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WCDT 7-11 January 2019 (3911-3915)

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shanejayell:
"I wanted to keep your crushed head as a momento..."

MELON. NO.

Seriously.

DSL:
Such a conversation starter that would be. Especially if you can get the voder to work.

A small perverse otter:

--- Quote from: shanejayell on 07 Jan 2019, 19:38 ---"I wanted to keep your crushed head as a momento..."

MELON. NO.

Seriously.

--- End quote ---
I hold your hand in mine, dear //
I press it to my lips //
I take a healthy bite //
Of your dainty fingertips

The night you died, I cut it off //
I really don't know why //
For now each time I kiss it //
I get blood stains on my tie

I'm sorry now I killed you //
For our love was something fine //
But until they come to get me //
I shall hold your hand in mine.

-- T. Lehrer.

BenRG:
Poor Melon though; this further reinforces my earlier impression about how much this incident has upset and traumatised Melon (possibly much more than it has affected Roko, as bizarre as that sounds). The poor thing seems quite distraught although I can't help but laugh at the complete stream-of-consciousness of her babble and the reminder that she genuinely doesn't understand 'appropriate behaviour' at all!

Looking at the cubicle in which Roko booted up, it looks similar to the equipment in Spookybot's apartment. So, they seem to be making (or possibly growing) their own chassis. I wonder how many nodes of Spookybot are not yet embodied?

With regard to the discussion of Jeph 'copping out', I wouldn't use such an accusative phrase that implies a flaw on his part. What he has stated is that he finds some of his dramatic storylines emotionally hard to write and draw and it doesn't surprise me when he tries to resolve them quickly and without prolonged harm to his characters. I've seen comments from him on Twitter that suggest very strongly to me that he has an emotional connection with them that greatly impacts what he is able to do with them. Unlike some webcomic creators whose works I read, he literally cannot easily do them harm or even disrespect their privacy and deeper dignity. FWIW, I don't consider that a flaw on his part but part of what you need to understand to 'get' his work and the stories he wants to tell.

pwhodges:

--- Quote from: TV4Fun on 07 Jan 2019, 18:09 ---Real people, when they have problems, have to exert actual effort to fix them. This is true whether the problem is large or small.
--- End quote ---

Sure; but most of that effort is tedious and boring - filling in forms, visits to lawyers, and the like.  In the spirit of "show, not tell" we can see that this must have happened for the setup of Union Robotics, for instance, without having it spelt out to delay a glimpse of another aspect of the characters' lives.  Bearing in mind how much slower than real life this comic runs, that would make it a comic about watching paint dry.

And glimpses of the characters's lives is all we get, really, in four/six panels a day.  Of course there are many ways to write even a simple slice-of-life comic; but I for one am pleased that this one is not a constant barrage of OTT tensions, arguments and absurdities like so many TV soap operas.

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