Calvin & Hobbes C or D

the one where it was implied that Calvin was on Ritalin was a lot worse. this one is just stupid

pplains omg thank you

Yeah I agree

I'm actually quite angry about that. Fan fiction is the worst

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.

That is so perverse and gross that I wish I'd written it.

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?

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/

You won't believe how this particular hastily-written piece of clickbait garbage will change your life forever. Seriously.

that is one of the worst things i've ever given up reading halfway through

have y'all ever read fanfiction before

in what world would i want to do that?

I actively try not to.

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.

At the time? Probably. All time? No way.

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)

xp - i dunno, he's gotta be near the top, right?

but yeah, i am probably biased -- he was the best daily strip by far back when i actually read daily strips.

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.

^^^

the part where he stops susie with a passionate kiss on the lips is awesome

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 knocking
Are you sure you want to hide posts from Texting someone to say that you are outside their house instead of knocking?

this shit always finds a way in :-(

Schulz is great but I put Watterson up there at the top right next to him.

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

calvin and hobbes was pretty damn sentimental

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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?

But to be fair, I haven't read it either.

why would you need to read something just to have a conversation about it

sounds time-consuming

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."

xp especially when you can ask others who have to tell you what to think. and then disagree with them.

Calvin bequeaths Hobbes to his grandchild for a new lifetime of precious adventures. That's where I got the Toy Story 3 thing from.

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.

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.

yeah there's no way

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

(#14 is the craziest!)

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ab/0f/d0/ab0fd0fe03675686b7df1b3d6fa3d8f8.jpg

fuck this nerd shit, I'm all for fan whatever but not for calvin and hobbes

Not for any creators who've been crystal clear about their dislike of others using their IP.

Forgot how funny this was. Re-reading Weirdos from another planet

no
they are not.
praise is when you lick the cock and adulation is when you deep throat.
as well,
i dont like it.

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, April 14, 2003 2:33 AM (fifteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it is beyond classic

also beyond classic is the creator being one of the few to not sell out. he saved us from the inevitable funko pop where Calvin and Hobbes are both the exact same size and share the same dead eyed stare.

otm

Everything on the internet from pre-2012 should be scrubbed xp