Re: 2018-07-20 Contingency Plan 37-B
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 10:24 am
Which is why I said Zoe's actions bordered on criminality. We didn't see her physically strip Lavali so it's almost possible she "persuaded" her to take her own clothes off in the same way as Zoe's force of personality made the paparazzi give up his camera. If actual violence had been involved then it would have been much worse.
But we did see that the stripping Lavali thing had consequences. Zoe bribed her with a makeover and a night out to stop it going any further. It's also a possible interpretation that she actually realised she'd done something impulsive and bad which she felt she needed to put right .
The difference between that and the chloroform bit is that the first was impulsive the second was clearly a premeditated course of action.
Which is bad enough but even worse, from the point of the story, is that it's hard to see where it goes from here and how it can be put right. Certainly not with a new frock and a night out
It's not as if the police are going to be called in so that's one sort of resolution out of the window. If Sandra forgets all about it then what does that say about her? I mean seriously what kind of moron would voluntarily work somewhere where office disputes are resolved using knock out drugs? And if Sandra still wants to go through with leaving (and who could blame her) the plan wouldn't even be effective.
So not only is it criminal (real world) and ridiculously melodramatic (comic world) it's guaranteed not to work in any world. Which means it shows the agency people as active and determined criminals which pretty much takes away any sympathy we're expected to have for them when thinking about the Eva plot it also shows then as stupid and petty which pretty much takes away any sympathy we're expected to have for them as characters.
Which might be your idea of good writing but it isn't mine. I could be wrong and the next strip could resolve all of this credibly in which case I'll freely admit my error but I'm doubting that is going to happen.
But we did see that the stripping Lavali thing had consequences. Zoe bribed her with a makeover and a night out to stop it going any further. It's also a possible interpretation that she actually realised she'd done something impulsive and bad which she felt she needed to put right .
The difference between that and the chloroform bit is that the first was impulsive the second was clearly a premeditated course of action.
Which is bad enough but even worse, from the point of the story, is that it's hard to see where it goes from here and how it can be put right. Certainly not with a new frock and a night out
It's not as if the police are going to be called in so that's one sort of resolution out of the window. If Sandra forgets all about it then what does that say about her? I mean seriously what kind of moron would voluntarily work somewhere where office disputes are resolved using knock out drugs? And if Sandra still wants to go through with leaving (and who could blame her) the plan wouldn't even be effective.
So not only is it criminal (real world) and ridiculously melodramatic (comic world) it's guaranteed not to work in any world. Which means it shows the agency people as active and determined criminals which pretty much takes away any sympathy we're expected to have for them when thinking about the Eva plot it also shows then as stupid and petty which pretty much takes away any sympathy we're expected to have for them as characters.
Which might be your idea of good writing but it isn't mine. I could be wrong and the next strip could resolve all of this credibly in which case I'll freely admit my error but I'm doubting that is going to happen.