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WCDT: 2801-2805 (29th September - 3rd October) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread

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NilsO:

--- Quote from: MegaBarrakuda on 02 Oct 2014, 02:49 ---What if Clairemom have stalked Marten for a long time without anybody noticing? And what if she was the one who pushed Claire on Marten?

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Not unless she was the reason Marten got a job at the library, and anticipating Claire would have her internship there. As far as we know, Tai was alone in her decision to give Marten his job. Claire's interest in librarianing is genuine.

bhtooefr:
If we're going into insane troll logic, with the whole Clairemom stalking Marten thing... here's my insane troll hypothesis:

We know Clairedad cheated on Clairemom, and that's why they got a divorce.

This may be fairly recent, given how sore Claire still is about it.

We know the Augustus family is decently well off - they've paid for a robot hand for Clinton (even if it was a cheaper brand than Ellicott-Chatham), and they've paid for transition costs, a new car (granted, it's a DE-platform Mazda2, Mazda hands keys and a title for those out in cracker jack boxes if you ask nicely enough (they get mediocre fuel economy for what they are, so they can barely give them away), but still), and even educational costs up through grad school for Claire.

There's going to be a Meeting of the Meddling Mothers if this goes on long enough. I mean, both Veronica and now apparently Clairemom ship this.

Veronica has been known to make business trips to Northampton. We also know what her business is. Her hourly rate is high, but...

What if Clairedad was cheating with Veronica? That sure would make the MMM awkward. (And, Claire wouldn't have to know who it was with...)

All of this is damn unlikely, but then again, so is Clairemom stalking Marten and getting him a library job just to hook him up with her daughter a year later.

Aimless:
Don't worry, she heard the voice that makes her heart flutter :)

Barmymoo:
How do we know that Claire's parents are paying for everything? I expect she is getting some help, sure, but it's not a given that they're paying the costs of grad school. I'm in my sixth year of university now and my parents haven't paid anything toward it; they occasionally help out (my dad bought my bed, for instance - it was second hand and a very good deal but it was still over £200) but the general view is that I'm an adult and I should be able to support myself. Which is why I have four jobs!

TomOBedlam:
Another lurker unmasking   8-)

I am thoroughly captivated by recent events on QC!  I'm also kinda amazed at how much I have invested in the Claire/Marten story, however it ultimately plays out.

The narrative jump was a splendid manoeuvre – skipping over several weeks worth of Marten-esque exposition (potentially at least) and landing on a moment with so many possibilities for humour/drama/growth.  Well played sir!

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