Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2947-2951 (27 April to 1 May 2015)
Rghfrgl:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 29 Apr 2015, 21:40 ---Poking around in your dad's girlfriend's underwear drawer is not exactly polite, though I can't condemn the curiosity.
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She may have left it in the living room or something and it just wondered in there.
Perhaps it's a trouser snake. :claireface:
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 29 Apr 2015, 16:03 ---I really wouldn't be terribly surprised if Veronica already knows or suspects Claire is trans. Apparently she's known trans people, so she might guess.
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FWIW, the appearance of Good Stepmother Snake makes me think that Marten and Sam will be sent off into the woods on a release mission whilst Veronica and Claire share some girl talk.
I can see Veronica being devastatingly plain-spoken. She will demand to know if Claire has told Marten if she is trans and warn that she won't tolerate Claire pursuing a relationship under 'false pretenses'. She doesn't disapprove as much as insist on candour and honesty. She and Henry could have avoided a lot of heartbreak if he'd told her that he was gay earlier in their relationship. After she's satisfied that Claire has been honest with Marten, she'll relax and start going on about how good Marten is with Sam and how he'd make a great husband and father.
Veronica will then round off what has been already a traumatic day for Claire by giving her a lot of sartorial tips (street and bedroom wear) and by giving her a brochure from an adoption agency with the snarled instruction: "GRAND-BABIES!"
Gladstone:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 30 Apr 2015, 00:18 ---I can see Veronica being devastatingly plain-spoken. She will demand to know if Claire has told Marten if she is trans and warn that she won't tolerate Claire pursuing a relationship under 'false pretenses'. She doesn't disapprove as much as insist on candour and honesty.
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No.
No no no no no.
Absolutely not.
Veronica doesn't know how intimate Claire and Marten have been yet, but confronting her about her trans status as if Marten wouldn't know already falls squarely into the awful "trap" stereotype about trans people that Jeph is probably VERY keen to avoid.
tl;dr: No.
BenRG:
@Gladstone,
I respect your opinion. However, I genuinely think that my suggestion is in-character for Veronica. She knows better than most about playing roles and, after all the bad experiences Marten has had in relationships, she doesn't want him hurt again. I'm sure that, after Claire tells her that she volunteered the information upfront, she'll be fine.
I just think that it would be good to have Claire facing a challenge based on good intentions and love rather than fear and malice.
Gladstone:
Veronica confronting Claire alone and demanding to know if Marten knows yet, and warning her that "she won't tolerate Claire pursuing a relationship under 'false pretenses'" is not "a challenge based on good intentions and love."
And it is way past my bedtime, so that's all I'm going to say about this.
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