I also appreciate GUIGUI's summary.
GUIGUI wrote:
It's interesting that the Captain Botanical arc is brought up, as it actually has Gwynn showcasing her most forward thinking and actual care for consequences in the grand schemes of things.
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But more significantly, it also shows her actual progress on how she sees Torg. Her dislike for him stems from thinking that he was an asshole and a jerk, so of course she couldn't stand him, especially as no one want their friend dating an asshole ever, so wanting to end this relationship, regardless of how you feel about that friend, is only natural. But she has come to see other aspects of him and learn to appreciate him better, especially during this arc.
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Mind you, it's not a straight line, as it's more often two steps forward and one step back.
Agreed. I liked that arc also because we learned more about Gwynn's concerns and motivations. Whatever we think of those motivations, we learn more about the background and reasoning.
VoxAdActa wrote:
I kind of lost most of my respect for Gwynn during the Evil Plant Zombies arc, when we find out that she's a jerk to Torg all the time, and is a jerk about Torg to Zoe, because she's just so jealous that Torg is generally a good, happy person.
Like, that's some seriously messed-up stuff. Torg has saved the world, and your rear-end, multiple times over decades and you're still mean to him because... he's nice? I don't even know what mental illness that would fall under.
For most of those world saving times, though, Gwynn hasn't been there, or has had an outside/ bit part in the proceedings. There have been times when Torg's actions, if we didn't know the truth and have insight into his motivation, could seem or feel jerky. After Gwynn thought that Zoe had died in Oasis' fire, Torg left her to mourn her best friend (and Riff) alone.
Torg's actions have seemed irrational or nonsensical to others around him as well. The Black-ops elves, for example, we're frightened about his seeming shifts from "strategic genius" to "idiot." We have insight that the characters do not have. But after the Cappy-Bo arc, Gwynn and Torg both have more insight into each other.
(I apologize, I don't have time to look up the strips I referenced right now...)