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Flipside Discussion / Re: The Criticism Thread
« on: February 26, 2015, 12:41:55 pm »
I still disagree with Brion concerning the pacing of the previous chapter. Even going back and rereading it as a whole, it still reads very slow. I concur with what TomeWyrm said - "what we got wasn't suspense, it was indecision". It doesn't feel natural. It doesn't feel like good storytelling. Disagree with me if you will, but as a writer I truly feel like the previous chapter could've been written a lot better. I also think it hurt Bernadette's characterization even more. Sure, we got to see the self-sacrifice of Polly, and I do like her a lot - I'm starting to wish that she was one of the main focuses of the story. For the last several chapters Bern repeatedly says how she shouldn't be relying on her friend, and yet she is. All the time. That's what's so frustrating with the outcome of the recent chapter.

Granted, Polly has also been playing a hand in the frustration. Essentially she's taking Bern's agency, her right to choose. It sucks, but I wish that they didn't do the whole back-and-forth indecision that lasted as long as it did, and Bern would've been left to deal with the consequences of her own actions. I could understand her being a pacifist in not wanting to kill someone for others' amusement, so her avoiding Option C seemed reasonable for her character. But it's irritating to see her be so adamant about avoiding conflict when all it does is put her friend in even more precarious situations. Her actions aren't only affecting her, they're hurting Polly as well. And it's boring seeing this same theme happen again and again with every chapter they're in. That's why I'm hoping to see this arc continue in the next chapter - I'd like to see it FINALLY go somewhere.

Again this is also a fault of Polly's and how she's being written. Ultimately I wish she had allowed Bern to make her own choice. Warden had a point that she needed to suffer. Suffering is a part of life and so is taking responsibility for your actions. Bernadette needed to deal with that on her own.

That said, I'm not criticizing the pacing because I hate slow storytelling and characterization. I'm criticizing it because it's frustrating seeing these two characters constantly making the same mistakes since this whole arc started. The last chapter was basically 60 pages of back-and-forth arguing that we've already seen with the characters. That's my problem.

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Flipside Discussion / Re: Intermission 30: Special Voting Thread!
« on: February 20, 2015, 05:57:00 pm »
-And of course, because all those babies who cry "No, please no cliffhangers" don't have any sympathy from someone who finally wants to know what the final layer of the black boxes defense is after waiting for what feels like almost a year.
Maybe it's just me but I find it immature and discourteous to resort to calling other members as "babies" for stating opinions that differ from yours. Personally speaking, it's not the cliffhanger that bugs me, but the slow pacing that dragged on for the entire chapter. The fact that the chapter is called "The Indomitable Blades" but we didn't actually get to see their relevance during 60 pages of dialogue is even more disappointing.

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Flipside Discussion / Re: Intermission 30: Special Voting Thread!
« on: February 20, 2015, 03:35:31 pm »
2. Bernadette (Colosseum Storyarc)

Mostly because the previous chapter was 60 pages of pacing nightmare. Literally more than half of it was spent going back and forth over the choices which could have easily been wrapped up way more tightly. Admittedly trying to read into Bernadette's character has been frustrating because of how much she's been saying how she shouldn't be relying on Polly, and yet repeatedly throws her friend and herself in situations where she does nothing but rely on her.

But seeing that I don't care about Maytag or her Dark Cell stuff, I'm a little biased to choose between Bern - who I may be holding out hope for her to not get hit with the stupid stick any more than she has in vain - and Crest, if only because I'm more interested in knowing what is going on with Suspiria.

I don't intend to be mean or anything, but you should really work on your pacing because these arcs shouldn't take as long as they have been. I usually don't mind when a story is moving slow to progress the characters, but it seems like no one has been going anywhere lately.

P.S. I've been reading this comic for years and also am one of those who just registered to vote.

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