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WCDT Strips 3131 to 3135 (11-15 January 2016)
Kugai:
More Clin-ton and Emily?
cesium133:
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--- Quote from: BenRG on 11 Jan 2016, 09:28 ---Alternately, what if it's going to be a controversial plot line? Has Faye ended up back in hospital after Bubbles had a blackout and hit her, full force? Have Marten and Claire really got married as some have wondered (explaining why we haven't seen Claire or Marten's left hands any time recently)?
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Wait, what? (I actually went back to see, and we do at least see Marten's left hand here.
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Not that I buy into it but if they are only engaged Claire would be wearing a ring but Marten wouldn't necessarily. Still, as much SQUEEE as it would be I don't really think it would be best for the story.
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I tend to assume that any relationship in QC is ultimately doomed. So a Marten-Claire engagement seems unlikely, unless it's to set up an eventual ultimate Marclairepocalypse.
Undrneath:
I would imagine that since when he started writing QC Jeph was more or less in Martens age group which can be an emotionally charged relationship mine field he wrote the comic with that mindset. However as we get older inevitably our social circle begins to pair off, get married, and have children. This also has somewhat been reflected in QC. I would not put it out of the realm of possibility for some of the characters to find their "forever partners" whether they have already remains to be seen.
chaospersonified:
--- Quote from: War Sparrow on 11 Jan 2016, 09:27 ---I haven't seen the new Star Wars, nor do I plan to. The villain is a bit whiny, then?
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'Whiny' is the wrong word. Luke is 'whiny' in Episode IV. Kylo Ren is more 'Entitled with tendency for tantrums.' You should actually check out the movie. I hesitate to say it makes up for the prequels, but it's good enough to atone for at least one of those shit shows.
Regarding QC suggestions, I most like the Claire-Marten engagement theory, though I don't see it causing 'entitled man-boy tears.' I like it because it opens a whole new world of comedy and drama. It sets up for a bunch of interesting introductions, like between Claire's family and Veronica, with Clinton averting his eyes and pretending he doesn't recognize her, and Veronica being very frank about why he might, only for Clairemom to be just as candid. Then we'd slowly get to see the relationship implode, because like Cesium, I kind of assume every relationship is doomed, but that would lead to Claire, the ex-wife, and that could be interesting in a dark sort of way, especially if they decide for some godforsaken reason to adopt a child, which would allow Jeph to hit that spectrum of jokes (Oh god, Pintsize + baby) without breaching his 'no-pregnancy' promise. Like I said though, I find it hard to imagine that the comic introducing that kind of long, complicated arc might induce 'entitled, man-boy tears.' I could definitely see an entitled, trans-phobic man-boy clicking off the comic and never coming back, maybe bitching somewhere about how it's totally oppressive to him as a straight, 'normal' male to recognize that these things exist, but tears? I don't know.
Frankly, that's what throws me off about predicting this altogether, the 'tears' bit. 'Entitled' and 'man-boy' would suggest it's connected to the let's play arc, seeing as most entitled man-boys consider themselves gamers (though not all gamers are either of these things) but that arc seems too recent to be already causing tears. I could imagine that happening later, once it's established more fully, and they're already playing, but they haven't even gotten mics yet!
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Wait.
Dammit, Jeph, if this is just a snotty gamer asswipe working at the shop where Sam is buying her equipment, making shitty comments and getting set in his place, I will laugh my ass off. I've been speculating all this stuff, thinking so much about an off-hand comment, and it's just that there's a side-character representing a larger, surprisingly-touchy group of people and acting like a shithead whilst doing so? That would be great.
War Sparrow:
I'm just not super keen on Star Wars in general. I never saw the prequels, so I can't judge on them. If it's on at a friend's house, I'll watch it maybe.
l fervently hope it's not an engagement. They haven't been together all that long, and even cohabitation seems a bit of a stretch. I think Claire will want to have her career in order before a husband and children. She is sensible, and Marten doesn't seem to be that foolish either.
I hope it's a Sam/Marigold bonding arc where Marigold teaches Sam to ignore the jerks who condemn her for being a young girl daring to stream online, or the greaseballs who are a little..too supportive.
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