new frank from riot fest!
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Saw your thoughts on Lanolin and figured I should pipe in with why she tends to act that way, especially with the more recent issues she's starred in.
Lanolin, unlike all the rest of the cast, is a novice. She only seemed to have joined the Restoration during the Metal Virus, and the Eggperial City mission was her first time as leader. She even states herself that she's bossy and inexperienced in Issue 58.
The sheep's still got a lot to learn about leadership, so I think we can probably expect some more slip-ups on her part.
Hey, thanks for the ask! Sorry for the delay, but I had to catch up on the comics before I could answer this fairly.
I hear you completely, and you are correct. She IS new, and is a bit deserving of some lenience in that regard. However, I think that’s my central problem with her: she’s very new, and yet she speaks like the most experienced person in the room.
The way she critiqued Silver and chided him despite having ZERO experience with psychokinesis was incredibly irritating.
I understand she’s the “leader” of the Diamond Cutters, but she speaks with an authority that she truly hasn’t earned. If she’s so new, why is she the one taking so much charge and training people with the experience she doesn’t have? Seriously, out of all of the Diamond Cutters (core and “in training”), Lanolin has the least experience.
Also, I respect that Lanolin’s attitude and neuroticism is played for laughs, but it truly just reads as malicious to me—especially towards Tangle. It’s made clear in writing and through visual gags repetitively that not only does Lanolin has an objective problem with Tangle as a person, but she doesn’t seem to respect Tangle enough to communicate with her effectively.
It goes so far as to feel like Lanolin would prefer to outright replace Tangle if she had the choice in issue 62.
And it’s not even like it’s a silly joke for Tangle. She’s shown multiple times to actively dislike this bullying.
Again, she’s new. I get that. But if there’s a whole scene in issue 58 dedicated to the fact that she’s new and bossy and knows she should be better, why is no effort being made? It’s not cute to acknowledge your flaws only to amplify them later on.
I don’t know.
I don’t find this kind of character endearing. Lanolin comes off as an insecure girl who lacks empathy, which feels silly and mean to say about a fictional sheep, but she doesn’t even seem to be on some sort of character arc. This is just… who she is. And I find that incredibly disappointing.
(she actually might be on a character arc, and I really hope she is)
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OH MY FUCKING GOD ALASTOR— HE FUCKING SAID— HE SAID— WHY THE FUCK WAS THAT SO SATISFYING
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Dear Mx.Chroma. we thank you for choosing our airline for your trip to Johto however, due to miscommunication we regret to inform you that the following pokemon's pokeball has been taken to a different region.
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Me: haha this will be so much fun, flirty Bruce and jealous Clark teehee
Me, two paragraphs later: what is that angst doing here
Me: no, no, shoo, go away, you don’t belong here. This is a silly ficlet for batty’s art
My brain: hey remember that gif batty also made of Bruce getting shot at the gala
Me:
My brain: :)
Me, whispering: no
My brain: :D
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PEDRO PASCAL AND JOSEPH QUINN TOGETHER IN A MOVIE?!?!? ASHSÖSKDBWIXSKDIXKWOXJSJQSLJXSOYBJSYBJSANV.?(/@-9€).),€,73
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guess whose father once again has cancer! It’s cancer 2: spinal tap!
anyway I want to cry and throw up and now I need to figure out what to tell the kids.
fuck fuck fuck
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Could... could've the things my body did in the last 3 days been symptoms of sickness? And I didn't realize? For 3 fucking days?
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having a real shitty time rn (dees vs freo is on)
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I'm trying not to, I really am
Oh, damn it all.
I'm gonna have to rewatch the 2017 Wonder Woman movie, aren't I? And I'm gonna clearly write based off things I saw in it because the Squaddies need their debut soon.
and it's gonna be obvious. and I'm gonna be using the mother-daughter stuff too. and god damn it why did thEY MAKE HER SO COOL.
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had an emotional breakdown, fuck it we ball, paid a bill, we're so fucking back
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