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WCDT: 2323-2327 (19-23 November 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread

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Renewman:
Claire is transgender? Really? I thought Jeph was jumping the shark with having Dora and Tai start going out but now he is just randomly throwing things in here just for no reason. It's more like he is turning QC into a sort of social commentary to pander to the more liberal crowd of people out there and in turn, adding branches to this storyline that really had no business even going down that road. Claire is Trans? So what? I have transgendered friends even though myself I'm not apart of the LGBT community. However, there was no set-up, no foreshadowing, no hint in the previous comics at all that the story was take this ridiculous turn and frankly I am extremely disappointed in Jeph.

Of course, I expect people to jump on me for "being intolerant" which I find ridiculous when we just got done having 4 pages of people caring whether Claire is MtF or FtM.  :psyduck:

Transvalkyire:
Renewman: That's the way to write trans characters. They aren't a big deal, they are more common than you think and they've been around since the dawn of humankind. There's not supposed to be any "hints" because unless someone tells you it's impossible to know for sure if someone is trans.

Karilyn:
I'm just going to go out and say that, yeah, it's only one comic thus far, but that Jeph did an awesome job of introducing Claire as being trans, for two primary reasons...

1.  She had a well developed personality, interests, and has done many things that don't revolve around being trans.
2.  Martin didn't make the biggest deal in the world about it.

Now, my biggest ongoing concern, is that Claire will be taken over by this one aspect of her character, but I'm pretty sure Jeph will be fine.  I've seen that happen a lot of the time, where a character in a webcomic (or even in any other form of media), and suddenly it consumes all their personality, and becomes the only source of drama for them.  That's a bad thing.

In short, it's okay if Claire's plotline now involves bigotry or transition related issues, but it can't be the only thing conflict that happens to her (or even over half the things that happen to her), because that simply reduces her to being a parody instead of a realistic character.  And that's definitely my highest concern.

I'd truly love to see a transperson who is well developed and deals with issues other than being trans.

AnalogyShark:
Honestly, I was okay with this comic.  I only have one trans friend, and this is pretty much how it came out.

We were out dancing when we first met (I already knew of her situation because our mutual friend informed me on the way there), and once we decided we were gonna be friends, she just sorta whispered in my ear, and I quote, "I have a penis."  I said, "I know, it's cool."  And we never really discussed it again.  She looks and acts like a girl, and I treat her as such.  It's really not that weird once you experience it.

I think the key lead up here for Claire was Marten saying that she was his friend, and meaning it.  People need to feel comfortable with you before they reveal something like that.

Renewman:

--- Quote from: Transvalkyire on 19 Nov 2012, 05:05 ---Renewman: That's the way to write trans characters. They aren't a big deal, they are more common than you think and they've been around since the dawn of humankind. There's not supposed to be any "hints" because unless someone tells you it's impossible to know for sure if someone is trans.

--- End quote ---

No, you misunderstand. I'm not harping on the comic because "What!? Jeph just threw in transgender character!? He should have told us last week in a hint!" I'm saying that for those of us who have been following the comic for years are starting to realize that things are just getting thrown into the story with no basis for a while now and it only makes me imagine what else Jeph is going to end up doing in the future. Also, I'm noticing a large influx of new people over this comic. Did this get posted on twitter or something?

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