Shortpacked! by David Willis

Discussion (10) ¬

1. 
   Viktor

   April 14, 2010 at 12:34 pm | # | Reply

   Doesn’t seem all that out-of-character for Ethan, actually. He cares about his friends, and would do anything for them. Galasso’s kidnapping and the subsequent CPR sales were just an attempt to keep his friends employed. Not really that odd for him, IMHO.

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     Valil

     November 13, 2011 at 8:45 pm | # | Reply

     plus the fact that he is a HUGE hypocrite

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       Random Webcomics Junkie

       May 3, 2013 at 1:01 am | # | Reply

       He never seemed to me like a character who was very deliberate in his life choices. He just sort of drifted – he drifted into his job at Shortpacked!, he drifted into discovering his sexual orientation, he drifted in and out of relationships. This is another example of him going with the flow – going along with Robin locking Galasso up and putting him in charge.

       Ethan finally beginning to steer his own destiny rather than watching where it would take him was essential to his character development. From here in the future, his story is finished because he finally learned how to make his own choices rather than just being buffetted about by external forces.
2. 
   Rigugonkai

   October 8, 2010 at 10:48 pm | # | Reply

   this is why stores should never have drama tags.

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     Andrew

     February 19, 2011 at 6:56 am | # | Reply

     I think their current problem is that they DON’T have a drama tag present.
3. 
   Rigugonkai

   October 8, 2010 at 10:49 pm | # | Reply

   At least retail stores anyway.
4. 
   Landshark

   April 3, 2011 at 6:15 pm | # | Reply

   I know it’s obvious as hell, but the Watchmen reference in here is awesome.
5. 
   Romanticide

   April 14, 2011 at 1:12 am | # | Reply

   hehehe nice reference to tales of the black freighter
6. 
   Menachem Schmuel

   September 24, 2011 at 12:49 pm | # | Reply

   Meh, I still don’t think Ethan’s in the wrong. I mean, for one thing, it wasn’t his idea to put Galasso in the cage, and (as far as I remember) he objected to it initially. Plus, he didn’t try to take power–Robin nominated him, and the others went along with it. And though Ethan’s policies may not have been that different from Galasso’s, his motivations were different. Galasso wanted to make as much money as possible and, eh, “build an empire,” while Ethan just wants to keep everyone employed.

   That’s my two cents, anyway.
7. 
   Wack'd

   April 2, 2012 at 9:21 pm | # | Reply

   I’d love it if this book actually ends up being called Voyage of the Black Repaint.