If there’s one trope I hate in stories, it’s when a complicated situation could be undone easily if only the characters took the time to talk together and explain stuff to each other. Seems like this is an easily exploitable trope, though, and I guess Frivolesque is guilty of using it as well…
This comic is becoming rather heavy lately…
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Does Gaia know that Saki works for an organization that is hunting for the very same people she excaped from?
I suppose Gaia thinks that Saki is an ordinary girl who can’t possibly hunt anyone)
And Saki can’t know for sure she can trust Gaia, so this trope is pretty reasonable here. I mean, while the readers know how to solve this problem, characters do not.
Everyone is just too trusting here.
I think Saki’s known Gaia long enough to trust her now, and she knows Gaia is ridiculously strong and stuff. Seems like exactly the sort of person to talk to. Well, aside from the “I only became your friend to keep an eye on you because I thought you were evil”.
She never displayed any hint of her knowing so far.
Ah!
we were just talking about avoiding tropes… this is also one of my least favourite ones, and yet this is a staple.
Also, it must be nice living in a cold climate. Everyone is wearing nice leggings/stockings.
Speaking as a northern Californian… bare legs have their appeal too.
The bare legs will return when summer comes back in-universe.
It’s still late march / early april in-universe so it’s still kinda cold outside. The girls mostly have ditched their winter coats, and the snow is gone, but they’re not gonna wear their summer outfits just yet.
If you hate this kind of trope, what do you think of the similar trope where the complicated situation can’t in fact be undone this way?
E.g. in “Not a Villain”, the main character can’t just say “I am sorry for causing the apocalypse. I was brought up to become a spoiled brat, it got to my head and the fact that you all went from praising me like a god to hating me like the Devil made me snap and kill billions of people by hacking into your weapons systems.”
Also on another note, every time I see Saki with that jacket I want to touch her left breast for five seconds to see if she shuts down. XD
I hate that too, because it can otehrwise slow down uselessly developpement – it just drags.
In this case, it adds up drama, so kudos.
Oh, well thank you. :)
I guess it might be better when Mimi leaves? She’s too pure for the truth.
In any case, I’d love to see this trope getting deconstructed and subverted in the next few strips, if possible.
Oh, for all we know Mimi is the magical girl that will save the world. I wouldn’t count her out.
I think the reason why this particular trope is used so often is at least partly because it happens frequently in real life as well. I know that my now former significant other and I got into several fights over stupid misunderstandings because of not being able to talk about certain subjects for various reasons… fortunately we’re still friends, and having both gone through some decent therapy, we find it easier to discuss topics that were once taboo because they were too painful back in the day.
YES! I finaly have a gravitar!
Also this was super awkward. Maybe this will start to wedge apart(or strengthen)their friendship.
>If there’s one trope I hate in stories, it’s when a complicated situation could be undone easily if only the characters took the time to talk together and explain stuff to each other.
Roger Ebert referred to this as an “Idiot Plot”, I believe.
Feet = fanservice.
I can remember a webcomic where elbows where all the rage.
*sigh* I miss some those old webcomics sometimes. Not for the elbows, mind you; nor the talking fridge, per se.