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WCDT: 2323-2327 (19-23 November 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
PHDrillSergeant:
--- Quote from: Mothykins on 19 Nov 2012, 13:50 ---Well. That was unexpected o.o Kinda cool, though. You don't see many trans characters in media, unless its specifically aimed at the LGBTQ community. Nice to see that trend get broken now and then :)
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Yeah, except for Jodie Dallas in Soap, David's childhood friend fromJust Shoot Me, one of Becker's old colleagues in Becker, the character Mackenzie Philips played in The Love Boat, George's navy buddy in The Jeffersons, Alexis Meade in Ugly Betty, Quagmire's dad in Family Guy, Candis Cane's character in Dirty Sexy Money, Yamaziki's friend in the manga Welcome to NHK, Natani in the webcomic TwoKinds, The Tya in the tabletop game Exalted, Elendira the Crimsonnail in Trigun Maximum, Arakune in Angel Sanctuary, Coagula from DC Comics' Doom Patrol, the villain in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Ava Moore from Nip/Tuck, and Cassandra from Doctor Who...And just since Questionable Content is so based around music, don't forget "Lady Godiva's Operation" by Velvet Underground.
My point, of course, is that including a transsexual character is not new to media.
Maybe I'm just the cynic, but why does this matter so much? Does this drastically change Claire, as a character? I don't think so. People are people are people are people. Who you find bangable (AND WHO YOU WOULD PREFER TO FIND YOU BANGABLE) should not be a definition of who you are.
jwhouk:
On a somewhat completely different topic:
For you newcomers who weren't here a few years ago (ironically, right around US Thanksgiving time in 2010), when Dora and Marten broke up, we had threads closed over back-biting on a regular basis. There were some posters on here who essentially posted things to "stir $#!+ up", as it is colloquially termed. Due to the great mod team (PWHodges, IICIH, and the others whose names escape me at the present), we managed to not only get things calmed down, but we also prevented the wrath of Jeph.
As I have essentially taken over the "job" of getting the WCDT up on a regular basis - and was one of those behind strip 23161 - I do tend to get a bit touchy when I comment on the comic, go to bed, wake up and discover that there are now EIGHT PAGES of comments. I have visions of bans, locked threads and general acrimony and vitriol dancing in my head again.
Jeph has stated that the moral of the comic is that people should be try to be nice to each other. We've come a long way over the last few years - to the point where strip 2316 actually came about. I'd kinda like to keep it that way.
Also, I'm on a streak of consecutive threads started without one being locked... ;)
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1 - For those of you wondering, check over here for more on how strip 2316 came to fruition.
Renewman:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 19 Nov 2012, 15:15 ---<quoting reduced by moderator>
--- Quote from: cesariojpn on 19 Nov 2012, 15:02 ---It depends on which Asian background Emily is that Jeph decides on. Some embrace "third genders" somewhat easily, others mock it openly.
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Her surname has been given as Azuma, which is Japanese (it's in homage to the author of Azumanga Daioh, of course). I don't know the status of trans people in Japan - I would suspect fraught.
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Transgendered people in Japan is a quite touchy subject like it is here in America. Most are either shunned or disowned by family and friends as being shameful to the family. Mix that with the idea of them being fetish material (just like America!) and you have a whole can of crazy. This is spoken from someone who lived in Japan and had Trans friends there.
Also, it seem I may have misspoken when I originally posted my comment about Jeph jumping the shark. What I was trying to say is that the way he went about doing it in this comic made it seem ok and normal which is fine, but came out of left field. I'm not buying the whole argument of "Well if you have been paying attention, you would of KNOWN it was coming!" With as many crazy and wacky things that go on in the world of QC, a fraternal brother and sister seemed quite normal. Besides, if I had to guess who was Trans from just looking at the group, my guess would have been Emily (like everyone else). It's just going to be hard for people to understand how I possibly see this when everyone is too busy slapping each others asses and agreeing with each other. With that being said, I don't think Jeph would be able to delve into Marten possibly having a romantic relationship with Claire without having something result from it. I'm still pulling for Gabby or Marigold!
Emperor Norton:
The are not twins!
Seriously, I know its silly of me to be getting annoyed at this, but can people please stop calling them twins. Its already been established in canon that Claire is three years older than Clinton. I don't think its possible for one twin to be three years older than the other.
I find it especially annoying when someone is criticizing Jeph for not putting in enough clues when the person can't seem to be clued in to something that has been straight out SAID in the dialogue of the comic.
Near Lurker:
But who can read all those little words?!
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