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WCDT: 2271-75 (10-14 September 2012) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
ponderch3rry:
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--- Quote from: Redball on 11 Sep 2012, 19:02 ---Sorry, what does ""I TA them", mean? I've not heard that phrase before.
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TA in this usage, if I understand correctly, is a transitive verb made out of the phrase "teaching assistant," similar to "ship" and "shipping," in forum usage a transitive verb from "relationship."
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Thanks! I kind of thought that's what Jeph was getting at, but I didn't know if it was an American term so I guess I over thought it a bit :P
--- Quote from: Akima on 11 Sep 2012, 18:14 ---Answered earlier in this thread.
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Sorry, I must have head-up-ass disease because for some reason I thought the convo about today's strip started on the 3rd page :)
Shjade:
--- Quote from: Renewman on 11 Sep 2012, 15:01 ---
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 10 Sep 2012, 21:48 ---
--- Quote from: Renewman on 10 Sep 2012, 15:08 ---it doesn't feel organic at all. It feels more like Dora going out with her because why the hell not?
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Exactly. This is a slice of life comic, and sometimes life is like that - doing the wrong thing for the wrong reason.
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You misinterpreted what I meant. I meant it feels like Dora was put with Tai just because, not because I believe real life isn't like that. Hope that clarified.
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Except that "just because" is often an "organic" motivation for things taking place.
The dynamics of Tai hooking up with Dora, at the base level, don't seem, to me, all that different from Dora hooking up with Marten. Faye and Marten are a thing, they break up, Dora (Faye's boss?) picks up the slack, new relationship. This is the reverse order of same mechanics.
Different people, different circumstances? Well yes, obviously, and it's happening in a shorter span of time. More contrived? Not particularly, no, in that having a limited cast of interacting characters means most things will be contrived on some level simply because of the limitations in place.
There's nothing wrong with disliking the relationship or the arc - we all have our favorites and preferences. As far as the writing goes, though, it's no more or less "believable" than the earlier relationships in the strip from where I sit.
Madmartigan:
Erm.
What?
I can't tell if you're being serious or using a parallel poorly, but Marten and Faye were never together....not even close.
Tova:
--- Quote from: Madmartigan on 11 Sep 2012, 20:53 ---I can't tell if you're being serious or using a parallel poorly, but Marten and Faye were never together....not even close.
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My interpretation of Shjade's post is that the common factor in both relationships is that, prior to each relationship starting, the initiator in each case was unable to make a move because the object of their affections was interested in someone else at the time (even though in one case the relationship never actually got started).
But their interest was obvious to the reader each time, even though they could not immediately act on it.
SomeCanadianWeirdo:
New strip up! Geez, how strong is Faye, anyways? Could she be Power Girl in disguise?
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