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WCDT: 2026-2030 (3-7 October 2011)
jwhouk:
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--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 07 Oct 2011, 07:24 ---At the expense of Marten.
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This assumes that there is "one true relationship", which is not so, neither in Jeph's mind (under 509 he wrote: "I honestly have no idea whether this is going to lead them to be together in the end or not"), nor in Marten's (also in 509: "If I have to have you as a friend and not a girlfriend, I'd rather at least have you as a HAPPY friend"), nor typically in the wider world.
--- Quote ---The day Marten moves out will be a good day for him.
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I can see why you say that, but it's not really that simple. Consider that he had his long-standing relationship with Dora without moving out, and he appears to have thought about trying to start up with Padma also without moving out; living with Faye is not necessarily holding him back, though of course it contributed in the end to Dora breaking up with him - but that was down to Dora rather than him. Finally, moving out might get him away from some familiar potential hang-ups, but there is a reasonable chance that he'd move right into a different set; the ability to move on in the same environment is one sign of a developing personality, I'd suggest, so if he does, that would be interesting.
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That brings up something - and I'm not trying to pull the OTP here, so hear me out: Jeph admitted in Volume 2 when he discussed "The Talk" arc that he'd had a definite ending to QC already set up.* I wonder if part of his longer-term plans still include that planned ending, because that may be a reason why Marten won't be going anywhere anytime soon.**
* - If you don't already know what that ending was going to be, you need to go buy the book.
** - Nor will the other, obvious party involved in the ending. Go buy the book already!
Sorflakne:
--- Quote from: Fhqwhgads on 07 Oct 2011, 09:57 ---
--- Quote from: akronnick on 07 Oct 2011, 03:22 ---Sound off: where did you grow up and did kids there play such a game and if they did, what was it called?
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FWIW, I grew up in northern Minnesota and I'm remembering this as "Duck Duck Grey Duck".
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You heathen...As someone who also grew up in northern MN, it was called 'Duck duck Goose!'.
Is it cold in here?:
Jeph's put a lot of dirt on the grave of the original ending.
Method of Madness:
Wait, he actually says what said ending IS? Or just that he did have an ending (which may not even be true 1500 strips later)?
DSL:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 07 Oct 2011, 10:24 ---
--- Quote from: Fhqwhgads on 07 Oct 2011, 09:57 ---FWIW, I grew up in northern Minnesota and I'm remembering this as "Duck Duck Grey Duck".
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According to Wikipedia, that's the only state in which the "goose" form is not used! But "grey duck" is used elsewhere alongside "goose".
I have no recollection of either myself or my children playing this form of tag in the UK, though I note that as close as France the circular form (using the dropping of a rag) is played as "rag tag".
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Ohio born and bred here. "Duck duck goose" it was for me.
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