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WCDT 19-23 April 2021 (4506-4510)

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hedgie:
Yup, and I’m old enough to remember the original use of the term online.

Oenone:

--- Quote from: Penquin47 on 21 Apr 2021, 16:21 ---Can anyone think of a case where a character was introduced with short hair and let it grow out?   The only one I can think of is Dora, and that ended up being rather temporary.  (I know it's harder to do because of the time, but still, it's been a few years in-comic.)

That's what annoys me so much, really.  It's unidirectional.

And people call it trolling because Jeph appears to be aware that readers have this same discussion every time he cuts off a character's hair.  In this case, he even lampshaded that in the strip title and author's note.  That lampshading is what makes it feel like trolling to me.

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Renee. She had her hair very short in her first SB appearance.

sitnspin:

--- Quote from: Farideh on 21 Apr 2021, 19:56 ---There is both 'trolling' and 'trawling' in fishing, and they are two separate methods. Trolling uses fishing lines, whereas trawling uses nets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolling_(fishing)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trawling

Fixed link - Gnabberwocky

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Touché. I stand corrected.

neurocase:
Time to place bets on if this unplanned 'haircut' will have some form of effect on Roko's disassociation issues. Personally, I think even if it does, it'll moreso just be a convenient plot device built from Jeph's long-term propensity for shearing his female characters, even if not by them making the choice to do so :-P

Penquin47:

--- Quote from: Tova on 21 Apr 2021, 17:41 ---I feel like those examples still fit the trope of introducing a new character (or chassis in this case) with long hair then later having it chopped in a zany accident.

Tai is probably a rare example of short hair by choice.

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May I'll agree with.  She was introduced with short hair and chose to go long and so far has kept it (although I'm sure she's due for a zany accident in the nearish future, you know, maybe 2023 real time?).  Momo on the other hand was introduced as a doll rather than a humanoid chassis, so I wouldn't count that.

Renee's hair is certainly long*er* than when she was introduced, but it's still a short style.  Unless she just has it in a bun or something?

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