http://i.imgur.com/9lZZFBK.jpg
― pplains, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 02:02 (nine years ago) link
lol at the idea that calvin will grow up to marry susie, i mean wtf is that
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 02:16 (nine years ago) link
pplains omg thank you
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 02:23 (nine years ago) link
Good on Watterston for never selling out, all manner of weak fan fiction and manipulative nostalgic/sentimental bs will never detract from the pure anarchic beauty of Calvin and Hobbes.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 03:26 (nine years ago) link
i hate this soooooooo much
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 03:39 (nine years ago) link
the one where it was implied that Calvin was on Ritalin was a lot worse. this one is just stupid
― frogbs, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 03:55 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I agree
― paolo, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 14:12 (nine years ago) link
I'm actually quite angry about that. Fan fiction is the worst
― paolo, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 14:13 (nine years ago) link
worse than fan fiction is anything that is mawkishly sentimental about aging or the future death of yourself, your parents, or a beloved fictional character. like why would I make a kid read the giving tree. damn that shit was a bummer as an elementary school kid. Thanks mom.
― nomar, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 14:19 (nine years ago) link
That is so perverse and gross that I wish I'd written it.
― Tarkus Aurelius (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 14:25 (nine years ago) link
Once a text is out there, I don't really understand getting 'angry' about the sappy ways that people make use of it for their own pleasure - these fan things don't displace or erase the original, surely?
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 14:27 (nine years ago) link
Looks like it originated from a Reddit writing prompt. The author probably wasn't intending some little half-hour writing exercise to be widely shared. I blame the people writing headlines like "This Guy Just Changed The Way We See Calvin And Hobbes. Seriously."
https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/25gtsw/eu_in_the_final_minutes_of_his_life_calvin_has/
― jmm, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 14:28 (nine years ago) link
You won't believe how this particular hastily-written piece of clickbait garbage will change your life forever. Seriously.
― Tarkus Aurelius (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 14:30 (nine years ago) link
that is one of the worst things i've ever given up reading halfway through
― hongro strulkington (dog latin), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 14:57 (nine years ago) link
have y'all ever read fanfiction before
― example (crüt), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 15:05 (nine years ago) link
in what world would i want to do that?
― hongro strulkington (dog latin), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 15:06 (nine years ago) link
I actively try not to.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 15:12 (nine years ago) link
i just got out a calvin & hobbes book for my almost 6yo daughter to read, so I've been revisiting. kind of amazing how much better watterson was than pretty much anyone else who did a daily strip.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 15:18 (nine years ago) link
At the time? Probably. All time? No way.
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 15:28 (nine years ago) link
agree, I'm no comic buff but never found any other strip that came close to doing what Calvin & Hobbes does for me - I pull out the books when I need sentimental/existential soothing (when hung over fx)
― niels, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 15:29 (nine years ago) link
xp - i dunno, he's gotta be near the top, right?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 15:31 (nine years ago) link
but yeah, i am probably biased -- he was the best daily strip by far back when i actually read daily strips.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 15:32 (nine years ago) link
Well, I'm sure Watterson would place in most ppl's top ten newspaper strip creators, but to suggest that he's 'much better' than Charles Schulz, or Crockett Johnson, or countless other creators who might also place in that top ten, seems p hyperbolic imho.
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 15:45 (nine years ago) link
^^^
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 15:48 (nine years ago) link
the part where he stops susie with a passionate kiss on the lips is awesome
― legendary wireless executive (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 16:04 (nine years ago) link
pplains wins
this bullshit was hateshared by vg on fb & I was mostly annoyed because I was sure I had hidden tickld from my feed (I mean, I know I have, I keep track of these things)
so I go to hide the post & get this:
Hide all from Texting someone to say that you are outside their house instead of knockingAre you sure you want to hide posts from Texting someone to say that you are outside their house instead of knocking?
― joked for the dadness (wins), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 16:10 (nine years ago) link
this shit always finds a way in :-(
Schulz is great but I put Watterson up there at the top right next to him.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 16:21 (nine years ago) link
Good on Watterston for never selling out, all manner of weak fan fiction and manipulative nostalgic/sentimental bs will never detract from the pure anarchic beauty of Calvin and Hobbes.― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, June 9, 2015 10:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, June 9, 2015 10:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
calvin and hobbes was pretty damn sentimental
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 16:36 (nine years ago) link
i mean, a /lot/ more sentimental than peanuts in its glory years
If someone or other would post the rest of the comic strip poll results we'd know the answer to this question
― jennifer islam (silby), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 16:45 (nine years ago) link
It was, but not clumsily so? I mean, this particular piece of deathbed fanfic is more a bad riff on the ending of Toy Story 3 than Calvin & Hobbes.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 16:46 (nine years ago) link
I meant people trying to make money or get known off being sentimental and nostalgic towards the strip itself. C&H had its sentimental moments but they were tempered w absurdity and surrealism. This fan fiction stuff usually is just 100% mawkish.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 16:47 (nine years ago) link
It was, but not clumsily so? I mean, this particular piece of deathbed fanfic is more a bad riff on the ending of Toy Story 3 than Calvin & Hobbes.― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, June 10, 2015 11:46 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, June 10, 2015 11:46 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh, i didn't even read that (why would I?) -- just saying that people's attempts to (re)cast C&H as if it weren't sentimental are misguided.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 16:49 (nine years ago) link
peanuts could get sentimental but at it's best it was kind of matter-of-fact
(why would I?)
In order to participate in the conversation that's actually taking place?
― WilliamC, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 16:53 (nine years ago) link
But to be fair, I haven't read it either.
― WilliamC, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link
why would you need to read something just to have a conversation about it
― jennifer islam (silby), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 17:02 (nine years ago) link
sounds time-consuming
― jennifer islam (silby), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 17:03 (nine years ago) link
In summary: "Hobbes, you old scamp. You...you really took me places, buddy. I'll never forget you. But now it's time for me to put away childish things and make tender love to my wife."
― Tarkus Aurelius (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 17:06 (nine years ago) link
xp especially when you can ask others who have to tell you what to think. and then disagree with them.
― bag lady bag (mattresslessness), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
Calvin bequeaths Hobbes to his grandchild for a new lifetime of precious adventures. That's where I got the Toy Story 3 thing from.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 17:09 (nine years ago) link
i didn't express an opinion on the fanfic! my life is too previous -- all our lives are too precious -- to read sentimental fanfic IMO.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 17:11 (nine years ago) link
I didn't read it either.
http://i.imgur.com/tLU2FFd.jpg
I mean, look, I know all about "View Image" and everything but c'mon.
― pplains, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 17:25 (nine years ago) link
yeah there's no way
― jennifer islam (silby), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 17:30 (nine years ago) link
it's a pretty quick read, and i learned 17 crazy things about calvin's future that will completely change the way i view Calvin & Hobbes
― legendary wireless executive (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 20:03 (nine years ago) link
(#14 is the craziest!)
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ab/0f/d0/ab0fd0fe03675686b7df1b3d6fa3d8f8.jpg
― nomar, Sunday, 19 June 2016 19:50 (eight years ago) link
fuck this nerd shit, I'm all for fan whatever but not for calvin and hobbes
― Sean, let me be clear (silby), Sunday, 19 June 2016 19:56 (eight years ago) link
Not for any creators who've been crystal clear about their dislike of others using their IP.
― Manspread Mann (Old Lunch), Sunday, 19 June 2016 21:42 (eight years ago) link