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WCDT - September 26th to September 30th, 2022 (strips #4881 to #4885)

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BenRG:
There seems to have been a definite move in Pintsize's personality away from making chaos for the sake of chaos that seems to match him getting a higher-fidelity body. Simply put, he'd be less likely to out Marten simply because he could.

Ghanima Atreides:

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--- Quote from: Ghanima Atreides on 29 Sep 2022, 02:59 ---Then again, that version of Yay has been pretty much retconned these days, so...
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How much older and how much larger is the Yay/spookybot complex than it was at the time of the Bubbles episode? I don't think its beyond imagination for the entity to have become much better socialised and much more emotionally mature than it was then. Could it be something like double the age, and probably a good number more nodes.

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As reasonable an explanation as any, I guess.

Still, it doesn't change the fact that Jeph made a conscious decision to move away from the "mysterious eldritch abomination" persona and morph Yay into another quirky cast member who is trying their best, sometimes failing and discovering the power of friendship and found family. IMO, the way they were first presented, this direction in character development didn't seem likely.

It's cool; I just enjoyed Spookybot more.

Mr_Rose:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 03 Oct 2022, 11:43 ---There seems to have been a definite move in Pintsize's personality away from making chaos for the sake of chaos that seems to match him getting a higher-fidelity body. Simply put, he'd be less likely to out Marten simply because he could.

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That’s not a retcon. That’s just… regular con. No-one ever implied Pintsize’s previous attitude and behaviour never happened. Same with Yay deliberately moving away from their wrath of majesty phase because they would rather have friends.

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