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WCDT strips 4381-4385 (Oct 26th to Oct 30th 2020)
Reaver:
--- Quote from: N.N. Marf on 28 Oct 2020, 22:51 ---Elliot doesn't know, he knows that Clinton told him that Brun said that,.. From Elliot's perspective, this could be seen as psychological manipulation.
--- Quote from: Reaver on 28 Oct 2020, 21:43 ---Yeah he said a rudeish thing but Meaner and less kind intending things fall out of Mays mouth and even Fayes and thats just met with “‘Well thats just how they are/ you dont understand their trauma” I’m sorry if you felt I was rude, but this is ridiculous.
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Faye/May are often crude. It doesn't matter why so, they are. There's a long precedent there. Were you to just meet them, you might be taken aback the first time, and maybe the next few times, too, unless you weren't told that that happens often. It's not an excuse---it's a warning to newcomers, to save them the trouble of dealing with that over an over until they've had enough of it and leave, maybe making a scene that others, too, might have to deal with. (Please point us to the Questionable Content pages that cite `past trauma' to excuse bad behaviuor.)
Clinton is obviously moved after that interaction with Brun, but we don't know whether he's much upset, much relieved, or unsure---though he seems sure that he is, whatever it is.
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The comics never excuse it, the readers typically do, I’m just annoyed that whenever Clinton flubs people are quick to slam him hard and without mercy( and not in a fun way)
Tbh what I took away from this comic was that Clinton just needs to cease the alcohol.. and maybe not have casual “ hang out dates” at bars.
Tova:
You speak as though Clinton is the only one in the comic that gets slammed, and that Faye and May do not.
I assure you that this is not so.
Reaver:
--- Quote from: Tova on 29 Oct 2020, 00:23 ---You speak as though Clinton is the only one in the comic that gets slammed, and that Faye and May do not.
I assure you that this is not so.
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Faye and May( Hey!) Often get people defending their character on the grounds of “ Thats how they are/ They mean well” But no such grace typically gets extended to Clinton, its always “ Goddamn Clinton and his stupid damn mouth ruining everything by being terrible”
BenRG:
I honestly underestimated the degree to which Clinton was carrying a torch for Brun and it looks like learning that she's literally incapable of thinking of him that way has pretty much shattered him and he may be shattered for a while! Bad luck for Elliot but I wouldn't blame him for not wanting to try his luck in starting a relationship with someone with whom he'd need to spend time with tweezers and superglue to put them back together on an emotional level!
There are those who have criticised Clinton for just coming out and saying this to Elliot but that ignores two things:
* He's obviously drunk and isn't fully in charge of what he's doing at the moment;
* He's also very obviously heart-broken (in a way that Elliot should be familiar with - Person whom he'd never come out and said he likes is out of reach) and I think that a nasty but all-too-human bit of him wants everyone else to be miserable too.So, yeah, I'm wondering if Jeph is planning a 'surprise hook-up whilst drunk' scenario (May looking for a practice run? Stranger things have happened) or whether Clinton is going to wake up on Elliot's couch with a killer hangover. Yay will be standing there, wearing a poisonous smirk, and will say something like: "Elliot felt that you were not in a safe state to be left unsupervised tonight and, based on your dream-talking, we believe that he was right."
EDIT
Fixed a couple of typos
Tova:
--- Quote from: Reaver on 29 Oct 2020, 00:32 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 29 Oct 2020, 00:23 ---You speak as though Clinton is the only one in the comic that gets slammed, and that Faye and May do not.
I assure you that this is not so.
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Faye and May( Hey!) Often get people defending their character on the grounds of “ Thats how they are/ They mean well” But no such grace typically gets extended to Clinton, its always “ Goddamn Clinton and his stupid damn mouth ruining everything by being terrible”
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Ben has just done so above my post. And I believe you are doing so, also. So. :-D
There's always someone that criticises. Always someone that defends. Clinton's not special.
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