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WCDT: 2362-2366 (14-18 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
jwhouk:
What's in store for this week?
More Hairy Stories! 1 (1.5%)
WWADD? (What would Azumanga Daioh do?) 4 (6.2%)
Tai and Dora relationship development. 9 (13.8%)
Faye and Angus relationship devolvement. 4 (6.2%)
Something else-ment. 5 (7.7%)
Emily's deep, dark past. 10 (15.4%)
Claire talks about her past. 12 (18.5%)
Jeph goes completely silly on us. 14 (21.5%)
Not that we mind, of course. 6 (9.2%)
Total Members Voted: 65
Soulsynger:
Considering the poll... tied between Penelope and Jimbo.
Just Karen:
--- Quote from: Somebody on 16 Jan 2013, 22:50 ---Am I the only one who had a "is Claire really the best character for a 'powerful sword' joke?" reaction? :psyduck:
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I had that gut reaction myself... but you know what? It shouldn't be part of our reaction. We're not that different from "average" girls; there's a wide range of "standard" behavioral patterns we fit. Would a (cisgendered) woman have that reaction? A (transgendered) woman might as well.
Of course, I might be biased given that (at my last place) I had a wall dedicated to my collection of melee weapons.
Valdís:
--- Quote from: Bluesummers on 16 Jan 2013, 23:36 ---
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 16 Jan 2013, 22:28 ---But doesn't she realize that it's phallic power she's feeling?
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--- Quote from: Somebody on 16 Jan 2013, 22:50 ---Am I the only one who had a "is Claire really the best character for a 'powerful sword' joke?" reaction?
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--- Quote from: Soulsynger on 16 Jan 2013, 23:16 ---You're not. Except I wanted to make that joke. (And then probably get banned for it.)
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GAH. :emotrex: :emotrex: :emotrex: :emotrex: I knew it would happen...take your penis envy somewhere else, you heathens. :parrot:
EDIT: Until Jeph has a character make the joke in the next comic, thereby canonizing and validating your shenanigans. Are you proud of yourself? Look at what you've become. :psyduck:
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All of this "Phallic symbolism" stuff is so silly. Yes, I'm sure NASA designs their rockets to explicitly be male genitalia too, not that it happens to be a beneficial shape for their function. :roll:
Besides, she's right. It is power; the violence from which all authority derives. Heinlein in the house, yo!
"Will you never cease prating of laws to us that have swords by our sides?" —Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ..his most illustrious defender of democratic values
Is it cold in here?:
Smaller groups are an exception. My wife's choir director is very direct in his instructions and doesn't reason with people: his authority comes from voluntary cooperation. Other authority comes from expertise and tradition: I'm going to schedule an unpleasant and embarrassing medical procedure soon because my doctor told me to.
It's when we try to build something larger than a hunter-gatherer band that we need to resort to force to keep things together.
(It is at least plausible grounds for complaint that nobody made that joke when the sword was in the hands of Dora, Faye, or Sam).
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