@Ghost: Yeah, it is kinda bad. Because Lindsay has shown time and again that she’s genuinely repentant for her former actions and is a better person now. The whole point of this story was that a person’s mistakes from the past aren’t nearly as important as what they do in the present. People learn and grow. They deserve a chance to make something better of themselves. And despite Lindsay’s own anxieties, her friends understand that.
Is it bad that I kind of don’t forgive Lindsay for what she did? I mean, she was a vicious bully not that long before she moved to Eden Prarie. It doesn’t matter if she’s changed or if she regrets what she did. She still did those things and it should stick with her for the rest of her life.
While I do agree that it would’ve been more satisfying if Lindsay had tried to fight back, let’s look at this logically. She’s a teenage girl, trapped in a house with a psychopath who is dead-set on murdering her. Jessica’s got a deadly weapon in her hands, while Lindsay’s got nothing to defend herself with. If I were in Lindsay’s shoes, I’d be scared shitless too. Plus, the whole time, Jessica is still relentlessly needling her with psychological warfare, twisting the knife, preying on her insecurities and guilt. It must have been hard to even think clearly in such a scenario, let alone muster the resolve to fight back.
I DO agree, however, that there should have been more of a lasting impact after it was all over. Lindsay just barely survived a harrowing, traumatic ordeal, she was seconds away from death, and she doesn’t even look shaken up afterwards. At the very least, I would think she’d need to see a counselor a few times to help her deal with the trauma.
But regardless, this was a good story arc. It was nice to finally see Lindsay’s backstory get fleshed out, and it had a satisfying (if somewhat underwhelming) conclusion.
Now then…how about we focus on some other characters for a while, huh? Joel and Michelle haven’t had the spotlight in quite some time.
Interesting to see that the school still accepts her, despite what she’s done.
I’m kind of ashamed to admit I probably wouldn’t have accept her, knowing that she did something bad to someone else. Unless I heard of the fact that she tried being murdered at her house, then I’d be more accepting that she’s not the monster I would’ve thought she was.
Dammit, Trevor, does your whole LIFE revolve around wanting girls to give you a blow j…y’know, now that I say that aloud, there’s no need to answer that; it’s PAINFULLY obvious.
It wraps up quick. Not even statements made for Officer Hardcastle. And though there’s not any loose ends, there’s a few missed opportunities. Lindsay doesn’t end up single, as in the title Single Blonde Female. Craig isn’t hiding because he slept with his ex girlfriend. Jessica doesn’t get any more defeat than ‘shoved into a cop car’, so the story is harder on Lindsey then it is on the villain when she’s defeated. “At least” Nick didn’t get himself killed, like a character from Single White Female. So he’ll just go on being stupid. Can’t bus off all the villains at once. It was an interesting storyline, if only for the possibility of big changes being made. None were, but Lindsey got really shaken up, tricked, and if not for the “yesterday? that’s old news. I’ve got Math class now.” nature of high school she would have suffered some sort of social damage. But it ends well for her, mostly by a series of narrowly avoiding any real changes in her life. Oh well. The players are still in place, and it’s sure that this is to be the last Lindsay story for awhile. Perhaps we’ll have a good long dose of “what Joel is doing” from now on. October beckons.
Well, the next thing Lindsay has to do now, is go to the girl she humiliated, and apologize to her. If I were her, I would fully expect my apology to be rejected. Though I would walk out of there knowing that I acknowledged my past transgressions and actively working to make up for them. And I also agree, Lindsay just curling up into a ball without trying to defend herself was extremely irritating. Many times I legitimately thought she was going to end up dead because she didn’t defend herself. I wouldn’t have seen her as any lesser if she did.
Fuck, it looks like nobody at the school is bothered by Lindsay’s past after all. So I guess you can ignore the part of my critique where I mentioned that the school won’t be accepting of her following the revelations lol
Now that this storyline is officially over, I can finally give a full-fledged critique (I wrote this in advanced which is why it’s so long):
I will say this, this is one of the best storylines in the entire comic. Not just for its darker and more dramatic tone (which took me by surprise considering how much you wanted to avoid the reboot falling into the same tone as the original version), but also for FINALLY delving into Lindsay’s background after teasing us for two straight years about it. It was nice seeing Lindsay confront her past rather than refusing to acknowledge it, because it was clearly starting to cause more problems for her than fixing.
It was also nice seeing Lindsay’s friends stick up for her even after knowing the truth, since it shows that they’ve accepted that she’s changed. In contrast to the original, where they were quick to just dump her the second they learn she has some kind of dark secret. Granted, learning your friend supposedly engaged in bestiality (if I remember the original storyline correctly) would be enough to want to cut all ties with them. And of course, knowing everybody else at that school, I’m positive they won’t be as accepting.
My one critique, as you may have noticed, is how frustrating it was seeing Lindsay never even try to fight back against Jessica. I get that Lindsay wants to be a pacifist so that she will never hurt anybody ever again, but she was perfectly willing to let herself be murdered rather than defend herself. It would have been interesting to see her fight back to show that you can be a kind soul and still tell others to fuck off when necessary (which is what her friends have been telling her for a long time, to boot).
Furthermore, there’s the fact that Jessica dressing up as Lindsay was supposed to serve as a metaphor for Lindsay’s past coming back to haunt her (I feel embarrassed for NOW just realizing this). Lindsay fighting back could have enhanced the metaphor by showing that she’s no longer letting her past control her present self. Instead, she kinda had to let other people do it for her. Though I suppose that could be a metaphor for showing that you need support if you want to face your inner demons, which is actually clever. Still, I won’t lie when I say that watching Lindsay just give up herself like that was irritating.
One last thing, and this is more minor, but I also found the ending anticlimactic. Jessica just simply gets tackled by Craig before cutting straight to her being arrested and Lindsay apparently showing no signs of trauma from the incident.
@jbwarner86 I changed my mind. I forgive Lindsay 100%.
Legit did not think you were going to respond. LOL
I think I get it now, my guy. And you’re right.
@Ghost: Yeah, it is kinda bad. Because Lindsay has shown time and again that she’s genuinely repentant for her former actions and is a better person now. The whole point of this story was that a person’s mistakes from the past aren’t nearly as important as what they do in the present. People learn and grow. They deserve a chance to make something better of themselves. And despite Lindsay’s own anxieties, her friends understand that.
Is it bad that I kind of don’t forgive Lindsay for what she did? I mean, she was a vicious bully not that long before she moved to Eden Prarie. It doesn’t matter if she’s changed or if she regrets what she did. She still did those things and it should stick with her for the rest of her life.
While I do agree that it would’ve been more satisfying if Lindsay had tried to fight back, let’s look at this logically. She’s a teenage girl, trapped in a house with a psychopath who is dead-set on murdering her. Jessica’s got a deadly weapon in her hands, while Lindsay’s got nothing to defend herself with. If I were in Lindsay’s shoes, I’d be scared shitless too. Plus, the whole time, Jessica is still relentlessly needling her with psychological warfare, twisting the knife, preying on her insecurities and guilt. It must have been hard to even think clearly in such a scenario, let alone muster the resolve to fight back.
I DO agree, however, that there should have been more of a lasting impact after it was all over. Lindsay just barely survived a harrowing, traumatic ordeal, she was seconds away from death, and she doesn’t even look shaken up afterwards. At the very least, I would think she’d need to see a counselor a few times to help her deal with the trauma.
But regardless, this was a good story arc. It was nice to finally see Lindsay’s backstory get fleshed out, and it had a satisfying (if somewhat underwhelming) conclusion.
Now then…how about we focus on some other characters for a while, huh? Joel and Michelle haven’t had the spotlight in quite some time.
Sorry Nick, you might be waiting 10-15 for that BJ. Move on.
*that someone tried to murder her
is what I meant to say.
All’s well that ends well.
Interesting to see that the school still accepts her, despite what she’s done.
I’m kind of ashamed to admit I probably wouldn’t have accept her, knowing that she did something bad to someone else. Unless I heard of the fact that she tried being murdered at her house, then I’d be more accepting that she’s not the monster I would’ve thought she was.
But, hey, glad it all ended well.
Dammit, Trevor, does your whole LIFE revolve around wanting girls to give you a blow j…y’know, now that I say that aloud, there’s no need to answer that; it’s PAINFULLY obvious.
Literally all she did was cry and scream while a maniac was trying to kill her! She makes Barney look like Trevor Phillips!
It wraps up quick. Not even statements made for Officer Hardcastle. And though there’s not any loose ends, there’s a few missed opportunities. Lindsay doesn’t end up single, as in the title Single Blonde Female. Craig isn’t hiding because he slept with his ex girlfriend. Jessica doesn’t get any more defeat than ‘shoved into a cop car’, so the story is harder on Lindsey then it is on the villain when she’s defeated. “At least” Nick didn’t get himself killed, like a character from Single White Female. So he’ll just go on being stupid. Can’t bus off all the villains at once. It was an interesting storyline, if only for the possibility of big changes being made. None were, but Lindsey got really shaken up, tricked, and if not for the “yesterday? that’s old news. I’ve got Math class now.” nature of high school she would have suffered some sort of social damage. But it ends well for her, mostly by a series of narrowly avoiding any real changes in her life. Oh well. The players are still in place, and it’s sure that this is to be the last Lindsay story for awhile. Perhaps we’ll have a good long dose of “what Joel is doing” from now on. October beckons.
Well, the next thing Lindsay has to do now, is go to the girl she humiliated, and apologize to her. If I were her, I would fully expect my apology to be rejected. Though I would walk out of there knowing that I acknowledged my past transgressions and actively working to make up for them. And I also agree, Lindsay just curling up into a ball without trying to defend herself was extremely irritating. Many times I legitimately thought she was going to end up dead because she didn’t defend herself. I wouldn’t have seen her as any lesser if she did.
Fuck, it looks like nobody at the school is bothered by Lindsay’s past after all. So I guess you can ignore the part of my critique where I mentioned that the school won’t be accepting of her following the revelations lol
Lindsay is learning to move forward bit by bit. And Nick got some karma as well in the end, so at least this arc ended happily.
We all think- KNOW that you’re stupid, Nick.
Now that this storyline is officially over, I can finally give a full-fledged critique (I wrote this in advanced which is why it’s so long):
I will say this, this is one of the best storylines in the entire comic. Not just for its darker and more dramatic tone (which took me by surprise considering how much you wanted to avoid the reboot falling into the same tone as the original version), but also for FINALLY delving into Lindsay’s background after teasing us for two straight years about it. It was nice seeing Lindsay confront her past rather than refusing to acknowledge it, because it was clearly starting to cause more problems for her than fixing.
It was also nice seeing Lindsay’s friends stick up for her even after knowing the truth, since it shows that they’ve accepted that she’s changed. In contrast to the original, where they were quick to just dump her the second they learn she has some kind of dark secret. Granted, learning your friend supposedly engaged in bestiality (if I remember the original storyline correctly) would be enough to want to cut all ties with them. And of course, knowing everybody else at that school, I’m positive they won’t be as accepting.
My one critique, as you may have noticed, is how frustrating it was seeing Lindsay never even try to fight back against Jessica. I get that Lindsay wants to be a pacifist so that she will never hurt anybody ever again, but she was perfectly willing to let herself be murdered rather than defend herself. It would have been interesting to see her fight back to show that you can be a kind soul and still tell others to fuck off when necessary (which is what her friends have been telling her for a long time, to boot).
Furthermore, there’s the fact that Jessica dressing up as Lindsay was supposed to serve as a metaphor for Lindsay’s past coming back to haunt her (I feel embarrassed for NOW just realizing this). Lindsay fighting back could have enhanced the metaphor by showing that she’s no longer letting her past control her present self. Instead, she kinda had to let other people do it for her. Though I suppose that could be a metaphor for showing that you need support if you want to face your inner demons, which is actually clever. Still, I won’t lie when I say that watching Lindsay just give up herself like that was irritating.
One last thing, and this is more minor, but I also found the ending anticlimactic. Jessica just simply gets tackled by Craig before cutting straight to her being arrested and Lindsay apparently showing no signs of trauma from the incident.