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WCDT: 2271-75 (10-14 September 2012) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
DSL:
"Jumping the shark" might have had meaning once, say shortly after one A. Fonzarelli avoided internalizing himself vis-a-vis the selachian, but the term has been abused and overused to the point where it is just another buzzword intended to disguise subjective evaluaton as objective fact -- in other words, a substitute for thought.
Akima:
Claims that a work has "jumped the shark" are very clichéd, and usually say more about the person making the judgement than the work. Referring to a gay relationship as being "injected" and "trying to be edgy" is rather revealing, for example. Jeph is not Rick Santorum, and QC is hardly Leave It To Beaver, so I wonder why someone would think that the creator of the comic, or its audience, would find a gay relationship "edgy". I don't know where the opinion cesariojpn quoted came from, but it sent my homophobia-meter straight into the red.
I mean "lesbo"? Really? :psyduck: Why not call Emily a gook while you're at it?
Edit: Made clear that I understand that cesariojpn was quoting someone else's opinion. That was sloppy proof-reading on my part. Sorry.
Is it cold in here?:
I think the reference was to that person on Twitter (a Twit?) who was afraid that QC would become "gay".
Mothykins:
--- Quote from: Akima on 09 Sep 2012, 19:49 ---Claims that a work has "jumped the shark" are very clichéd, and usually say more about the person making the judgement than the work. Referring to a gay relationship as being "injected" and "trying to be edgy" is rather revealing, for example. Jeph is not Rick Santorum, and QC is hardly Leave It To Beaver, so I wonder why someone would think that the creator of the comic, or its audience, would find a gay relationship "edgy". I don't know where the opinion cesariojpn came from, but it sent my homophobia-meter straight into the red.
I mean "lesbo"? Really? :psyduck: Why not call Emily a gook while you're at it?
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Given the quotation marks around cesariojpn's comment, I assume it wasn't his own thoughts.
jwhouk:
You know, I'm wondering how many of the strips have featured banter between Dora and Faye (and/or some other combination of the two with another person or persons) at CoD since Dora was introduced? I'm betting on something akin to about 700+ of the strips to date.
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