Artcow Aaron/Senna Diaz - Creator of Dresden Codak

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Ah, Dresden Codak. I used to really like that comic... I think because I misunderstood Diaz's intentions a little.

See, I always assumed he meant Kimiko to come off as a huge giant bitch that deserved most of the misery she got. That her obsession with technology and the Singularity were not necessarily positive traits, that her rejection of humanity was foolish and a sign of immaturity, and that the way she treated her friends was supposed to be shameful and disgusting. I just assumed she was meant to be a deeply, deeply flawed character who would learn her lesson when faced with the reality of what she supposedly wanted. But then the stupid science-city arc started and no, she's still the same bitch but apparently she's now much more reasonable and grounded than everyone else because he populated the city with science-morons. Apparently her being nasty and dismissive to everyone is supposed to prove how smart and sciencey she is, or whatever, and anyone that doesn't appreciate that is some dumb jock who likes sportball.

Basically I assumed he was deliberately writing a flawed wreck of a human being who had lots of room to develop into something more. Apparently he was just writing his ideal waifu Mary Sue (because fuck you Diaz she is). At least back when I was reading and enjoying the comic I could mostly ignore how absolutely moronic his personal politics were... now that the comic became unreadable, his retarded personal politics are all there is to him.

I will give him credit for two things, though: the alternate prehistory comic (which I enjoyed even if it's not as original a concept as he thinks it is), and the Caveman Science Fiction comic (which is still one of the better critiques of the luddism inherent in a lot of science fiction).
 
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Jigglyjogglers said:
Basically I assumed he was deliberately writing a flawed wreck of a human being who had lots of room to develop into something more. Apparently he was just writing his ideal waifu Mary Sue (because fuck you Diaz she is).
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Didn't you get the message? Anyone who uses the term "Mary Sue" as a critique has soggy knees.

Anyhow, I think it's interesting how he modeled Kimiko into his perfect waifu to the point of being a Rule 63 of himself. If she were real, she and Aaron would be the most ill-tempered couple imaginable. Say, you see them emerging from a cinema:

Aaron: I did not like this movie at all. The hero was misogynistic and by far not sufficiently steampunk-styled for my highbrow tastes!

Kimiko (walking arm in arm with him): I did not like this movie either. It was full of scientific inaccuracies and it portrayed robots in an unfavorable light.

Aaron: I venture to say it was misomechanistic as well as misogynistic. To say nothing about several lines uttered by the hero that were clearly transphobic. The ending also had some unfortunate communist and collectivist implications!

Kimiko: And the nuclear fusion laboratory scene had an equation on the whiteboard in the background that had nothing to do with nuclear or plasma physics. Movie directors need to get scientists to check their scripts pronto! *)

Basically, they'd be the only couple in the world whose pillow talk consists of passionately breathed complaints about pop culture.


*) I'd somewhat agree with her here though.
 
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(Nookie Bear retweeted this BTW)

http://dresdencodak.tumblr.com/post/137106921316/this-is-completely-unrelated-to-dresden-codak-but

In his letters and also in Lost Tales/Unfinished Tales/Etc., Tolkien connects the crown of Autism historically with the Sperg of Autism. This was inspired by Plato’s idea that Egypt, etc. were founded by pretentious hipsters who quote Plato without ever having read him. (This is likely why the Autistic language has Sperg). Tolkien explicitly made Sperg Sperg Sperg, and it’s no coincidence that the kingdom of Gondor roughly corresponds Sperg Autism Sperg Autism Sperg Autism. Given the thousands of years involved, Gondor had to have been Social Justice Warrior by the time of Autism, but Sperg Autism Sperg Autism Sperg Sperg Sperg Autism Autism Autism hmgmbmmm...

All this may or may not be so, but Tolkien is still a mediocre writer of pop literature and not a real novelist and most of all the Lord of the Rings is NOT mythology, Aaron, because mythology has by definition cultural roots going back millenia. Check your literary vocabulary once in a lifetime instead of your privilege, dude.


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I wonder whether it is wise of him to sell these. The Mouse is known to be lawsuit happy...

(PS. I realize she is not "made to look like Kimiko", but it's more like Aaron cannot draw more than a few faces and all of these are ill-tempered and/or smug.)
 
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He also hates Han Solo: http://dresdencodak.tumblr.com/day/2015/12/24/

It's mildly surprising, because, being a Randroid, you'd think Aaron would love the libertarian stereotypes present in Han (and by extension all Corellians if you believe the Expanded Spergiverse). But Han probably is far too much of a shitlord because he actually talks back at Leia when she's bitching off at him and over all doesn't seem to be suffering great feelings of guilt because he's a white cishet male.
 
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That's not even a posh expression on his face, though. That's a straight up pissed off brow furrow.
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He looks like a mad scientist surgically implanted orange juice and tooth paste into the taste center of his brain

My favorite Aaron Diaz moment is when he decried stories with black and white morals.

While telling a story with black and white morals
 
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SteelPlatedHeart said:
Diaz wants asspats.

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Everytime I hear him talk about physical turmoil for drawing the comic I want to tell him he is not Sakurai or suffers from some disease in his hand that makes it painful for using it for anythign else aside of ego masturbation. Oh sure, he is sick, but not in the hands.
 
DykesDykesChina said:
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I wonder whether it is wise of him to sell these. The Mouse is known to be lawsuit happy...

(PS. I realize she is not "made to look like Kimiko", but it's more like Aaron cannot draw more than a few faces and all of these are ill-tempered and/or smug.)
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What is it with Diaz's "chicks with buck teeth" fetish?!
 
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DykesDykesChina said:
He also hates Han Solo: http://dresdencodak.tumblr.com/day/2015/12/24/

It's mildly surprising, because, being a Randroid, you'd think Aaron would love the libertarian stereotypes present in Han (and by extension all Corellians if you believe the Expanded Spergiverse).
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How can this moron be a Randroid and a pussified SJW at the same time? That doesn't work.

Ayn Rand was a flat-out misogynist who hated women. (And, appropriately, married an effeminate beta cuck who she treated like shit.)
 
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Well there's a pretty easy answer:
He doesn't actually believe in one of those and is just doing it for some sort of popularity. Obviously that's the SJW bit. We've seen how he acts towards women voicing contradictory opinions...
 
AnOminous said:
How can this moron be a Randroid and a pussified SJW at the same time?
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Lolcows can be a lot of things at the same time which the rest of us don't even dream about. Just think about Nookie Bear who created a substantial opus of fetish art while screaming about Quiet's outfit being misogynistic, or the redpill people who have no trouble claiming simultanously that women are stupid and inferior as well as in control of everything and exploiting the sullen silent men.

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http://dresdencodak.com/2012/03/09/dark-science-17/

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http://dresdencodak.com/2013/07/04/dark-science-26/
 
Jigglyjogglers said:
So does anyone else think it says something that he has the "intelligent, thoughtful" women dressed like men (right down to flat chests), but the shallow and/or crazy ones are all done up in feminine finery?
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Because he's a shallow ponce who wants to marry his own character.
 
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Jigglyjogglers said:
So does anyone else think it says something that he has the "intelligent, thoughtful" women dressed like men (right down to flat chests), but the shallow and/or crazy ones are all done up in feminine finery?
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I suspect this is in part because he got criticism over his earlier comics showing off Kimiko's boobieliciousness too obviously.
 
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