OOPS #366
This applies to many interactions in life. For example, if you’re calling up tech support, or to report a problem, or whatever else, then pouring your frustrations out on the person on the other end of the phone, who had nothing to do with your problem, will just make them defensive, and not motivated to help you past the bare minimum. However, if you set up the situation so that you’re a person genuinely in need, and the person on the other end is the only one who can help you, and you appreciate the time and energy they’re putting in to help you solve your issue, then that activates the ol’ empathy responses, and suddenly they’re a whole lot more motivated to put in the effort to get your problem solved, because you appreciate the help they’re giving.
Plus they’re probably used to just getting yelled at all day, and so the chance to actually help someone have a nice day is usually a sorely needed experience for them.
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played him like a fiddle.
Man these last four pages or so have just been a source of a bunch of incredible yinglet faces I’m starting to think that’s the only reason there’s character drama in this comic.
I think panel 2 is the most “animalistic” I’ve seen Vizlet look, which is fun also.
Let’s call the one in the last panel a “clam-eating grin”.
Ahah, Narklet is tiny!
Well, that’s some solid wall of boring, ultraconservative lecturing she will have to pretend to be enthusiastic about, she just set herself up for.
Here’s to hoping he’s a flighty enough Yinglet to completely forget about it by next time they meet.
Hooily tiplod, Kass! This looks like it worked out great!
Even Vizlet seems shocked that this just happened, and maybe she’ll want some lessons to get Narklet off her back a bit?
But… maybe Vizlet’s face is one of concern, because she knows what’s going to happen now?
Maybe Narklet won’t be as enthralled as Kass expects, but also maybe he will be? He’s already made the decision that Kass won’t come with them just yet, which is already amazing, AND Kass has ingratiated himself with the Patriarch. What if they become ‘friends’ over this, or the Patriarch decides that he and Kass should have eggs? This could be dangerous, still…
I know, right?!?! Those last two speech bubble from Narklet were a CRAZY about-face that practically (if perhaps temporarily) derails his earlier primary motivation… But yeah,…totally, like you I worry that this will place Kass into a potentially “at your behest” situation that he may have to carefully back out of to avoid being cajoled into any sticky expectations by Narklet now that he’s been personally “engaged” by Kass as the one to provide “guidance” moving forward… We could potentially be seeing some “cringe moments” on the horizon for Kass far worse than the simple garment-based misunderstanding with Poak…
Hmmm. You think a lot of yinglets are used to low level conversational manipulation? Yinglets in general seem very earnest.
Just realised how similar they look.