Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2942-2946 (20-24 April 2015)
SubaruStephen:
jheartney:
--- Quote from: valkygrrl on 22 Apr 2015, 20:14 ---So then you want Claire to start saying things like "You know nothing Jon Snow."
--- End quote ---
Claire: "You know nothing, Marten Reed!"
Pintsize: "Yeah, tell us something we didn't know."
Kugai:
Thermonuclear explosion in
3 ...... 2 ...... 1
BenRG:
I had to think about today's strip for a moment. What had Marten been doing before Claire stormed over? I don't think that he knew what Emily's balloon was actually about and, naturally enough, was afraid to ask. Now he knows and I bet that he's sort of relieved that Tai didn't give Emily the crown. Calming down Claire over not getting a balloon too is going to be hard enough!
I exaggerate for comedic effect, of course. I'm sure that Marten's brain is working overtime to work out what to do next.
I'm sticking with my prediction of yesterday that Tai couldn't write a proper evaluation, even if she wanted to, which would require motivation that she currently does not have. She's a classic Scott Adams Weasel Boss - She got her position by accident, keeps it by non-work means and only does the work that she absolutely has to. Such a boss doesn't do evaluations; it leaves too much of a paper trail of their own existence and activities!
Unless Jeph pulls a surprise out of his hat tomorrow, this is going to last into next week. I suspect that how the fandom views Tai is going to be seriously affected by how she reacts to Marten and/or Claire's explanation of why Claire needs a proper evaluation. Best case, she asks Marten or Mono for help; worst case, she laughs at the idea and tells them that satisfying Claire's professor is their problem, not hers. In this latter case, irrespective of how they view Claire, readers would empathise enough with her for Tai to become a figure of hate to them!
Emperor Norton:
@BenRG. I think you are grossly underestimating what she can actually do. There has been no evidence in the comic to suggest she is incompetent, just super relaxed and doesn't take much seriously.
She was also a TA and graduated from grad school. The idea that she can write a thesis but can't actually write an evaluation is beyond silly.
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