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WCDT Strips 3636 to 3640 (18th to 22nd December 2017)
fenrec:
The most fun thing about this comic is all the projection going on in the forum. :-o
blt:
--- Quote from: Tova on 20 Dec 2017, 03:43 ---Hanners cutting off ties with her mother was plenty dramatic, IMO.
I think the issue here is that some folks have been building Beatrice up as some kind of Bond villian, with spies everywhere, and intricate plans to enslave her daughter and take over the planet.
When actually, she's just a driven businesswoman who's neglected her daughter (to the point now of exploiting her for personal gain). This is a wake-up call for her.
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The shark tank and wood chipper sort of did the building for us.
And the volcano cannon. Although that could be hyperbole. Or normal in business. Who knows.
TheBiscuit:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 20 Dec 2017, 01:43 ---That was too easy; Beatrice can't be down yet, even though she seems to be reeling.
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I absolutely understand why you say this, but does she have any moves to make? Cordial relations once cut off by one party aren't exactly something which may be forced by the other party.
Cornelius:
--- Quote from: traroth on 20 Dec 2017, 08:51 ---
--- 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.
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Thing is, I don't really see how developing and lengthening it, would make it better. A short, clean break, allows for greater intensity, than one drawn out over a week or so. Drawing it out, would potentially provide more drama, but more of the lukewarm will-they-won't-they type. The approach that's been taken here, however, delivers a punch.
mercykills:
--- Quote from: dutchrvl on 20 Dec 2017, 04:42 ---
--- Quote from: mercykills on 20 Dec 2017, 01:31 ---O, and I'm one hundred percent sure Hannelore shoving Beatrice will be accepted by everyone and won't prove controversial in the least. :roll:
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Yeah, no. Strangely enough I posted on Jeph's Patreon site that I felt it was not only an unnecessary shove, but also a bit out of character for Hanners, and immediately people disagreed with me, so over there it seems to be almost universally accepted, which I find very odd.
How was a shove necessary here? I get that she's angry and wants to sever ties with her mom, but all that could've easily been handled verbally.
As much as I love Hanners as a character, she was out of line with her physical attack (yes, it was 'only' a shove, but still).
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Well, here's the thing. Hanners is a (deservedly)favorite character of many. So, yea, if the roles were reversed and Hannelore had done nothing but yelled and screamed in Beatrice's face and then, Beatrice had been the one who had done the shoving, you'd have been able to hear the collective rage-screaming from space. But, since it's Hannelore doing the clearly wrong thing of using unnecessary physical violence....to justify it, you can expect people to do mental gymnastics so fantastic it'd make Simone Biles blush. :-)
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