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WCDT: 2811-2815 (13-17 October 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Lubricus:
I'd argue that it's only political if Jeph is writing it for that specific purpose - many fairy tales and other fanciful stories feature worlds that are brighter, simpler and happier than the real world without being commentaries on the problems of the day, after all. Of course, some are commentaries, but still. My point is, if Jeph is writing a happier world as some sort of escapist exercise, he shouldn't be accused of having a political agenda. He's probably somewhere in the landscape between the extremes of escapism and political propaganda, in fact. And shouldn't have to bear any label he hasn't chosen himself, really.
BenRG:
I think it's something a bit simpler than 'politics'. Any author has the ability to create their perfect world and I think that Jeph is working towards that.
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: AprilArcus on 19 Oct 2014, 09:14 ---The other thing I desperately want to see more of (but don't think I'll get) is Claire's politics. Does she identify with the broader trans community at all, or has she put up a wall between her history and her present self in the interest of stealth? How does she feel about Smif's trans policies, whatever they may be? How does her experience of everyday transphobia and transmisogyny make her feel, and what does she want to do with those feelings?
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You need to see Momo for that. For other things too. Jeph wasn't exactly subtle there.
Transphobia may or may not be as much of an issue in the QCverse as this one. But there are some parallels elsewhere.
BenRG:
@ ZoeB,
It's strips like that last one (and also Momo's conversations with Emily and Marten about robot spirituality relative to human spirituality) that makes me wonder if, in the long run, Momo will be the centre of the most 'different' relationship of them all: A human-AI romantic relationship. It might explain why Momo has long desired a near-human-sized chassis if she wants to follow up on these fantasies.
It wouldn't be unprecedented: It's pretty obvious that Station is more than a little in love with Hannelore, so it's clear that advanced enough AIs can develop attachments broadly analogious to human romantic attachments.
Staff_Inflection:
--- Quote from: Aimless on 19 Oct 2014, 04:30 ---
--- Quote from: Staff_Inflection on 18 Oct 2014, 20:50 ---Faye got on Marten for just letting her go. Now it seems she's doing the exact same thing. Compare the last couple of strips in both arcs. Faye does essentially the same thing Marten does
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I believe you're completely misremembering Marten's actions. He didn't just let her go, he actively and permanently sabotaged his last chance with her, for a bad reason, in an unnecessarily immature fashion. I can sympathise with him and understand/accept what he did, but I think he was being dumb. This is a different situation, although I'll admit they're both making things difficult for themselves (however! it's not over yet). Regardless, it's not an example of Faye being a "terrible person". It's just her being "a person". If not, then I can't think of a single character in this comic who's perfect enough to not be terrible :o
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And Faye essentially admitted that she couldn't possibly feel happy for Angus. And just let him go. Looks like she's actively sabotaging any chance of even trying to make the relationship work to me
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