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WCDT: 2387-2391 (18-22 February, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
TimO:
I don't see any relationship's "Happy Ever After" causing the end of a comic (or story), since there are so many ways to torpedo a relationship, however happy it may appear to be. That's true in real life, and even more so in fiction where there are any number of possible unusual disruptions that can be introduced that would be too unlikely in reality. In fact, letting a "Happy Ever After" briefly happen before wading in with something to either utterly fubar things, or more subtly cause issues, seems like a perfectly normal way to progress things in fiction.
bhtooefr:
And, that's been done a couple times in QC.
Steve and Ellen, and Marten and Dora come to mind.
Zebediah:
--- Quote from: TimO on 21 Feb 2013, 07:26 ---I don't see any relationship's "Happy Ever After" causing the end of a comic (or story), since there are so many ways to torpedo a relationship, however happy it may appear to be. That's true in real life, and even more so in fiction where there are any number of possible unusual disruptions that can be introduced that would be too unlikely in reality. In fact, letting a "Happy Ever After" briefly happen before wading in with something to either utterly fubar things, or more subtly cause issues, seems like a perfectly normal way to progress things in fiction.
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Well, yes, that's more or less what I was getting at when I said "beware a happy ending that comes too soon." In a novel, if the hero and heroine are happy 4/5 of the way through, I start to expect it to end badly. Since QC is open-ended, Jeph could have Marten and Claire be happy for a while - but only for a while. Either QC outlasts the relationship, or the relationship outlasts QC.
snubnose:
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 21 Feb 2013, 06:46 ---Seriously though, there's a reason why "happily ever after" comes at the end of a story. I've learned to beware a happy ending that comes too soon - you're just being set up for a tragedy. So we have a choice: Claire and Marten live happily ever after, and QC ends; or they don't, and QC continues to document Marten's tragic love life.
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Uh....
Oh yeah, thats why they killed off Lily and Marshall after they married on "How I met your mother" !
And the Prince Valiant story ended after he married Aleta.
Oh wait, neither of these things happened. So there might actually be life after marriage ! Who would have guessed.
I dont see any problem with Marten getting into a stable relationship. He was in one for hundreds of comics with Dora.
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Yeah, I dont think so.
Arancaytar:
Is it called shipping if the author is doing it? Because that's what this is. :P
Note (in the second-to-last panel particularly) that while Claire's blushing like crazy, Marten's cheeks are also gaining a little color. HandsOnApproach (tvtropes warning)?
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