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WCDT: 2434-2438 (29 April-3 May, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Tova:
--- Quote from: Xthform on 30 Apr 2013, 06:04 ---All I'm saying is Tolkien wouldn't have changed the Hobbit if some militant Christians started throwing bricks at his house for corrupting the minds of children with his books about magic (Much the same way Dungeons and Dragons caught alot of hate).
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He's not going to change it just because you want the story to go a certain way, either.
The story will go the way it goes, and no matter what happens, one side will no doubt claim that Jeph didn't "have the guts" to write the story the way they wanted it to be written. In reality, Jeph will have his reasons for writing the story one way or another, and you are kidding yourself if you claim to really know those reasons.
Your OP is total nonsense. It's the worst kind of shipping, with a hefty dose of bullying thrown in for good measure. It ought to be treated the same way as any other shipping post on these forums.
ankhtahr:
Keep in mind that there were verbal personal attacks on Jeph earlier, and he had a hard time dealing with it. I wouldn't resent Jeph for trying to avoid something like this, not implying that he does.
Jeph should do what he wants to do. It really isn't our business telling him how to do his job.
jwhouk:
Not that we haven't helped him do his job before, though. ;)
jwhouk:
What's in store for us this week?
More Marten/Claire angst. 15 (22.7%)
Faye and Angus get into an argument. 0 (0%)
Marten gets the band a gig - a *paying* gig! 7 (10.6%)
Tai and Dora - the relationship deepens. 3 (4.5%)
One whole week of characters eating breakfast. 6 (9.1%)
Momo offers Claire the services of her Social Protocol Database. 4 (6.1%)
Momo ends up zapping Clinton (again). 5 (7.6%)
The reason for Gordon's reappearance is revealed! 15 (22.7%)
You ever wanna just sit and stare at the wall for, like, three hours? 3 (4.5%)
I think that describes my time reading the forums... 7 (10.6%)
(Insert "Waffles" or similar meme here.) 1 (1.5%)
Total Members Voted: 66
Neko_Ali:
In regards to Clinton and today's comic... Karma is a bitch. :) I just wish it worked that efficiently in the real world...
As far as prejudices go, and dealing with people and their appearances... It can be a hard thing. I am pretty good at it in general. But there are still some things that seriously scare me and send me into panic attacks. Gordon, I could deal with because he is a very stylized looking spider. I would think more 'Tachikoma' than 'ohgodnokeepitaway'. Some spiders I have no problem with, or think are cute. Others... run screaming. In some cases because they could or would be dangerous to me.. but in others they just scare or disgust me... I would get the same reaction to a scorpion AnthroPC... I would try to get away, largely out of fear. It would take me a lot to overcome my aversion to that. A cockroach AnthroPC... would never even have a chance to prove themself to me. I would either be running screaming or attacking them.... I don't think anybody is completely free from prejudice. Some deal with it more than others. Some work harder to get over what prejudices they have. But I don't think anybody can ever get rid of them all. I would like to meet that person though...
As far as the story goes and whether or not there 'should' be some romance between Marten and Claire. That's really up to Jeph. From what I have seen in the rest of the comics, I trust that he will handle it respectfully and well. And we know that he is being extra careful with Claire, as he specifically doesn't want to offend anyone with her character and wants to portray her accurately.
That in mind, all of the major characters are flawed people, like everybody is, really. They all have their host of issues and problems and they all have their ways of dealing with or not dealing with them. Dora and Marten were good together for a while. And while in the end it was Dora's trust and self worth issues that caused the break up, Marten had his part in it with his passive/aggressive stance and his habit of always just 'going with the flow' and trying to 'not make any waves'. Good things in moderation, but not when you are running away from or avoiding problems and letting them build up. The same issues reared their head when it came to Faye and Padma. And likely any romantic relationship with Claire would run into similar issues. Marten will likely have to deal with his own personal issues before he gets into a good relationship, the way that Faye is working on hers.
I have not seen any indication that Marten thinks of Claire as anything other than another girl. Claire does seem to worry about that though, how other people see her. My thought was that her major worry about the Marten-snuggling was that he would feel somehow weirded out snuggling with a girl who wasn't 100% biologically female. But then that could be just me projecting....
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