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WCDT 2887-2891 (2-6 February 2015)

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BenRG:
So, a new week is upon us.

I've said this before but I'm more confident than ever that this week could see a time skip. There is not much else to deal with immediately except, perhaps, Marten taking Faye home, sitting her down and them having The Talk v.2.0.  However, given how Jeph has been turning off of lengthy dialogue exposition of late, he may not want to do it. After all, we know more-or-less what Faye's problems are and arguably there is little to be gained, in story-telling terms, by having her repeat them to Marten in a week's worth of strips. The only other available thread I can identify is what happened to Pintsize and there is no compelling reason to spend too much time on it unless you want to address Faye's relationship with Pintsize.

So, what could happen? Much like the last of last week's Alice Grove comics, I've been increasingly been getting the feeling of an end of a chapter. A phase in our characters' adventures has come to an end and I think it's plausible to pick these up some time later, perhaps a few weeks into Smif's autumn term. Possible features:

* Claire the student is having to juggle her relationship with Marten with her MLS studies; this causes... stresses; on the flip side, she's enjoying being a centre of jealousy for being the one who seduced that nice Mr Reed in the library;
* Faye has decided that CoD is the past as well as being symptomatic of her personal stagnation and unwillingness to grow as a person; she's trying to move on being alternately helped and hindered by her well-meaning friends;
* Tai's 'adventures' in trying to help Dora get over her deep and near-depressive guilt about driving Faye away; this may evolve into Dora confronting her wider issues with friendships and family;
* May is fed up with a subsistence-level job; the AI Cloud instructs Momo to train her to be a Personal Companion AI on the grounds that, if Pintsize can do the job, anyone can do the job;
* Something totally out-of-left field; maybe Hannelore has a secret that will be alluded to many times but we'll have to wait to find out what's up in her life; or maybe there can be a "Wham!" declaration from a character to another (e.g.: "Dale... I'm... I'm pregnant!").I'd really like to hear what everyone else thinks.

Omega Entity:
I think I recall reading that Jeph stated, once upon a time, that there will never be a pregnancy arc.

MooskiNet:
Voted for three dads 'cause hell yeah, three dads.

That said, the freeway is wide open.  There are quite a few plot lines in varying stages of development, and with Faye out of immediate danger, Monday could see any one of them taking the camera.

I still like the time skip idea; it avoids discussion of things that Jeph has indicated he will not discuss, and it's a hell of a lot easier to retcon something you've never actually said in the first place.

Method of Madness:

--- Quote from: Omega Entity on 01 Feb 2015, 06:28 ---I think I recall reading that Jeph stated, once upon a time, that there will never be a pregnancy arc.

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No pregnancy arc doesn't necessarily mean no pregnant characters. Someone could be pregnant and have a kid without it being a main focus. Benergy makes an interesting point about the "end of a chapter", but has this whole run so far been simply the first chapter? If there have been splits before, where did they occur? That one time jump a while back is the only one I can think of, although I guess The Talk and The Breakup could count as chapter breaks too.

Neko_Ali:
I'm kinda mixed on the idea of May becoming Faye's companion AI. In some ways I think it would work. May wouldn't have the patience to put up with Faye's avoidance crap and could go toe to to with her in a verbal sparring match. Maybe even physical depending on her chassis. And I think Faye will need someone to give her a hard slap to stay focused once in a while. Part of the problem she has has been surrounding herself with people who mostly let her get away with just sliding through with a joke or intimidation. May wouldn't have any part of that.

On the other hand.. could you imagine the chaos those two could get into when they sync up in ideas? They have very similar personality types. That tends to either repulse each other or sync up and feed into each other. And the two of them working together could be hard on people around them. The force of their scorn magnified could shatter worlds. Or maybe they'll start their own business together with a little help from Veronica. Start a welding a verbal abuse shop. It's already known that people are willing to go some place and pay to be yelled at by Faye... Just cut out the middle man of a coffee shop.

In the short term it could deal with the issue of where to get money to cover rent until Faye gets back on her feet. May staying with Dale was short term anyway... She could move in with Faye, Marten and Pintsize and help with the rent since she has a job. But poor Marten, having to live with the three of them. 

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