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2013 Predictions
Shremedy:
Aha. I have read C-A-D, so I know of what you speak.
Part of what made the C-A-D situation so gratuitous was the fact that it was so out-of-line with the strip's usual tropes -- heretofore, man-child Ethan could do crazy-stupid things and not be maimed or killed (nor bankrupted by the medical bills). It's more of a pure gaming strip now than it was even then, but there was a sort of "Law & Order" filter; personal lives & issues never intruded on The Story, and now they had. There was a sense, an expectation, that things would -- should -- work out. Maybe many had hopes it would spur him to some personal growth, or just plain grow up. I'm sure there were feelings that the miscarriage was just a cheap "get out of jail free" card. Many artists besides Jeph consider it a lesson learned.
Faye's musings on the matter of having children (courtesy of Sam) does seem to invite speculation on this front. Unless her old problems flare back up, and I don't think they will. She appears to be most of the way to true stability., and in a relationship that seems pretty solid. IF it happened, I'm sure she and Angus would marry, the whole nine yards, and prepare themselves accordingly and responsibly. Either that, end it quickly, while its still little more than a mass of barely-differentiated cells. Either option of course is still controversial for widely different reasons. It's a hard decision that many have to make Real Life. As I'm writing this now, yeah, I can't imagine Jeph deliberately courting controversy when so much of it already finds him. As I wrote my original post, my thoughts were more along the lines of "These Things Happen, Sometimes"
On the one hand, I don't want to belabor the issue; on the other, the point has been broached. And if I'm reading the "conduct" thread right, explaining one's thought processes is safer than just leaving it hang out there.
Even "just" a false-positive scare would be IMO moderately tough for Faye to deal with, but she's the only one who even remotely could; I wouldn't wish it on any of the other female QC characters.
So, yeah, probably Not A Good Idea. At this point, I'm leaving it in my earlier post only to supply context for what followed.
Barmymoo:
I don't think there's anything wrong with speculating on whether Faye might accidentally get pregnant - as you say, it wouldn't necessarily have to lead to a pregnancy arc (she might be wrong about it, or less probably since it wolud be controversial she might decide not to carry on with the pregnancy) but I think it's unlikely. Your mention of Claire and Marten made me uncomfortable but that may be mostly due to the fact that you referred to Claire's genitalia. Aside from the fact that I don't think Jeph would ever allow that to be relevant in the comic because of the wrath it would incur however he dealt with the issue (he is fairly obviously trying to be very respectful in relation to Claire, and also it hasn't come up again since she first talked about it), it's just not speculation you'd have about any other character and it's kind of a crude thing to talk about.
Totally irrelevantly, I just looked out of the window and it's snowing AGAIN. My prediction is that the next time I read QC there will be more snow outside :(
Bluesummers:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 22 Jan 2013, 23:35 ---Jeph's last known view on pregnancy is that he will not consider such an arc (think how people reacted to the miscarriage arc in C-A-D).
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Wow...that takes me back. I thought I was the only one freaking out when that happened.
I predict that the singularity will hit. Because it keeps getting colder. Every day. And eventually it will be so cold that mass will not have energy, and thus will not have volume, and everything will become one. And my toes will still be freezing.
cesium133:
--- Quote from: Bluesummers on 23 Jan 2013, 06:39 ---And eventually it will be so cold that mass will not have energy, and thus will not have volume, and everything will become one.
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:psyduck:
Is it cold in here?:
Jeph did say once that none of the characters were remotely close to mature enough for a marriage, but that was quite a while back, I believe even before the Faye/Angus relationship.
Do problems like Faye's ever go away, or do they just become manageable background with occasional disabling flareups?
Maybe Hannelore could become a crazy aunt to Sam. She could add a lot to Sam's science classes.
(Oh, something I learned in the discussion right after Claire told Marten: pre-op vs. post-op is not a neutral question about life milestones, it's widely considered offensive).
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