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[damerell]

I've been reading early _Questionable Content_. The author, Jeph Jacques, must have _really_ liked Scary-go-Round or Bobbins - all the early strips have a very similar speech style. The way no-one uses contractions helps.

Also, woeful failure of Bechdel test.

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[baljemmett.livejournal.com]

Admittedly it's been about a year since I last revisited the early strips, but I thought it was just Faye who spoke without contractions -- it's explained later, though. Don't make me go back and check or I'll lose a day rereading it and being all emo! :-/

[damerell.livejournal.com]

There's a plot point made of her doing it, but they all do it a bit, and more generally they all speak in a stilted style reminiscent of Bobbins.