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WCDT Strips 3626 to 3630 (4th to 8th December 2017)
BenRG:
Okay, so I am more than a little interested on who 'daddy' is for Tilly. I have previously thought that Tilly might be an example of a Dilbert Principle promotion: Sending an incompetent employee to a position where they will cause the least damage because firing them outright would be too much fuss and bother. This strip suggests that it might be the case but due to the fact Tilly has problematic relations rather than just their lack of most obvious job skills in the PA field.
'Daddy' might be a competitor but he is also more likely an executive on ECI's board (I have also suggested this too). 'Corporate espionage' can also be internal as most large corporations have fratricidal internal politics worthy of a medieval royal court. There are factions, plots, counter-plots and attempts to suborn power to form what is effectively an independent personal empire within the organisation. Maybe he's hoping that Tilly can find some dirt that can weaken Beatrice's position and increase his own power in the company. However, I find it unlikely that Hannelore has any 'dirt' on Beatrice that isn't publicly-known anyway. I get the impression that the two have never spent enough time together to really get to know each other.
Cornelius:
--- Quote from: Shjade on 05 Dec 2017, 23:02 ---For a moment I thought Tilly might be related to a Beatrice-competitor, that Beatrice knew this, and got them out of the way of any potentially compromising information via sending them to Hannelore, who is distant from the company and therefore "safe."
Then I remembered if Beatrice thought there were a potential spy in her company she'd just shoot them into the sun.
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I wouldn't say Hannelore is necessarily safe. After all, she has audited the company's entire financial record. A competitor might find useful information in there. Not to mention that it would be a bad idea to have your potential heir influenced by the competition too much, especially if you're already concerned that they haven't got what it takes to take over.
I think it's nice to see how Tilly reacts to the events of the day. I like the hesitation in panel two, as it's very recognisable.
As to the pronoun concerns, I'd like to invite everyone with an opinion on the issue, to come and join us in Discuss.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: Shjade on 05 Dec 2017, 23:02 ---Then I remembered if Beatrice thought there were a potential spy in her company she'd just shoot them into the sun.
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Only after she'd concluded that there was no other use she could put the person to. Shooting an opponent's agent into the sun, or even just shooting them, telegraphs that you've discovered their network. Beatrice would want to keep them guessing.
QuestionableIntentions:
Corporate espionage! There it is!
Zog:
--- Quote from: Tova on 05 Dec 2017, 20:52 ---
--- Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 05 Dec 2017, 19:06 ---I find trying to discuss a singular character with plural pronouns to be incredibly awkward. Instead of 'she does' is it supposed to be 'they does'? Or is it 'they do'? (As if Tilly has suddenly grown a second head.)
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It's a bit awkward for all many of us, but if we persevere with it, we'll get used to it. This isn't widely accepted yet, and so the rules are still in flux.
"Tilly has no idea what Tilly is supposed to do in the situation that Tilly has found Tilly in."
Try, for example:
"Tilly has no idea what they're supposed to do in the situation that they've found themself in."
Not sure if people are going to like "themself" as opposed to "themselves," but it's worth trying such things to see if the become comfortable through repeated exposure.
I'm sure there was a time when use of the pronoun "you" in the singular case (in place of "thou") was weird for some people as well. But we don't think twice about it now. I suppose that this will be the same, eventually.
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My first exposures to this usage were in the hypothetical/unknown case' "What if someone does not like it" 'Well they will get used to it". If you look at it this way (while composing a sentence) it becomes much easier (for me anyway) to see how to use these pronouns in this way.
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