http://www.tangents.us/2009/09/08/the-wotch-6/ Webcomic Reviews, Rants, Stories, and more Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:39:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tangents.us/2009/09/08/the-wotch-6/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Ineluki Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:39:34 +0000 http://www.tangents.us/?p=1211#comment-160 You brought up the biggest problem with the wotch, in my eyes. The visibly puppet strings. At least, that's how I like to think of it, when thinking of all that character blindness. People have always said that Anne is an author insert (well, duh, obvious), and I think that is why she is pulled along more than anybody by the strings that define the plot. A pity, cause it makes her the least interesting character by far, as you pointed out. Yes, this may possibly pay off, if she finally realizes her ignorance, but honestly, I have already lost hope in tat possiblity. An archetype... and a stupid and naive one at that. Sure, she's not older than anybody, I guess, but you had to remind me that Robin is still 15. It doesn't shine through much in the comic, so that makes it kinda unbelievable in general, should the author(s) want to invoke that logic now. You brought up the biggest problem with the wotch, in my eyes. The visibly puppet strings. At least, that’s how I like to think of it, when thinking of all that character blindness.
People have always said that Anne is an author insert (well, duh, obvious), and I think that is why she is pulled along more than anybody by the strings that define the plot. A pity, cause it makes her the least interesting character by far, as you pointed out. Yes, this may possibly pay off, if she finally realizes her ignorance, but honestly, I have already lost hope in tat possiblity.
An archetype… and a stupid and naive one at that. Sure, she’s not older than anybody, I guess, but you had to remind me that Robin is still 15. It doesn’t shine through much in the comic, so that makes it kinda unbelievable in general, should the author(s) want to invoke that logic now.

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