2013-05-28: Male Allies

TheRiver · Joined: 14 May 2013 Posts: 13

She seems to be looking right at Kcils in the third panel. I'd say she sees him and is drawing a connection just now. Either she's realizing that Slick is connected to the guy she saw during her Public Enemy experience, or that Slick has a supernatural problem. Or both. Hopefully both.

Given her response to the Public Enemy thing, asserting that there's no such thing as a male ally, I'd like to see this work out well for both of them: if Xanthe can help Slick take care of his demon issue, she'd have a friend who really is "down with the feminist revolution!" Even if he doesn't always understand it.

What ... what if Xanthe seeks out the aid of Fuchsia and Criminy--Fuchsia has experience with devil people, and Crim surely has some arcane tome sitting around--and they all pull off some sorta exorcism! Eee!

Miss Magenta · Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 11:55 am Post subject:

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Ronald · Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 3062

I've actually just plain stopped caring about this subplot...

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Miss Magenta · Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 1:01 pm Post subject:

I certainly agree that it would be better if she doesn't let it go at that. It's not exactly normal for someone's reflection to act independently from them... it's especially not normal for their reflection to have horns and tail that they do not possess, either. There is definitely something suspicious going on, and she has every reason to want to get to the bottom of things.

And I would genuinely enjoy it if she would investigate matters, and perhaps give us further insight to how devil-Slick functions - since he is not a standard devil person in the least. And it would be pretty excellent if we were given - in general - resolution to the whole devil-Slick subplot.
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stripeypants · Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 2:26 pm Post subject:

my current theory is that one of the ways to become a devil person is through behavior + selling your soul - and so Slick is just experiencing a transformation. I think some people are just natural devil peope, and then there are varios demon folk like Li'l E.
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Miss Magenta · Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 2:31 pm Post subject:

Valerie · Joined: 02 Apr 2013 Posts: 263

I just realized that this strip says Devil-Slick's name is Sleaze. So Sleaze is the canon name?
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stripeypants · Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 2:47 pm Post subject:

It could definitely be wrong. But I was thinking of how some people, like Seymour and andomly bofed woen, are able to be fixed. With Slick, it's different. While people do seem to notice Sleaze, they don't seem to see him all the time, and no one who knows him well has thought to seek help - and he hasn't asked for it. If he were close to anyone, I think he'd tell them about this.

I'm also thinking of Fuchshia, and how, according to Crim she wasn't always a devil girl. I wonder if becoming a devil person is something that happens over time as someone's life falls apart. And then of course d-man can be there o offer the unfortunate employment. Kind of like a seperate circle of Hell where instead of having hngs done to you, you have to put on a uniform and consciously do things you might once have found wrong.

So whie he was bomfed, other peope get over it. The differences I see here are tat Slick has sold his soul, his solation, and te low point in is life.
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Miss Magenta · Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 2:52 pm Post subject:

stripeypants · Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 2:53 pm Post subject:

stripeypants · Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 2:56 pm Post subject:

Okay, looks like he did ask for psychatric help here - http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4474

But I would expect him to ask Jesus or somebody else for elp with soething like ths. He's asked Buddhain the past.
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Felgraf · Joined: 10 Jul 2012 Posts: 707

You know, as much as it bugs me, in the context of the strip:

Are there any actual male allies in the comic?

Crim *might* be (he seems like he would be), but he hasn't really done anything for the movement itself. He is, at best a bystander.

I admit I'm sort of excluding pseudo-self-insert Tats because... well, because Meta gets really confusion.
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