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zane . @zane,

Remember when I talked about political theory?

Yeah, me neither. I think it's interesting that, in the early days in Dumbing of Age, Dorothy still has the traces of her initial character design ( basically a villain, but it's complicated) that make her look severe and mean. Later, as the art style gets softer and the crisp lines fade, she starts looking kinder.

Besides just being the byproduct of the author's art style evolving over the years, you can also interpret the change in design symbolizing how dating Walky softened her and made her doubt whether becoming president is really what she wanted.

I think a lot of the changes in design do similar things and golly this'll end up as a thread won't it.

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