My prayers have killed both Tim Buckley AND Ethan's unborn children. Truly, this is a sign that someone approves of my work.
edit: Since the line in question may disappear in future, here, for the record, is the single best chunk of that newspost:
Some many years ago, long before I started the comic, I was in a relationship and we suffered a miscarriage. Now, this relationship was toxic to begin with and doomed to fail regardless, so that the miscarriage was the straw that broke the camel's back came as no surprise. It was a pregnancy neither of us wanted in the first place, so the event didn't effect (note: AFFECT, you dumb shit) me.
No promise of a schedule (would you honestly believe I could keep it?), but have some notes:
- That JDR thing is coming. What began as a spark of rage turned into something long enough to be adapted as a thesis paper, and so all the profanity had to be removed and it needed "sources" and "grammar". To make it more fun, I will figure out some method of spicing up the overly-clinical state it's in.
- Three webcomic author profiles in the works.
- I loathe whichever one of you pigfuckers bought me a pass for CAD Animated Season 2. (Yes, someone did this and sent it to this blog's mail account.)
- Someone suggested drunken webcomic reviews a la the CAD animation. If I can think of a reasonable way to stay drunk long enough to write about some of the giant backlogs out there, you might get this. You also might not if I can't find a way to make said reviews funny. It's Schrodinger's Review! By reading that joke you caused the waveform to collapse and I won't post again until September.
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That post always loses me around that point.
"On a deeper level, I really have a desire to stress test Ethan and Lilah's relationship, to see if there is really something there that would keep them together despite Ethan's antics, and I decided that this was the best way to go about it."
They're his characters and he already knows how they handle it, what's there to "see"?
Goddamnit... good to see you didn't die. I got distressed by the amount you drunk and I am Swedish (we can drink without having fun. Spend an entire winter here and find out why)
They're his characters and he already knows how they handle it, what's there to "see"?
You're absolutely right. A good writer already knows how his characters will act in any given situation, because he has defined his characters so well in his mind that figuring out their reactions becomes almost as natural as figuring out his own reactions. But there's the rub. Buckley isn't a good writer.
There is a point where with writers, you can sometimes be somewhat surprised by character reactions, because of what Dustin described.
I'm also pretty sure that's exactly not what's going on here, though.
Why not the CRFH archives?
Why did we ever like that comic?
I knew that whole storyline would bring you back 'round.
And oh, can't wait for your JDR epic.
Best not do the drunken web comic reviews, you'll probably get alcohol poisoning.
Totally agree with Michael. A similar sort of thing *can* be the mark of a great writer. As I see it, a good writer knows exactly how the characters will react to a situation because they are perfectly defined in his mind. A great writer doesn't know how they'll react until the situation comes up, much as you can't know for sure how you'll react to a strong situation, because the characters are being written almost unconsciously (I think this is how QC got to a point where Faye is possessive of Sven). In Buckley's case, I think the reason is more that he can't find an example of that particular collection of stock characters being in that particular situation, so being without precedent (as far as he knows) has left him without direction.
So you're not dead of alcohol poisoning! Yay!
Now post moar, dammit.
( :-D )
And oh, can't wait for your JDR epic.
Ditto!
There is a point where with writers, you can sometimes be somewhat surprised by character reactions, because of what Dustin described.
I'm also pretty sure that's exactly not what's going on here, though.
Exactly. A few paragraphs before that (jesus this is a long post):
As I've said in the past, the grand plan for the comic and its characters has been written for years. I knew [...] Lilah was going to get pregnant and then miscarry, and I had to wait two years to write it. I know what happens next, and I know how they handle it.
It's hard to be surprised by characters taking actions you've planned years in advance.
This just in from the YWiBaYSFB comments: John Solomon is (supposedly) unmasked as Guardian critic and Sideswipe host Charlie Brooker.
Fletcher, care to comment?
Good to see ya back man
Keep going! I appreciate you!
I have only just tonight discovered that I hate CAD, having never actually read any before. I now seethe with rage.
Here's something weird, though., The cause of the miscarriage with the blood types and such? Totally doesn't happen anymore these days unless you're a retard and never seek medical treatment for your pregnancy. They check for this at an early stage in the pregnancy so they can plan to give you the shot - one mid-way through the pregnancy, then another after the baby is born.
So...I can't bring myself to check the archives, but I'm assuming that either a)the characters are so retarded as to never see a doctor or b)Tim Buckley has no fucking clue what he's talking about.
Well, it sure was pretty gracious of Buckley to admit a miscarriage "can be" harder on the women than the men. I mean clearly it's about equal, I think he's really being very understanding.
WHAT a prick.
"On a deeper level, I really have a desire to stress test Ethan and Lilah's relationship, to see if there is really something there that would keep them together despite Ethan's antics, and I decided that this was the best way to go about it."
Oh bullshit, Buckley. You've already established that Ethan never, EVER receives any lasting consequence for his stupidity. The only thing that would break those two up is Ethan murdering Lila in her sleep, and even then Buckley would probably bring her back as Ethan's zombie girlfriend.
"Well, it sure was pretty gracious of Buckley to admit a miscarriage "can be" harder on the women than the men. I mean clearly it's about equal, I think he's really being very understanding."
Yes, it's terribly magnanimous of him, isn't it? The way Buckley's allowing someone else, in his infinite wisdom, to feel an emotion more deeply than he, personally, is feeling at the moment. Especially a female, 'cos Buckley knows all about teh wimminz and the way they get all hysterical and womb crazy lawl amirite guyz?
Buckley's douche-ness truly is a splendid, brilliant, multifaceted thing.
Nicole has it right, I think. Calling out Buckley for not knowing how his characters will behave is below the belt - in my writing I often find the challenge is realizing that something didn't make sense, then going back reviewing the algebra until I figure out what was wrong. Then I gain some insight into something I didn't know about the characters (even part of me sort of did know it, already).
But for Buckley to talk about such high-fangled writing ideas is preposterous. His idea of continuity is bringing back some character that was briefly introduced in 2003.
Glad to see you're back - and I'm looking forward to the essay on what's-her-smack. And since writers generally need a kick in the ass - POST MORE OFTEN!
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