#which is fine. i'm glad we're past the '30 strips dealing with the fallout of ONE interaction' days. i've got shit to do | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

vox-off · 2 months ago

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been easing myself back into reading webcomics. got caught up on an old favorite that's still going almost 21 years later and just came across a baffling criticism of said comic which boils down to "everyone speaks in therapy talk now and talks their issues through instead of blowing up"

my guy. we have followed these characters from their extremely messy early 20s to now more stable almost 30s in universe, they would be the most insufferable assholes ever to grace a page if they never learned basic communication and conflict resolution

#voxbox #also what comic are you reading they still throw tantrums all the fucking time. it's just resolved a lot faster now #which is fine. i'm glad we're past the '30 strips dealing with the fallout of ONE interaction' days. i've got shit to do #also also what is the point of reading a serialized narrative if you expect the characters to stay exactly the same the whole time #if you'd paid attention to the comic you'd see story beats where these characters suffer consequences for their bullshit #incentivizing them to stop with their bullshit #like i have plenty of minor complaints about the comic. story-wise it seems the creator has lost their end point and is just throwing #spaghetti at the wall. there's a very high turnover rate among the secondary cast; people are introduced - make little to no impact #to the narrative overall - and then never show up again. it is very much spinning its wheels trying for traction right now #i could go on. but i guarantee 'the characters have grown and changed' is not on the list

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