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Oh, Sven ...
sandysmilinstrange:
Yeah, going out on a limb, I'd say you'll probably be visiting this subforum again.
Sketchpad:
--- Quote from: SrMeowMeow on 06 Feb 2009, 07:05 ---And, to be clear, the problem I have with this comic (meaning this specific one, not the whole of QC) and all it stands for is basically that all the meaningless casual sex has a tendency to come off as the author's private fantasies and not so grounded in any coherent plot-line. Like...that comic where Faye is talking about having the alphabet trick done on her. I mean, Jeph's a guy, so that can't be personal experience - so, to me, it's just easy writing to titillate his audience (and himself?)
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Just because he's a guy doesn't mean he can't write female experience. That's what being an author is all about. If people only wrote what they knew, we'd have the most boring literary/art selection ever.
SrMeowMeow:
--- Quote from: Sketchpad on 06 Feb 2009, 09:20 ---
--- Quote from: SrMeowMeow on 06 Feb 2009, 07:05 ---And, to be clear, the problem I have with this comic (meaning this specific one, not the whole of QC) and all it stands for is basically that all the meaningless casual sex has a tendency to come off as the author's private fantasies and not so grounded in any coherent plot-line. Like...that comic where Faye is talking about having the alphabet trick done on her. I mean, Jeph's a guy, so that can't be personal experience - so, to me, it's just easy writing to titillate his audience (and himself?)
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Just because he's a guy doesn't mean he can't write female experience. That's what being an author is all about. If people only wrote what they knew, we'd have the most boring literary/art selection ever.
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I don't know. I guess you're right, but here's an example...there's some webcomic I saw linked somewhere called, like, Lesbian Space Pirates or something. I checked it out hoping desperately that it was at least written by a woman. It was, and turned out to actually be written by a lesbian, so, score, I guess :-P My point is, you can see how a webcomic about Lesbian Space Pirates written by a man could easily come across as exploitative, right? I feel like there's a fine line between writing for a variety of characters of both genders, and just projecting desires on the characters or getting easy copy out of having some characters just having some gratuitous sex.
As I said, it's a) personal preference and b) a fine line, that for the most part I think Jeph successfully straddles. I mean, I do like QC. But I don't think it's unfair to sometimes complain when I think it goes too far in one direction or another.
bfd:
But doesnt complaining about 'fanservice' and voicing what you think was done wrong should also be considered a ploy for 'fanservice'? If its not, then it seems like a big 'LOOK AT ME' ploy, where as its as if you just wanted to say someting for the sake of saying something. Meh, oh well, people of all types lurk these vast intarwebz...
I myself found today's comic very surprising, yet I wasnt taken a back, because I can see Sven getting into a situation like this. You had to know it was going to happen sooner or later, and in all honesty I kinda had Sven's intern girl pegged as the one it would happen with. And for the record, I LOL'd at Sven's line in the last panel, hehe.
pwhodges:
Also, this story, like any other, is a slice of life, not the whole of it; thus, it can never be perfectly balanced in all respects. So what?
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