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Comic for Friday, Jul 26, 2024 Jay is working on becoming a more likeable character. We need more backstory, why was she kind of a jerk in earlier comics? 'Susan is exhausted' suggests Susan prefers to be genuine. Some folks thrive on being phony; I think it energizes them. Is Jay even aware of Susan's aversion to touch? Will it kick in when Jay attempts to hug her?
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Comic for Wednesday, Jul 17, 2024 Jay is analytic and troubled. Sarah senses this, and Jay denies it. It seems to me, if you are a character that knows who Tedd is, and you want to meet Tedd, you walk up to Tedd, say "Hello, I'm <pick the name you want to use>. I've heard about you from <pick a name>, and I wanted to meet you." Jay has been hurt, and has trust issues, and can't do that. So, instead, fun and games circling the goal. She is a fledgling drama momma.
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Comic for Monday, Jul 8, 2024 As portrayed in the comic in the past, rebooted immortals are kind of clueless - the couple that have been hanging around Elliot, perhaps selfish - Zeus, who is watching out for Susan and Diane. Pandora rebooted retaining much more than normal memory of her relationships, yet the outstanding feature of Hope is that she is hampered in functioning, more so than others who reboot unencumbered. Was it just a bad idea? I have the impression that is not what Dan intended. I expect her to be dialed in more quickly than a normal reboot; able to reconnect with her past. Of course it could be that Pandora was discounting the affects of her own actions and how it would affect her future self. She clearly does not understand people all that well. I hope she connects and gets guidance. Jay's response is a bit odd. Is she surprised that Susan has friends? Implying that she does not?
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Comic for Monday, Jul 1, 2024 VS list with some mental images. Tensaided looks fierce, Tedd looks apprehensive. Susan and Rich both look freaked out. I think George is getting ready to stomp AJ. Hope still looks worried and withdrawn. She needs to pull Sarah aside and talk to her.
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https://www.egscomics.com/comic/hope-062 Wizard Sarah with Pirate George is an interesting match. And I think we know enough about each of them that a single highlight is sufficient. Unless there actually is more. As for the commentary? There are THREE Dragons!
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https://www.egscomics.com/comic/hope-070 First, if I remember my Trek Lore correctly, Picard used the "Picard maneuver" when fighting Ferengi. Does a fight against Ferengi that does not involve Latinum actually count? - - - - - Next, I need some help identifying the last panel party - - - - Outgoing is a relative term If Sam's experience with gender questions has largely centered around concealment, then a genderfluid individual with Tedd's level of confidence must seem outgoing.
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https://www.egscomics.com/comic/hope-057 The Line Cutter has official initials now. AJ. I suppose it could mean lots of things. But until I see confirmation otherwise, I'm reading it as "A Jerk". So which opening round pairing will be first in our focus?
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https://www.egscomics.com/comic/hope-054 Space for spoilers: I wonder how much Tedd can tell about Sam's magic. I also wonder what Tedd plans on doing with that knowledge. On the one hand he probably can't just keep the knowledge to himself given Sam is dating Sarah who is Tedd's friend; on the other hand if Tedd knows Sam has a sex-change enchantment, sharing that info would be revealing things about Sam that Sam doesn't want shared. I just really hope if Tedd talks to Sam about it, Tedd doesn't say anything offensive (particularly unintentionally); this is a sensitive subject and I could see Tedd jumping in without thinking things through.
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https://www.egscomics.com/comic/hope-050 That's a lot of character tags for a strip where relatively little happens. Anyway, I should probably say something meaningful about the comic. I know! "Yay for starburst background & foreground in panel six!" There, perfect.
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Jay will never figure this group out until she loses her preconceptions.
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https://www.egscomics.com/comic/hope-049 How many people know you, Jay? You deliberately give yourself a distinctive appearance in a smallish school. Almost everyone (student, faculty, staff, parent, vendor . . . ) who deals with your school on a regular basis has a good chance of recognizing you. Your grandfather is powerful figure in public service. There are many who may see you as a way to control or punish him. Even if the magical "don't I know you" effect might have affected more minds than you would like, most people in Moperville recognizing you will be able to produce a mundane-ish explanation.
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https://www.egscomics.com/comic/hope-047 She's finally here! Woo!
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Comic for Wednesday, Nov 29, 2023 So imminent foreshadow, Sarah is going to see Hope (formerly Pandora) soon.And Sarah has been practicing.
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Comic for Monday, Sep 11, 2023 Kevin is giving Tedd a lesson from Dan's real life, I guess?
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Comic for Thursday, Sep 7, 2023 Thus Sprach Kevin (queue music). I see him as more like the monolith than like Zoroaster, though. Except the monolith kept it's mouth shut. So to speak.
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Comic for Monday, Sep 4, 2023 "Oh, he's back." - Snarky, dismissive, lack of contextual framework - 'Tedd lives here, I'm in his basement' "'Thanks for asking.' See? I was helpful." - Emotionally needy, missing the point, lacking confidence. Basically, an A.I. that is questioning its own existence (Sarah spots that Kevin is misconstruing the events. My only quibble is she is assuming he is capable of learning. I'd say TBD, prove it Kevin, show some actual progress, even if in a wrong direction.) "Speaking of lessons . . . Boyfriend! Please use magic so Ashley can practice observing a person casting spells." - Lacking the rudiments of polity. Ask Elliot his name, dipstick. "It's unlikely you'll be able to copy any yet, but it's possible, so pay super extra close attention!" - Pointless discouraging remark, badly structured request for Ashley to watch Elliot (already implied in previous statement). Note that all three people present in the last panel have shading indicating embarrassment, yet they have nothing to be embarrassed about. They are embarrassed for Kevin, for how inept he is. Kevin is his own self-parody. His flaws make little sense. In some cases he has too much knowledge for what he is; where did he acquire that knowledge when he has limited exposure and is made with a specific purpose in mind. His ability to misuse the word 'super' in a way that still makes sense defies credulity. Arthur tasked Kevin with training Ashley. Arthur actually tasked Ashley with raising his created incorrigible stick kid. (Kevin gave Ashley an order, so that would be an order of the stick, right?) Tedd, please refrain from unnecessary interaction with the stick. He's a defective A.I., and each conversation is new opportunity for error. God help them if they need to come up with a joint lesson plan. More importantly, why are Tedd's eyes glowing in the first panel?
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Comic for Wednesday, Aug 30, 2023 It is logical that Kevin, being entirely non-biological, and going dormant when he isn't training someone thinks that is the only reason to exist. From the point of view of software design, he is lacking in user friendly interface features. Kevin is too early a version of what he is, at best the beta version. It is not good that Tedd is taking Kevin's criticism to heart. It show too much vulnerability for the position he's been thrust into. Kevin's P.O.V. is unhealthy, and Sarah is correct. He probably needs more context, if he's able to absorb it. I'd start with "Magic is a tool, a means to other goals, not an all consuming purpose in itself. That is not true for you because you were created with the purpose of training others in magic, but Kevin, you are also a tool, a means to an end." Maybe this arc will deal with Tedd's tendency to fixate at the expense of his other needs.
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Comic for Monday, Aug 28, 2023 'Enormous'? I would have said 'Obnoxious'. I see him as the Scrappy of the comic. And, like Scrappy, he doesn't serve a purpose. It would have made more sense if Ashley had found an enchanted training spell book or a magic training iPad. He defies any form of logic. How does he see and hear? How does he think? How does he speak? Why, in the context of his single purpose, does he have emotions? What do those emotions reflect? He does not seem to have a personal ethos that matches Arthur. So where do the differences come from? My conclusion is that he is strictly comedy relief. When does he get 'face' time in the comic? When he says something dumb. So, caveat, when they do the movie version of EGS, Kevin will be the villain pulling the strings behind the evil. "Hey, Kevin, can you help us start a fire?" "Certainly. I know several trivial cantrips for creating fire." "Actually, if you'd just stick one of your ends in this pencil sharpener, we just need some tinder." Years later, Kevin is a magic training toothpick. "Practice good oral hygiene, kids. Clean your teeth."
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https://www.egscomics.com/comic/layers-016 So, it's only a flashback with a minor retcon or two and a new fantasy sequence. I'm a little disappointed, but I suppose it was necessary for those fans who haven't re-read the early years of the comics enough to have them more-or-less memorized.
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https://www.egscomics.com/comic/layers-013 Yay for question-mark background in panel two! Also, I suppose I could have mentioned it in the thread for the previous strip, but it really struck me here: I really like this look for Tedd.
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https://www.egscomics.com/comic/layers-011
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Comic for Wednesday, Mar 29, 2023 Hug, hug, hug, healing, reflection, obsession, counter-obsession. Sarah did return the hug. (In fact, panel 2 and 3 look the same.)
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Comic for Monday, Mar 27, 2023 Hug, That's pretty much it. Susan feels safe around Sarah. This is not the first time she's hugged Sarah spontaneously.
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Comic for Friday, Mar 24, 2023 "Change? Spare change?" - "Why, yes, indeed. I carry coins in my pocket not to spend, but to hand out; of course they are spare." The commentary explains (to me,anyway) this odd hot mess of Susan melting down. Dan is relating an incident from his early childhood though the medium of his comic, and Susan is the sock puppet. Susan's reactions are actually those of a toddler, and actual toddler. With that filter, it makes a bit more sense. In any case, I like how Sarah is the voice of reason and puts it all to bed. And I like the last panel, Susan is becoming more openly social. My schools did not have shared lockers, either.
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Comic for Wednesday, Mar 22, 2023 Sad Susan is still sad. And confused. She made Sarah not say a joke (commentary). Fear of the future? "I don't want to become my mom."? "Relationships will change, and I'll miss my friends."? "Everything will be unfamiliar. I will loose control. I take comfort from being in control."? Or ???
