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WCDT: 2801-2805 (29th September - 3rd October) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
AprilArcus:
--- Quote from: T on 01 Oct 2014, 18:55 ---Also there was an old post mentioning how Claire trans status was foreshadowed by her lips.
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Hey, maybe Claire's mom is also trans!
ETA:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 01 Oct 2014, 19:01 ---It's bad manners to analyze a real trans person's appearance for ways to misgender them, of course. Looking for clues in Jeph's artwork is certainly a thing but talking about Claire is a chance to practice how we'll talk about trans people who actually exist.
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Look, I mean, speaking as a trans person: passing is a thing we have to worry about. If Claire the character was just "trans" without having to confront or embody any of the crap which that entails, it would not be good storytelling. And if we can't parse the art for clues to that struggle, we would not be good readers.
Aziraphale:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 01 Oct 2014, 18:48 ---Without a lot of waffling back and forth on what they think, or getting ham-handed advice from friends.
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I see what you did there.
--- Quote from: lot_jockey on 01 Oct 2014, 18:51 ---Why is Claire's mom in the diner or near it("He was having diner pancakes")? How did she know who Marten is? They've never met!
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I'm trying to figure this out as well. A meeting could've taken place a while ago off-camera, as it were, but the most plausible scenario I can think of (a ride home from work, and pointing out the guy she works with at the library) doesn't fit 'cause Claire has a car. I'm sure this isn't the first time that Marten's been a topic of conversation, so Clairemom probably knew of him before today/last night.
T:
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 01 Oct 2014, 19:03 ---
--- Quote from: T on 01 Oct 2014, 18:59 ---I wonder who made the dinners at Marten's family? His mother doesn't sounds like the kind that is into cooking...
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Veronica doesn't seem like she'd be into knitting either, but she made the Worry Hat. So you never know.
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Yeah, I don't think I look like the kind of person who cooks either. But I have a vague image of Marten's father cooking or at least holding a pot.
RaineThing:
Maybe Marten recognized her in relation to Claire and that's what caused this?
Zebediah:
Speculation: Marten saw Claire's mom at the diner, and did a double-take because she looks so much like Claire. Claire's mom has seen this reaction before and knows what it means, and said "Hi, you must be one of my daughter's friends." Marten then introduced himself, and Claire's mom realized that this is the guy her daughter had been talking about so much the past few months.
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