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WCDT: 2323-2327 (19-23 November 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Omega Entity:
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 19 Nov 2012, 15:50 ---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.
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Not a silly thing to be annoyed by - I've been annoyed by that too. I've found I've had to repeat myself on a number of occasions on things like that (namely, that Tai had always been poly, when it was stated quite clearly that she was not, and even had an aversion to the idea of being poly until a substance-induced night of shenanigans).
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 19 Nov 2012, 15:50 ---They 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.
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Yeah, its not silly at all. Its along the lines of people calling him Martin. Its something that has been stated in black and white but people still get it wrong.
Mr_Rose:
--- Quote from: Omega Entity on 19 Nov 2012, 16:07 --- I've found I've had to repeat myself on a number of occasions on things like that (namely, that Tai had always been poly, when it was stated quite clearly that she was not, and even had an aversion to the idea of being poly until a substance-induced night of shenanigans).
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I wonder if Claire would have raised the same ire as Tai did if she had come out as not being trans?
(For those that aren't aware, there was Internet Drama when Tai confessed to being unhappy with her sleeping arrangements and expressed a preference for monogamy; for some bizarre reason this was interpreted (by tumblr, natch) as a universal condemnation of all poly people ever on Jeph's part)
Platypodes:
I think it's awesome that Claire already had a clear, complex personality and role in the strip before we learned she was trans. Jeph didn't introduce her as "the trans character," he introduced a full-fledged CHARACTER who, among her many facets, is trans.
Gosh, it must really bug Claire when people tell her how much she looks like Clinton--not only someone who drives her nuts, but also a dude!
I can easily picture Clinton having responded to Claire's transition by totally geeking out on surgical possibilities and processes in a way that was free of prejudice but really freakin' annoying.
Is it cold in here?:
Welcome, new person!
Thoughts on posts above:
Wow, that was a good point about AnthroPCs. Remember, not only can they change their external expression whenever they can afford it, their internal identity is a software configuration setting that can be changed.
The closest thing to an answer to "What does it matter?" is that it matters a lot to Claire, and to any friend close enough to know where she's coming from. For day to day life, not at all of course.
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