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WCDT: 2323-2327 (19-23 November 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
cesariojpn:
--- Quote from: WAYF on 18 Nov 2012, 23:15 ---I've just realized that tomorrow and possibly the rest of the week is going to have Marten stubbornly keeping this a secret (I assume Claire only wants to tell people she really trusts) while everyone is going to ask him whether he and Claire made out, and it will be even more awkward than usual, particularly because Marten's apparently not into that. :P
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Or maybe he is.....?
Ph2:
--- Quote from: WAYF on 18 Nov 2012, 23:15 ---I've just realized that tomorrow and possibly the rest of the week is going to have Marten stubbornly keeping this a secret (I assume Claire only wants to tell people she really trusts) while everyone is going to ask him whether he and Claire made out, and it will be even more awkward than usual, particularly because Marten's apparently not into that. :P
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I'm guessing everyone will know by friday, no one will care and Clinton will make a smart ass commet. Then Claire will grab Steve's butt and all will be well in the QCverse. At least until Emily kills everybody.
Wildroses:
I just went and re-read a few of the older comics with Claire and Clinton after reading todays strip. Suddenly some of their excessive reactions and anxiety can be seen in a new light, and make a lot more sense.
For example, strip 2244. Now we know what sort of things Clinton was really trying to find out rather than go: "YOU wanted to know if she'd done anything creepy? Ha ha! You looked in the mirror lately buddy?" And I can't believe I didn't pick up his first reaction to being asked that was: "Why do you ask?" instead of "Yes."
And now I can see a new totally different reason as to why they were alarmed and upset at being mistaken for twins in strip 2277.
And look at Claire's anxious pose in panel two of 2278. Could what she REALLY have been asking is "He didn't say anything weird about ME, did he?"
Of course, this all assumes Jeph was planning this that far back and didn't just make it up as he went along and went: "Hey, I want to put a trans character in the strip. Lets see...Claire! She'll be perfect!" But after looking at those earlier strips, I'm don't think he did.
Bluesummers:
--- Quote from: Wildroses on 18 Nov 2012, 23:42 ---Of course, this all assumes Jeph was planning this that far back and didn't just make it up as he went along and went: "Hey, I want to put a trans character in the strip. Lets see...Claire! She'll be perfect!"
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I'd bet he's had this planned since before he introduced either of the siblings...it's his style. The interaction between them makes a lot more sense, yeah.
I like to think that to fully understand any good story, you have to read it at least twice.
Bluesummers:
--- Quote from: Astroasis on 18 Nov 2012, 23:57 ---Really, her saying she's "trans" doesn't tell any of us much of anything. All we can do is guess. She could be F-T-M but not transitioning yet. She could be M-T-F pre-op, but presenting. She could be M-T-F post-op. And even beyond that, she could be aiming for being a straight male, bi male, gay male, straight female, bi female, gay female. We don't know. We're just pondering. Ain't nothing wrong with that.
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And considering how Jeph just loves to keep us in the dark, that's probably how it'll remain for a while...it might be brought up in conversation later on.
--- Quote ---But being a drag queen certainly doesn't mean one ISN'T also trans.
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That's an excellent point...I didn't mean to suggest that one can't be the other. ^_^
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