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WCDT: 2377-2381 (4-8 February, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Method of Madness:
Jeph was probably right to change it if that's what he was worried people would think (re: his tumblr post). My first thought when she was talking about kids was "well, shit, this is awkward, because it's just reminding Claire that she can't have them.
HiFranc:
--- Quote from: Arancaytar on 06 Feb 2013, 00:25 ---I guess Marten's mom is being what we call a Shipper On Deck.
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I did consider that possibility earlier on but the TV Tropes page makes it clear that it only applies if there's something to be shipped. I doubt that's the case with Marten and Claire so I don't think the term applies.
Valdís:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 06 Feb 2013, 00:34 ---Jeph was probably right to change it if that's what he was worried people would think (re: his tumblr post). My first thought when she was talking about kids was "well, shit, this is awkward, because it's just reminding Claire that she can't have them.
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Yeah, it's what was going through my head too. At least not with her partner, given that she's straight (or at least from what we've seen). I'd still be interested in seeing the alternative one, though.
ukrayf:
Well, that was my exact first thought too, and I'm sure it was for most readers, so he was probably right to change it. While I wasn't really offended by it, I thought it was an insane joke, really, just with all the levels of subtext and Claire's poor expression. I had a brief moment of uneasiness when I felt that he might spend the whole arc making Claire's gender identity the butt of every joke. That would be awful.
westrim:
--- Quote from: Valdís on 06 Feb 2013, 00:31 ---"Sheesh"? It's not my fault that people still believe Malthusian nonsense from the early 1800s. Also even if it was correct that doesn't change the fact that we have nothing to do with it. Below replacement levels, among the cleanest countries in the world, recycle our materials to the point of needing to ship in more trash from our neighbours.
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It absolutely is your fault when you extrapolate from a nation of 9 1/2 million to a world of 7 billion, which had about 110 less Swedens 12 years ago.
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