Finns confrontation with Gil in “Guy Talk”: Is Finn trying for “tough love” here, or is he just being a bastard?
Well, you can draw your own conclusions, but I went at it from the angle that at least a third of the conversation was unnecessarily malicious. That doesn’t mean he can’t be (or indeed, isn’t) a decent guy, but you have to remember that everyone has their trouble spots, and I have yet to meet a person who can be decent to absolutely everyone 24/7. It’s also my sad little dream to have characters that are sympathetic while actually being realistic . . . which involves them occasionally acting like assholes and holding beliefs that not everyone else ascribes to. Through-and-through “nice” characters are frankly rather boring, which is why there aren’t many in the strip. (So far we have essentially Gil and the Sibyl, and, like many nice people, they’ve discovered this trait can lead to unexpected problems.
You can draw your own conclusions, but I pesonally went at it from the angle that at least a third of the conversation was unnecessarily malicious. That doesn’t mean he can’t be (or indeed, isn’t) a decent guy, but you have to remember that everyone has their trouble spots, and I have yet to meet a person who can be decent to absolutely everyone 24/7. It’s also my sad little dream to have characters that are relatable while still being realistic . . . which involves them occasionally acting like assholes and holding beliefs that not everyone else ascribes to. Through-and-through “nice” characters are frankly rather boring, which is why there aren’t many in the strip.
