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WCDT: 2323-2327 (19-23 November 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: Blyss on 19 Nov 2012, 13:17 ---I mean this in all sincerity, as I am merely trying to understand: Claire was born male?
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We don't know yet.
Ah, 12 new posts, one of them answered it.
cesariojpn:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 19 Nov 2012, 14:19 ---Oh lord. I just imagined Emily asking questions with the same amount of sensitivity, awareness, and tact that she showed with Momo. I hope she doesn't find out.
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It depends on which Asian background Emily is that Jeph decides on. Some embrace "third genders" somewhat easily, others mock it openly.
bhtooefr:
I was under the impression that Emily was of Japanese descent?
In any case, though, it's Emily. Her only rival in tactlessness is Faye, and Faye has to be severely drunk to match it.
haikupoet:
--- Quote from: BoDJangles on 19 Nov 2012, 14:58 ---I've just gotta say, I'm still bummed that my old guess of Emily being the trans character was wrong. I was so sure the first intern to take an interest in Momo would be the one.
I mean, seriously, the existence of a race of sentient beings that can freely swap between bodies whenever they feel like it has got to be annoying as hell for a struggling transperson in QC-verse.
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I'm pretty sure Emily was a red herring. Tall Asian girl? Too obvious. Skittish little redhead who, we now realize, was always behaving like she was hiding a secret? You might not think of it in advance, but it makes total sense in hindsight.
Come to think of it, it also puts an interesting spin on her revulsion towards her brother -- based on what we know of Clinton so far, I'm going to guess he was just a little bit too supportive of finding out his big brother was becoming his big sister. (I mean, yeah, he could have been transphobic about it, but let's be honest -- Claire doesn't really hate him, admits as much, and Clinton is probably the sort of person who wakes up squeeing every morning when it's time to put on the robot hand. He's probably unable to understand just how awkward Claire's situation is.)
celticgeek:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 19 Nov 2012, 14:19 ---There's "confusion", and there's the fact that English is not at all suited for the task at hand.
Jeph is going to do a respectful job, based on all we've seen of his work. He's visibly tried to educate himself.
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This subject was treated, very briefly, in the movie A Mighty Wind
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