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WCDT: 2323-2327 (19-23 November 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Madmartigan:
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--- Quote ---Marten's virtues, front and center. Everyone should have a friend like that.
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Agreed, Marten handled that seemingly perfectly. Well done to Claire too for picking the person, moment, and fashion in which to release that information.
No Marten-Claire kisses then?
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Was that even up for an inkling of debate before? :? Even before this totally unexpected stealth bomb, Marten/Claire doing anything other than what friends/acquaintances do would have made no sense at all.
At any rate.
Totally did not see that one coming at all. I actually had to reread that a second too. I was like "trans...trans. whaa? ooooooh".
This would somewhat explain the more fiery sibling rivalry now. Though "trans" is a bit of an umbrella term and doesn't explain it all.
jwhouk:
The Return of the OMGTurkeys! What are YOU thankful for?
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This forum. 8 (4%)
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Total Members Voted: 74
willpell:
This was a complete and utter waste of a comic. Entirely apart from my feelings about a character being declared trans, the fact that NOTHING ELSE happens in the strip indicates that Jeph should have found a better way of doing this. (I hate to pick on the guy when he just got through having hella issues, but seriously, if he didn't want to make an actual COMIC today, he could have just updated the character archive with Claire, stating that she was an ex-he, and taken the rest of the day off to improve his mood. Instead he wastes the time and energy necessary to draw six panels in which no joke is told and a two-word revelation is discussed at excessive length (a condition which I am now exacerbating).
Bluesummers:
I don't think it was a waste at all...not cramming it full of text is something of a dramatic pause, I think...it flows well in my eyes.
I think one of the underlying reasons Claire told him is not just because she's his friend, but because she might have feelings for him, and is putting the feelers out there to judge his reaction.
(That's not shipping, just an observation/hypothesis).
pwhodges:
Although nearly all the strips have a punchline, not all do; sometimes they are simply advancing the story.
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