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WCDT: 11-15 June 2018 (3761-3765)
MrNumbers:
I think he's three levels of irony deep, where it's both true and not true of him and even he doesn't know any more. Actually, that makes me think of something tangential...
I wonder how well he and May would get along with PissPigGranddad?
--- Quote ---I think going from protesting the Iraq war to dying in the dirt outside of Mosul from friendly fire makes me the ultimate Irony Boy tbh
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It's a very weird, vivid thought I have about May and/or Pintsize getting in a Twitter shitpost war with this guy. If you haven't seen anything about him, I highly recommend Googling him, he's an absolute rabbit hole of a human being.
Tova:
Today's comic is, of course, a callback to Taking All The Credit and Penetrating Questions.
dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: Roborat on 13 Jun 2018, 11:46 ---Wow, that is so not the reaction I expected from Bubbles. I thought he would be Pintsize paste staining the floor. This is absolutely brilliant on Bubbles part, she absolutely destroys him and claims her place in the social hierarchy. I look forward to see how he recovers from this. And I think this is going to be one of my favourite pages, one of the few that I actually laughed when I initially read it. Nicely done.
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Hm, I'm somewhat curious what particular made you laugh about this one.
While a great and rather powerful comic, nothing about it struck me as a 'haha' aspect (?)
HughYeman:
I say the following knowing full well the degree to which I am projecting. I'm probably off-base.
I'm disquieted by this strip, and since the other night I've been trying to figure out why. I think it's because I'm convinced that Bubbles is not as calm as she seems. She is torn apart inside, and devoting most of her mental energy to putting on a calm exterior. And that shit will come out sideways somewhere down the line.
For reasons why I feel this way, see my post from last night. We've seen many examples of her fear of anyone being hurt because of her, her self-loathing, her violent attempts to isolate, her fear of being laughed at, and the anger she turns on herself for having presumed to live like a normal person. I'm sure that she was grappling with all that when she entered into verbal combat with Pintsize. She was cornered, and she was full of fear, and she had to show the world that she wasn't afraid of him. So her emotional landscape was nothing like what she let show.
In short, she needed to be seen to win that fight, but in reality no one won. She's roiling inside. Don't believe me? OK. "Ta." "Ta"??? Who says "Ta"??? That sounds forced and artificial, even for Bubbles. She's straining to sound all cazh n' shit.
Again, I know my experience isn't everyone's. I envy people who can engage in this sort of confrontation and not come out of it feeling like they've been dunked in acid. It's just that there are reasons why I identify with Bubbles so strongly, and if I'm not completely wrong about her, then her emotional problems will be every bit as much of an obstacle to their relationship as Faye's. Faye is afraid of people leaving her, and deep down she fears that she will be the reason they leave. Bubbles is afraid of people being hurt because of her, and that fear makes it hella convenient to retreat into that comfortably cold mantle of the freak who should never have dreamed of being anything but alone.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: dutchrvl on 14 Jun 2018, 07:08 ---
--- Quote from: Roborat on 13 Jun 2018, 11:46 ---Wow, that is so not the reaction I expected from Bubbles. I thought he would be Pintsize paste staining the floor. This is absolutely brilliant on Bubbles part, she absolutely destroys him and claims her place in the social hierarchy. I look forward to see how he recovers from this. And I think this is going to be one of my favourite pages, one of the few that I actually laughed when I initially read it. Nicely done.
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Hm, I'm somewhat curious what particular made you laugh about this one.
While a great and rather powerful comic, nothing about it struck me as a 'haha' aspect (?)
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For me at least it was the combination of total surprise and sudden truth.
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