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WCDT strips 4341 to 4345 (31st August to 4th September 2020)

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BenRG:

--- Quote from: Carl-E on 02 Sep 2020, 07:59 ---Of course, a new body like this could signal a change of career - May the model?
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I like the idea of her maybe stumbling backwards into it. Sven's publicist sees her and she ends up on the front cover of his new album. Combined with a martial arts shoot she does, she finds herself with a few job offers. The ex-con background just makes her more interesting to the agencies!

Just to make things ultra-embarrassing (or ultra-flattering) for her, Sven really, really likes the new look. He likes it to the point where she gets a sort of informal job description of "Sven Bianchi's Muse". Dora, it should be noted, finds it hilariously funny.

Wingy:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 02 Sep 2020, 08:09 ---Just to make things ultra-embarrassing (or ultra-flattering) for her, Sven really, really likes the new look.

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The question is, can Sven bring himself to benefit from the new body, knowing it's May in there?  Or would it be too weird for them, causing much angst on both sides?  It could push May over the edge if she advances on Sven and is rebuffed; maybe we'd see the 50%+ hate-filled May return?

Zengar:

--- Quote from: Gus_Smedstad on 02 Sep 2020, 06:43 ---I was initially OK with today’s strip, but having recently re-read the “May as a hologram” strips, I’m thinking it’s actually wildly inconsistent with May’s character. May having trouble with people accepting her, sure. May feeling guilty? No. About being “fancy?” What’s fancier than a fighter jet body? A body that costs $79 million?

It’s not about personal growth, either, it’s about May suddenly exhibiting neuroses that are at odds with her previous neuroses. It’s like Pintsize suddenly becoming a prude.

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I think it actually is in character.

First off, while it hasn't been on page much, as part of her parole May has been going to therapy the entire time she's been embodied. Second, and I haven't seen this brought up much, May wasn't a person before we first saw her, without a name, a body, or likely even a preferred avatar since they dumped her into that maid hologram. Most people remember that she didn't have a name before Dale gave her one, but the bit between Roko and "the body assignment algorithm f***er" where he explains that AIs that had bodies before going to robot jail get put back into them, and therefore May is a niche case among niche cases seems to have largely been missed by people. Before her "impulse control problem," May was likely just a serial numbered box sitting in a server rack of some bank or large corporation, (judging by the amount she attempted to embezzle) Her entire arc is about her growing from just being a "sentience" into being a person.

It is clear that at first May latches on to Dale as her moral compass, and one of the first things he tells her is to use money for things she actually needs rather than luxuries. Panel (3? 4? are they separate panels?) is May accepting that she may have grown enough impulse control to trust herself to make such decisions now.

Is it cold in here?:
Welcome, thoughtful new person!

Zebediah:
Comic's up. Happy Birthday Grandma!

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