We start off with a bit of a satirical interview where Banes and Tantz attempt to interrogate me over the slowness of the updates to the site. Banes asks the easy questions and Tantz hits me with a far more adversarial approach, I counter with all sorts of deflections like an annoying modern politician in order to show how people handle conflict.

Here's Banes' explanation for his idea for the topic:
I'll just say that the original idea was more standard conversation about how characters handle issues and how it shows their personalities and their nature - It would also go into how the way they handle conflict or problems changes in some stories as characters develop (if they develop), or as their hidden selves come out. American Beauty is all about that, with every character putting up a false front or performance to get through life, before all that stuff underneath comes out. Cast Away has a more subtle thing to it, where Tom Hanks can't handle his discomfort about his coworker's sick wife at the beginning, and is kind but sort of guarded – but at the end of the movie, he is able to connect and be more open with the guy.

We also use our own comic characters to explore the idea and examine how THEY cope with conflict. How do your characters cope with conflict?

This week Gunwallace has given us a featured theme to - Lavender - A chill, reflective, and somewhat triumphant piano heavy tune that slowly builds up and up into a positive resolve, like an explosion of water in a beautiful fountain.

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Links

Featured comic:
OCEANOGRONAUTS - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2025/oct/14/featured-comic-oceanogronauts/

Featured music:
Lavender - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/LAVENDER/ - by DanG, rated T.

Special thanks to:
Gunwallace - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Gunwallace/
Tantz Aerine - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Tantz_Aerine/
Kawaiidaigakusei - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/kawaiidaigakusei
Ozoneocean - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/ozoneocean
Banes - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Banes/

Comics mentioned:
Brave Resistance - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Brave_Resistance/
Wolf - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Wolf/
Typical Strange - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Typical_Strange/
Kaiju Valentine - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Kaiju_Valentine/
Bottomless Waitress - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Bottomless_Waitress/
Pinky TA - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Pinky_TA/

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