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Date Posted: 21:50:53 11/09/03 Sun
Author: Factitious
Subject: Re: Surviving the lump
In reply to: Admiral Jota 's message, "Re: Surviving the lump" on 11:17:59 11/08/03 Sat

>>I seem to recall Patrick being a bit
>>disappointed that people didn't appreciate his
>>plotlines as much, even though he put a lot of effort
>>into them.
>
>Hmm. It seems that Patrick, inasmuch as the
>"Cartoonist" character represents him, has always put
>forth his plotlines as if they were improvisation.
>Whether or not this is true, it's the impression he
>gives -- and so I've always appreciated events in T&R
>as if they were a series of random, off-the-cuff,
>individually inspired ideas, very cleverly tied
>together, rather than a single deeply thought out and
>intricately plotted storyline.

It definitely does have that kind of feel to it - but every time I read through the archives, I notice some new thing that had to be either unexpected foreshadowing or a really well-done retcon. And now that he's using Recapulon to explicitly reinterpret past events, the plot cohesion can only improve.

The strip does a lot to try to convince me that the writing's bad, but I'm not fooled. After all, something's compelling me to keep reading, and it's probably not the artwork.

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