The Good: The artwork is good, and the characters are likable. The characters feel fleshed out, not so much in the sense that they have deep back stories and complex psychology that only a psychiatrist can understand, but in the sense that they don't feel like archetypes. They feel like real people who don't easily fit into one definition. A sense of continuity makes me feel smart when I see and recognize characters that were only seen a few times before, as well as make me feel invested in the outcome of the story lines.
The Bad: The early artwork, despite lampshade hanging. The teen angst and drama does not appeal to me at all. The nonsensical nature of the plot makes you feel as though the writers are making it up as they go, and some elements ( such as the TF Gun) pop straight out of nowhere, which is jarring to logical people like me. Archive Panic and Continuity Lockout are not necessarily inherent problems that are the fault of the creators, but a daily series with continuity will inevitably have these problems.
The Furry: EGS is an insanely strange story, which is very YMMV. The first coherent storyline I could identify was that Elliot and Tedd made some sort of goo monster in science class, then they killed it, making a girl named Grace, a squirrel/human hybrid who escaped the bio-weapon project that created her, come to their house and begin a relationship with Tedd, whom she hopes will help turn the other bio-weapon shapeshifters, that are evil by the way, back to normal humans. Yeah, that totally happened.
The anthropomorphic animal Grace is Ms. Fanservice, andthatisallthatwillbesaidonthematter. She's also a Mary Sue, but I like her nonetheless. The gender-bending mildly creeps me out, especially considering that the main characters are children, but I am relieved to know that (at least so far) it's being played for laughs and not something else...
The First Few Arcs From The Point Of View Of A Newcomer
The Good: The artwork is good, and the characters are likable. The characters feel fleshed out, not so much in the sense that they have deep back stories and complex psychology that only a psychiatrist can understand, but in the sense that they don't feel like archetypes. They feel like real people who don't easily fit into one definition. A sense of continuity makes me feel smart when I see and recognize characters that were only seen a few times before, as well as make me feel invested in the outcome of the story lines.
The Bad: The early artwork, despite lampshade hanging. The teen angst and drama does not appeal to me at all. The nonsensical nature of the plot makes you feel as though the writers are making it up as they go, and some elements ( such as the TF Gun) pop straight out of nowhere, which is jarring to logical people like me. Archive Panic and Continuity Lockout are not necessarily inherent problems that are the fault of the creators, but a daily series with continuity will inevitably have these problems.
The Furry: EGS is an insanely strange story, which is very YMMV. The first coherent storyline I could identify was that Elliot and Tedd made some sort of goo monster in science class, then they killed it, making a girl named Grace, a squirrel/human hybrid who escaped the bio-weapon project that created her, come to their house and begin a relationship with Tedd, whom she hopes will help turn the other bio-weapon shapeshifters, that are evil by the way, back to normal humans. Yeah, that totally happened.
The anthropomorphic animal Grace is Ms. Fanservice, and that is all that will be said on the matter. She's also a Mary Sue, but I like her nonetheless. The gender-bending mildly creeps me out, especially considering that the main characters are children, but I am relieved to know that (at least so far) it's being played for laughs and not something else...