Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2897 - 2901 (16-20 February 2015)
osaka:
I'm with Khazgar on that part. I think Marten just means that he wants to keep going forward.
I love Claire's assertion too. Sounds like the kind of thing I'd say after such a conversation. Kyoot.
MooskiNet:
Can't tell if he's just drawn better than usual this strip, or if Marten saying awesome things makes him better looking.
I mean, I know that happens in real life, I just never expected to experience it with a webcomic.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: MooskiNet on 18 Feb 2015, 06:56 ---Can't tell if he's just drawn better than usual this strip, or if Marten saying awesome things makes him better looking.
I mean, I know that happens in real life, I just never expected to experience it with a webcomic.
--- End quote ---
I've said this before about Claire. I think that Jeph sometimes draws from a character's perspective. We occasionally see Claire through Marten's eyes and Marten through Claire's eyes. Their feelings for eachother make them look all the better.
eschaton:
Once again, I guess I had a totally different reaction to this comic than most people. I found it basically a worthless throwaway that doesn't advance plot or characterization.
It's odd, because Jeph said he was moving away from dialogue-heavy strips. Marten gets a ton of dialogue in this strip. But it's basically just a long-winded way of saying "I'm really into you." The strip does not seriously have exposition about Marten's feelings more broadly. He could have said he was exposed to a lot of trans people through his mother as a child, and he never thought about it seriously - until he met Claire and it all changed. Because he sees her as a person first - a person he's crazy about. Instead he talks mush.
This just feels like a retread of their first talk. Claire asks if he's okay, Marten reassures her, and she is beaming at the end. I'm immune to Marten/Claire squee, but I can't even see what's squee worthy in this strip. It's frankly the lamest I've seen in months.
Isyrion:
I just thought of this, the fact that Claire may cause some issues between Marten and Claire. Not because Marten has issues with Claire being trans but Claire, this being her first boyfriend, subconsciously thinking Marten is just humoring her. So far Claire is approaching this right by talking out her concerns, hopefully that continues. (The reason this came to me is one of my best friends is trans and she said she ended up screwing up a good relationship due to worrying about her partner being weirded out by her being trans despite him repeatedly tell her he was cool with it. Eventually the constant worrying drove a wedge between them.)
BTW I think they are a cute couple so I hope this works they both deserve happiness.
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