I'm still on the fence on whether or not Yay it's helping.
Seldom pretty colours and conversations with Dragons :{
If the only outcome is that Elliot stops thinking that therapy is for "crazy" people or that they will just send you away with drugs, then this helped.Questionable Content is also one of the few pieces of fiction where therapy has both A. Happened and B. actually made the person better instead of turning them into a serial killer or something. Of course, said therapy doesn't exist when it's convenient for the plot, during like Faye's issues with her last boyfriend and subsequent self destructive alcoholism.
I mean, I play with my brain chemistry all the time. Most of us do. In a very uncontrolled and nonsystematic way
If the only outcome is that Elliot stops thinking that therapy is for "crazy" people or that they will just send you away with drugs, then this helped.Questionable Content is also one of the few pieces of fiction where therapy has both A. Happened and B. actually made the person better instead of turning them into a serial killer or something. Of course, said therapy doesn't exist when it's convenient for the plot, during like Faye's issues with her last boyfriend and subsequent self destructive alcoholism.
We'll see which direction Jeph decides to go this time.
Here's hoping one of the characters brings up talking to the psychiatrist about how one's body is reacting to the meds and how they feel so dosing can be adjusted or a different medication tried. At least two main cast characters have the experience.
EDIT: typo correction; 'can' not 'ca'.
Tall people just don't see small people as a threat, no matter the danger. Much in the similar way humans don't perceive Chihuaua's as a threat. Even if they're the most aggressive dog breed in the world. I guess it would be different if Chihuauas could bite through a brick. Or not.Definitely not. Macaws, parrots, and similar birds kept as house pets absolutely can bite clean through pretty much any bit of human you can think of, should they decide to, but good luck convincing their keepers they’re even potentially dangerous.
Tall people just don't see small people as a threat, no matter the danger. Much in the similar way humans don't perceive Chihuaua's as a threat. Even if they're the most aggressive dog breed in the world. I guess it would be different if Chihuauas could bite through a brick. Or not.
Good on Yay for calling out the 'boys don't cry / man up' statements. Makes you wonder where that came from anyway?
Good on Yay for calling out the 'boys don't cry / man up' statements. Makes you wonder where that came from anyway?
IMO Elliot's friends need to step up and offer to help him through this, rather than him seek professional help.
Good on Yay for calling out the 'boys don't cry / man up' statements. Makes you wonder where that came from anyway?
I don't know, but if Yay thinks it went away after the 1950s, they haven't been paying anywhere near as much attention to the world as we've all been led to believe.
IMO Elliot's friends need to step up and offer to help him through this, rather than him seek professional help.
From Renée's dialogue, it sounds like at least dome of them already have.
[I can never remember ehich of the e's the tick mark goes over. Is it Reneé or Renée? Or does the final e ust serve the purpose of implying thr accent mark?]
Oh, Jeph's a Doctor Who fan.
Yay IS the worst, and I love them so much.IMO May and Yay are the best characters. Some amorality and rough edges are good for an otherwise saccharine comic. Though yeah, Yay is undergoing the treatment--first installment Yay had some serious potential. May seems to have avoided it for the most part, even if she is using her powers and abilities for good, though she was always a good AI, just a jerk with a heart of gold.
but I fear that Yay will unfortunately get the realistic maturation and self aware dynamism like all the other damaged characters in this show. Don't get me wrong, it is extremely cathartic that the cast isn't hamstrung by Hollywood sitcom convention and real issues have real resolutions. My only bitch is that the chaos goblins always have the best jokes, but when the chaos settles, they lose their edge. I love May, but gargantuan tits only can do so much. Know what I mean?
...but gargantuan tits only can do so much. Know what I mean?
I have never gotten into a more heated argument with other writers than when I said it was the primary *goal* of a story to manipulate the reader into feeling what you want them to feel.
Just because it's a loaded word doesn't make it less true in a lot of circumstances.
TIL what 'zugzwang' is. My vocabulary has been extended! :D
At least Roko tried, and she has a point. Yay could've gotten a very different result if they had tried this approach on someone less obliging.
People always make such a fuss about the idea of manipulation. Every form of interaction is manipulation, whether intentional or accidental.I have never gotten into a more heated argument with other writers than when I said it was the primary *goal* of a story to manipulate the reader into feeling what you want them to feel.
Just because it's a loaded word doesn't make it less true in a lot of circumstances.
This. "Manipulate" has such negative connotations for so many people that it's difficult to have a calm, reasonable discussion about good forms of manipulation.
For that specific example, you might get a less heated argument if you said it's the primary goal of a story to make the reader feel what you want them to feel.
...but gargantuan tits only can do so much. Know what I mean?
Counterpoint, gargantuan tits can do quite a lot, but not in the context of a PG-13 at best (swearing, sexual content, pintsize) medium.