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WCDT Strips 3766 - 3770 (18th-22nd June 2018)
Mr_Rose:
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--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 21 Jun 2018, 22:01 ---Just a P.S.: Melon's effortless joy in existence would be a bit wearing in person, wouldn't it? That said, you can't help but envy her in a lot of ways; life is an experience for her that most of us would only dream of having!
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Maybe she is just a Manic Pixie Dream AI?
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Hi, could you fix your quote please? I didn’t say that, BenRG did.
oddtail:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 21 Jun 2018, 06:33 ---Emily and Raven were both examples of a kind of quirky genius trope - almost the "Genius Ditz" of TVtropes, but not quite. Maybe Cloudcoocoolanders.
Melon, so far, is just out there. No sign of anything behind the comic relief.
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I think that's why I mind Melon less than I did Emily. She's just simple comic relief (that's comic relief that doesn't WORK for me, but it's comic relief). Emily, and to extent Raven, just don't seem... genuine to me. They have a formula - say something silly, say something crazy, and occasionally say something "profound" and "smart". It doesn't ring true to me.
It's the reason why this might be my least favourite installment of QC (or at least, in my top 10): https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2999
It's like either a reply to a negative reaction, or a preemptive defense. It feels like Emily is talking about a reader that might read her as a character a certain way. To me, the character IS random, and that's her defining trait. And this comic is the essence of why it doesn't work for me. I don't think she's anything *but* randomly quirky, while occasionally acting like there's something more.
And it's not the worst character I've seen, even in this comic. But it's boring and one-note, while pretending it really isn't one-note. Clearly, Jeph wants her to be a weird person that's a complete character, but I just don't feel it quite works.
HughYeman:
Here's what I keep wondering: does Melon's constellation of traits correlate with any real disorder? The one I keep coming back to is the strip where she said "Numbers are just abstract concepts" as a justification for not being able to differentiate between apartments. That totally works as a joke, but not in real life, correct? It implies a degree of awareness and willfulness that is distinct from dysfunction. In other words, she would have to understand the real in order to display such a deep understanding of the difference between the abstract and the real. That one scene, insofar as I am justified in taking the joke as indicative of anything at all, leads me to think her behavior is at least partially performative.
Also, wouldn't the closest trope to her be Manic Pixie Dream Girl?
Bad Superman:
--- Quote from: HughYeman on 22 Jun 2018, 06:18 ---Also, wouldn't the closest trope to her be Manic Pixie Dream Girl?
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To me she's more like The Fool
To be honest, Melon is pretty low on my 'Favorite QC Character'-list (as are Emily and Raven).
EDIT:
I correct myself. Idiot Houdini is the more fitting trope.
Theta9:
--- Quote from: keithcurtis on 21 Jun 2018, 17:37 ---
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--- Quote from: Tova on 21 Jun 2018, 03:50 ---I try not to think of dealing with just about any of the cast in real life.
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Marigold, I would be totally into if she were a real person. She's exactly my type.
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Given your avatar, that sounds terrifying and ominous.
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There is absolutely no significance to my avatar.
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