Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT: 2821-2825 (27 - 31 October 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Lubricus:
I don't get why so many people are trying to see signs of trouble in the interaction between Marten and Claire. To me, it looks like a perfectly fine start to a romantic relationship - a bit of teasing is just frosting on the cake at this point.
Natswash:
I predict tomorrow to be "Happy Arbor Day 2006" esque scene ending with Tai telling everyone to get to work. Wednesday sees Tai playing instrumental covers of soppy romance songs, Thursday Marten and Claire getting swamped by work ending with slumping together outside during lunchbreak/after work, and Friday a cliffhanger on the subject of Faye/Angus or something involving Sven
--- Quote from: Pilchard123 on 27 Oct 2014, 02:26 ---
I make up lyrics to songs far too quickly:
But people smell better than reindeers
Sven, don't you think I'm right?
That's once again true,
for all except you
And that's because you smell of sh-*slam*
I want to go up North Mountain.
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You're terrible
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--- Quote from: Lubricus on 27 Oct 2014, 02:55 ---I don't get why so many people are trying to see signs of trouble in the interaction between Marten and Claire. To me, it looks like a perfectly fine start to a romantic relationship - a bit of teasing is just frosting on the cake at this point.
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I don't think it's so much looking for problems as trying to read into it as much as we possibly can
ReindeerFlotilla:
--- Quote from: Lubricus on 27 Oct 2014, 02:55 ---I don't get why so many people are trying to see signs of trouble in the interaction between Marten and Claire. To me, it looks like a perfectly fine start to a romantic relationship - a bit of teasing is just frosting on the cake at this point.
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Some people have this dynamic. Partner A says don't go forward 3. Partner B immediately goes forward 2.9. Partner A gets "upset" but not really, because that's the game.
The problem is, and this really is a thing, sometimes Partner B is in a relationship with someone who really meant, "don't do that." Doing the opposite, but in such a way that it doesn't strictly break the letter of the request is very upsetting. Rather than receiving the message "I'm teasing you, they get the message, "I don't care about your requests."
So... Questionable Content is a relationship comic. People speculate on stuff there's absolutely no evidence for. Marten just did a thing that could be very flattering to Claire or very undermining. And Claire is sometimes difficult to read. Relationship stuff happens in a relationship comic... It's ambiguous... Of course people are going to wonder if it means trouble.
In both of the major core character relationships, the thing that served to split the pairing was introduced at about the same time as the pairing got together. Dora's fear and insecurity about Marten's feelings and Angus and Faye both living complacently for different reasons (Faye out of complacency, Angus because he was waiting for a means to move to New York).
Basically, this is one of those times that there's plenty of reason to speculate that these might be signs of the trouble. As it happens, I hope not. I don't know if this ship's gonna float long, but that's only because I don't know where Jeph is going with this. But I really want it to. If it's going to end, I'd like to see it end because of ripe old age (in comic terms) thousands of strip from now.
Until we find out which it's gonna be, talking about the details is entertaining. Also, a good way to slip obscure jokes into conversations. And Puns.
Does that Claire things up?
anahata:
--- Quote from: Lubricus on 27 Oct 2014, 02:55 ---I don't get why so many people are trying to see signs of trouble in the interaction between Marten and Claire.
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Me neither.
This is innocent fun, in the context of making at least a token effort to curb their excitement and behave like adults while they're at work.
Almost or actually failing in this could have some comedy potential, too.
Pilchard123:
--- Quote from: Natswash on 27 Oct 2014, 02:57 ---You're terrible
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Guilty as charged.
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