Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2887-2891 (2-6 February 2015)
Zebediah:
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agreed. Honestly, not to be crude, but all anyone needs to engage in sex with anyone else is a mouth and hands.
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I've had the same conversation about The Little Mermaid.
EDIT: And The Doctor.
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Jack Harkness. And frankly, he'd find a way even if there weren't mouths or hands.
Loki:
--- Quote from: explicit on 05 Feb 2015, 12:35 ---And honestly, can we really get mad at people for asking? Yes, it's incredibly impolite to ask real people about their sexbits, but these are fictional characters and Claire does represent - however unfairly - the trans figure for a lot of people.
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(Disclaimer: This comment is not directed at you, I am just using it as a jumping board of sorts for an explanation to others.)
What one does have to keep in mind, of course, that there are a lot of trans people here (indeed, we had a huge influx of them after Claire came out to Marten). Imagine you are a trans person and you keep getting asked those questions in real life (not really in a much different manner than the comic you posted, I imagine). It hurts. Then you get online, reading your favorite comic, go to the forum...and there are people of all sorts asking all the same questions, and seeing nothing wrong with it. As you said, Claire does unwillingly represent trans people - also to trans people.
(Second disclaimer: I am not trans and thus cannot adequately represent the experiences and viewpoints of trans people).
We used to have to ban ten people per day (or so, I didn't keep count) when Claire snuggled up next to Marten back in the hotel.
This is why I codified the rule regarding private parts back then when I was still a mod. It is really just an aspect of Jeph's ultimate rule: "don't be an asshole".
This forum has really become a better place in that regard, and I am proud of its users.
explicit:
I wasn't around for all of that, was it really that bad (that would explain the myriad of crossed off names I see on the forums...)? All I have to go off of is news articles with comments sections about people being dicks to trans people over the internet, although to be fair they're also dicks to everyone else who's even kind of different.
AprilArcus:
--- Quote from: explicit on 05 Feb 2015, 12:35 ---And honestly, can we really get mad at people for asking?
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Yes. There is talking about it because it is relevant to your reading of the character's emotional state, and there is talking about it just to talk about it. This thread is going off-course.
Aimless:
--- Quote from: eschaton on 05 Feb 2015, 12:20 ---The problem with the whole "not discussing graphic sexual things" regarding Claire within the strip is Pintsize. It would be totally OOC for him not to say or do some sort of well-meaning but totally inappropriate thing when he finds out. Like I could totally see him getting Marten and Claire matching friendship-bracelets, and then when they are both horrified, ask if he picked out the wrong sizes.
Global Moderator Comment I could def. see P-size giving them friendship bracelets but maybe Jeph would think twice about writing it.
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I figure there are some things Jeph won't say or do even in the guise of pintsize.
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