Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2932-2936 (6th to 10th April 2015)
Zebediah:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 09 Apr 2015, 01:11 ---Meanwhile, Clinton will find that he has developed credibility with his dorm-mates because of the new 'do, the tattoo and because: "Dude! He actually dated that freaky Emily girl from Advanced Comp Sci!"
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When they first meet Emily: "Dude, your girlfriend is a babe!"
Clinton: "I know!"
Five minutes after meeting Emily: "Dude, your girlfriend is weirder than you are."
Clinton: "I know."
Ten minutes after meeting Emily: "Dude, I'm not sure if the babe-ness is enough to compensate for the weirdness."
Clinton: "I'm still trying to figure that out myself."
Gnomeybum:
A little bit of an aside from the comic, though still relating to Emily, I think I am correct in thinking that she is of Japanese descent, yes? I THINK it has been explicitly stated, but otherwise I am basing that on the surname Azuma as well as the heavy mix of Sakaki/Osaka influences in her character.
So yeah, working on that assumption, the desire to see her in a qipao/cheongsam/ao dai is a little bit of shaky ground racially, as two of those are traditional Chinese dresses and the other is, according to Wikipedia, Viatnamese. I'm not saying it wouldn't be amazing to see Emily in some sort of traditional dress, but I think we have to be careful when making statements like that because it does almost become a case of 'all Asian is the same Asian'.
Sorry, that was a bit of a 'rain on everybody's nice time' kind of post, but I think it is something we should be aware of. Please continue to have a nice time!
CaptainFish:
So far I'm 2/2 on my self-inflicted prediction from last week. >_>
I'm sure now that he's reflected a little bit he'll stop doing whatever Emily happens to mention, right? :roll:
As someone who can be pretty easily convinced to do stuff for others, I kinda understand Clinton's troubles. However, the presentation is a little bit too wacky for me to actually feel much of anything about them. It is a bit of a bummer that he is stuck with an idea he came up with on the spot for the technology he cares so deeply about. I hope he's fine with the power outlet idea later.
osaka:
Emily appears much more joyful in today's last panel than in yesterday's last panel. Could it be that she's genuinely enjoying what Clinton is doing right now? Not as in "being shaped up to Emily's ideas" but as in "Getting a tattoo".
On the other hand, while Clinton looked absolutely jaded yesterday, he looks worried today. Pretty sure he doesn't want the tattoo.
Zebediah:
--- Quote from: Gnomeybum on 09 Apr 2015, 05:44 ---A little bit of an aside from the comic, though still relating to Emily, I think I am correct in thinking that she is of Japanese descent, yes? I THINK it has been explicitly stated, but otherwise I am basing that on the surname Azuma as well as the heavy mix of Sakaki/Osaka influences in her character.
So yeah, working on that assumption, the desire to see her in a qipao/cheongsam/ao dai is a little bit of shaky ground racially, as two of those are traditional Chinese dresses and the other is, according to Wikipedia, Viatnamese. I'm not saying it wouldn't be amazing to see Emily in some sort of traditional dress, but I think we have to be careful when making statements like that because it does almost become a case of 'all Asian is the same Asian'.
Sorry, that was a bit of a 'rain on everybody's nice time' kind of post, but I think it is something we should be aware of. Please continue to have a nice time!
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The point was that she would look good in any of those. I'd be strongly opposed to anyone saying she shouldn't be allowed to wear something because she isn't of the "proper" ethnicity.
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