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Who Is Ellen - 04 - HD

🕑 Added 2022-06-23 03:01:00 +0000 UTC

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Ardent Slacker

I like him notably more now.

JohnInCA

Huh. You know, if I had a nickel every time a comic-shop employee deduced (correctly or not) that someone wanted to talk to a customer about being LGBT, but also wanted to respect their privacy, but wanted even *more* to talk to that person about magic, I'd have three nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that this is the third time now.

Some Ed

@Stephen, I feel like all of the meanings of "sensitive" apply to George *except* he basically has no tact. So while he doesn't *want* to say things in ways that are hurtful to people, he still does. And it wounds him. This causes him to further drive into himself, rather than engaging with people because he feels that socializing with people will only inevitably cause them pain. Oh, wait, I'm sorry. I was confused there a bit. *I'm* like that. I do those things. George seems incredibly relatable to me, except that I have the sort of metabolism that precludes George's figure at his age despite having tried incredibly hard at the time to achieve that. Also, I was back in the day, and while I *could* have theoretically had a Game Boy sometime around then, I didn't. So I didn't always have something convenient to use to explain my lack of eye contact.

Wild Card

That last panel, EXCELLENT for George!!

Rémy

This discussion is *so* getting out of hand ^^v For what it's worth, I am NOT a native English speaker. In my mind, "sensitive" was meant as a synonym for "he gots much feels inside", only shorter and hopefully grammatically correct. :D That being said, I do hope that, all nitpicking aside, my point was still clear enough ;) cheers.

Michael Chui

@Stephen, "Sensitive" has too many meanings. It can mean "perceptive" as much as it can mean "tactful": one can be expected to be followed by the other (i.e., you perceive that someone will be hurt by a statement, so, tactfully, you don't say it). Language is fun.

John Trauger

Goerge isn't "sensitive" meaning "easily hurt", though he has his vulnerable spots (*cough*Justin*cough*). In this case I think Dan means he is both perceptive and capable of drawing detailed information from what he sees. George is all the same empathetic when it counts though it is hidden behind a gives no f*cks extertior. George is ahead of most geeks with his empathy. Most geeks are socially awkward or even outright selfish not from any failing of the breed but because they've rarely had to be concerned about any feelings but their own.

Stephen Gilberg

"Sensitive" is not the word I associate with George. He's usually acerbic.

Rémy

I believe this strip is the perfect example of what makes the characterisation of George so relatable (at least to me): - he has a lot of "kinda negative" stereotypical geeky traits (introvert, poor eye contact, poor fashion sense, leaning towards the "fat dude" archetype) - he is both very observant and very smart, which combined with a lot of curiosity incites him to do a lot of "spying" on the main characters - he has enough empathy and general consideration towards others to NOT be a jerkass about this .., and that last point is what makes him work so great here: in most shows, this type of character usually ends up being either a Sherlock-type protagonist, or that nosy antagonistic dude who only brings some mild hinderance and maybe a bit of comedy relief to the plot. But George, nope, he is not that. George is a smart and sensitive character with great potential but he also has some deep flaws that ultimately prevent him from really getting involved in the plot. The audience can relate to him in a positive way while acknowledging he is not perfect and will (probably) never be part of the main cast. So, yeah, I say George is a great character, not only for his traits and personality, but also because he manages to bring something to the plot without derailing it.

Dan Merget

Who's the third person in panel 1? I would think Elliot belongs in the panel, but this mystery person wears glasses like Clark Kent, so he's obviously a completely different person. :-)

Servo Kamen

So much great reasoning on his part… but he’s just missing that one crucial piece!

Thisguy

I find it very amusing when people come up with sensible, logical theories… which are completely wrong because the truth is much more convoluted and illogical. I mean, the artificially created, gender swapped twin isn’t necessarily unbelievable in this world. And I’m sure George would accept that if he knew, but based on his existing knowledge, his current conclusions are reasonable. Elliot and Ellen should be seen together more.