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WCDT: 2766-2770 (11-15 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Sorflakne:
Hm, art style seems to have returned to its previous incarnation.
T:
--- Quote from: mikmaxs on 11 Aug 2014, 19:00 ---Marten's problems remind me of the one thing I'm really not fond of in QC: The near-complete lack of conflict. Nearly all of the drama is mellow, and I'm fairly sure we haven't had a 'Bad Guy' (Rather, any negative character,) since the Vespavenger. I have no real problems with melodrama, but all of the conflict we've seen has been a result of the characters being awkward or socially incompetent in some situations.
This is fine, but it all happens in a bizarely unnoticed sci-fi universe. There are just SO MANY insane, implausible things just handwaved by: Artificial Intelligence, convenient and safe space travel, efficient, Pint-sized (pun intended) death lasers, and posdibly (If Hannelore is to be believed) genetic design and cloning of superior humans. James-Bond esque adventures risking the fate of the world are a common occurence, and at least one main character's mother is a supervillian. Limbs can be entirely replaced with cybernetic duplicates (Which apparently function better than the genetic kind), and this leads me to believe that immortality via robot-suit shouldn't be all that far away. Robot hordes are apparently marching for civil rights, and there's an entire dorm room somewhere just chock full of promiscuous lesbians.
Not only is all of this almost irrelevant to the plot, it gives me whiplash every time it's brought up in detail. I have trouble caring about Marten bumbling around with a quirky intern when I keep getting reminded about the insane, far more interesting things happening around it.
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Seems like this is the world where Lex Luthor (Hanners mom) won.
No more conflicts because the world already is subjugated to her will.
cesium133:
--- Quote from: NilsO on 11 Aug 2014, 20:48 ---I thought Faye and Angus had a fancy dinner date tonight? Instead, Faye and Marten are going to drink wine and talk about their problems? Not that I am complaining, I love the Faye/Marten storylines :-D
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Considering how Angus reacted the last time he came in on Faye drunk... Paddle steamer, meet Niagara Falls?
NilsO:
--- Quote from: cesium133 on 11 Aug 2014, 21:07 ---
--- Quote from: NilsO on 11 Aug 2014, 20:48 ---I thought Faye and Angus had a fancy dinner date tonight? Instead, Faye and Marten are going to drink wine and talk about their problems? Not that I am complaining, I love the Faye/Marten storylines :-D
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Considering how Angus reacted the last time he came in on Faye drunk... Paddle steamer, meet Niagara Falls?
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Paddle steamer = Angus, Niagara Falls = Faye? In that case, my bet is on Faye :mrgreen:
But you are right, there might be problems ahead. Faye may have forgotten the date with Angus. When Angus comes to pick her up, Faye and Marten are drunk as skunks.
cesium133:
Took me a while to find it. This site seriously needs a search function; it's going on 3000 comics.
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