Re: Dangerously Chloe 5-01-17 Chapter 18 Not What She Seems
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 2:23 pm
Wow, I had completely forgotten Tandy showed up in this comic.
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She is and it does, because VitriolicBestBuds doesn't have one as the other's lackey.Gotoh wrote:1. Tandy isn't a lackey. If she obliges Gabriel, it's because she chooses to, not because she's being forced to.Cortez wrote:Not really that trope, since VitriolicBestBuds doesn't have one acting as the other's lackey.
2. Which doesn't discredit the trope being used, if you look at their interactions with each other.
She doesn't work for Gabrielle, she does favors for her. That's two different things.Cortez wrote:Yes, which lands in the Servile Snarker and Sarcastic Devotee spectrum..
No, she does her bidding. She's a lackey.Gotoh wrote:She doesn't work for Gabrielle, she does favors for her. That's two different things.Cortez wrote:Yes, which lands in the Servile Snarker and Sarcastic Devotee spectrum..
It is actually, that's the point. Both parties are supposed to be equally Vitrolic. I don't think you understand the trope.since vitriolic best buds isn't dependent on the friends being equals.
And yet, we have no evidence of that. We've had Tandy disagreeing with something Tandy is planning, but helping her anyway.If Tandy hasn't refused to comply with any of Gabrielle's requests, it's by choice. Not obligation.
On this rare occasion I'm actually concurring with Gotoh. Referring back to my examples, lackeys do not intentionally humiliate their bosses. However, we don't know enough about Gabrielle and Tandy or Amelia for that matter to make any accurate assessments of their friendship. Personally I think Gabrielle and Tandy aren't all that different than Cerise and Melissa in their own clique except these 2 seem to be evenly matched and the marginally weaker of the two (whoever that may be) isn't so insecure that she'd resort to the measures Cerise ultimately does to get ahead.Cortez wrote:No, she does her bidding. She's a lackey.Gotoh wrote:She doesn't work for Gabrielle, she does favors for her. That's two different things.Cortez wrote:Yes, which lands in the Servile Snarker and Sarcastic Devotee spectrum..
It is actually, that's the point. Both parties are supposed to be equally Vitrolic. I don't think you understand the trope.since vitriolic best buds isn't dependent on the friends being equals.
I mean read the article and the examples. Spider-Man/Wolverine, Raphael and Casey Jones. Nothing there seems close to the relationship between Gabrielle and Tandy.
Except again, Seville Snarker and Sarcastic Devotee.
At the least, it's a one sided Vitrolic friendship, since Gabrielle usually isn't Vitrolic back, even though she the meanest of the two.
And yet, we have no evidence of that. We've had Tandy disagreeing with something Tandy is planning, but helping her anyway.If Tandy hasn't refused to comply with any of Gabrielle's requests, it's by choice. Not obligation.
Agreed.TheEighth wrote:I'm glad to see characters from Artemis Academy again.
She still had it while under the effects of Tandy's truth massage.TheEighth wrote:I can't help but wonder if Gabrielle's accent is fake
They do actually, it's a very common occurrence to have a lackey constantly mock their boss's plans.brasca wrote:[
On this rare occasion I'm actually concurring with Gotoh. Referring back to my examples, lackeys do not intentionally humiliate their bosses.
The exception to this rule are bosses who are too arrogant to notice or can't get anyone better to assist them. Sheego could be a supervillain in her own right, but chooses to work for Dr. Drakken because she's too bored to scheme. Gabrielle and Tandy are on the same footing. They're both students at Artemis Academy and seem to be evenly matched. Now Gabrielle may think she is the leader of their group and Tandy doesn't care enough to set her straight or prefers to be a girl of action instead of a plotter, but as seen in the strips I referred to she does have her limits when she starts treating her as a servant. It's still interesting that she should be willing to assist Gabrielle in spying on her foster sister, but perhaps she sees this as an exercise and willing to practice or maybe she's discovered a lot of paranormal things that surround Teddi and interested in that.Cortez wrote:They do actually, it's a very common occurrence to have a lackey constantly mock their boss's plans.brasca wrote:[
On this rare occasion I'm actually concurring with Gotoh. Referring back to my examples, lackeys do not intentionally humiliate their bosses.
It's pretty much all Lawrence does, constantly mock his boss Dr.Nefarious and his plans.For Example.
I had completely forgotten who Tandy was. I had to go back and reread MC. God, I miss it and EC.Don Alexander wrote:Wow, I had completely forgotten Tandy showed up in this comic.
That makes two of us.Sk'thloq wrote:I had to go back and reread MC. God, I miss it and EC.
For those of us that only read DC, can someone please enlighten the uninitiated?Gotoh wrote:That makes two of us.Sk'thloq wrote:I had to go back and reread MC. God, I miss it and EC.