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WCDT: 2377-2381 (4-8 February, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread

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de_la_Nae:
Confession time, since someone sort of brought it up earlier: I like Faye, but I'm happy to see her fade into the background for a while. Until Jeph is up to finding a different facet to dive into, stick a fork in her cuz' she's done. For the moment, the conflicts and motivations that have driven her and us have been resolved. They won't *stay* that way by any means, but it's true.

Dora's similar, though Tai's confrontation strip with her was just as kick-ass as the Faye/Angus Africa strip (and both ended similarly! I'm a sucker for this pattern apparently).

Hannelore's father's birthday party was also a great conclusion for her. Steve and Cosette are happy. Momo is getting used to a more direct role in the world-at-large in her new body. Pintsize is chillaxin'. Marigold is social (comparatively)

Getting to the point: Most of these characters have managed some major personal accomplishments lately and in the last six months, and I feel like part of the reason for introducing the interns (and to a lesser extent Dale and Henry+Maurice) is because Jeph's casting his nets and seeing what compels his attention.

So far it's Claire and Emily (poor Gabby is a lamp right now). And hell, I'm going to guess that fan reaction certainly plays a role in that, God knows my own writing (when I used to do a lot more of it) was influenced by audience feedback. Few entertainers and artists like to create in a vacuum, I'd imagine.

de_la_Nae:
And yeah, after having looked over ZoeB's comment...it's probably selfish as all get out for me to feel this way, but it's been nice to see her life be pretty calm.

It can't last, and shouldn't; life itself is too chaotic for that, even comic book life. But you don't know how much I've wished for, in some ways, just have a quiet, boring life, without such ridiculous upheaval and occasionally alien strangeness.

But Claire's a character, and not my character. She'll go through terrible and wondrous things, as long as Jeph and the audience keep her around. I'm not going to say that Jeph Jacques is a modern master of the art form, but I am going to say he's pretty bloody good at what he does, and generally you can trust him to get a good story banged out after a while. Certainly it's kept most of us around for 2k-something strips.

Though on a sidenote I swear he did manage to write a whole lot more apparently accidental chemistry between Hannelore and Marigold than he meant to. I mean I didn't even glance at these forums and was all "Man I wonder if he's meaning to set this up like this?"

Edit: WHERE IS FANCY DRESS! :o

Arancaytar:

--- Quote from: de_la_Nae on 07 Feb 2013, 02:47 ---Edit: WHERE IS FANCY DRESS! :o

--- End quote ---

Two theories:
a) It's Friday evening and the wedding's on Saturday, so all the fancy clothing is scheduled for tomorrow. (If Veronica came all the way from California, an overnight stay would make sense.) Supported by nobody else being in formal wear either, even the grooms.
b) Claire chickened out of wearing it (or buying it in the first place, or she didn't find one she liked).

de_la_Nae:
That first one makes a lot more sense. They are probably at a hotel with an attached bar/restaurant, especially looking at Marten and Claire's bags in the previous comic.

ukrayf:
Faye's probably still my favorite character so I always wish for more of her. I don't think she's ever really had a dull strip.

And yeah, I mean, Marten and Claire brought overnight bags, it seems.

Who's prepared for the ~LOL double-bed hotel room mixup XD~?

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