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WCDT Strips 3636 to 3640 (18th to 22nd December 2017)
Shjade:
--- Quote from: dutchrvl on 20 Dec 2017, 04:42 ---How was a shove necessary here?
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In addition to points about this already brought up above: Hannelore doesn't touch people unless she feels it's necessary. She avoids it if at all possible.
ANY hostile contact sends a very strong message when it comes from her.
"This is how much you've fucked up. I'm physically pushing you away because of your bullshit. Think on that."
As for all the folks who are apparently convinced Beatrice had plans in place to deal with this and is some super-intelligent corporate mastermind: this is the woman who had such an incompetent file put together on her own daughter that it was worse than useless, blew two thousand dollars on a bet about whether or not someone would touch a toilet seat, and has - by my memory - demonstrated no particular acuity for...anything, really, other than being rich and ruthless on-page. She's a trash fire. A wealthy trash fire who will happily burn you down with her, but a trash fire none the less. I don't know why anyone was expecting a different outcome.
Welu:
I'm in the camp of this strip being a Big Deal. Cutting out a toxic person can be so hard. Even if the practice is telling them to leave you alone, that is the culmination of years of bad treatment in Hannelore's case. After years of backing down, it's a huge thing to finally say, "I won't take this."
tustin2121:
--- Quote from: Tub on 20 Dec 2017, 05:42 ---Finally, two for two on parental physical contact. It took five years, but hanners is getting things done.
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Hm, yes, I hadn't considered how impactful Hanners shoving Beatrice was until you pointed it out. That's probably why Beatrice is reeling so hard right now. Beatrice is definitely not done with this argument yet, imo...
A Duck:
WHOA That was a bit more intense than I imagined it would be!
I don't think we've ever SEEN Hanners like this! She's "asserted herself" (her words) before, but this is just a new level.
She SHOVED her mother! Hannelore Ellicott-Chatham USING PHYSICAL VIOLENCE (although light) AGAINST ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.
Now, given that Hanners was the big driving force behind Dora rekindling her relationship with Sven, I'm sure we'll get Dora's input on the situation as soon as the scene shifts back to CoD.
traroth:
--- Quote from: Welu on 20 Dec 2017, 08:02 ---I'm in the camp of this strip being a Big Deal. Cutting out a toxic person can be so hard. Even if the practice is telling them to leave you alone, that is the culmination of years of bad treatment in Hannelore's case. After years of backing down, it's a huge thing to finally say, "I won't take this."
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It IS of course a big deal. But in terms of narration, it's really short. I, for one, can't see what Beatrice could possibly reply to her daughter, so the argument seems to be over. I awaited something more... developed and lengthy.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGIY5Vyj4YM
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