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WCDT Strips 3636 to 3640 (18th to 22nd December 2017)

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Tova:

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Make threats about making her friends 'pay' for her daughter's defiance and make it clear that their suffering would be Hannelore's fault.

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Seriously?

Bad Superman:

--- Quote from: Tova on 21 Dec 2017, 03:02 ---What did you expect Beatrice to say in this situation?

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Hm… depends…
She could have tried to justify her action ("If the deal with Taffys father vanishes, almost 5.000 people will lose their jobs!"), or have a sudden moment of realisation and regret ("OMG, Hannelore! I didn’t know! I’m so sorry!"). A worst case scenario would have also been possible ("How dare you threaten me?!? Security! Throw those two trespassers out! If they try to get back in *ever*, taser them!"), or even something completely crazy (*sigh* "Okay, this one was a failure. Tell the lab to thaw out the next one, and give her the new programming we talked about...")

From my point of view, any reaction from Beatrice would have been better that no reaction at all. But there's still one comic left for this week…

BenRG:

--- Quote from: Tova on 21 Dec 2017, 03:22 ---Seriously?
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Yes. There's precedent; the last time Beatrice was a significant character, she idly threatened to ruin Marten's credit rating if he didn't take the money she staked when she bet Hannelore couldn't touch a toilet seat. This is a petty woman capable of petty acts of revenge if she thinks she's being disrespected.

RMc:
I don't know how this gets resolved, but I'm sure it will be a silly cliche or two, 'cuz that's how this comic rolls.

Yep, called it. Sigh.

Wildroses:
It'll be interesting to see how Beatrice responds when she gets over her shock. I don't think she realised Hannelore could be pushed too far and has a spine. Maybe she'll be shaken and realise she actually wants her daughter not to hate her, maybe she'll turn around to get revenge, maybe she'll do her inept best to make it up to her daughter with unhelpful gifts.

I'll also be interested to see if Tilly becomes a semi-regular character or not. I don't mind if she does. I don't really get the people who dislike her because she is taking screen time away from the current regulars. If Jeph never introduced new characters, a lot of beloved regular current characters would never have been introduced in the first place (such as Hannelore).

But from a story perspective I'm not sure how an unwanted personal assistant could stay. I get the impression Tilly thinks having a job is important long term, although short term she'll want to get Hannelore comforted and home. Maybe her father will come into play. From the way he asked about espionage in that  phone call on the first day on the job, I wonder if he had been hoping for Tilly to be a plant in Beatrice's empire, and seeing as that is obviously not happening maybe he'll send her somewhere else.

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