We need this thread, we absolutely do.
And we do, because that guy has a mind of his own. A mind almost, but not entirely, unlike any other mind known to mankind. So, for the sake of knowledge, let's dissect it! I do fear that even the vast language known as English might not be enough to describe such a mind, but let us try not to be limited by such trivial constraints.
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Something that was an eye-opener for me on Pintsize as a character was strip
1796. How so? Well, he didn't do what I expected him to do.* I still think that how he acted that time was way out of character for him, and that very thought is what opened my mind - out of character? Man, that damn little PC has a character. I hadn't even noticed, but I had already started to treat him just as the other characters, which actually is not strange at all when looking back at the first few strips. Although in strip
33 it seems like he's on a mission from his owner...
Anyway, was he out of character in 1796? There is mention of porn, and he doesn't even make a joke about it. And somehow I think of the creepy little guy as loyal to Marten, may have something to with those early strips... (33 again) On the other hand, it is absolutely unlike Jeph to write his characters out-of-character.** The only possible explanation, as far as I see, is that even Jeph himself got caught up in the drama. I'd guess he was already focused on how to word the breakup at the time he wrote that.
* I still don't really know what I expected him to do. Joke around? That's simply not enough...
** Can the original writer even do that, one might ask? I think they can.- - - - - - - -
So, that was my initial thoughts on the matter. Let the discussion break lose!