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WCDT Strips 3006-3010 (20 to 24 July 2015)
ReindeerFlotilla:
--- Quote from: Tichy on 22 Jul 2015, 02:22 ---As much as I like this arc, today's strip felt like Jeph doesn't respect his readership's maturity. He uses Faye's question to remove objections that some readers may have, just so that there is less controversy around what Faye is doing - boring! Some of you have the same concerns, because you're second-guessing the answer, but Faye doesn't seem to be doing that. (Maybe tomorrow.) That's my point: Faye's moral concerns about were established before, so it isn't that she *asked* which I find unrealistic, but rather the direct and open answer the manager gave her. I would not expect underground robot fighting to be this "clean", and the manager of a fighting ring to give an answer that isn't even slightly evasive.
(Also, hi everyone!)
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I'm not everyone, but I'll tell her you said, "hi."
I suspect Jeph is also shutting down the conflict issue because it's not part of the story he wants to tell, as well, but I also believe it is too early to be leveling charges.
Let use, for a moment, suppose he's not. You've agreed Faye would ask.
Consider that, while Pintsize rarely lies, he has (he kept Marten in the dark about root parties being a thing, a lie of omission, at least). Why, went seeing an opportunity to utilize Faye's skills, would Corpse Witch spoil it with the truth?
QC is largely not a deep darkness story, so I suspect it is simply more in keeping with the style to dispense with the deep darkness in order to focus on the fart jokes. But simply because a character makes a statement, it does not follow that the character is being truthful.
I really hope that's not just my POV, or I'm going to have to rethink every story I've ever written.
BenRG:
I'm generally in agreement with ReindeerFlotilla on this matter. Jeph, typically (at least in QC) doesn't do 'dark'. The 'fights' are going to be like something out of a children's comic book with robots whose heads pop off on springs if you hit the button hit in the chest or something similar. As I've proposed before, I'm sure that many of the fighters will be professionals who are proud of their art and somewhat annoyed at the thought of snivelling do-gooders who are trying to ban it.
Furthermore, Jeph very rarely writes long-duration arcs, preferring episodic 'peeks' into relationships so you can see how they are developing; the reader is encouraged to fill in the blanks. This in itself may make it an interesting little new arc. If Faye does unintentionally become the focus around which Ultimate Robot Fighting League comes out of the shadows, or at least for some of the more desperate robots to escape exploitation by finding better jobs, I wouldn't expect it to be a single continuous arc. We'd just get little 10-20 strip episodes that is little more than Faye talking to someone for advice and conversations between Momo and Bubbles about civil rights or something.
FWIW, I still like the idea of Bubbles ending up as Faye's room-mate. Maybe Faye helps Bubbles to win the championship and Bubbles buys out her contract with her prize purse. She then 'goes legit' (a long-held dream of hers) by getting a job in security or even personal protection. Between them, she and Faye are able to afford their own apartment. Naturally, an ex-AnthroPC Companion turned into a killing machine turns out to be just the sort of friend Faye needs to keep her on the wagon.
That would be many hundred strips in the future, of course.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: TheBiscuit on 22 Jul 2015, 03:20 ---Can't even figure out any advantage for those she interacts with since both gentlemen and ladies both only have two hands.
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Depends how many people she is "interacting" with...
Cpt. Slowloader:
--- Quote from: emilygrrl on 21 Jul 2015, 18:50 ---WHYYYYYY would anyone want 3 tits? In this society, you'd be labelled a freak for it.
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On the back for ballroom dancing?
Zebediah:
--- Quote from: TheBiscuit on 22 Jul 2015, 03:20 ---Came here to post this. Can't figure out any real advantage to a third boob, for the owner. Can't even figure out any advantage for those she interacts with since both gentlemen and ladies both only have two hands.
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The typical human has two hands and one mouth.
And that's as far as I'm going with that line of discussion.
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