It’s hard to tell. We don’t really know who was agitating and who was the reacting. If Terrence was this bad from meeting #1, then yes he is a douche-canoe. But if he’s only a little bad and socially inept, then more responsibility shifts to Sarah.
Unfortunately by now the pattern is set. People usually respond to douchery with their own counter-douchery.
And escalate.
So even if Terrence wasn’t so bad, being badgered constantly by Sarah could leave him feeling that he has license to be that bad in self-defense. Probably both Sarah and Terrence feel justified in being completely rude to each other.
Another factor in this is leadership failure. Veronica should have put a stop to the bickering months ago. Maybe she’s tried. We don’t see enough meetings to really know. This could be the meeting where the personality conflict really explodes, though again, Veronica should have at least attempted to address the conflict before a blow-up *could* occur. Arguably she’s been a bit preoccupied by the con’s finances. These things happen and nobody’s perfect.
Yeah, except here we see him go after Ruth when there hasn’t been any (shown) problems between them before now. That says he’s just a pain to work with, and fits with his comment from June 29th as just a dude who tends to piss people off.
Plus, the blatant sexism in the last panel just makes him a garbage person.
UnCONventional is a comic that ran from December 2009 to December 2019 about the staff of a small town anime convention and their lives. This is a complete online archive of the comic.
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10 thoughts on “Fudge Head”
Xero
Barnes you Might want to move you don’t want to get any of the beatdown he is about to get
calvsie
I think that’s scrappy, also yes he is definitely in the splash zone.
E. Bernhard Warg
It’s definitely Scrappy–the tags don’t lie.
Xero
my bad yea i should have checked the tag
Vince Averello
Damn, our meetings get like this but only pre or post minute taking. One the record douchery is rare. Terrence needs some serious ‘correcting’
Just Here
You know, I used to think Sarah P was being harsh on him. Now I’m seriously starting to think Terrence is a douchecanoe.
Vorlonagent
It’s hard to tell. We don’t really know who was agitating and who was the reacting. If Terrence was this bad from meeting #1, then yes he is a douche-canoe. But if he’s only a little bad and socially inept, then more responsibility shifts to Sarah.
Unfortunately by now the pattern is set. People usually respond to douchery with their own counter-douchery.
And escalate.
So even if Terrence wasn’t so bad, being badgered constantly by Sarah could leave him feeling that he has license to be that bad in self-defense. Probably both Sarah and Terrence feel justified in being completely rude to each other.
Another factor in this is leadership failure. Veronica should have put a stop to the bickering months ago. Maybe she’s tried. We don’t see enough meetings to really know. This could be the meeting where the personality conflict really explodes, though again, Veronica should have at least attempted to address the conflict before a blow-up *could* occur. Arguably she’s been a bit preoccupied by the con’s finances. These things happen and nobody’s perfect.
Viktor
Yeah, except here we see him go after Ruth when there hasn’t been any (shown) problems between them before now. That says he’s just a pain to work with, and fits with his comment from June 29th as just a dude who tends to piss people off.
Plus, the blatant sexism in the last panel just makes him a garbage person.
E. Bernhard Warg
He’s at least a doucheyacht, if not a doucheaircraftcarrier.
Kay Shapero
Douche ex machina!
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UnCONventional is a comic that ran from December 2009 to December 2019 about the staff of a small town anime convention and their lives. This is a complete online archive of the comic.
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