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WCDT Strips 3626 to 3630 (4th to 8th December 2017)
shanejayell:
The 'Help or Die' tat had me going 0_o
BenRG:
Poll Results Post
Rate The Cutie - What do you think of Tilly?
10 - Best character in the strip to date! - 1 (1.1%)
9 - Not perfect but is someone doing interesting, useful and funny things - 1 (1.1%)
8 - They're surprisingly good/funny/interesting - 5 (5.6%)
7 - There's potential there for doing interesting/useful/funny things in the future - 27 (30%)
6 - Ho-hum; Jeph needs to try harder if he wants me to be interested in them - 7 (7.8%)
5 - Indifferent; don't care what happens with them - 9 (10%)
4 - I really don't get what Jeph sees in them - 15 (16.7%)
3 - I tend to skip over everything they say and do to focus on other characters - 2 (2.2%)
2 - I actually get annoyed when they're in panel - 9 (10%)
1 - You'd be happier if they're never shown again - 14 (15.6%)
With a poll like this, it's misleading to go by the mode vote, the single option that attracts the most responses. Rather, I'm going to calculate the mean value by way of totalling up the products of (Option value x number of votes) and dividing the total by the number of votes made, thus giving us a mathematical average.
Based on this method, the average rating given to Tilly is: 4.8
So, rounding to the nearest integer, the Will of the Forum is that Tilly is rated at 5 - Indifferent; don't care what happens with them. In truth, that fairly matches my own view of them. There is potential but they are really getting irritating on lots of levels and I really am having a hard time forgiving how miserable they are making Hannelore.
Tova:
I agree that simply looking at the vote with the most votes is very misleading.
I personally feel, though, that the mode mean vote is also misleading. The results appear to show that the forumites are starkly divided into two main groups - one that sees potential in Tilly (7), and another that actively dislikes them to differing degrees (4 + 2 + 1).
Yes, the mean of those two groups is "indifferent." But it's pretty clear from reading recent posts that the majority of posters are far from indifferent.
--- Quote from: BenRG on 10 Dec 2017, 14:43 ---There is potential but they are really getting irritating on lots of levels and I really am having a hard time forgiving how miserable they are making Hannelore.
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That doesn't sound indifferent to me. Actually, this highlights a potential issue with the poll - you could honestly select either 7 or 2 based on the view above!
Edit: used the wrong word
JoeCovenant:
To be honest, I saw the poll as a little bit weighted.
IE - Anything from 7 downward could be classed as negative (But 7 itself could be seen as semi-positive)
But, as I was a '1', I think my general feelings are plainly being reflected (in varying degrees) by the VAST majority of those who are commenting!
:)
dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: Penquin47 on 09 Dec 2017, 19:00 ---Re: Tilly telling Marten they're nonbinary to gain favor with him: I didn't see anywhere in the theory that said they were faking it, just that's why they hadn't brought it up with Hanners or Winslow or Dora but it was one of the first things out of their mouth with Marten. I still don't buy the theory - mostly because why should Tilly care that much about gaining favor with Marten?
--- End quote ---
I was going to say that it was the first time Hanners used a female pronoun for Tilly hence giving Tilly the first opportunity to point out that they use nonbinary pornouns.
However, then I noticed that in #3614 Hanners already introduced Tilly as 'she' to Dora, and Tilly made no attempt to offer the information about their preference of nonbinary pronouns, nor did they correct Dora when the latter immediately used a female pronoun for Tilly.
So, I think there is a distinct possibility that Tilly did to some extent premeditate when and with whom to introduce the pronoun subject.
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