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WCDT: 2016-2020 (19-23 Sep 2011)
cabbagehut:
--- Quote from: westrim on 21 Sep 2011, 20:00 ---It is completely realistic. It just happens to be a different reality. I remember reading something once where Jeph expressed surprise at people not realizing it was science fiction despite the "little robots running around" and other stuff that is my our standards fantastical. The comic has always been in a world with that stuff going on, and to get all picky and annoyed that it's not focusing on the human relationships quite as much at this point in time is a bit pedantic. Also, passive and reasonable describes exactly one character on a consistent basis, and that's Marten.
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Agree to disagree, I suppose. I know it's a science-fiction reality, but it's just not my style of science-fiction. I just don't particularly care for those aspects of the story, because they feel... underdeveloped, I guess? Lots of comics have various non-realistic aspects to them, and you sort of just suspend disbelief because they're not engaged or something. I felt that was about the AnthroPCs in QC. They were just sort of ancillary things that didn't change the fundamental nature of the world - just sort of a reinterpretation of the actual world with talking personal robots. I don't feel that I'm being particularly pedantic here, because I'm not saying these things don't belong or that they're terrible and should be removed forever, just that I find them less interesting and I have a harder time suspending my disbelief when Momo moved from a little personal computer to basically a human-sized doll. Part of this is probably that the AnthroPCs often don't interact with anyone outside of their homes and don't have a lot of character development. They seem like wacky side-kicks, not actual characters? I'm not sure why I don't appreciate them, exactly.
I said "somewhat" passive and reasonable - most of the characters at this point have expected reactions and don't seem to be there just to stir up drama. Tai, maybe, doesn't fall into this category (and it's one of the reasons I don't often like her character, but I feel she's mostly believable). Pretty much everyone else, in my opinion, does do things that are reasonable. I mean, they make mistakes, but they rarely do anything as brash as leaping off of a cliff. Faye might rudely snark at someone, or Hannelore might have a strange reaction to something, but we understand why that happens. Maybe with more development, I'll like Samantha/Sam more.
CompSarge:
MAN HOW ABOUT THOSE BACKGROUNDS THEY CERTAINLY LOOK LIKE NATURE DON'T THEY? :psyduck:
pwhodges:
I sympathise with Marten. When I trekked up Mount Kenya (in 1989), one of our camps was on a plateau at 14,000ft. The edge of the plateau had a sheer drop to the valley below of over a kilometre - I did look over the edge (at the tops of the clouds in the valley), but I crawled to it...
And I see Sam got grazes on both arms and legs from bumping down that cliff.
Is it cold in here?:
This is evidence in favor of the belief that Padma is clueless.
cesariojpn:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 22 Sep 2011, 00:00 ---This is evidence in favor of the belief that Padma is clueless.
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Bachi. Bachi for Padma.
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