Posted February 1, 2019 at 7:25 pm

I have preferred responses when it comes to indulgent transformation nonsense:

Happiness





Surprise





Confusion





Curiosity





Comedic huffiness (sitcom-esque huffiness, not drama huffiness)





Unaware, or simply not acknowledging, that anything's happened





Nitpicking of logic (it's an emotion!)

Any interpretation of the list that includes the potential for actual drama is a mistaken interpretation. I might want that for a serious story or something intended to be dramatic, but as this list is in regard to what I call "indulgent transformation nonsense", no. This is, at worst, a comedically huffy place.

I bring this up because it was while evaluating these preferences of mine that I decided "to heck with it, I should just double down on Sarah liking this sort of transformation. It's fun, it's in character, she should just be thrilled about it."

As a result, I went from being sort of feeling "meh" about this part of this storyline to liking it again.

And I really was feeling "meh", because I sort of agreed with Sarah in panel two, and I felt like there wasn't much more to what was happening than an excuse for indulgent transformation. I'm not opposed to indulgent transformation nonsense, but I want more than that when it's part of a story. I feel very self conscious if I feel there isn't.

Sarah's ecstatic reaction, and the potential reactions to whatever happens next, however, has gotten me on board again with this nonsense.