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WCDT 2887-2891 (2-6 February 2015)
de_la_Nae:
Damned straight, transmissions are the devil!
That's what we're talking about right?
p.s. 'just as it's gaining traction in social justice' blah blah blah I've been in the trenches of the Internet too long to readily take him at arguing in good faith with that sentence.
bhtooefr:
For all we know, Quantifiable Concerns had an arc where Clarissa came out as trans, and Marten got an education from the forums, which then resulted in him re-evaluating everything, especially after he realized that he might like Claire.
Mr. Black Licorice:
--- Quote from: valkygrrl on 08 Feb 2015, 06:56 ---
--- Quote from: Mr. Black Licorice on 08 Feb 2015, 03:18 ---C) Empty Pandering? When did web comics become a pissing contest for hipsters? Do I get bonus points for saying "I was trans* friendly before it was cool?" Come on!
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Well it is all popular now. That's why I'm anti-trans, that way no one can accuse me of being trendy.
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You are so behind the curve; post anti-trans is the thing now... and don't make me explain it to you - you wouldn't understand. :parrot:
*snaps in a z formation*
TheEvilDog:
At this stage in the thread, I'm currently at:
AprilArcus:
--- Quote from: swapna on 08 Feb 2015, 04:39 ---True, and at the moment, Marten seems very comfortable with his sexuality, but it's not always been displayed that way. A few months prior, while he was still dating Dora, he was certainly not OK with dating a transgendered Person: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=615
Even in jest, that's a very hurtful comment to make, and for Marten it's just been a few months (I've scanned AprilArcus' wonderful timeline, and as far as I can see, it's maybe 6+ months). This is not the only time he displayed discomfort with people who's visible gender might not always be the same: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=457
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My timeline doesn't go back that far yet; my guess is that 615 is set something like 18 months before the current strips. I made a long post about the gradual queering of Marten's cultural baseline back in October that I think is still a good read for the Marten-is-too-straight-for-Claire skeptics.
I talked to a few of my IRL friends about the whole Claire-stripping-in-front-of-Marten thing and we all agree that it feels really off-key and totally unlike how we relate to relaxed, friendly, Marten-ish boys in practice.
The only way I can get my head around it is by reminding myself that Claire is not very much like me — she's a virginal mess of stress and anxiety and frustration, and this strip is (maybe?) taking place in the way-less-trans-friendly mid-2000s. So maybe I could imagine it happening? In any case, the drama of her heightened emotions present a weird contradiction that forces me to be a little creative in my reading of the character, which isn't terrible.
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