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WCDT strips 4366-4370 (Oct 5th to Oct 9th 2020)

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BenRG:
Oh dear, alert on panel 6, Renee is falling for Dan in a big way.

However, I don't think that this is the important point of this strip. The point is something a friend once explained to me that 'growing up does not mean having to grow old' and it doesn't mean having to give up the things that give us enjoyment and maybe even defined us in our childhoods and youths. Renee has moved along in lots of ways from who she was in High School but I'm wondering if this encounter will make her wonder if she's given up things that she enjoyed and gave her satisfaction in the belief that "I'm and adult now and adults don't do that stuff".

How might that manifest? Um... Well, she was a goth at High School. Maybe she'll decide that she doesn't have to 'pretend to be normal' and might start re-adopting little bits of the aesthetic that she still likes? Small things but trying not to fit into pigeonholes that reflect what she thinks others expect of her?


--- Quote from: Tova on 07 Oct 2020, 00:34 ---Is he not being himself when he goes to “the gym and parties and stuff?”
--- End quote ---

He's saying that he can and he is but he had to stop trying to fit into his idea of what others expected of him first.

cybersmurf:
Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional.

Well, I consider "grown up" just a matter of being more experienced in life, and being able to distinguish which setting needs what degree of acting adult.

BenRG:
The revelation that Dan collects swords put an image in my mind. Sam, on one knee before him with her sword in a 'knightly vow' posture (tip in the ground in front of her with her holding the hilt with both hands) and she's saying: "Teach me your ways, Master."

Gnabberwocky:
I've come to the realization multiple times that it doesn't matter what others think of me so long as I'm an okay human being. What usually ends up happening is something along the lines of, "I'm trying to be myself more often. Others' opinions of me don't really matter. By the way, does this shirt look good on me?"

Timemaster:
xkcd: Grownups



https://xkcd.com/150/

This is exactly how I feel about this issue.

TM

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