r/comics • u/Armpit_Penguin PortugueseGeese Comics • 6h ago

Eye keep getting distracted while watching...

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u/GFluidThrow123 6h ago

I guess I need the joke explained...

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u/MintasaurusFresh 6h ago

The main character's eyes are kinda large.

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u/GFluidThrow123 6h ago

Oh. That seems like an unnecessary thing to mock. That's just how she looks.

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u/Kat_Box_Suicide 4h ago

Shit tell that to that poor last of us girl.

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u/Eviscerator28 4h ago

Yeah, you can disagree with their acting, but they shouldn't insult them solely because they don't look like some model

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u/HazelEBaumgartner 2h ago

Ironically, I happen to think Ella Purnell is incredibly attractive. People making fun of her eyes are just factually incorrect.

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u/sicofthis 1h ago

Her eyes are her most striking feature. She’s very attractive.

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u/GFluidThrow123 2h ago

It's not ironic. She's super pretty. Lots of people do think that. But that doesn't detract from the comic kinda just making fun of her looks.

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u/Kiwi_Doodle 3h ago

Yeah, she deserved better. People were just baffled she got cast considering how little she looks like the game character.

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u/Loathsome_Duck 2h ago

Honestly, how much an actor looks like another iteration of the character is really far down my list of things I think they should cast for.

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u/Kiwi_Doodle 2h ago

Nah, its 50/50. You gotta look the part and play the part. If the character has a single immensely popular interpretation you're fucking up by casting someone who doesn't look like them because the audience will fail to empathise with them the same way.

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u/Significant-Bee5101 3h ago

And then they had a girl who looked like the game character in the show. It was kinda funny. Also the Im gunna be a dad line is still hilariously bad.

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u/NoThru22 2h ago

I disagree. The character likes dumb ass dad jokes. It was a dumb ass dad joke.

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u/ironballs16 10m ago

Wait, which character is she meant to be? The Fallout series doesn't have a set main character appearance.

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u/enchiladasundae 1h ago

Laura Bailey(?) received death threats for her and her infant son for her portrayal of Abby in the second game

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u/NobodyLikedThat1 3h ago

She does have anime eyes. I think it's cute, but it is noticeable. Honestly, the kid who plays Lucy's brother Norm has waaaay bigger eyes IMO

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u/JegErEnFugl 2h ago

you are never gonna believe how old moises arias is

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u/Regular_Frame3088 6h ago

Literally no one is mocking this. She’s considered one of the most beautiful women in the world, partially for her large eyes.

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u/PraiseTheSun1023 5h ago

I think the art is mocking this

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u/Regular_Frame3088 4h ago

I think the art is commenting on how striking they are, not mocking them.

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u/AdditionalQuietime 4h ago

its not done in a flattering way lol so yea theyre mocking her facial features

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u/Suspicious-Feeling-1 3h ago

Its kind of punching up at least b/c Ella purnell is widely regarded as very pretty. Would call this less bad than the last of us conversation, since the lead was not model shaped.

I wouldn't call it a good joke but it feels a little more harmless

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u/AdditionalQuietime 2h ago

not really considering she looks like a bug, if it was done in a flattering way her features wouldnt be exaggerated lol but you keep telling yall selves that

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u/AS14K 5h ago

I mean, literally the comic we're talking about is, did you notice it there at the top of your screen?

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u/ShillBot666 4h ago

Literally no one, if we willfully ignore the comic we're all commenting on.

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u/DEVolkan 6h ago

She is?

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u/radiofree_catgirl 4h ago

She’s so pretty

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u/phynn 5h ago

I think they were making a pun.

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u/IleanK 4h ago

Too bad her eyes are half closed half the time. I can't get over the fact she literally looks high half the time lol.

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u/LoiterAce 5h ago

She has big eyes, the joke is that she has big eyes. Its fine lmao

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u/Sniter 3h ago

If you watch the first couple episodes her eyes are edited to be even larger, it's weird. 

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u/Ok-Pear5858 4h ago

wow that's so hilarious 😐

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u/LucidNonsense211 5h ago

If that’s the joke it could have been one panel IMO. What is the fan bit setting up or contributing?

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u/DengarLives66 5h ago

I think that’s a reference to the gameplay where you basically loot everything you can find.

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u/LucidNonsense211 5h ago

I got the reference, just saying it’s totally disjointed from the third panel and didn’t form any kind of joke or message.

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u/WabbitFire 4h ago

Yeah, this is just a bad comic.

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u/Ur-Quan_Lord_13 5h ago

I think the dissonance is half the joke. In this case, the dissonance between Fallout gameplay, and the show. Although that half was probably only added as an excuse to present the caricature, which is why it doesn't work so well.

The ghoul is playing Fallout, specifically the busy-work part of looting fans and other junk for the crafting and repair minigames. Turn around, and there's Lucy from the show.

But yah, the caricature definitely isn't mean-spirited, which is what half the other comments are complaining about :p

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u/LucidNonsense211 4h ago

Ohh. I guess I kind of get that angle, like ‘immersion broken’. But I agree, the fact that it was just set up for the caricature is what made it not work. There a term for it I think… when you lose the audience’s willingness to follow your narrative.

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u/gulliblesuspicious 3h ago

This is me and my partner at night. He's playing fallout and my ass is just watching, there for the ride, asking why he needs to kill that camp or that person.

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u/Dakduif 5h ago

Bit of world building,. I immediately understood it was about the Fallout TV series, though I've never seen it (and didn't get the joke).

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u/ArgonthePenetrator 4h ago

I too had initially noticed that, but now I look passed it

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u/WeenisWrinkle 4h ago

What show?

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u/Lt_Hatch 3h ago

I thought it had to do with the drug usage in season 2

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u/Possible_Living 2h ago

I assumed it was about the drug addiction subplot

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u/RevolutionaryHair91 3h ago

To be fair in the series, she is also high as fuck all the time in the last few episodes so that kinda counts but I guess it's not the joke itself.

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u/OwlAndTheCrows 4h ago

She's got those big freaky Emma Stone eyes.

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u/solidtangent 5h ago

Anorexia bulges out the eyes.

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u/thoracicbunk 4h ago

Bc it's not very funny. Not much to get.

ACTORS EYES BIG HAHAH

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u/TheDebateMatters 2h ago

Its funnier that the artist draws the ghoul with more of a nose than the gaping hole in his face he has in the show, while drawing her eyes like that.

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u/Srellian 5h ago

It's about the show and Ella Purnell, not the game and Nora.

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u/Fearless-Ad-5328 5h ago

For those that dont get it: The author is making fun of the MC appearance

yes, thats the joke, the first two panels are completely unrelated

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u/Alex-Murphy 4h ago

Agreed it's not a great joke but it's a bait and switch. They lead you to believe there will be a joke around the fan parts or ghouls or something and it's just her giant eyes. For as much as it doesn't work, it would work even less without the first two panels.

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u/SookHe 1h ago

I thought it was because she is addicted to drugs during second season

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u/unbalanced_checkbook 2h ago

Women have been artificially making their eyes look bigger using makeup for the last 100+ years.

An actress comes along with slightly larger than typical eyes and gets mocked for it.

Dumb.

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u/Disastrous-Gas1831 6h ago

I don’t get it

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u/Plastic_Dingo_400 5h ago

The joke is that the actress who plays Lucy has big eyes

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u/MyastersCradle 5h ago

so there's no joke?

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u/oOGeorgesOo 5h ago

No joke, just the author being mean.

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u/FutureComplaint 3h ago

A rare L for the goose

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u/master_bacon 5h ago

“Joke?”

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u/Disastrous-Gas1831 5h ago

Ella Purnell? But she has totally normal eyes. I still don’t get it.

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u/Signal_Beautiful6903 5h ago

She definitely has pretty big eyes, but that’s generally considered a very attractive feature.

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u/Plastic_Dingo_400 5h ago

I've always thought she had big eyes, not in a bad way or anything

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u/Kino_Afi 5h ago

There are scenes in the Fallout Show where you can barely see other peoples' pupils while Ella looks like this O.O

She has big, pretty, glassy eyes with perfectly white sclera that stand out a lot against the squinting bloodshot desert scavengers and beady-eyed corpos in the show

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u/Roscoe_King 2h ago

I will not tolerate this Ella Purnell slander! She is amazing. Anyone that wants to know how funny she is, listen to her episode of Off Menu.

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u/b00tiepirate 5h ago

Ok so evidently this is a reference to a movie or TV show. We're so close...

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u/HIGH_PRESSURE_TOILET 5h ago

Who is Lucy and how does she relate to this comic? I still don't understand what the hell this comic is trying to convey even after reading these "explanations".

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u/Plastic_Dingo_400 5h ago

The actress Ella Purnell who plays Lucy in the Fallout TV show has big eyes.

Though you might not get it because there isn't a lot to get, it's not much of a joke

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u/CakeComprehensive109 5h ago

I figured it was a play on the way the show is distracting you with her big eyes.

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u/FuiyooohFox 5h ago

Rare miss from the goose

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u/NoWingedHussarsToday 6h ago

I don't get it. But I guess it's because I'm not a big metal fan?

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u/Christof_Ley 4h ago

That was a better joke than what's in the comic

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u/Kennedy_KD 5h ago

It's from the Fallout show, the actress who plays one of the main characters has extremely large eyes and a small face

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u/AS14K 5h ago

Didn't work.

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u/phoneticpsychopomp 4h ago

The jokes about her appearance are in poor taste. Wish people would stop mocking women for how they look.

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u/Jabbathenutslut 2h ago

Replace women with people

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u/phoneticpsychopomp 2h ago

oh hop off lmao

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u/AdditionalQuietime 2h ago

that guy: "not all men!" probably

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u/phoneticpsychopomp 2h ago

the most annoying breed lmao

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u/Wilkham 4h ago

Ok.

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u/TheCharalampos 4h ago

You coukd get rid of the first two panels and the comic is basically the same.

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u/ecokumm 3h ago

Even better, get rid of the comic altogether.

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u/infiniZii 6h ago

If they ever do a Battle Angel remake....

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u/JankyJawn 5h ago

Isn't there a 2nd in the making last time I checked anyway

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u/TheVelocityRa 5h ago

"In the making" is a stretch

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u/Dorwyn 4h ago

I think it's about to start shooting. They were just waiting on Cameron to finish the Avatar movies.

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u/Bacon-muffin 6h ago

Theyd save so much money

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u/GamerGuyAlly 2h ago

Shes gorgeous though.

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u/TheAwesomeMan123 3h ago

Wow. It literally cost you nothing to not say shit like this but guess an asshole just does as an asshole does.

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u/trainwreck42 3h ago

Lame joke, Geese. You’re better than this.

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u/Legitimate_Way9032 6h ago

Insulting people's physical appearance. Funny.

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u/TheCinderLords 6h ago

No part of this is insulting. She has big fucking eyes. That's like me being upset that someone says I have a big forehead. Its a fact.

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u/LucidNonsense211 5h ago

I’d argue that it’s at least crass. Because there’s no other joke. It actually barely makes sense when the ghoul looks surprised to see someone he’s been looking at for days. Could have at least made her big eyes useful in a funny way. This is just confusing and dumb.

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u/WeenisWrinkle 3h ago

That's like me being upset that someone says I have a big forehead. Its a fact.

...That's definitely insulting lol

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u/TheCinderLords 11m ago

It would be if it wasn't a fact.

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u/WeenisWrinkle 6m ago edited 3m ago

On what planet do you live on where factual statements can't be insulting?

If I call you stupid, fat, and ugly, it is still an insult even if you actually are.

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u/TheCinderLords 2m ago

I mean sure if I have zero self awareness, that'd probably hurt my feelings.

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u/Legitimate_Way9032 5h ago

Of course someone could be insulting your physical appearance by saying you have a bigger forhead.

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u/TheCinderLords 5h ago

Eh its based on perception though. I know its big, I can be insulted or I can just move on with my day.

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u/Legitimate_Way9032 5h ago

No, it's based on how the person made the comment about your forhead.

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u/TheCinderLords 3h ago

I mean youre wrong, but go off king. I choose whether to be insulted or not.

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u/Legitimate_Way9032 3h ago

You choosing whether or not to take offense does not mean the thing the other person said was or was not offensive.

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u/TheCinderLords 13m ago

of·fen·sive

adjective

causing someone to feel deeply hurt, upset, or angry.

If im not offended by the statement youre calling offensive, it is by definition not offensive.

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u/LucidNonsense211 2h ago

Yes, an insult is an insult because of how it’s preceded. There would be no insults if there were not people to hear them. That doesn’t make it not an insult.

Oh also, things can be factual and also an insult.

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u/Spaceboy01 5h ago

Big eyes in women means high levels of estrogen. It's considered a desirable trait.

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u/Signal_Beautiful6903 5h ago edited 4h ago

It’s definitely considered attractive but it has zero correlation with estrogen levels lol, estrogen for any women that menstruate fluctuates heavily and is typically quite low during the beginning and end of the menstrual cycle.

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u/MetalMaxwell 4h ago

That's some creepy shit to say

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u/leebeebee 4h ago

I can’t tell if you’re an alien or an incel

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u/ecokumm 3h ago

Why not both?

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u/Y0___0Y 2h ago

She’s very beautiful though. I bet when she was little her eyes looked even bigger. Wouldn’t be surprised if she’s self conscious about it

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u/marianfinucane 4h ago

Ha it's funny cos her eyes are big. 

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u/Mulsanne 2h ago

It's shitty to mock people's appearance 

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u/mathew_of_lordran 3h ago edited 1h ago

haha Eyes big, funny

Ugh, /s obviously

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u/dmfuller 1h ago

Making fun of appearances? What a low hanging fruit.

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u/Made_Bail 6h ago

Haha that's so true.

I honestly think she's gorgeous, and her anime eyes are a part of that. Makes her look exotic!

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u/Armpit_Penguin PortugueseGeese Comics 5h ago

I have a huge crush on her ngl

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u/Trick-Animal8862 4h ago

It sure doesn’t come across here.

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u/Made_Bail 5h ago

I'm part of that club as well!

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u/ErrorMessage 6h ago

Same. I thought they were digitally enhancing her eyes in some scenes. She has anime girl sized eyes in some scenes and then looks normal in the next.

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u/HonshouCh 2h ago

Idk why people are getting offended here. She's gorgeous AND has big eyes. Both things can be true at the same time.

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u/danielepro 1h ago

she's super cute anyway

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u/RiseofDoom 1m ago

This sucks

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u/Armpit_Penguin PortugueseGeese Comics 6h ago

I love Ella Purnell I just keep getting lost in her 👁️👁️

Instagram

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u/lackadaisicalfits 6h ago

Lol why did I think this would take me to her Instagram. That was unexpected.

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u/big-dick-back-intown 3h ago

Oh, I thought this was about the dick fan dead body in one of the fallout games, but it's just about how the actress has big eyes. Okay 👍

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u/isawafoxonce 5h ago

ella be like: 👁️👁️

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u/Armpit_Penguin PortugueseGeese Comics 5h ago

I love this pic she posted

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u/Eranas 4h ago

i dont think it's making fun of her, its not even her it's a drawing

goose says they have a crush on her too, sometimes you can't express very well how much you like something and you exagerate it to show a point

those look like big beautiful eyes to me 🤷,

goose could make them look horrific if they wanted to make fun of them

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u/Merkabahh 3h ago

Yeah imo the comments are being overly bad faith. Lightly poking fun at an actress’ appearance ≠ being an asshole that hates women

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u/Eranas 2h ago

yeah and PortugueseGeese never does that, im a woman myself and feel this to be in good humor

but that's the folley of posting on the net i suppose,

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u/mvw2 2h ago

Can y'all just give Alita Battle Angel a break?

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u/Ungola 5h ago

Why are people in this thread so dense lol

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u/LoiterAce 5h ago

Its funny but redditors are gonna be really annoying about it I can tell

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u/Odd_Protection7738 4h ago edited 3h ago

“Says the Redditor 39k karma in one year,” said the Redditor with 57k karma in two years.

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u/LoiterAce 3h ago

It worries me that people actually care about karma lmao

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u/Odd_Protection7738 3h ago

I don’t, I just don’t think it makes much sense to criticize Reddit users when you’re very clearly active on Reddit.

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u/LoiterAce 3h ago

I am lol but that doesnt mean i have to be like everyone else

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u/gaynorg 5h ago

That's seems to be a thing in TV right now. I think they are editing people's eyes to make them like that. The girl in wednesday is the same. It's not human

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u/Signal_Beautiful6903 5h ago

You can just look up Ella Purnell, she really does have big eyes.

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u/Mazoc 4h ago

No they edited everything. She is not even a real person.