Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2887-2891 (2-6 February 2015)
SomeCanadianWeirdo:
Heh, now cue two weeks of Wil and Penelope doing something, like trying to get some of his poetry published, and the ensuing hijinks.
Aziraphale:
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--- Quote from: Aziraphale on 04 Feb 2015, 10:03 ---Everything isn't all drama all the time. Whether it's a story or real life, people need time and space to step away from everything, take a deep breath, and just be. As IICIH mentions, there'll be time for drama later. Maybe I'm looking at this wrong, but to me one barometer (among many) of a healthy relationship is the avoidance of unnecessary drama.
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True, but there isn't really a reason to show us that, is there? I assume Penny and Will are completely happy and maintaining their relationship well, mostly because we havent' checked in on them in a long time.
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The flip side of that, though, is the degree of connection to the rest of the cast. Penelope isn't really close to any of the main cast. Sure, she works at CoD, but even Dora seems to forget that from time to time. For his part, Wil's really only connected to Sven (who we haven't seen) and otherwise only shows up when the story calls for beer and fancy clothes. Sure, we don't have to see every last time Penelope gets angry at Wil for leaving the seat up, but it's also not like they're close enough to anybody else to figure much in their stories except as window dressing.
Marten, on the other hand, has connections to the whole main cast (he is, after all, the comic's protagonist), and Claire is connected not only to Marten, but also the gang at the library, plus Clinton. Clinton aside, she's good friends with several of the people she's met. In other words, their relationship could be smooth sailing for the remainder of the strip* and there'd still be plenty of reason to feature both of them, since they'd presumably have an interest in what goes on in their friends' lives, and they offer support where they can.
*Not that I foresee it playing out that way, or think that it should, mind you.
downtowneddie:
This might be a good opportunity to take a breath and check-in on the various storylines happening right now in the Q.C. universe. Faye has been on our minds a lot lately (for obvious reasons) and it seems like tomorrow's comic might be some more development of Marten and Claire's relationship. So here is my list, submitted with permission:
- Faye: what happens next post-Angus, post-CoD, and after her stay in hospital?
- Marten and Claire’s relationship development
- How will Dora reconcile with Faye? What about Sven?
- What happened to Pintsize?
- Sven's unrequited pining of Faye
- Veronica possibly moving to Northampton to be with Jim
- Emily and Clinton
- Pintsize and Winslow Kickstarter shenanigans
- Hannelore's new nemesis: Juicy
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: TRVA123 on 04 Feb 2015, 07:06 ---Marten and Claire are together, I am very happy about that and they seem well adjusted. But I've gotten my squees out of my system
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No, you haven't. Not yet.
Trust me.
Aziraphale:
--- Quote from: downtowneddie on 04 Feb 2015, 14:23 ---This might be a good opportunity to take a breath and check-in on the various storylines happening right now in the Q.C. universe. Faye has been on our minds a lot lately (for obvious reasons) and it seems like tomorrow's comic might be some more development of Marten and Claire's relationship. So here is my list, submitted with permission:
- Faye: what happens next post-Angus, post-CoD, and after her stay in hospital?
- Marten and Claire’s relationship development
- How will Dora reconcile with Faye? What about Sven?
- What happened to Pintsize?
- Sven's unrequited pining of Faye
- Veronica possibly moving to Northampton to be with Jim
- Emily and Clinton
- Pintsize and Winslow Kickstarter shenanigans
- Hannelore's new nemesis: Juicy
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Two questions:
1. I thought Veronica had already moved?
2. How long has it been (in-comic) since Sven's "confession"?
I don't have the same hatred of Sven that a lot of people on the boards seem to... I think that if Dora gives him a good talking to about Faye's life of late, he could actually be helpful, or at least try to be. Whether that's the best thing for Faye, of course, is something else again.
I think that Juicy might be like the Emergency Bourbon... a one-off gag that'll bring up endless speculation every time someone who looks even vaguely like her pops up in the strip.
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