Me here trying to figure out the significance of the characters changing looks dramatically in the 4th and 5th panels.
The characters were drawn in a more stylized way in order to add some levity to the punchline panels. You’ll find a similar technique in anime when the characters become chibi during comedic scenes. This emphasizes the idea that a scene shouldn’t be taken seriously.
The artist probably could’ve gone further with the stylization here to drive the point in harder. Right now it looks more “unfinished” than an obvious style change for comedic effect.
Ah. Not familiar with that technique. Thanks for explaining!
So drawing them like that is a comic/animation form of writing /s at the end of a sarcastic remark
That type of behaviour is a huge fucking red flag and not a rookie mistake…
Edit: the reaction is the red flag, not calling some actor/actress pretty
I mean getting a gun pulled on you is usually an awkward situation.
May also be considered red flag by some
You guys just have never been in a relationship. Pointing guns at your significant other is normal!.. Right?
In America it’s a form of affection.
Close, it’s considered a “love language”.
Only in America.
Especially if it’s one of those joke guns that shoots out a literal red flag with “BANG!” on it.
I can fix her 😔
At this point I’m just glad she is communicating. Two steps forward, one step belly up.
Her reaction, no. His reaction, yes. Confidence is sexy, in any gender. Him looking flabbergasted… the gun was justified.
Does HER reaction imply confidence in any way?
Her being prettier than the actress doesn’t mean the actress isn’t pretty. Her escalation and need for validation is INSANELY insecure.
Confident enough to cap a brotha.
It absolutely implies confidence. And his horrified look on his face, well, fuck him. What an absolute shit reaction to your friend saying they’re better in some way than some artificial, professionally made-up fake persona.
No, your waifu isn’t prettier than your IRL friend, and if that were your reaction to your friend’s statement, kicking you to the curb is the least I’d expect from them.
Hard disagree. He didn’t say the actress was prettier. He said the actress was pretty.
If someone being called pretty makes you do defensive that you immediately need validation that you’re prettier… that’s textbook insecurity.
A confident person would simply agree or disagree without needing to compare the character to themselves.
Gun aside (which I can’t tell if it’s a joke or a 'Murican thing), the tone matters a lot. I could totally see my SO doing that in a joking, cutesy manner.
Meanwhile, my parents: Started gushing to each other about how cute Milla Jovovich is when we watched The Fifth Element on family movie night, to the point of making me and my sisters a little uncomfortable.
Just try not to think about the fact that a woman who looks like her was subsequently your parents’ unicorn at least once, and you’ll be all set.
What does unicorn mean in this context?
Wait, she was the redhair in the Fifth Element? Yup, there she was cute.
Haha, this is funny, I wonder what Lemmy thinks
Well okay,
Having my significant other draw a gun on me would end the relationship. Should we both survive this encounter I would take fairly drastic action to make sure we never encounter each other again. I was once in a bit of a dry spell, and I decided to datamine my sex life up to that point to collate what kind of things lead to success, and the thing I realized was more than half of the women I had dated were violent with me. And because sitcoms think that woman slaps man is a punchline, I thought that was normal. I don’t accept violence out of a romantic partner anymore and this is a comic depicting a threat of extreme violence between romantic partners.
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Now seeing that the art style gets more abstract in the last two panels, I won’t take the gun literally but more as “she lets it be known that she will make it a major problem if he doesn’t comply.” Whether it’s about her insecurities about her own looks or a desire to control his opinions, the fact that she’d rather threaten to scream or cry or pitch a fit or turn a cold shoulder or make him sleep on the couch or whatever if he doesn’t say what she wants him to say rather than talk about it…doesn’t really allow much room to build a future with this woman. He’ll probably stick around until she stops putting out, probably because she blew up about something.
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On the third hand, there are ways to play this as flirty and fun, depends on your dynamic together. I strongly suspect the above isn’t that, but it can be done.
Much better than reddit I’ll give you that, you will be told that your relationship is toxic and you should end it
Content that is potentially polarising, allows for virtue signalling, allows judgement of a romantic relationship, meant to be lighthearted…this has a lot of elements to be very successful as internet posted content.
Only ways I can think of is adding in something about sex, weed and /or a dog.
We should also unpack the problematic race representation of this comic
I’ll be in the bathtub with a toaster if anyone needs me.
Yeah making a comment like that unless your GF is bi or something is def a risky maneuver
It really isn’t, unless your SO is ridiculously insecure.
Have you met the average person 😂 I agree they only get upset if they are insecure
I’ve met the average person, but I definitely wouldn’t date the average person.
Being very insecure isn’t that rare, so it sorta is a risky move. Shouldn’t be, but it is
Yeah my SO and I actually point out our preferences all the time. It’s not like they’re realistic competition.
I mean it could be but sucks if you’re with a partner who does get upset about that
Boomer humor translated into a zoomer comic.
Haha yeah it’s just the boomers who are insecure and possessive ha ha
