Someone (I forget where) made a comment yesterday that this would lead back to the Lovepocalypse, and hey, they were right.
"ARE THESE TWO 'TOGETHER' OR NOT?? After necking ten years worth of
pent-up lust in the rosebushes at Shawna-Marie's reception and getting
Francie's DIRECT approval as step-mother material, you do NOT go back
to acting like you only meet for coffee once a month!
It really
makes it sound like Anthony's her last resort, isn't it? Does Liz have
no other girlfriends? Where's Candace? Oh wait, Candace would smack
Liz's shit up as well ;)"
"I'd like to see Anthony act like a real human being with a personality
that isn't locked in Liz's purse, and actually say something to Liz
that doesn't fall into the "oh you're so wonderful Liz whatever you say
to me I'm going to respond exactly the same way, you're so wonderful
you're the most perfect person in the entire universe I'm here for you-
what did you say? You killed someone and want me to help you dispose of
the body? Fine I'm here for you you are so wonderful and you're the
most perfect person in the entire universe. Lean on me when you're not
strong, I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on. April is angry at
you because you gave your harmonica to a student? Well, that just shows
how Superior you are in every way, you are so wonderful and you're the
most perfect person in the entire universe. Grampa Jim is sick? Gosh,
you are so wonderful, anyone else would have collapsed into a puddle by
now..."
Enough already! For Christ's sake, I thought PAUL was a
pathetic little dweeb when we visited his romance with Liz for the
first time. Is Anthony going to spend his whole life like this- as a
sounding-board and enabler for Liz's utter self-centeredness? Get your
fricking soul out of hock, Anthony! Liz doesn't know it, but she does
NOT need someone to just absorb her bitching like a fricking sponge and
nod."
"One of Lynn's problems is that all of her 'good' male characters
are totally feminized and all of the 'bad' male characters are
caricatured alpha males. Good guys collect stamps and attend baby
showers! Bad guys watch sports and drink beer! Good guys drop
everything to run to your side when you get a hangnail and gaze at you
adoringly! Bad guys refuse to make multiple job transfers to be near
you and ogle other women!
All of us can really only have an
intellectual appreciation of what it is to 'be' the opposite sex, but
Lynn doesn't even seem to have that. For her, a good guy is a
purse-holding, passive nutless wonder with an unthreatening hobby that
a (stereotypical) woman could understand as opposed to all that sports
stuff."
"Oh, poor Liz! Grampa Jasper had a stroke to draw attention away from her, Picky-Face and Mom are upset for no reasons she cansee and she can't seem to find a good sycophant these days. Who does a selfish, spineless nitwit turn to in her hour of narcissistic need? Someone just as clammy and disgusting: Assthony. Aren't they perfect for one another? They can spend the rest of their lives moaning about how unfair life is while riding roughshod over real victims."
"Lizzie's life is so rough. All these things just happen to her and are out of her control. She is forced from her job at mtitogoodforher and had to get a job in a rough school, she had no choice. The harmonica was stolen and she never found out who took it. How dare April blame her for its loss? Yes, Liz is as helpless as a new born kitten, and so persecuted by all those cruel individuals who insist on tormenting her. Thankfully, she has Anthony, such a selfless and caring soul, to support her and take care of her. After all, a woman in her twenties can't be expected to take care of herself."
"Why are my most romantic moments with this man associated with the most horrific traumas in my life? What has my life come to, when my grandfather has a stroke and I abandon him to run off with a man who has to abandon his child to run off with me? How did I get to be such a bitch?"
"Wow. I already posted once, but I feel it doesn't adequately express my feelings on this strip.
Lynnions,
if you are reading this, here's what you can report back to your boss.
She sucks. Liz sucks. Anthony, Elly, John, Mike, Deanna, their
improbable children suck, Jessie sucks, Gerald, Gordon, all the members
of 4evah excepting April, The farm, the whole storyline all of them
suck. April occassionally sucks, but shows some glimmers of not
sucking. Your art sucks, your writing sucks, your ability to perceive
reality sucks. Your comprehension of human behavior sucks.
Don't
wait for someone to kick you off the page, leave. Bow out. Take this
last chance to exit with something akin to dignity. It's too late for
real dignity, but if I were you, I'd settle for "some people don't
actively hate me yet".
Liz is a selfish bitch. Stop trying to
convince yourself that we care about Liz. She is a useless passive
wench who would rather cry over what she doesn't have than go after
what she wants. Except that she apparently told you that she doesn't
know what she wants.
Also, cut out this bullshit about how
your characters talk to you. Seriously. That's the lamest "I'm an
ARTEEST" writing cliche going and if I were you, I'd be embarrassed to
use it.
Also, no one cares that you knew Charles Schultz. Your
strips have nothing in common. When Edgar takes over the strip and
starts flying his doghouse, you can take a page from his book of
cartooning, until then, maybe you should try telling a good story,
which is, they tell me, what people writing plot driven comics to.
This is it, Lynn Jennings. This is your chance to leave not on top, but not on bottom. Take it before it is too late."
"Today we get a further list as to what Fate is doing to bring Liz back to Anthony:
- caused Grandpa's stroke
- made April angry (all started by having Jesse steal the harmonica)
- made Elly upset (what is this... a fundamental property of the Universe?)
- difficulties with kids in school (being caught folding your undies looking like a slob is what we've been shown)
This is added to the previous things:
- the sexual harassment trial
- the wasted best man
Boy,
that Fate is a negative-minded and twisted SoB... I'm glad I don't put
anything up to Fate. What's next: Having them become co-conspirators in
an accidental homicide?"
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