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WCDT Strips 3631 to 3635 (11th to 15th December 2017
Shjade:
Not sure in what way you think subdividing one conversation between a group of people into multiple, interconnected conversations between subgroups of that group of people that will all have consequences on one another later, some of which will not be immediately apparent to the participants of one conversation who are also affected by the outcomes of the other, is "logically simplified."
You're going pretty far out of your way to make things more complicated because you don't like Tilly. And, hey, you do you and all, but...that's not "logic" at work.
Absimilliard:
Urgh... I hoped we'd get this confrontation, but without Tilly dragged along. I'll still hold out hope that this means they're about to be written out, I'm resenting their presence quite a lot now.
mercykills:
--- Quote from: Shjade on 15 Dec 2017, 14:07 ---Not sure in what way you think subdividing one conversation between a group of people into multiple, interconnected conversations between subgroups of that group of people that will all have consequences on one another later, some of which will not be immediately apparent to the participants of one conversation who are also affected by the outcomes of the other, is "logically simplified."
You're going pretty far out of your way to make things more complicated because you don't like Tilly. And, hey, you do you and all, but...that's not "logic" at work.
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If Tilly didn't know and decides to confront their father about being used, why would that affect Hannelore? Hannelore already fired them. It MIGHT affect Beatrice but she's a tertiary character and Hanners doesn't have anything to do with her business. So, again, doesn't affect Hanners.
Now, Hanners going to confront her mother about interfering in her life for arbitrary reasons? A possibly good story, in and of itself, and I can admit that Tilly was the plot device to get us to this point but the question remains, why would they need to be there for it? What could they possibly add to a Hanners/Beatrice showdown?
So, yes, it is simpler to have Hanners tell Tilly, through a phone call, what her mother told her and move on to this Hannelore v. Beatrice arc. We don't need to see Tilly's reaction to it or them and their father talking about it because it doesn't affect Hannelore, since she pushed Tilly out of her life.
ETA: Tilly being a shit character, aside, this "hey, I need to go have a frank discussion with my mother about constantly interfering in my life and I'm bring you along for...reasons" nonsense is weak.
Tova:
--- Quote from: maneyan on 15 Dec 2017, 06:07 ---Geeez, people really have dug their trenches here.
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Yep. A bad initial impression has been set in stone, it seems, and has affected people's reactions to every comic since. For example, Tilly asking Winslow if he opened Hanners' mail seemed to somehow get translated as "See, Tilly is terrible, they opened Hanners' mail." That can only happen when viewing the comic through an "I hate Tilly" filter.
I personally am finding this story reasonably interesting, regardless of whether I like Tilly or not. I mean, I haven't always liked Faye either, for example, but I've always enjoyed her storylines a great deal. The Tilly story is okay, as far as I am concerned, and I'm interested to see where this is headed, mainly from the point of view of personal development for Hanners and her relationship with her mother. Surely not everyone has completely missed this through the haze of Tilly hatred?
Regardless of whether you think the past comics have been "a pointless diversion," just remember that this is a slice of life comic. Pointless comedic diversions are what QC does.
So okay, I get that some people aren't enjoying the Tilly storyline at all. Maybe take a break from reading if you're hating it that much? Or, if you are going to keep reading, at least try to put aside your initial impressions. You also don't have to justify your dislike of Tilly to the hilt, or explain in great detail why it is that Jeph is a terrible story writer, just because you personally aren't enjoying it. And you certainly don't need to tell us "I hate Tilly," over and over and over and over again. We get it. It's made the forums an unpleasant place to be, quite frankly.
snufflebottoms:
Plot twist: Tilly is Hannelore's sibling.
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