I actually wrote this one just to fill out the submission. Honestly, if I were gonna start doing Slacks again (unlikely) I'd probably throw out the Cindy Pluck character. As the strip went along she rarely came in handy as a character.
-Posted on Feb 13, 2006
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Actually, Ozone, the female character in this strip does have a crush on Scott. I'm good with cliches :p
Coin, that's pretty much the reason. It's easier to introduce somebody new or random that Scott can actually interact with, if only for a moment.
would you have to throw her out entirely, though? I suppose by the sound of it, you weren't really writing many strips that actually involved her, but she works kind of well in this situation - unseen but still an object of Scott's fascination. There's always been quite a bit of humour made from Scott's inabilty to get with the ladies, and Cindy acts as a sort of representation of that...
But then again, it's just as easy to do that with a girl just introduced as needed, rather than having a permanent one.
She could have functioned as the girl that he knows as a friend, but she secretly has a crush on him, even as he describes his fascination with another gal.
I know... it's a cliche ^^
This way works even better than that though, she just doesn't care one way or another. I like that.
Actually, Ozone, the female character in this strip does have a crush on Scott. I'm good with cliches :p
