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WCDT strips 4016-4020 (3rd to 7th June 2019)
TheEvilDog:
I wouldn't call Momo a trash character.
The thing is, she's never really had the emotional maturity that she projects. Each AnthroPC serves as a foil for their human companion and not always "other side of the coin" kind of a foil. Take Marten and Pintsize for example. For the most part, Marten is a decent guy who does have some trouble connecting to people, whereas Pintsize is an unapologetic little arsehole who prods and pushes the limit of what people will tolerate from him. But at the end of the day, Pintsize's intentions are good, he knows that Marten needed a push and in doing so, kickstarted his circle of friends. Its just in Pintsize's mind, you can more flies with crap than you do with honey.
If you look at Marigold and Momo, you can see the friendship between them, after all, Marigold valued Momo as a person enough to purchase a new chassis. The problem I imagine is that an AnthroPC is meant more to strengthen a person's weaknesses, to bouy them in the areas lacking in their lives and to be honest, I didn't really see Momo do that compared to the other AnthroPCs (I fully admit that I might be wrong here).
The thing is, the world according to Momo should be Black and White, following a set of rules that anyone can understand. So it's difficult for her to understand how or why someone can step out of that box (the initial phases of her friendship with May, her disagreement with Bubbles' having served in the military). And she's been repeatedly shown that its not.
I imagine that this storyline is less about May and Sven connecting the USB port and more about Momo having to undergo some form of emotional and mental maturity. I mean, right there in the comic, she said she was attracted to Sven, in essence calling dibs. And yet, she never acted on that attraction or even worked up the courage to speak to him. Momo might feel upset, but the fact is that you don't get anything sitting around twiddling your thumbs and you can't lay claim to people.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 05 Jun 2019, 16:46 ---
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 04 Jun 2019, 22:49 ---And I THINK I've found the first instance of an adult human sized AI appearing in the strip.
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Nope. Off by about 1,000 strips.
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You're right, I'd forgotten all about the synthetic boyfriend. Still, he was clearly a beta phase project that drew stares at that time. By the time of Momo's chassis upgrade AIs were well integrated into the retail workforce.
I wonder how long that represents in calendar time? It had to be at least long enough for Bubbles to do a few years active duty and for Punchbot to establish his CPS practice.
Is it cold in here?:
Bubbles did see it at first as Momo demanding answers, but my read was that Momo had a sincere desire to understand.
I also don't like how she's interacting with May, but can cut her some slack as long as it's still short-term gut-reaction mode.
TheEvilDog:
Comic's up. And it looks like Momo has had her epiphany. Right after having the most evil looking eyes outside of Alice Grove! :psyduck:
Case:
--- Quote from: mercykills on 05 Jun 2019, 16:51 ---Ugh. My "Momo is a borderline-garbage character" senses are tingling again.
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I'd rather we stay well clear of labeling sentients - real or fictional, artificial or natural - as garbage. In fact, I distinctly remember us all agreeing a while back not to use terms such as "garbage person" when the issue first came up.
And no, adding qualifiers or referring to "characters" rather than "persons" doesn't actually make a meaningful difference, I'm afraid.
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