El Goonish Shive

this strip pissed me off. It's so big example of Yank The Dog's Chain that it's just cruel – Susan get through hell for trying to make the difference only to find out it wasn't necessary. If somebody has o be The Woobie, must it be her?

edited 20th Jan '10 9:51:57 AM by PrimoVictoria

Eh? I thought it was said that the protesting and the news broadcast are what brought out the support to get rid of the uniforms. And Susan got what she wants, if not for the reasons she wanted it. And it wraps up a sorta tedious sideplot without too much delay.

Yeah, you have a point. But look at her face at the last panel. Does she looks happy for you?

Well, a victory for all the wrong reasons does have a bitter taste.

Looks like I was more or less right, Pandora is actively trying to expose the supernatural. Shit just got real.

I would like to say that I stopped reading this webcomic when the plot started taking a back seat to "OMG LESBIANS".

...I would like to say that, but I'm still reading it, the plot hasn't exactly "taken a back seat", I really only wanted to say that because I think saying these things makes me sound cool, and lesbians are hot (actually, I'm only saying that last part because I think saying it makes me sound cool, and I've never understood why some guys think that girls who aren't attracted to guys are sexier than girls who are).

It's not that girls attracted to girls are hotter than girls attracted to guys, it's just that two girls are hotter than one girl.

Ideally this would involve two girls hot for you, but we're willing to settle for two girls hot for each other.

edited 29th Jan '10 10:01:15 PM by Daremo

some of us are hot for deep and strong bound much more than sexines of two girls lusting for each other.

Am I the only one whose experiencing some major PSL for Chika?

Man, this Q&A week is showing off some serious Art Evolution. That splash effect is pretty cool.

Yeah, you have a point. But look at her face at the last panel. Does she looks happy for you?

I get the feeling we're heading to a major or minor Susan-meltdown of sorts (or a subverted one).

Dan does have a tendency to drag his characters through hell in order to bring them back stronger than before... and at least nobody yet's gone nuts (excepting that one time Ellen did...)

And so, a new arc begins. And the focus appears to be shifting back onto Tedd and Elliot.

Well, at least Tedd admits he's a Mad Scientist. If he were to insist that the sort of stuff he gets into is normal, that would be cause for concern.

Also, Dan is claiming a 5 comic a week schedule starting next week (main M-W-F, NP side strips T-R). Let's see if he can do it.

edited 28th Feb '10 10:32:27 PM by Neep

Tedd is quite of a Mad Hatter here.

This comic takes a little getting used to—But I'm trying. :)

It helps to not let the blatant Author Appeal parts sidetrack you.

Ted looks...odd in that strip.

Also...two...weeks?

This...this almost pisses me off. It just makes the whole time frame of everything Ellen did from going crazy, to angsting, to healing, to being completely and utterly healed and happy being a girl seem a bit....meh.

EGS is pretty bad about the whole Webcomic Time.

That and Token Minorities. Dan certainly is open minded, but I think he sometimes parades said minorities a bit more than necessary. But I think that's just me.

Also...two...weeks?

This...this almost pisses me off. It just makes the whole time frame of everything Ellen did from going crazy, to angsting, to healing, to being completely and utterly healed and happy being a girl seem a bit....meh.

I think that "two weeks" means two weeks since the last arc, in which the magibabble about Ellen and Elliot's abilities was explained.

It specifically said, two weeks since he touched the diamond. The art was still crappy back then. That is a long time.

"Two weeks ago I learned..."

That would have been this strip.

Alright, guess that makes it better, will have to do a read through to judge though...

Here's a timeline linked in the commentary. All in all, this new arc starts a little over 3 months since the story started.

edited 2nd Mar '10 3:23:13 PM by Daremo

Alright, you got me. Guess the timeline is not as bad as I thought. I still have my other issues though, but those are more subjective than anything. Well, here's hoping for some good character development in the upcoming strips.