, any realistic claims of malignancy on Tilly's part have been extinguished by panel 1: She's not so much satisfied in victory as overjoyed that she's getting the treat that she wants. There's a childishness here that I'm still trying to work out and from which to draw solid conclusions. That said, from panel 4 we also learn that Tilly has the same sort of obsessive attention to detail as Hannelore; she might accidentally enable Hanners' worst behavioural excesses!
DaiJB:
I forgot - I wrote "Other" in the poll and forgot to include the reason:
Truly the most unlikely scenario of all!:
Tilly merely took this job as an opportunity to get close to Hannelore, to whom she intends to confide her Machiavellian master-plan for the downfall of Beatrice Ellicott-Chatham...
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