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Happy Hippo posted:*posts 500th link to Achewood strip "The Future"* I forgot that everything was set in stone two years ago 
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Am i the only one who finds this entire story arc to just feel really forced and melodramatic? To be honest, i don't think any of the "drama" arcs have been very good, though. But i just don't see how this is so darn depressing. (disclaimer: i love achewood!! i just dont love the drama)
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Apr 23, 2010 21:45
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Irish Taxi Driver posted:I forgot that everything was set in stone two years ago I hope Ray is making the most of his ears while he's still got em
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Apr 23, 2010 21:52
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Technique posted:Am i the only one who finds this entire story arc to just feel really forced and melodramatic? To be honest, i don't think any of the "drama" arcs have been very good, though. But i just don't see how this is so darn depressing. You might just not like drama in general.
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Apr 23, 2010 22:09
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I'm pretty ambivalent about this arc as well.
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Apr 23, 2010 22:16
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I promise to get back to projectile vomiting and jelqpunk bits pretty soon. Let the artist explore his sadder feelings, people.
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Apr 23, 2010 23:03
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I actually feel like this last strip really tied the arc together a lot better than I was expecting to. I really liked it. I do really look forward to getting back to punching guys on their erections, though. It's been... far too long now.
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Apr 23, 2010 23:17
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Revol posted:I actually feel like this last strip really tied the arc together a lot better than I was expecting to. I really liked it. I liked it too. It was a really nice resolution for the arc; ending on a laugh or something more melodramatic, or even something more depressing, wouldn't have felt right. It was sad in a way that let you know things were working out.
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Apr 23, 2010 23:25
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Haters gon' hate, but I personally love it when Achewood gets melancholy once in a while. It makes the funny jokes funnier when there's a little bit of sadness leavened in from time to time.
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Apr 23, 2010 23:27
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I would not have guessed that Phillipe's dad was a french existentialist. perhaps this was...FRENCH MAGICAL REALISM? (no it wasn't)
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Apr 24, 2010 01:03
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Well I enjoyed it. And I really enjoyed the fact that we got to see Philippe's dad. An otter in a beret with a Gauloise (it had better be a Gauloise or failing that a Gitane) is as good as or better than anything I could have imagined on my own.
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Apr 24, 2010 02:21
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SeanBeansShako posted:That war his dad served in? I'm betting it was the first world war. We are thinking the same thought. What is it about this guy that strikes me as having been in trenches?
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Apr 24, 2010 17:07
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SagatPunisherFanFic posted:We are thinking the same thought. What is it about this guy that strikes me as having been in trenches? The fact he was clearly raised on a French Farm. The French Army in the first world war was the majority of the nations Agriculturual Workers. Hence the crapness of post war France in everything. Hard to maintain your post war nation when all your strong males between eighteen to twenty are dead or crippled by shell shock. I am aware said father is also a cartoon Otter who raised a son that can't age right. God I love this webcomic.
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Apr 24, 2010 17:48
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I love the difficulty that Papa (obviously from a more "stoic" age) has with expressing that he was feeling an emotional reaction to coming home and his meal not being made right. "Seeck to my stomach, but een my head."
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Apr 25, 2010 02:43
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Chris Onstad posted:Let the artist explore his sadder feelings, people. 
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Apr 26, 2010 09:51
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in which case, here's a box of tissues and the keys to my Dodge, go ahead and take twenty. I'm parked behind the Starbucks and I left my phone in there; I have a really great data plan so go ahead and use that if you need to. Just leave everything in the back seat when you're done, though; I'm planning to encase the used tissues in handsome laminate blocks and make a killing on Etsy (hopefully it sells better than the Beneath The Convention Chairs of Ryan North Collection)
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Apr 26, 2010 09:59
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 NEW STRIP!I'm severely disappointed Onstad. Not a single erection is punched.
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Apr 26, 2010 12:36
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Steve DeNeuve is a great loving character. I almost feel like he's too good for the strip. Everyone else has some gigantic flaw, Steve only does things that make me clap.
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Apr 26, 2010 13:26
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I loved this arc and I love Steve DeNeuve.
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Apr 26, 2010 14:01
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If only we all had our own Steve DeNueves, carefully guiding us to our rightful place while we nap in a box 
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Apr 26, 2010 14:19
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Sigma-X posted:If only we all had our own Steve DeNueves, carefully guiding us to our rightful place while we nap in a box I guess that's why he's so expensive. Hiring this guy full time would break the bank, no matter who you are.
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Apr 26, 2010 14:30
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It makes me happy that Teodor still sleeps nude. Keep on rockin, T.
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Apr 26, 2010 14:34
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Second strip in a row to just straight-up make me 
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Apr 26, 2010 16:48
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Hell yeah Canadians making it happen for Phillipe 
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Apr 26, 2010 17:14
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Okay, i have to admit i liked this one.  ... But i still want those erection-punches and slidewhistles! 
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Apr 26, 2010 17:19
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I really like the use of favorite meals as a way to express the sentiment associated with "home" without resorting to cliche. This arc has been brilliant from the first appearance of "little massive man".
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Apr 26, 2010 17:31
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Look at how happy Phillipe is to go home. It's okay everyone, he's still five. 
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Apr 26, 2010 17:59
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Philippe didn't even do anything this strip and it's still adorable.
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Apr 26, 2010 19:26
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Good to see we're not going to lose Phillipe after all. I wonder of the return trip with finish off whats left with the cash? or would the meal be enough.
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Apr 26, 2010 21:14
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anyone want to ruminate on the exchange "How's his mom handling this?" "She didn't have to, his father did." Is that foreshadowing of something that will get revealed in the conclusion of the arc, or am I just not getting it.
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Apr 27, 2010 01:40
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RolandTower posted:anyone want to ruminate on the exchange Phillipe's father told him he should pack up and go home in last week's strip. He probably left without interacting with his mom any more. I dunno what the house vanishing at the end is all about though.
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Apr 27, 2010 01:46
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King Nothing posted:Phillipe's father told him he should pack up and go home in last week's strip. He probably left without interacting with his mom any more. I dunno what the house vanishing at the end is all about though. I read that as symbolically showing that his mom's house isn't home anymore. Or maybe the house flew away, stranger things have happened.
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Apr 27, 2010 02:01
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King Nothing posted:Phillipe's father told him he should pack up and go home in last week's strip. He probably left without interacting with his mom any more. I dunno what the house vanishing at the end is all about though. I was under the impression that that was supposed to be Philippe's grandfather, based on the fact that he calls Phillipe "mon grand" and makes reference to serving in a war as a child. And yeah I thought the house disappearing was just a visual metaphor for the disintegration of its status as a home. If it was Philippe's dad, then how does Steve know about it? Was it actually Steve, who realized that Philippe would not be happy and needed a way to get him to leave his mom again? THIS IS IMPORTANT STUFF MAN.
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Apr 27, 2010 03:59
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All I know is Those jumbo shrimp skewers are going to taste even better now
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Apr 27, 2010 04:33
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Jerusalem posted:All I know is But he'll miss the upcoming previews for the NEXT season of Canal Vista! 
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Apr 27, 2010 06:07
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I wonder if Steve DeNeuve saw this coming. Did he have to recalculate how soon he'd have to come back to the new house based on the time it took Phillipe's mom to hug him, and the intensity? Just from the second sentence he ever uttered in the strip, about how great the little otter's friends were, he probably had this gamed out in his head before Phillipe even started talking to him. Possibly five minutes after he first got the transport order. I bet when Phillipe finished packing, there the car was- pulling into the driveway, ready for return. Man, now I really want to read some of his Yelp reviews. The one Todd got were priceless. Nice arc, Onstad. Do goons get a discount at your store?
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Apr 27, 2010 06:28
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RolandTower posted:I was under the impression that that was supposed to be Philippe's grandfather, based on the fact that he calls Phillipe "mon grand" and makes reference to serving in a war as a child. And yeah I thought the house disappearing was just a visual metaphor for the disintegration of its status as a home. Steve knows because Steve is the best.
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trevalyan posted:Man, now I really want to read some of his Yelp reviews. The one Todd got were priceless. Nice arc, Onstad. Do goons get a discount at your store?
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Apr 28, 2010 23:42
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platero posted:Steve knows because Steve is the best. I guess he just pays attention.
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CannonFodder posted:Where did Todd get a review? It was when Todd became a gigalo with Teodor advertising for him, right before he got stuck in Magical Realism North Korea.
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