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WCDT 3616 to 3621 (20th to 24th November 2017)
SmilingCat:
So are Hannelore's hands up like that out of exasperation, or because she was preparing to go kung fu on Taffy if she carried out her hug?
--- Quote from: Smallest on 21 Nov 2017, 20:54 ---I didn't know Americans said 'dossier.'
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Sure we do! It sounds so much more classy than "file".
Smallest:
--- Quote from: SmilingCat on 21 Nov 2017, 20:58 ---So are Hannelore's hands up like that out of exasperation, or because she was preparing to go kung fu on Taffy if she carried out her hug?
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I assumed the latter but also maybe both.
brasca:
While I find it unlikely that Beatrice would appoint someone with no prior experience as a personal assistant to her daughter she might be testing Hannelore or possibly Tilly is craftier than she looks and realized pulling on her heartstrings would be the best way to stay employed for now. I still have a theory that Hannelore really doesn't want a personal assistant until Juicy walks into the coffee shop and the opportunity to use Tilly to "replace" her will be too tempting.
Then again Beatrice might not care. While she has quite the ruthless reputation she's had barely anything to do with her daughter since the last time they met. Maybe she just awarded her an employee without much thought and Hannelore and to some extent the readers are paranoid enough to think there's a scheme within a scheme.
Is it cold in here?:
Tilly has some serious psychological issues.
She's already crossed paths with Winslow and will do so again. Winslow is compassionate, used to dealing with a human who has psychological problems, and he's gaining experience as a counselor.
After all the generations humans have spent programming computers it will be a nice touch of irony if a computer deprograms Tilly.
BenRG:
I've got to say that Tilly's story and character are both sounding more and more like Jeph has been binge-reading Dilbert strips from the early-2000s. A character with complete lack of understanding of ethics and morality combined with the heavy-handed comedic missing the point is a very Adams style of humour, IMO. All we need at this point is to find out that Tilly's immediate boss has his hair shaped into horn-like points to complete the comparison!
That said, if the past two strips were an attempt on Jeph's part to make Tilly more sympathetic, I'm not sure how much good it will do him. Tilly still comes across as basically selfish whose only real motive is to succeed in her assignment and for whom Hannelore is just a 'subject', not really a distinct person. If she's grateful now it's because Hannelore hasn't decided to destroy her by sending her back to HQ in disgrace. We aren't sure if she's going to pick up on the 'boundaries' thing yet.
Finally... There is a dossier? I can't help but wonder for what purpose Beatrice had her underlings create an "Idiot's Guide" to Hannelore!
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