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Concern for her wellbeing? Good.
Patronizing? BAD.
Respect free will and convince a person, don’t dictate to them.
The only time I might be fine with dictating to a person is if they are literally working themselves to death and will end up in the hospital or worse if they don't stop. Obviously it would still be better to convince someone rather than forcibly stopping them, but some people refuse to be convinced for one reason or another (like depression, anxiety or brain spirals, etc).
On that note, I do wonder how much Nicole is overworking due to trying to feel like she has control over her own life. There has been (and still is) a lot of magical stuff going on affecting her family that she couldn't do much about. When family and people you care about are involved, it can be especially hard to not do anything.
If the magic does get taken, she might have to get a crash course on doing nothing since there is no quick way back without the magic door.
Hopefully a more enjoyable life, not that there is nothing to do… Nyree keeps busy.
I agree 100% and also prefer to think it was part of their ongoing verbal sparring and not actually meant to be patronizing. Just expressing a different viewpoint in a colorful way. And it does seem Nyree is getting what she paid for, Ms Barber’s response is hardly good form if taken seriously.
You’re not wrong, but telling an Anchor Witch how they should give out advice is largely an exercise in futility.
Oh, I don’t know. The Mountain Lady seemed very reasonable. And even City Witch listens to advice … eventually. 😉The only one who seems completely beyond reason just now is the Sea Witch. (Is it too early to start calling her the Sea Hag?)
Peopple get their sense of self-fulfillment from different places. Some from friends, some from family, some from music… and some from their career. You can’t impose your idea of self-fullfillment onto someone else.
This is true, but someone who is fulfilled by their job probably enjoys it in some way, or at least satisfied by it. Nicola says that she enjoys things when her timetable allows, and at Nyree’s second push she clarifies that even when she’s “off work” there’s too much work to do to justify taking time for fun.
She doesn’t say, “I like my job”.
She doesn’t say, “I really like some parts of my job, and you gotta take the bad with the good.”
She doesn’t say, “My job is satisfying enough for me.”
She doesn’t even say, “It’s okay, and someone needs to do it.”
She says, “There’s too much work to do.” That tells me she’s doing it out of a sense of obligation, not fulfillment.
If Nyree had any sort of control over Nicola, even potential one, even in her ability to nag her daily about anything, I would agree. I’d go a step further, and say BAD for continuously trying to convince, after you presented your entire case and the other person does not agree with it. But here, it’s just Nyree teasing Nicola; yes, she is concerned, but there’s nothing she can do about it. Her words carry as much weight as if you go out and tell the sun to shine less because it’s too hot. She is just bothering Nicola, and while I would personally find it off-putting, it seems to be having the desired results.
Nyree, I think it’d be more ridiculous if sleeveless captain Barber in a powerpose didn’t affect you
That sneer is downright shakespearean. Oh my dear lady disdain! Although that conversation in Much Ado takes place Fully Clothed, not In Our Underwear.
In a sleeveless powerpose to tuck a flower behind her ear. Triply affective.
Now I am really curious what plants are in the salad.
nasturtiums at least
I don’t think we’ve ever seen Nicola with her hair loose before. Now we just need to get her to let her hair down metaphorically as well as literally.
Hey that Bruce Willis “Die Hard” look suits you!
I feel like there is a difference between Polly, who wanted Nicola to pay more attention to Polly, and Nyree who wants Nicola to pay more attention Nicola.
Well, tbf, we don’t know Polly’s side of it, just Nicola’s. For all we know she had similar concerns as Nyree but Nicola wasn’t ready to hear it.
While it is true that we do not have any direct view of Polly, Harry said something along the lines of “I always thought that girl needed a hobby”, suggesting that Harry thought Polly was overly needy. And Harry's earlier “No Polly” comment indicates that she expected to see Polly, so she had some direct observation and was not solely reliant on Nicola’s point of view. Not that we can take Harry as unbiased in this situation, but we are not solely dependent on Nicola's account.
That’s a good point. There’s probably some accuracy to Nicola's characterization, I'm just always cautious when it's a character we haven't met and Nicola is interpreting Nyree's concern the same way.
I wonder how long they were together, since Nicola and Harry weren’t on good terms after Harry quit the police force, but she was around long enough for Harry to have a persistent impression of her.
The sheer amount of hidden expressions from Nicola on this page! Oh my god! Girl, you need to take a break!
She kept the flower. Maybe there’s hope for her.
Nicola used Sleeveless with Wild Hair. It was super effective!
It’s the hair. Something about Nyree really brings out the hair in a Barber.
“think you can order me around now, eh ? Well, you’re welcome to try”
Captain Barber is challenging her grandmother for the title of ‘hottest lady in the comic’.
Not sure if I’m allowed to say that…
Yeah nah!! 👏👏👏 🇳🇿
I would not have guessed Nyree was a disaster lesbian… but I love a strong woman being flustered. It’s such a good juxtaposition.
She sounds like your ex? Getting a little ahead of ourselves, aren’t we?
Huh. I think I missed this page.
Nicola, stop reducing your clothes!