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WCDT 2887-2891 (2-6 February 2015)
Is it cold in here?:
Oh wow. That's the best turned phrase I've seen in weeks and it completely answers every question people have had. Be proud!
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In the particular example of whether to wonder out loud about Claire's medical history, it was a long line of people who reported being hurt, including quite a few we knew only said things like that when it was real and important, culminating with ZoeB, which is the point at which policy changed. It was seriously counter-intuitive to me and I had to learn some things.
AprilArcus:
What particularly baffles me about all this "what's she got down there" nonsense is that QC has told us over and over again. It is perhaps right and proper that people who refuse to take the effort to parse out the subtext should be doomed to live in mystery.
--- Quote ---Readers: omg what is the story with Claire's stuff we need to knowwwwwwwww
Jeph: alludes with dialogue
Readers: what?
Jeph: alludes with body language
Readers: huh?
Jeph: come on you guys
Readers: but we can't HEAR you unless you say it OBVIOUSLY and TASTELESSLY!
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War Sparrow:
http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/every-rose-has-its-thorn
Let us all bow to the wisdom of Commander Badass Re: Other peoples bits.
According to Jeph's Tumblr, he has no intention of flat out saying. Which is fine by me.
vforvancouver:
--- Quote from: Silverzippo on 08 Feb 2015, 17:38 ---Since I don't know much about Jeph; Is Marten an extension of himself?
I don't know if this is a thing or not, I'm curious.
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--- Quote from: jwhouk on 08 Feb 2015, 18:48 ---Parts of all of his characters are autobiographical, to a certain point.
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I believe that, to be considered a good writer, there is always a part of you in every character you write. Jeph is no exception. There is a difference, however, in giving a part of you to tour characters, and writing a Mary Sue or a Marty Stu. So far, I don't find anything that I may consider a Mary Sue in Jeph's work. But there are a lot of experiences he has had in his daily common life we can get, at least as a reference, in his work: Faye's drinking, Marten and Dora's breakup, Deathmole's songs, Ardent's regrowing tail... you name it, perhaps, perhaps it is reflected in comic. I didn't notice that fact until last November. I wrote a short story and developed it as a novel, and at certain point, when my character (whom I decided should be a rugby player to settle a bet: that I could write a story with a rugby player) had to play a rugby match at old age (for a rugby player), I wrote that match like the matches I've played. But, damn, my player was a wonderful player, while I was a bad one, mediocre at best. Also, my player was married; I'm single and probably would be for life. Yet, somehow, my friends who read that story liked it. I think it's not half bad, taken into account I wrote it in ten days. But I digress. What I was trying to say is that even if Jeph's characters aren't real, we're still following their adventures and we tend to think of them as if they were real people, so we like to analyze them based in our own experiences.
For me, that's the important and relevant part of this discussion: we think (at least I think) of them as people. Real people. Not webcomic people. XKCD's characters are not people. I like that about this webcomic and its community. I came here as an escape from reality and found a new virtual reality. One where we are discussing minute information and facts with as much effort as Mexican women discuss telenovelas.
Now wish me luck. I'm entering rehab today, and I hope I won't need a hip replacement soon. How I miss the times I could play rugby...
Akima:
--- Quote from: AprilArcus on 10 Feb 2015, 12:08 ---What particularly baffles me about all this "what's she got down there" nonsense is that QC has told us over and over again. It is perhaps right and proper that people who refuse to take the effort to parse out the subtext should be doomed to live in mystery.
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Yes, I hit the like button.
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