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WCDT strips 3841-3845 (1-5 October 2018)
Tova:
--- Quote from: Cornelius on 02 Oct 2018, 22:00 ---On the other hand, the incident does give May an opportunity to show some concern for someone else. I find she's becoming more likeable.
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May shows concern for other people. Just not overtly.
BenRG:
So, from panel 2, I suspect that Marigold and Dale were trying to make fried rice and, when things went wrong (and Noodle Incident rules mean we'll probably never know exactly what that was) panic set it. I suspect that Momo was drawn from whatever she was doing by the increasingly loud screams and other sounds of panic as well as a blaring fire alarm. It probably would have been a little late to insert care and actual data about how to cook friend rice by that point!
What makes this different from Jeph's other random hair-murders is that he recognises that Momo does not want this. What remains to be seen is what happens next because something tells me that he doesn't intend to reset Momo's hair back to the way it was before and I genuinely shudder to imagine what Faye and May may consider a 'low-cost fix' in this matter.
I think that people are missing the joke in panel 4. The point is that May doesn't know anything about the Pistols either and is randomly dropping in the name of another band either out of ignorance or because she genuinely wants to see the outcome of Momo giving a punk enthusiast that answer!
I want to include a comment that I made on Patreon on the subject of character appearance in order to encourage debate:
--- Quote ---Hair isn't just an adornment. In comic characters, it also is a part of what communicates their personalities. Hanners's scrappy hair reminded us of her crippling mental health issues and growing it out communicated her improvement. Whilst I could see why she might copy Faye's look, it still felt like a step back.
So, with Momo, her hair communicated her golden-hearted nature and her essential goodness. It's part of what makes her stand out and let us see who she is. Without it, she's just a pink May!
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Anyone agree/disagree strongly enough to comment?
brasca:
Motorhead is the band. Lemmy was the person nay legend.
I don't know why Momo is getting worked up about this. If Bubbles can grow out her hair she can do the same. Perhaps hair car is another service Union Robotics can offer to bring in new customers.
St.Clair:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 02 Oct 2018, 23:16 ---
--- Quote from: efindumb on 02 Oct 2018, 23:00 ---It's not that either, the worst part to me is he's doing it just for the sake of doing it and changing longstanding characters without a reason to do it. Momo is the first to change hairstyle for a reason, every other one was without it. Some of them look terrible, sorry Hanners and Sam just don't look good!
At the risk of pissing off hte moderators for insulting the almighty Jeph I just hope that he's going somewhere with this because it's gotten to the point that he's only got Veronica and Marten unchanged.
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It's a slice of life comic, and changing is a most natural part of life.
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Except that all the change is in one direction, and having reached the equilibrium/desired position of maximum author appeal, I doubt they'll change back/further.
I once heard classical physics described thus:
"Objects at rest tend to stay at rest, and objects in motion tend to come to rest. And ____ saw that this was boring."
(Picture a flat plane with a scattering of motionless balls. Eventually one rolls slowly into frame and stops. Continue holding on that frame as long as you can stand.)
Like, at this point I'm half-expecting Veronica to be sporting a bob when she next shows up.
And then, I think, I will finally be Done With QC.
Tova:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 02 Oct 2018, 23:35 ---I think that people are missing the joke in panel 4. The point is that May doesn't know anything about the Pistols either and is randomly dropping in the name of another band either out of ignorance or because she genuinely wants to see the outcome of Momo giving a punk enthusiast that answer!
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Interesting, but I had a different interpretation.
Motorhead did a cover of a Sex Pistols song. If you thought it was better than the original, you'd probably say that Motorhead was your favourite Sex Pistol.
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