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WCDT Strips 3626 to 3630 (4th to 8th December 2017)
BenRG:
So, anyway, I've been thinking on 'what is Tilly's role' and I think that today's strip actually answers that question.
Tilly's attempt at 'casual clothing' today is so strange and ill-fitting in so many ways that I'm suspecting that Jeph created her to be an 'Alien Amongst Us', someone whose social instincts and prior normal cultural background is so different from that of the regular cast that we can learn more about them by seeing them through their puzzled eyes.
Of course, there will also be regular cheap jokes about Tilly's inability to 'fit in' or even come close to it.
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: Timemaster on 05 Dec 2017, 22:56 ---Yay, more Tilly. 8-)
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You are Jeph Jaques, and I claim my $5 !
JoeCovenant:
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--- Quote from: BenRG on 06 Dec 2017, 04:24 ---Can you give me a reason why you think that this forum is a 'self-selecting' group that introduces bias? Unlike Patreon, there does not seem to be any obvious prerequisite criteria other than 'read QC once and noticed the link to the forums'.
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I doubt there is anyone here who read QC once. This forum consists of people who not only noticed the link to the forums, but felt compelled to click on it, read, weren't driven away by the nasty arguments, and felt compelled to comment. And of course have the time to waste.
I realizing this is changing, but I suspect it is still true that "normal" people are too busy working, socializing in meatspace, changing diapers, having sex, or whatever it is that normal people do, to devote much time to arguing about societal issues in the comments on a webcomic.
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I usually assume other people, like me, are commenting during worktime... :angel:
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Oh hell yeah.
You guys and gals and others should thank whatever gods there are that I only post here while at work.
Can you imagine the rambling I could do if I had TIME to draft posts the way I might actually want to!
:)
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 07 Dec 2017, 01:47 ---So, anyway, I've been thinking on 'what is Tilly's role' and I think that today's strip actually answers that question.
Tilly's attempt at 'casual clothing' today is so strange and ill-fitting in so many ways that I'm suspecting that Jeph created her to be an 'Alien Amongst Us', someone whose social instincts and prior normal cultural background is so different from that of the regular cast that we can learn more about them by seeing them through their puzzled eyes.
Of course, there will also be regular cheap jokes about Tilly's inability to 'fit in' or even come close to it.
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Everything you say above may be true, Ben.
Sadly, I don't think I care anymore.
The character has imprinted "annoying" all over... it would take an overwhelming Damascene moment for me to divert from that now.
The more I see of Tilly, the more my initial impression is bolstered.
And I JUST THIS SECOND realised why I am having such a problem...
The Faye/Bubbles arc has gone away because of this.
And the recent Faye / Bubbles arc (to me) was one of the SINGULARLY best pieces of writing I have seen in this strip.
If Tilly had cropped up before all that, I might not have had SUCH a vehement reaction to the introduction.
But I still doubt if I would ever have 'liked' them...
Marco:
--- Quote from: Cornelius on 06 Dec 2017, 09:09 ---
--- Quote from: TheBiscuit on 06 Dec 2017, 08:49 ---I will admit that I definitely wasn't expecting anything like this to happen with regards to Tilly. It does seem to open up some interesting possibilities. We don't yet know anything about their father, but presumably he might have been as much (if not more) of an influence on Tilly's personality as was Mrs. Ellicott-Chatham. It is now a somewhat interesting question to ask why they were given this particular role. Assistant to the heir of the company is a responsibility associated with a lot of trust, even if that heir is somewhat wayward, in her mother's eyes...
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I'd say that, if the heir is even the least bit wayward, it's a fortiori a position of trust. But that's not quite compatible, I think, with Beatrice misremembering their name. It might be that she really does see a PA as just an accessory function, and So didn't mind much who Taffy, or something, was, as long as they have the right skill set.
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Looks like a PA is just a "tool" in Beatrice's vision. I don't think it's a coincidence that, when talking about "Taffy", she was riding Mechahorse (Cybersteed? Robostallion?) and demonstrating how to handle a malfunctioning "tool"...
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