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WCDT: 2425-2429 (15-19 April, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: TimO on 17 Apr 2013, 00:49 ---I think familial protection goes on, regardless of age, relative age, gender, actual relation, and real necessity. :-D
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+1 Insightful
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: ZoeB on 16 Apr 2013, 16:54 ---We know Marten - Clinton doesn't.
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He does, but only angry Marten - so naturally he would be unsure of him.
de_la_Nae:
Clinton made a bad first impression.
Then he made a bad second impression.
He's getting better, but it's a normal human thing for first impressions to stick around, as well as last ones. His *only* appearances for a while set him up to be regarded poorly, for the most part. We, being human, do it to fictional characters too. In addition, his actions caused emotional pain to characters we have far more intimacy built up with, and so his negative qualities are amplified. Really, some of them aren't any worse than what more common characters have done, but they get a little bit more of a handwave because they've built up more emotional capital with us.
Reminds me of the episode of Toradora we watched at Anime Club yesterday. (click to show/hide)Two of the side character got into a dramatic confrontation over one of them pining over one of the main characters, and this being a show about teens it got a little silly. One of the guys at the club was all "she's pretty stupid", but I told him "They're *all* stupid", because it wasn't any worse than some of the shenanigans and behaviors the main characters had been getting up to for the entire show.
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: mtmerrick on 16 Apr 2013, 17:41 ---Even though Claire is (now) his sister
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I know it's been mentioned before... but I think it needs emphasising.
Based on a whole heap of objective anatomical and consequent psychological evidence... not just subjective self-assessments...
Claire has always been his sister. She just didn't always look like it. Understand that, really accept it, you understand everything, it all makes sense, and is all so simple.
Try looking at the situation any other way, there will always be puzzlements and "wha....??" moments, things that don't jell.
mtmerrick:
he didn't always consider her his sister, which is what i meant, i guess.
i still get pronouns scrambled sometimes. :psyduck:
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