Gunnerkrigg Court 3: Mystery Solved!

[SlyGuyMcFly]

I have noticed that......Nothings happening! This whole comic is a giant world-building arc, with occasional flashes of minor occurrences.

Uh, yeah. That's what Gunnerkrigg is mostly about. Interesting interactions between characters and the world. Having a singular major plot that is the central focus of the comic such as OotS are not what GC does. It's a different sort of story.

Everything feels so cutesy, like everybody is having a giant feelings jam, or is pouty, and requires a feeling jam to make it right.

That's Gunnerkrigg right from the start. Remember Basil?

Sure there are a few ongoing story elements (Dad issues, Robots, and ghost lady and nature/ non-nature relationships) , but they don't feel important. Sure they TALK about importance of these things but its just TREATED in a "Meh- when the worldbuilding gets there" type way. Nothing is critical or vital, and im not very interested in the world anymore.

Sounds like GC isn't a story you enjoy. It's actually fairly episodic, stuff happens and gets (mostly) solved in each chapter, a few threads of the larger plot are added or removed, and the next episode repeats over again.