Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:54 am
Weren't there three switches, rather than five? That kind of huge event does strange things to perspetive, but I maintain that prolonged service as a Bush watchdog is worse in this respect.
The biggest problem is overthinking. This was probably behind the kiss, which in turn cemented the apprehensive feel of the forum and was the definitive one among not-so-many "Oh, pity her" moments. Even the strangest of things can become mundane, as evidenced by the fact that you're alive and typing into a worldwide communication network without being muted with wonder. DCS has been working on the storyline for a long time, so she sees Raine as a thinking being and everything else is secondary. She's certainly depicted as a young girl and an equal. Certainly fellow sentiences would turn the world on its ear, and certainly talking cartoon pets have first-grade implications of discrimination, oppression and superiority. There's a story to be made there.
But you have to let the readers get used to the ideas that are now obvious to you. Otherwise this happens.
My idea may or may not collapse when faced with the ridiculously unfortunate choice of illustration in the following strip.
The biggest problem is overthinking. This was probably behind the kiss, which in turn cemented the apprehensive feel of the forum and was the definitive one among not-so-many "Oh, pity her" moments. Even the strangest of things can become mundane, as evidenced by the fact that you're alive and typing into a worldwide communication network without being muted with wonder. DCS has been working on the storyline for a long time, so she sees Raine as a thinking being and everything else is secondary. She's certainly depicted as a young girl and an equal. Certainly fellow sentiences would turn the world on its ear, and certainly talking cartoon pets have first-grade implications of discrimination, oppression and superiority. There's a story to be made there.
But you have to let the readers get used to the ideas that are now obvious to you. Otherwise this happens.
My idea may or may not collapse when faced with the ridiculously unfortunate choice of illustration in the following strip.