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WCDT: 2796-2800 (22-26 September 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Fenriswolf:
Now, Gabby and Emily's races are very relevant to their (imaginary) life experiences, but I still was extremely confused by the "three token characters" thing. It's not like there have never been POC in QC before. I just... don't think it's super weird that you'd have three interns of different races, and trans status that is nobody's business and not relevant to her schooling?
As for the coming out, I didn't see that as unnatural. It makes sense to casually drop things into conversation wrt to being gay (this is in fact a tactic I use to make it clear I'm bi/pan) because it's something that is going to involve other people. Your friends are going to know/need to be accepting of your partners. Whereas being trans doesn't actually change anything about how you behave, and only matters in terms of your safety and potentially if you're going to date someone. It doesn't necessarily determine how much you flirt/who you flirt with, how you dress, or anything external. When I have told friends about my gender-questioning it has been in a determindly "this is just a thing about me, not a big deal" way, but it has also been private and is not something I want everyone to know and treat me differently/interrogate me about.
TL;DR: I think the coming out seemed natural and the character introduction didn't seem forced.
Fenriswolf:
Oo, I'll add my vote to your wish, Smashwidget. I wasn't really shipping anybody before but I sure am now. SOCUTE. :psyduck:
Smashwidget:
--- Quote from: Half Empty Coffee Cup on 26 Sep 2014, 19:14 ---Loopholes: The next strip could be the final strip of the comic. No stipulations were made regarding the other characters, who may all suffer.
The only way out is wishing for wishes that don't get subject to being fuddled with.
--- End quote ---
"...and that the strip doesn't end within the next 1000 pages."
Because who cares if the other characters are messed with? If everything was all hunky-dory for everyone, then the strip wouldn't really be readable. Ah need muh dramas.
EDIT: Actually I think we should just wish for the genie to go away without messing anything up. Because World Peace would most likely involve total genocide of the human race, and I've got nothin' else. :psyduck:
reicreature:
I didn't necessarily see a problem with the introduction of the interns and we've had Amir, Padma and Dale who aren't white and of those characters Amir and Dale have had some spot light time beyond their introduction.
Granted, that isn't saying a heck of a lot for diversity, but the interns didn't strike me as tokenism.
I'm kind of disappointed that we haven't seen more of Gabby as a character but she hasn't been eaten by an Allosaurus yet, so who knows.
The introduction of a new character that ends up going no further than a couple of strips is pretty common to slice of life type comics as well as other serial story telling mediums. Some characters just don't inspire as much at first or they never get beyond an outline, sometimes they're popular but their arc is static and the story moves in another direction. Penelope, Will, Raven and Steve (among other characters) just aren't always around.
Platypodes:
Regarding Claire's coming out to Marten, I don't think the phrase "coming out" would even be a phrase if it weren't common for people to flat-out tell other people, "I'm ____." Even among open-minded friends like the folks in QC, it's often at least a sorta big deal to say it, and often more comfortable for people to say it and discuss it than drop casual references and wonder what people are thinking. Since Claire was Marten's new friend as well as QC's new character, it made perfect sense to me that we learned she was trans by way of her coming out to Marten.
The real Northampton is 87.7% white, so I don't think Jeph's all that off-base with the racial mix in the strip. A few other folks we've seen in passing, by the way: Meena, Renee, Bailey, Doctor Corinne. Hey, it's been too long since we've seen Doctor Corinne. She was awesome. ("'Just go out and band some dude' is one of the phrases you will never heard a psychiatrist say. Other such phrases include 'I think the heroin is doing you a lot of good,' and 'jesus, no WONDER your mother never loved you.')
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