You’re right but size alone is not my point. I use this website at 150 to 200% zoom because I otherwise find the strips difficult to read – after all I’m mid 40. 😀
On Patreon the strips are significantly higher res, so they are the same size as the zoomed in strips here while being crisp and clear. But you know that the patreon interface is way inferior to your site in regards of navigation. It would be nice if patrons get those higer res images here too. That would really be great.
Would be great if you could make it possible. Otherwise we patrons don’t really get the full experience on your site and have to come back to patreon to see the high res strips.
And I’ve seen stuff like this on other sites (zoomed down images, that get bigger if clicked on or if zoomed in), so it shouldn’t be impossible. TBH I don’t really know much about web design, so maybe it’s too complicated. Don’t stress about it, but it would be awesome.
i dont know how you got the backend configured but. you can possibly have it so that the main low-res image can be clicked on for a high res version in another tab. but i wouldnt know how you would be able to limit that to just patrons Should You So Choose.
Yes it should be easy to do, speaking as a full stack web developer. Edit: @Tim I looked at the developer console and it seems like it should be setup to scale appropriately. If that isn’t the case you may have something set globally that is messing with that.
(and also… alt text would be really nice to implement for the sake of searching and accessibility… but since it’s like 20+ years with thousands of comics i understand if you dont want to do it)
Someone
23 days ago
Ok. Scott? Here me out. Everytime he thinks about returning to her… Cattleprod
catttleprod for her? he needs range no sense him getting hurt getting too close. *gets the arc cannon from fortnite for scott to use on nicole* there. 50 foot firing range of pure zappy destruction.
As long as it must use electricity, nothing beats a rail gun.
That Guy
23 days ago
Good move! Lucas is a bro and all, but Scott is the foundation of the two. It’s been so many years, but I still love how much of a 180 he is from his 1.0 self. I’m hoping he has that one piece of sage advice or callback that’ll finally free Ethan.
Daniel
23 days ago
This is a great move. He obviously have issues to talk with Ben, since he’s envy, and Scott’s relationship is probably the most healthy and stable that Ethan seen before.
I don’t see timestamps?
While she isn’t exactly a textbook emotionally healthy person, we have seen no indications of wild mood swings or total lack of patience. She is stable (not healthy, but stable). So more likely there is at least 30 minutes or so between each message.
@Stix I think it’s more due to how WhatsApp (from the look of that app screen) groups messages under one timestamp if they occur close enough together for it to consider them as part of the same message.
Edit: ok, no, I just checked WhatsApp and whilst Signal and some others do group quickfire messages, WhatsApp seems to give unique timestamps each time.
Last edited 21 days ago by Minothor
Nono
23 days ago
Though, neither Lucas nor Scott have experience breaking up with someone (which is what I assume Ethan is starting to lean towards). Lucas’ history seems to be one-night stands until Ben and Scott’s relationship ended… differently.
Austin
23 days ago
Either Scott’s going to remind him what a healthy relationship should look like, or we’re about to learn that Carly’s memory is not as perfect as we first thought. I’m really hoping for the first.
FireballDragon
23 days ago
Okay, Nicole is starting to remind me of both Sara and Ashley from the original continuity. Ethan and Lucas just don’t have any luck with blondes in any universe, do they?
Cypher
23 days ago
This is starting to feel like a diy for beating a horse to make glue…
Zyxian
23 days ago
Hopefully this is the beginning of the end of the relationship…
Lily
23 days ago
I feel like, this is where you can suggest counseling. A lot of people will say there is no point, but if both people are willing to work on their issues, it is possible if you get professional help.
If you have a worthwhile long-term relationship that was fundamentally equal, where both partners’ interests were kept in mind and decisions were made together, that run into issues that feel like they got out of control, then yes, absolutely get counseling.
If you have a relationship that has only existed briefly in which one of the two people has consistently displayed problematic behaviour that actively suppresses your interests for the sake of theirs, you don’t get counseling, you walk away.
Just for the sake of clarity, which of these situations do you think applies here?
I can’t bare to watch another 3-month arc of her abusive behaviour, where she will just actively weaponize the counseling to sink her claws into Ethan even more.
Yeah, that’s one reason why counseling in this situation is a bad idea: it implies that both parties have to change to make this a healthy relationship and Ethan, despite being weird, isn’t the unhealthy partner here. He merely finds it difficult to stand up for himself in the face of what seems to be a narcissist. This is understandable, even moreso when you care for or even love the other person. If he needs counseling it is to find the will to walk away. Don’t get me wrong, I also think Nicole needs help. She isn’t necessarily evil, there… Read more »
Omians
22 days ago
I wanna see the timestamps at how often she sent those messages. cause Ethan had not finished work yet, so these are ether during that shift or pretty rapid
Verdiekus
22 days ago
Ignore the complainers Tim, you’re doing a great job.
I am not a psychiatrist but I don’t think it’s borderline, honestly. People with borderline may very well do some of the things Nicole does but Nicole displays a confidence, even an arrogance, that somebody with borderline generally does not display.
People with borderline are driven by insecurity, they seek validation to compensate for a lack of self-worth. Their frame of reference generally is “please don’t leave me”. Nicole seems to expect validation because she fundamentally thinks she’s entitled to it. That’s narcissism. Her frame of reference manifests as “don’t you dare leave me”.
She’s a narcissist which is also driven by terrible self esteem. They feel like shit but instead of dealing with that, they project it onto others. They make others feel bad so that they can feel better
Narcissism and Borderline are both rooted in deep insecurity. And sometimes it’s easy to mistake insecure bravado for genuine confidence. Not to mention there’s a very large overlap between those two Cluster B’s and co-morbidities can exist.
The frantic texts, the paranoia, the seeking reassurance, the neediness. That’s all borderline.
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oooooh we finnally are in the present !
Thanks !
Great! Comics are low res though. Is it going to stay that way?
Low res? They’re the same size they’ve always been on the website.
You’re right but size alone is not my point. I use this website at 150 to 200% zoom because I otherwise find the strips difficult to read – after all I’m mid 40. 😀
On Patreon the strips are significantly higher res, so they are the same size as the zoomed in strips here while being crisp and clear. But you know that the patreon interface is way inferior to your site in regards of navigation. It would be nice if patrons get those higer res images here too. That would really be great.
Oh. The website is designed for a certain dimension. I can’t post larger images without breaking the whole layout.
Would be great if you could make it possible. Otherwise we patrons don’t really get the full experience on your site and have to come back to patreon to see the high res strips.
And I’ve seen stuff like this on other sites (zoomed down images, that get bigger if clicked on or if zoomed in), so it shouldn’t be impossible. TBH I don’t really know much about web design, so maybe it’s too complicated. Don’t stress about it, but it would be awesome.
i dont know how you got the backend configured but. you can possibly have it so that the main low-res image can be clicked on for a high res version in another tab. but i wouldnt know how you would be able to limit that to just patrons Should You So Choose.
Can’t you just shrink the image in CSS? Then people who want to zoom in will still be able to zoom in. Seems trivial enough to implement.
Yes it should be easy to do, speaking as a full stack web developer. Edit: @Tim I looked at the developer console and it seems like it should be setup to scale appropriately. If that isn’t the case you may have something set globally that is messing with that.
(and also… alt text would be really nice to implement for the sake of searching and accessibility… but since it’s like 20+ years with thousands of comics i understand if you dont want to do it)
Ok. Scott? Here me out. Everytime he thinks about returning to her… Cattleprod
Or cattleprod her when she goes up to him and tries to trick him into getting back together again.
catttleprod for her? he needs range no sense him getting hurt getting too close. *gets the arc cannon from fortnite for scott to use on nicole* there. 50 foot firing range of pure zappy destruction.
As long as it must use electricity, nothing beats a rail gun.
Good move! Lucas is a bro and all, but Scott is the foundation of the two. It’s been so many years, but I still love how much of a 180 he is from his 1.0 self. I’m hoping he has that one piece of sage advice or callback that’ll finally free Ethan.
This is a great move. He obviously have issues to talk with Ben, since he’s envy, and Scott’s relationship is probably the most healthy and stable that Ethan seen before.
All six of hers within a span of two minutes.
I don’t see timestamps?
While she isn’t exactly a textbook emotionally healthy person, we have seen no indications of wild mood swings or total lack of patience. She is stable (not healthy, but stable). So more likely there is at least 30 minutes or so between each message.
@Stix I think it’s more due to how WhatsApp (from the look of that app screen) groups messages under one timestamp if they occur close enough together for it to consider them as part of the same message.
Edit: ok, no, I just checked WhatsApp and whilst Signal and some others do group quickfire messages, WhatsApp seems to give unique timestamps each time.
Though, neither Lucas nor Scott have experience breaking up with someone (which is what I assume Ethan is starting to lean towards). Lucas’ history seems to be one-night stands until Ben and Scott’s relationship ended… differently.
Either Scott’s going to remind him what a healthy relationship should look like, or we’re about to learn that Carly’s memory is not as perfect as we first thought. I’m really hoping for the first.
Okay, Nicole is starting to remind me of both Sara and Ashley from the original continuity. Ethan and Lucas just don’t have any luck with blondes in any universe, do they?
This is starting to feel like a diy for beating a horse to make glue…
Hopefully this is the beginning of the end of the relationship…
I feel like, this is where you can suggest counseling. A lot of people will say there is no point, but if both people are willing to work on their issues, it is possible if you get professional help.
If you have a worthwhile long-term relationship that was fundamentally equal, where both partners’ interests were kept in mind and decisions were made together, that run into issues that feel like they got out of control, then yes, absolutely get counseling.
If you have a relationship that has only existed briefly in which one of the two people has consistently displayed problematic behaviour that actively suppresses your interests for the sake of theirs, you don’t get counseling, you walk away.
Just for the sake of clarity, which of these situations do you think applies here?
Ethan should walk away, Nicole should get counselling
And a nice white coat.
Her very own I Love Me Jacket, so she can give herself a hug all the time!
I hope it’s the walk away option.
I can’t bare to watch another 3-month arc of her abusive behaviour, where she will just actively weaponize the counseling to sink her claws into Ethan even more.
Yeah, that’s one reason why counseling in this situation is a bad idea: it implies that both parties have to change to make this a healthy relationship and Ethan, despite being weird, isn’t the unhealthy partner here. He merely finds it difficult to stand up for himself in the face of what seems to be a narcissist. This is understandable, even moreso when you care for or even love the other person. If he needs counseling it is to find the will to walk away. Don’t get me wrong, I also think Nicole needs help. She isn’t necessarily evil, there… Read more »
I wanna see the timestamps at how often she sent those messages. cause Ethan had not finished work yet, so these are ether during that shift or pretty rapid
Ignore the complainers Tim, you’re doing a great job.
Borderline is a hell of a personality disorder…
I am not a psychiatrist but I don’t think it’s borderline, honestly. People with borderline may very well do some of the things Nicole does but Nicole displays a confidence, even an arrogance, that somebody with borderline generally does not display.
People with borderline are driven by insecurity, they seek validation to compensate for a lack of self-worth. Their frame of reference generally is “please don’t leave me”. Nicole seems to expect validation because she fundamentally thinks she’s entitled to it. That’s narcissism. Her frame of reference manifests as “don’t you dare leave me”.
She’s a narcissist which is also driven by terrible self esteem. They feel like shit but instead of dealing with that, they project it onto others. They make others feel bad so that they can feel better
Or maybe even “You don’t dare to leave me”.
Narcissism and Borderline are both rooted in deep insecurity. And sometimes it’s easy to mistake insecure bravado for genuine confidence. Not to mention there’s a very large overlap between those two Cluster B’s and co-morbidities can exist.
The frantic texts, the paranoia, the seeking reassurance, the neediness. That’s all borderline.