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WCDT strips 3931-3935 (4th to 8th February 2019)
Tova:
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 10 Feb 2019, 05:13 ---Depends on how you look at it. In one instance, the misnaming of a character was only done until they actually said that they didn't like it and then immediately stopped.
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I recall it differently. It stopped when the mods ordered it to stop.
--- Quote ---But considering how odious Peter has turned out to be and how disgusting his interactions are, not to mention that he's meant to be a disposable lay, forgotten in the morning, his misnaming is more of a running gag. And of course, that takes power away from a guy like him. In essence, everyone is saying that he isn't worth a second thought, let alone remembering his name.
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Sure. That's all true. And this running gag absolutely would not be taking place with someone people liked. That's all I'm saying.
--- Quote from: Tova on 09 Feb 2019, 21:30 ---He has the last say on a particular topic or character. All we can do is discuss it on the forum, after the fact.
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The only thing not up for dispute is what's on the page. And what's on the page is that Jeph thinks we shouldn't be that guy.
"Peter is a dick" is an interpretation of the text. It is not an objective fact regarding the character. Jeph wrote a sleazy objectifying womanizer. He just happens to think that such people are dicks. Our own opinions about such a character absolutely are up for debate.
Is it cold in here?:
Well put, and answers the question I was about to ask, which is what the scope for dispute about Pops is.
Priam is a sleazy objectifying womanizer "in reality" but there could be argument about what we should think about that.
Given the culture here it's logical to expect most people would agree on their opinion of a sleazy objectifying womanizer.
DSL:
Worth noting that His P-ness's name is misremembered and mangled in the comic. I thought the 4-um was just running with the joke.
hedgie:
True. As it was for Tilly/Taffy when they first arrived.
DSL:
Unlike Phil-in-the-blank, though, in which the in-universe mangling seems to be for showing us what an interchangeable part he is, I never could figure out a narrative purpose for Hannelore mangling Tilly's name, unless it was to show us how much Hannelore resented her as a symbol of Beatrice's meddling in her life.
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