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WCDT Strips 3626 to 3630 (4th to 8th December 2017)
Storel:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 06 Dec 2017, 07:29 ---
--- Quote from: WoaLG on 06 Dec 2017, 06:26 ---So... What kind of cereal do you think Steve likes most?
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Hmmm....some kind of flakes.
Although he is enough of a he-man to down an entire bowl of Post Grape Nuts.
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Do they even make Grape-Nuts any more? I haven't seen it in any grocery store for years, perhaps decades. I thought they must have discontinued it.
--- Quote from: flondrix on 06 Dec 2017, 09:14 ---
--- Quote from: dutchrvl on 06 Dec 2017, 05:28 ---To be honest, US society is already in a (not so) civil war, and so far nobody is "winning" (maybe extreme conservative Christians and big corporations?) and everybody is losing.
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I used to work for a guy who was also an SF writer. Years ago he said something similar, that the extreme polarization is not benefiting either side of the culture war, so I asked him: "Thinking as an SF writer, who is benefiting from it?"
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So what was his answer? Inquiring minds want to know!
DesiArxxy:
--- Quote from: JohnA on 08 Dec 2017, 13:41 ---The whole non-binary thing is tiresome in the extreme. Tilly disclosed it to Marten because she knew about Claire from the dossier and that it would touch a chord with Marten. The same way Tilly thought she was buying trousers and a bag in Hanner's favourite colours. It was a deliberate attempt to curry favour and get under her skin. Would you trust someone like that?
She is as manipulative as hell.
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Agreed.
--- Quote from: Tova on 08 Dec 2017, 15:22 ---
--- Quote from: JohnA on 08 Dec 2017, 13:41 ---Tilly disclosed it to Marten because she knew about Claire from the dossier and that it would touch a chord with Marten.
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I doubt this would have affected Marten's impression of Tilly one way or the other, actually. Marten simply would have accepted it as something to remember about Tilly without a second thought. The pun would have made a significantly larger impact, honestly. And if you think that was a calculated move, then that's a touch cynical IMO.
Anyway, the divisiveness of Tilly continues to amaze.
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I don't think it would have affected Marten's impression significantly, but it is completely in-character for Tilly to try. Especially given that the pants and bag were explicitly canonical.
Case:
--- Quote from: Tova on 08 Dec 2017, 15:22 ---
--- Quote from: JohnA on 08 Dec 2017, 13:41 ---Tilly disclosed it to Marten because she knew about Claire from the dossier and that it would touch a chord with Marten.
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I doubt this would have affected Marten's impression of Tilly one way or the other, actually. Marten simply would have accepted it as something to remember about Tilly without a second thought. The pun would have made a significantly larger impact, honestly. And if you think that was a calculated move, then that's a touch cynical IMO.
Anyway, the divisiveness of Tilly continues to amaze.
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Word ...
Perfectly Reasonable:
Tilly, do something interesting instead of wearing Hannelore to a frazzle. Winslow, you're not helping.
mercykills:
--- Quote from: JohnA on 08 Dec 2017, 13:41 ---The whole non-binary thing is tiresome in the extreme. Tilly disclosed it to Marten because she knew about Claire from the dossier and that it would touch a chord with Marten. The same way Tilly thought she was buying trousers and a bag in Hanner's favourite colours. It was a deliberate attempt to curry favour and get under her skin. Would you trust someone like that?
She is as manipulative as hell.
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Your misuse of their proper pronoun aside; your argument doesn't track.
Look, I'm as anti-Tilly as anyone here. I didn't think the stalk-y intro was appropriate. I think they're a shit character who brings nothing new to the story and in the "bringing of nothing", actually, drags the comic down by wasting time on them that would be better served on other characters and their story lines. That said, I would be absolutely BLOWN AWAY if we were headed down that path.
A character that's pretending to be non-binary to ingratiate themselves with the friend of their new boss? No. One, I don't see Jeph being ok with that in any capacity(I don't claim to know him or be psychic but after reading the comic for so long and watching all the care he puts into the handling of sensitive topics? No, don't see it). Also, two, why would such a little detail mean one thing or another to Martin? But..hmm..ok, for the sake of argument, let's say for a second, it did. That Tilly being non-binary helps them get Martin's friendship, somehow. How would that help them if Hanners decides to fire Tilly? It wouldn't. And while Tilly may be a bit....."much", I don't think even they would have the cognitive dissonance to think that it would.
Finally, buying pants and a bag in what you believe are your boss' favorite color is no where CLOSE to being the same as, "I'm pretending to be non-binary to curry favor." It's just not.
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