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WCDT 2887-2891 (2-6 February 2015)
ReindeerFlotilla:
Fascinating.
Has no one noticed that the date arc was effectively filler? Perhaps filler is the wrong word. Let's call it padding.
Jeph established the romance. He then disestablished Faye and Angus. He then established Faye's depression. Then hinted that she was drinking too much. Each jump to Marten and Claire spaced out the progression from Sad panda to plastered panda.
I don't mean to suggest that the date arc was meaningless. I suspect things that happened will be important in hindsight. But it is in keeping with the way Jeph always done the comic. The issue isn't that Marten and Claire have no foundation for a relationship. It's not that they are unjustifiably happy. The issue is the Jeph is doing the opposite of too many words.
I think he's effectively communicated the feel of the relationship. I would like more details. But I don't assume that Jeph not providing those details means those details don't exist. Jeph's asking us to infer a lot. This comic being a prime example. All other things being equal, I suspect most of it will always be inference.
If you gotta complain, I figure complain about the way he's drawing Marten's eye's lately. Just round the damn things off! He's getting positively creepy. I mean, he rounds them off today, except the last panel. And the last is trip to the uncanny valley. The uncanny valley is worse than LA.
Undrneath:
--- Quote from: Aziraphale on 05 Feb 2015, 21:58 ---Thoughts at random:
* Not that I'd have expected this to be played for laughs, I'm glad that Jeph sqeeeeee -- ahem, squeezed -- some emotional heft into this one, between Claire's vulnerability and trust, and Marten's bleary-eyed acceptance.
* Speaking of XKCD, if the last panel had been Marten's room as a ball pit, that would've been just about perfect.
* What's up with Marten's face in a couple of those panels? Those are faces Marty Feldman would look at and go, "What the fuck?"
* I'll say it again: Claire is simply adorable.
--- Quote from: Truec on 05 Feb 2015, 21:32 ---You forgot this one:
--- Quote ---M: Damn, you are really freckly!
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After Marten's "modification" of Dora's tattoo, I wonder if he might try something similar with Claire's freckles. I can just picture Monday's strip showing the two of them talking at the library... Emily walks over and wonders why Claire has Orion on one shoulder and Ursa Major on the other. :claireface:
Warning: While you were typing, eleventy billion new posts were posted. You may wish to... oh, never mind.
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As a "Damn, you are really freckly!" ginger myself I'm sure a lot of people of the freckly persuasion have played connect the dots I know I have.
Zalder:
QUESTION: What mood music (assuming he'd put on some mood music) would Marten choose for this encounter? Some older indie that might help Claire get at ease I'm thinking. Cat Power?
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: Aziraphale on 05 Feb 2015, 21:58 ---Emily walks over and wonders why Claire has Orion on one shoulder and Ursa Major on the other.
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Ursa Major would be because Claire needed a bear too.
BrusselSprouts:
Looks like Marten's tamper proof seal is about to be broken
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