X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,76a9fa9b36377cdd X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-28 15:23:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: llizard Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episode 255 Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 18:19:36 -0400 Organization: via Internetdirect, Canada; zone 6A (or is it 5b?) Message-ID: Reply-To: llizard@idirct.ca References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 73 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:18551 In article , "Joaquim G�ndara" wrote: >"llizard" skrev i meddelandet >news:jjq7kucars2l6f4gie3he2luqcsta3gqbh@4ax.com >> In article , "Joaquim >> G�ndara" wrote: >> >"llizard" skrev i meddelandet >> >news:iuh3ku0hbi4p441b1rtpjoi1opb7jl3fl6@4ax.com >> >> In article , "Joaquim >> >> G�ndara" wrote: >> >> [snip] >> >> > The only thing you Oh yeah? Fine! >> >> > ever do is heckle me. I've had enough >> >> > I've had enough! of -you too-! >8< >> >> This seems so out of character for Mandy. I would have thought her >> >> response would have been an uncaring "What? Oh... Okay... Bye." >8< >> >Hmm, I might be guilty of the age-old "author to audience dialogue" >> >mistake. I guess I simplified to get the pacing I wanted. However, >> >your line sounds too much like Mandy feels feeble and defeated. >8< >> That certainly wasn't the impression I was aiming for. I was trying >> for a disinterested sounding "What? Oh..." followed by a cheery >> sounding "Okay... Bye." (I got that VERY response when after much >> agonizing, I told someone I was dating that I didn't like the way I >> was being treated and that we should stop seeing each other.) > >Aha, you mean "What? Oh! OK, bye!" > >> But as you have pointed out, the tone doesn't come out. How about: >> >> The only thing you >> ever do is heckle me. >> I've had enough! Works for me... >> ,,, ` , >> '.. OO ~.. >> .||. <||> ->>- >> _________ || _________ bb _________ |\ _____ >> >> Note that in this version, Mandy's eyes are open, showing that she is >> her usual uncaring self. > >"Uncaring"? Remember NB6? http://nerdboy.xepher.net/nbbrowse.php?strip=6 >When Mandy sabotages the robot? How exactly is that "uncaring"..? :\ >That's one of the most character defining moments in the strip, IMO. . ___ !/\ _/ | ---@@^^, |_____| gasp! / \/ > --- == > I'm expected to remember back to [_ejm_] __>,^ the beginnings of the strip!!???!!!! | | //| | (I haven't read #6 since last year) But now that I'm reminded: Arrrghhhhhhh - English... it's SO inadequate! (I'd ask you why you didn't read my mind, if I had any mind left to read.) Of course what I mean is "careless". I see Mandy as a selfish opportunist with a vague sort of conscience. Whatever amuses her is what she does. But she likes to take the easy way. If someone stands up to her, she'll leave - her vague conscience telling her not to hurt anyone. (But of course, she's YOUR character. I may be misreading her entirely.) -- llizard aka ejm >%^7^^^7^^ llizard@idirec+.ca ASCII-art & ASCII-animation www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/ascii-art/ If you are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "idirct"