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WCDT 2932-2936 (6th to 10th April 2015)
anahata:
--- Quote from: joran on 08 Apr 2015, 21:11 ---This doesn't even make sense. Clinton wasn't ever into Emily, it was just Claire/Marten's offhanded suggestion/tease that he ask her out.
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Clinton was, however, desperate for a date with somebody. And I think we are supposed to understand that the moment he sees Emily he's suddenly much more attracted to her than he was prepared for. And then... we already know Clinton over-reacts to anything that excites him, whether it's discovering who Hanner's dad is or being defensive about his sister.
Anyway, Emily's certainly found an outlet for HER power...
ETA:
I think the aftermath of this may be that Clinton will learn, slowly and painfuly, from his mistakes and become a much nicer guy all round. Jeph's above putting the two weirdest characters together just for cheap laughs: some good has to come of it.
In the end Emily might even be impressed by Clinton's bravery and develop some sort of affection for him, though I'm not taking bets on that one.
Storel:
--- Quote from: anahata on 09 Apr 2015, 00:05 ---
--- Quote from: joran on 08 Apr 2015, 21:11 ---This doesn't even make sense. Clinton wasn't ever into Emily, it was just Claire/Marten's offhanded suggestion/tease that he ask her out.
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Clinton was, however, desperate for a date with somebody. And I think we are supposed to understand that the moment he sees Emily he's suddenly much more attracted to her than he was prepared for. And then... we already know Clinton over-reacts to anything that excites him, whether it's discovering who Hanner's dad is or being defensive about his sister.
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Exactly. Well put.
--- Quote from: anahata on 09 Apr 2015, 00:05 ---Anyway, Emily's certainly found an outlet for HER power...
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:claireface: Very well put!
--- Quote from: anahata on 09 Apr 2015, 00:05 ---In the end Emily might even be impressed by Clinton's bravery and develop some sort of affection for him, though I'm not taking bets on that one.
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She certainly seems impressed so far. However, we already know he ends up with a black eye and no sign of Emily in the vicinity, so I'm guessing she doesn't stay that way.
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: Elder Sign on 08 Apr 2015, 21:24 ---To me, this whole arc smacks of "Hey, these are the two weirdest characters in the strip right now, let's shove them together, watch it all go to hell, and then point and laugh!", both in-universe (Claire and Marten being mean and messing with Clinton and Emily for kicks) and out-of-universe (Jeph deciding that they must suffer to make a few punchlines).
I'm not looking kindly on this storyline, since I have plenty of experience with being the odd/bookish person in the room/class/group and getting messed with relentlessly because others found it "funny". So no, I'm not getting a kick out of this one. If this is Jeph's way of backhandedly making me (and others) sympathize with Emily and Clinton, well, it's working.
On top of that, the contrast between relationships could not be any more stark. Claire and Marten get a hundred strips of relentless saccharine overkill; meanwhile, Faye and Angus are no more, Dale and Marigold get no screen time, Dora and Tai get one brief strip of one argument, and Emily and Clinton get used as the butt of jokes. Gee, I totally can't tell who the author's favourites are ...
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I'd say you're over-reacting a tad. Jeph wouldn't be doing anything in the comics at the expense of people's real problems, otherwise we'd all be laughing along with him at Faye's alcoholism for example.
bartman:
--- Quote from: Storel on 09 Apr 2015, 00:24 ---She certainly seems impressed so far. However, we already know he ends up with a black eye and no sign of Emily in the vicinity, so I'm guessing she doesn't stay that way.
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It's hard to say for sure. I think wacky hijinks are far more likely than Emily smacking him one.
Traptin:
--- Quote from: Medwin on 08 Apr 2015, 22:02 ---
--- Quote from: joran on 08 Apr 2015, 21:11 ---This doesn't even make sense. Clinton wasn't ever into Emily, it was just Claire/Marten's offhanded suggestion/tease that he ask her out. Why does he want to impress her? Why does she care about tattoos and undercuts all of a sudden? This woman drunkenly cut her own hair off one day. Just...doesn't seem in character for either.
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Well Emily is very smart and she was in a class with Clinton. So he may have had an odd fascination for her, plus dates are suppose to let you get to know one another. Going on this date he might discover things about her that he finds attractive.
Anyway, here is the strip about her project.
Side note, I honestly didn't think Clinton was that creepy he was just... passionate.
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One of the background characters look like Faye with black hair! :o
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