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Dr. Clairetenlove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Squee

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Storel:

--- Quote from: Khazgar on 19 Feb 2015, 01:35 ---6). Happy people make other people happy. It’s infectious. Let the love (and the squee) fill your heart. Smile at your husband or wife, boyfriend or girlfriend, at your friends and colleagues, and show them the strips. They will be infected too. If we work hard we can cause an epidemic!

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I believe the word you want here is "squeepidemic."

You're welcome.  :evil:

ASB84:
I think part of the irritation on both sides stems from the fact that anyone who isn't thrilled with the pairing - or at least the way it's been handled in the story so far - is being misrepresented as miserably demanding that the story be nothing but drama, the relationship immediately go down in flames, and that we don't "get it", won't see reason, and so on and so forth. The side that is squeeing is irritated because they seem to see the other side of the argument in that light, while the other side is irritated at being portrayed as such.

In reality, most of us who aren't really feeling the squee as much just have a different preference as to how much cuteness is too much, at what point there's too much of a good thing. Think of it as the amount of sugar in your coffee, or the number of scoops of ice cream...whatever metaphor works for you. At the end of the day, it's all a matter of taste.

In addition to that, some of us want to see a bit more than just cuteness, or would prefer to see cuteness come as part of the story, not the point of it. For some of us, getting several strips in a row that are basically just squee material feels a bit empty and repetitive after the third or fourth one. It's not that we're bitter, sad people, trying to stomp all over the comic and rain on everyone's parade. We just want a bit more substance and story. If we're a bit haughty, it's probably because our criticisms and taste has been misrepresented and ridiculed in a manner that completely misses the point that we're trying to get across.

We don't hate happiness, we don't object to cuteness, we're not saying that no one shouldn't squee. We just want something to cut through the treacle on occasion, and something else on top of cute imagery.

BenRG:
I don't know; maybe I'm unnaturally patient but I don't feel any particular need to 'progress' what is going on in Claireten right now. I'm perfectly happy for them to be drifting along on their honeymoon cloud until Jeph feels ready to do otherwise. Yes, I think that other story arcs deserve and need more strip time but I do not really feel any real irritation or boredom when Jeph feels the need to draw a strip or five of just the two of them doing couple-y (is that even a word?) things together.

ASB84:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 23 Feb 2015, 02:13 ---I don't know; maybe I'm unnaturally patient but I don't feel any particular need to 'progress' what is going on in Claireten right now. I'm perfectly happy for them to be drifting along on their honeymoon cloud until Jeph feels ready to do otherwise. Yes, I think that other story arcs deserve and need more strip time but I do not really feel any real irritation or boredom when Jeph feels the need to draw a strip or five of just the two of them doing couple-y (is that even a word?) things together.

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Which is fair enough. It's definitely a "Your Mileage May Vary" thing. I (and at least a few others, from the looks of things) would like to see a little more than just the cuteness, or at least cuteness within the context of a more substantial story arc, but that's personal preference, what I (and those others) want to see.

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