I'm sure she will be fine // It's not like Grey is going to kill off his only meal ticket. . . right? I mean, sure he is crazy but is he "kill off the main character in my webcomic" crazy?!
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The Defenestration of Erin Stout
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Gotta be honest with you, likeable is being way too kind, she has been just a straight up ***** throughout the CM run, good work on part of the authors for making the stories surrounding her actually interesting enough to keep us coming back!Andy of Comix Inc said:
But yeah, she has what Yahtzee described as the "batman effect" of being the least interesting thing in her own world.
Either way this particular cliffhanger can only end well, delusions go away, good for her, alternatively she smashes her head and goes flutterschiavo, an entire comic arc based on Elliot kicks off and THAT I cannot wait for, that guy needs more attention.
Thing is, this particular story arc, they seem to be playing straight. If you look at the guy's behavior and such from the start, it seems less like he's a caricature and more like a "straight man" sort...up until just now. As it is, I admit this is a departure from this comics usual tone up to this particular arc, but that seems to be typical for a lot of web comics; start out as comedic, then over time wind up trying to be serious and 3-dimensional with characters that started out as comedic set pieces.Zachary Amaranth said:
Or perhaps a bit Tyler Durden-y? Like, she's doing all this to herself? Well I guess if it was a character then that would make sense. But like she falls out and she's like WAIT THIS IS MY APARTMENT. OHH NOOOOESKalezian said:
And I disagree with you. Something about her being a slutty, bitchy, grouchy asshole MAKES her likable. That makes her interesting. She's a manipulative, coy little minx and her exploits keep returning to bite her in the ass. She's severely broken and she's oblivious to that. That makes her likable; she's out of her OWN control. Plus, the whole mental issues with her "visions".LGC Pominator said:
It makes her perplexing and fascinating to watch. Elliot's presence is, presumably, to give the audience someone to associate with while she alienates everyone in her life. I think Erin is a great character, but moving her from Character 1 to Character 2, as in this particular strip so far, has worked really well so far. So yeah. I have now factually proved you wrong. Nyeurgh.
(Nah, I had to share my opinion to counter yours, I don't want to invalidate yours. I'm not on Youtube, geez.)
Which is obviously not how therapy works, so maybe they'll go in the opposite direction and this "help" causes her to have worse and more hallucinations than ever because Tris is an idiot who thinks additional headtrauma will solve anything.theultimateend said:
Yes, I'm well aware that concussions don't lead to improved psychological healthSkeleon said:
. Usually.It can lead to you becoming a nymphomaniac, though.
Oh, that bit of ridicule wasn't directed at you, more at the way most comics like to go with the most clichéd, stupid plot-points. It would be nice to see this comic make fun of those plot-points by having Tris actually try that stunt and having it completely backfire because - surprise! - that's not how it works.theultimateend said:Yes, I'm well aware that concussions don't lead to improved psychological health
It can lead to you becoming a nymphomaniac, though.
All that said, the nymphomania-thing intrigues me.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1028946/?tool=pmcentrezSkeleon said:Oh, that bit of ridicule wasn't directed at you, more at the way most comics like to go with the most clichéd, stupid plot-points. It would be nice to see this comic make fun of those plot-points by having Tris actually try that stunt and having it completely backfire because - surprise! - that's not how it works.theultimateend said:Yes, I'm well aware that concussions don't lead to improved psychological health
It can lead to you becoming a nymphomaniac, though.
All that said, the nymphomania-thing intrigues me.
Hope that helps
. When I was studying psychology it was one of the cases they brought up that intrigued me.I didn't check to see if this is the exact one but the one we read about was from head trauma that resulted in some brain necrosis [may actually have been a different form of brain damage in retrospect, its been a while for me] and surgery. The person woke up and seemed perfectly fine, could talk clear, remember everything, but they ended up being a pretty unstoppable sex addict.
The story doesn't end happy sadly.
Erin has a few options...
Namely (amongst others...
It's just a shame she can only see protagonists...
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Saving grace...?
Namely (amongst others...
It's just a shame she can only see protagonists...
EDIT:
Saving grace...?
Thanks! Very interesting. Kind of reminds me of that House MD episode, although there the damage was not due to trauma but due to lues. From what I've read, that was "based on a true story" at least. I find it fascinating how much of our mental state, personality, emotions etc. can today be traced back to the actual biological correlates. The more we know, right?theultimateend said:
