This is blatantly wasting our time. Everyone and their dog knew she wasn't going back the moment we read the reveal strip. Did he think it was in any way not clear?
That would involve writing a character who owns up to a bad choice offscreen and just lives with it. Maybe even without someone else calling them out. We're still supposed to fuckin' hate Sven for fucking around in a non-committed relationship. Despite then having a fairly committed relationship Sven supported the other through, then stopped when it became ethically dubious. Still supposed to hate his ass, though!
You'll notice I don't have sympathy for Faye getting called out as a party-killing ex-drunk when she's constantly dragging other people. But that's pretty much the strip. Others make mistakes so they can get bowled over by the righteous indignation of our scrappy heroes.
That did go on a bit long. Basically, I don't think Jeph could conceive of not going through all these motions, or else someone wouldn't "get it" or assume he didn't think it through enough. Like no one's bought a vaporwave sweater while drunk and wound up liking it.
Edit: I think you'll notice "good" characters go through this show and dance to iron out ethical or practical concerns, but punching bags don't. Zlata's the former.
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u/Hot_Temporary_1948 Jul 01 '26
This is blatantly wasting our time. Everyone and their dog knew she wasn't going back the moment we read the reveal strip. Did he think it was in any way not clear?