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WCDT: 2811-2815 (13-17 October 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
BenRG:
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--- Quote from: BenRG on 14 Oct 2014, 08:41 ---As I understand American higher education, you start in college when you're 18 or 19, so Claire would have got her BLS when she was about 22. That makes her second or third year in this Masters' course.
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Unless you stayed back a year when in school, you're going to be 18 when you start college, and 22 (barring a summer birthday) when you graduate. And most masters degrees are typically two years long - basically universally for MLS programs. You could easily graduate at 24 if you have no time off. That Claire is 24 and is (presumably) only finishing up her first year means she either stayed back a year at some point in school, took longer to finish undergraduate (perhaps due to changing majors) or took off a year between college and graduate school.
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Interesting; I was wondering how long the Masters' courses were but there weren't any easy-to-find references.
It is worth noting that Claire told Marten that she started hormone treatments when she was 21. It's possible that she took a year or two's break in between her bachelor and master studies due to that or because she had reconstructive surgery of some sort from which she wanted a low-stress time in order to recover.
eschaton:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 14 Oct 2014, 09:07 ---It is worth noting that Claire told Marten that she started hormone treatments when she was 21. It's possible that she took a year or two's break in between her bachelor and master studies due to that or because she had reconstructive surgery of some sort from which she wanted a low-stress time in order to recover.
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Claire said started transitioning her first year in college, and has been on HRT since then. Her first year would have meant 18-19.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2324
AprilArcus:
--- Quote from: eschaton on 14 Oct 2014, 08:52 ---I think Jeph may have finished the comic years ago and moved onto another project, except it's become his main source of income. So while a good story would be working towards some sense of climax, or at least closure, he needs to be mindful of his audience's desire for continued developments with established characters. It's the same conundrum that great TV series eventually reach - sooner or later the well runs dry for character development, and if there isn't a planned arc of closure, the last season or two kinda peter out.
As I said, I would prefer at this point if he pushed QC up another 5-10 years to allow for some big changes to happen in the lives of everyone. Realistically, this would mean half the characters would be gone, but it would give him a chance to introduce some new ones, and to show us the remaining cast in a more mature light.
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Yeah, it seems very plausible that we are building toward a time skip, and in fact, Jeph has already done that kind of playing with the timeline - 1–1300 seem to be set in September/October of the previous semester, followed by a looong time skip between 1302 (where Dora decides to grow out her hair) and 1311 (where she has roots down to her eyes), cutting out the entire middle third of Marten and Dora's relationship.
I think jumping forward a year or two would be more likely, though.
bhtooefr:
Wait, where was it said that she started HRT when she was 21? 2324 says it was during her first year of college, so when she was 18 (or possibly 19) assuming she wasn't on an accelerated educational cycle...
It's also worth noting that a Master's program isn't necessarily 2 years...
BenRG:
--- Quote from: eschaton on 14 Oct 2014, 09:12 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 14 Oct 2014, 09:07 ---It is worth noting that Claire told Marten that she started hormone treatments when she was 21. It's possible that she took a year or two's break in between her bachelor and master studies due to that or because she had reconstructive surgery of some sort from which she wanted a low-stress time in order to recover.
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Claire said started transitioning her first year in college, and has been on HRT since then. Her first year would have meant 18-19.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2324
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The point is that it is possible that she had what we Brits call a 'gap year' for medical reasons. It is one possible explanation for any schedule anomalies. Another obvious one is that she could have felt burnt out after her bacherlors' degree studies and wanted some time to get herself ready to start again.
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Oddly enough, taking a year off just feels out of character for Claire. She comes across as a bit workaholic sometimes. However, it may not have been entirely her choice.
Apropros of nothing, I noticed that some colleges MLS course includes something called 'Pegagogy', the science and art of education. I recall that, when she was talking about the reason why she wanted to work at the library, Claire said that she wanted to pass on knowledge to the next generation. It might be interesting, as Jeph expands the character, to see how she interacts with Sam and other characters with child-like personalities.
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