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WCDT: 2549-2553 (7 October - 11 October, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Mr_Rose:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 08 Oct 2013, 12:56 ---Do I just have a dirty mind, or does it sound naughty to say "I'll fix her pants"?
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Dirty mind. Tailoring porn just isn't that popular.
briscoe:
Damn that Tai is one quirky lady. Most people wouldn't climb on top of somebody when they meet them but she would
briscoe:
If you've ever seen the movie "500 Days of Summer" that's another lady who is quirky as heck and doesn't give a damn about conventions. They should remake that movie starring Questionable Content character Tai
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 08 Oct 2013, 12:56 ---Do I just have a dirty mind, or does it sound naughty to say "I'll fix her pants"?
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If I didn't have a babelfish to translate such things on the fly, it would sound a lot kinkier to me on this side of the pond than I expect it does to you (pants to me being specifically and uniquely underwear).
someone:
This comic's humor is more in the author's flailing, ongoing attempt to recast Tai into something not completely vomit inducing. She stared as a spoiled, expensive liberal arts college student obsessed with group sex involving her unatainable, at least for one girl, dorm friend. She then moved up to stoner, slacker manager of the library. Once Dora was freed of the shackles of Martin and his overbearing ways that brought out Dora's overbearing nature (yes, I am being sarcastic at the nonsensical Dora evolution) Tai waited for Dora to go to a therapist then moved in. It took about five minutes. Tai evolved at that point to a high minded, poetic romantic wanting the best for a woman, whose relationship wasn't even cold yet and who is, lets be honest, almost as socially unacceptable as Tai. So putting those two together would be fine in an angsty, angry comic where people treat each other like dirt (Tai and Dora would fit right in with Randy and the gang just down the street in Boston) but not in the otherwise charming New England harem manga full of interesting, quirky and sympathetic charcters Jeph has constructed. So what does he do now? New Tai incarnation. Now she is the playful prankster who just is a nice change of pace to the rest of the gang. Only she is not. Dora needs to sell the shop to Faye and move, taking Tai with her. While it is funny to see the author try to make Tai acceptable, she is a reminder drag on the mood of the strip and reminds the reader that Dora was always barely likable. Now she is not. Move on Mr. Jaques. Send them to Randy like Queen of Wands with Kestral. (Although she seems to have a new strip now.) Randy will give them a good home where the can be painfully selfish and rude and fit right in. And the rest of your gang can go on in the little respite from cruel reality that it is otherwise.
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