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WCDT Strips 3031-3035 (24th to 28th August 2015

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BenRG:
I feel like actually doing a poll that talks about the coming week's strips today. Maybe it was coming so close to predicting the outcome of the recent Alice Grove cliffhanger... Or maybe I was just struck by the creative bug; I don't know.

Guessing where Jeph goes is always a dangerous endeavour. He has a talent for grabbing tiny things that most of us missed even happened and then expanding them into a plot arc with their own unique characters and jokes. I think that's why I put the 'Veronica gives Sam a bath' option in the poll. It's the sort of mad, unexpected thing that he is good at pulling out of his hat.

Let's talk about 'Marten and Claire moving to Canada' thing for a moment. This is mostly just me referencing Jeph's own upcoming move but, oddly enough, I don't think that it is entirely random. Marten was seriously annoyed at Northampton throwing him a curve ball in the form of Faye's new job. Maybe Claire has got an offer just over the border if she graduates and Marten has heard good things about the sanity level of Canada in general. Maybe he can have a life based on actual logic and plausible reality there? Claire is still at least a year from graduation, so you could easily spend a thousand strips building up the tension as to whether they're going to go through with it or even if Marten will still be with Claire when the time comes!

It's highly unlikely but it is the sort of strange out-of-left-field plot twist that occasionally hits home in QC.

I've ended up voting for 'Hannelore the Problem Solver' option; it has the most potential for immediate humour and character development as well as not opening a can of plot worms.

Mr_Rose:
I went with the bath option for several reasons, including that we haven't seen Sam or VV in a while but mostly because I'm not certain that domme voice will work on a teenager that seems to be more stubborn by reflex than than Marten ever was on purpose… and, either way, it will be hilarious.

Rghfrgl:
I'll call romance for this week.

Next week, back to Robot Death Battles.

wlewisiii:
I like the idea of Sam's end of summer bath. Could be a good bit of slapstick.

chaospersonified:
I voted for the follow-up to Sven's gift because I think it's most likely, though now you mention it I really want to see whether VV's domme voice works on Sam. I kinda think it maybe might, if only because that could lead to wacky hijinks if Sam realizes what's happened and wishes to gain this power.

The problem with this now is that we've got the more pressing arc of the robot fight club and Dora/Faye issues that could be worked out. I think Faye's in a good place now. She likes her job for the first time in QC history. She's sober now. If she ever had reason to let the past go, it's now.

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