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QC: Behind the Scenes
jwhouk:
See, that's what this thread was for - to have fun imagining our favorite characters "out of character".
Of course, I think a more obvious one with Claire would be, "I don't even like books!"
Is it cold in here?:
Who are you calling a small bore?
Carl-E:
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I also don't know why you said "Bigendered Clinton". The early Claire-things on his Tumblr didn't say a thing about Clinton. [1][2]
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I'm pretty sure he was referring to this drawing that Jeph made with both a male and female version of Clinton, before he started posting drawings of Claire.
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Thanks, Cesium. I'm sure I'd never have found it on my own. My archive-fu is getting weak with disuse.
--- Quote from: Valdís on 12 May 2013, 11:45 ---It wasn't before she was introduced, she was around the library etc. 41 strips before that, people just didn't know they're related, hence why Hanners asks. C'mon, though, he uncomfortably dodges going into the accusation-sounding question on whether he has a sister (specifically gendered and in bold for emphasis) for fear of saying something wrong and then Claire gets all worried about what kinds of things he might've told them. She also mentions not being okay with how she was "designed" in that situation - without us having much of any hint she had depression issues.
This just seems like reaching to dismiss signs of it being planned, especially since Jeph said he's wanted to introduce a transgender character for a long time when Claire tells Marten, so certainly not just some spur-of-the-moment idea to make Claire fit that. Not saying it'd "for sure definitely be about transgender stuff" to our perception at the very moment those strips came out, but it's the thing that makes sense in retrospect as part of her character. I don't get why it'd be something better if he grabbed a random character and just went "This'll be the Trans one" at all, though.
I also don't know why you said "Bigendered Clinton". The early Claire-things on his Tumblr didn't say a thing about Clinton. [1][2]
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You make some good points. Unfortunately, we don't really know if Jeph introduced Claire to be the trans* character he'd wanted, or if it was a later realization on his part - that she'd just been used as an intern initially, and in fleshing her out he made the decision (rather like what he's done with Emily's character, making her someone who appears to be a total ditz/outsider/god knows what). The fact that we've seen nothing of Gabby is, I think, evidence that the interns were probably initially introduced as a Foil for Marten's development. For some reason two of them appealed to him and he took them much further, one fulfilling a desire he had for a trans character, another filling the need for wacky in a comic (Hey, Raven's working on her Ph.D., after all...)
But I think you may well be right. By the time of those foreshadowings, he probably did have her "reveal" planned. Hard to say how far in advance he thinks these things out, but I get the feeling that it was sometime after he decided Clinton and Claire were siblings. I'm not saying that they definitely weren't foreshadowings, but I don't think it's a reach to say that they may not have been - they're just too vague. It's a situation of unknown intent, unlike the "FORBODE"ings Marten had to wave away in the Padma arc. Not everything that can be read as foreshadowing was necessarily intended that way!
And, of course, not everything that was meant as a foreshadowing gets read that way... :wink:
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 12 May 2013, 05:27 ---The trans* character was an extra in For Your Eyes Only.
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Point of order, Mr Speaker! Caroline Cossey ("Tula") is intersex, XXXY. As such she has the same legal issues from being born in the UK that I do.
Getting back on-topic, Randy the Bandicoot is played by an Australian stunt double, who wishes to remain anonymous. He occasionally visits the states. He does a lot of work with Jacky Chan, whose Australian connections go way back.
WAYF:
SAMANTHA: I was really excited to be working on something that wasn't my school's production of Shakespeare for a change. I tried out for the part of Samantha, which was really the only kid role they had going. I was very lucky to get it actually. The section of the building our auditions were in was being renovated, and there was this ladder propped up against the wall leading to a hole in the ceiling, so, you know, I thought I'd have a look while everyone was waiting. Then I kind of... *laughs* actually, I got lost up there. Cause there was this whole hollowed-out section inside the building, and it was kinda like a maze. Then I got stuck in a really tight space, and had to yell and scream so someone could come and get me out. By the time I got out of there I was convered in plaster and sawdust. Jeph took one look at me and gave me the part. Apparently he'd wanted one of us to climb up there all along.
Funny thing though, I got interested in doing something for Questionable Content because my older cousin Harriet got a role here too. But everyone gets all shifty when I ask what character she plays.
(cut away)
TAI: I actually did get to meet Ellen Allien. Leave it to Jeph to actually bring a celebrity onto the set. Marten, Henry and Maurice knew in advance. I didn't. That reaction of me yelling at my phone when I saw that picture? That was real. I thought maybe she'd been and gone already and I'd totally missed my chance, but no, she was still on set. Watching me flip out, as it happened. So that's the single most embarrassing way I've ever introduced myself to a celebrity (but she also found it flattering, apparently).
HENRY: Jeph was actually pretty worried that the wedding, fictional though it was, would get disrupted, you know, picketed by the Westboro Baptist Church. I thought I took a pretty cavalier attitude to the whole thing actually, I was like "Sure! Bring it on! If they start shouting at us, we'll just extend the kiss by a good 5 minutes and see what they want to do about it!" As it turned out, there was one crotchety old farmer type from down the road who turned up at our location and started heckling us. Not threatening at all, but it was disruptive. Then, quite amazingly actually, all the guys at the fictional wedding paired up with other guys and made a big point of showing they were all about to make out in unison. Maurice's idea. Turns out he's far more cavalier than I am. *chuckles* The heckler left pretty quickly after that, I can tell you.
MAURICE: Is it bad that I was actually hoping the heckler would stay around for a bit so that all the guys would start making out? I mean, that's basically my dream wedding scenario! If I ever have a wedding in real life, I'm going to have that going on in the background the whole time. Synchronized man-kissing.
(cut away)
HARRIET: PETS. I run a PET STORE.
("Synchronized man-kissing" might be the best thing I have ever written.)
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