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Wackd Since: May, 2009
#251: Jan 29th 2012 at 10:41:48 AM

If I remember correctly, wasn't Fushia well on her way to being turned before Little Miss Straw Feminist showed up?

Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.
Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#252: Jan 29th 2012 at 11:36:46 AM

[up]Yes, I'd say.

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
SKJAM Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#253: Jan 29th 2012 at 5:31:17 PM

Yep. all the Sisterhood gal did was tell/remind Fuschia that she had free will and could make her own choice.

Gvzbgul from Middle Earth Since: Jul, 2010
#254: Jan 29th 2012 at 9:09:56 PM

Plus it takes the heat off Crimny.

SKJAM Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#256: Feb 3rd 2012 at 8:16:28 AM

Yes, I'm afraid that Sister is not yet fully enlightened and free from gender discrimination. Perhaps the strip creator is aware that she's been a little too cool.

adam850 Since: Dec, 2009
#257: Feb 3rd 2012 at 11:13:52 AM

With the previous strips featuring Slick and now this one, is the author backtracking on the "sisterhood" message?

feotakahari Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer from Looking out at the city Since: Sep, 2009
Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer
#258: Feb 3rd 2012 at 12:08:21 PM

If we assume the Sisterhood that runs one of the AUs is the same one that's depicted as a rebel group here, we already know the world wouldn't be any better with them in charge.

edited 3rd Feb '12 12:08:45 PM by feotakahari

That's Feo . . . He's a disgusting, mysoginistic, paedophilic asshat who moonlights as a shitty writer—Something Awful
Wackd Since: May, 2009
#259: Feb 3rd 2012 at 2:29:16 PM

I think it's less trying to backtrack and more try to balance things out, send a more even-handed message.

Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.
SKJAM Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#260: Feb 3rd 2012 at 5:32:18 PM

The Matriarchy is what the saner members of the Sisterhood would call "completely missing the point of feminism."

feotakahari Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer from Looking out at the city Since: Sep, 2009
Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer
#261: Feb 4th 2012 at 11:29:27 PM

It took me a while to figure out that he was imagining part of it.

That's Feo . . . He's a disgusting, mysoginistic, paedophilic asshat who moonlights as a shitty writer—Something Awful
Rivux same old me from [a jump to the sky turns to a rider kick] Since: Aug, 2010
same old me
#262: Feb 8th 2012 at 8:56:49 PM

That probably wasn't a good idea, Slick.

edit: Fridge Logic, Slick's shorter than her, so how would she know that he has one unless...

edited 8th Feb '12 8:58:15 PM by Rivux

mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's mean
adam850 Since: Dec, 2009
#264: Feb 8th 2012 at 11:52:46 PM

This strip seems to be in the same vein as his comics from about three years ago.

edited 8th Feb '12 11:52:55 PM by adam850

feotakahari Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer from Looking out at the city Since: Sep, 2009
Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer
#266: Feb 15th 2012 at 12:00:09 AM

This is what I mean when I say that I suspect Sinfest is sex-negative. The author never says quite enough in that vein to pin him down, but I'm not sure he even realizes that feminists can and usually do promote active and healthy sexual relationships. Were he to realize such, I think he'd be contemptuous of them.

edited 15th Feb '12 12:01:06 AM by feotakahari

That's Feo . . . He's a disgusting, mysoginistic, paedophilic asshat who moonlights as a shitty writer—Something Awful
Gvzbgul from Middle Earth Since: Jul, 2010
#267: Feb 15th 2012 at 2:06:39 AM

I don't think there's any message here. It's just Status Quo Is God.

One of the reasons I think Slick hasn't been featured much is that he's the hardest character to develop, he's pretty set as a character. Also, Slick and Monique have had sex and it wasn't a big deal. It was early on in the strip which makes me think it was Early-Installment Weirdness.

adam850 Since: Dec, 2009
#268: Feb 15th 2012 at 1:12:01 PM

[up]I thought you were wrong on that, so I did an Archive Trawl. It's interesting how different the comics from 2000 are. Here's Monique's second appearance. Here's a week later. You may be right.

Wackd Since: May, 2009
#270: Feb 19th 2012 at 9:08:48 AM

Why do I get the impression Ishida really wanted to be a filmmaker and it didn't pan out?

Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.
tvsgood from Steins Gate Since: Jan, 2010
#271: Feb 19th 2012 at 10:33:31 AM

[up][up]Maybe just the current arcs are gonna be coming to an end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFmGNqji4u0
feotakahari Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer from Looking out at the city Since: Sep, 2009
Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer
#273: Feb 26th 2012 at 4:46:11 AM

This comic's art is finally getting good enough that I'm starting to be irritated by the lazier aspects. Besides that thing (also seen in Friendship Is Magic) where horns are drawn as if glued on top of hair rather than growing from under said hair, today's strip has a blatant example of Sticks to the Back.

Edit: Okay, I should have noticed that in the shots where she removes the pitchfork from the sheath. Sorry. (But I'm still irritated by that thing with the horns.)

edited 26th Feb '12 2:48:25 PM by feotakahari

That's Feo . . . He's a disgusting, mysoginistic, paedophilic asshat who moonlights as a shitty writer—Something Awful
ArcanGenth Since: Aug, 2009
#274: Feb 26th 2012 at 6:19:28 AM

Um, Feo, how is that strip an example of Sticks to the Back?
Blue is wearing a sheathe for her pitchfork that clearly has a strap across her chest.

You might argue that the sheathe disappears in a few panels, but I chalk that up to dramatic camera angles.

edited 26th Feb '12 6:19:51 AM by ArcanGenth

adam850 Since: Dec, 2009
#275: Feb 26th 2012 at 11:06:05 AM

The artist tends to leave out details for certain shots. I don't think it is actual laziness.


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