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WCDT Strips 3151 to 3155 (8 - 12 February 2016)
comicalArchitect:
Can we please not do the Aunt Betty thing? One thing I love about Jeph's presentation of Claire is that she's treated just as a character, not as a trans character. A storyline built around her being trans would run counter to that, and would be hard for a lot of QC's trans fans to read, myself included.
94ssd:
I sometimes yearn for the days when my 'landlord' was a faceless corporation I sent rent checks to and never otherwise interacted with, instead of what I currently have, which is one guy who's constantly up my ass about one thing or another. Then I realize that at least when something gets broken (say something really important like THE FRONT DOOR) he doesn't take three days to send someone to fix it like they did.
MrNumbers:
--- Quote from: comicalArchitect on 10 Feb 2016, 05:30 ---Can we please not do the Aunt Betty thing? One thing I love about Jeph's presentation of Claire is that she's treated just as a character, not as a trans character. A storyline built around her being trans would run counter to that, and would be hard for a lot of QC's trans fans to read, myself included.
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I must admit, looking at today's strip I just thought; "Man, these two would just have the cutest kid, wouldn't they?" and then that thought just drove right off a goddamn cliff. Because I do just see Claire as what she is; a woman who just so happens to be trans.
Also, there's always adoption, because I absolutely see Marten at one point wanting to be a Dad.
Zebediah:
--- Quote from: comicalArchitect on 10 Feb 2016, 05:30 ---Can we please not do the Aunt Betty thing? One thing I love about Jeph's presentation of Claire is that she's treated just as a character, not as a trans character. A storyline built around her being trans would run counter to that, and would be hard for a lot of QC's trans fans to read, myself included.
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I really don't see this arc going there. What this is so far is an arc about Claire being Marten's girlfriend, period. He's just showing us where they are now, after the time-skip. And where they are now is in a good place. I have a feeling that they are going to stay in a good place - there will be some changes, to be sure, especially after Claire graduates and starts job-hunting. But I don't see the relationship itself being a driver for drama any time soon.
--- Quote from: gopher on 10 Feb 2016, 04:17 ---Need more conflict. Feel-good stuff is nice and all, but gets very samey very quickly.
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If it's drama you're looking for, look to Faye. She's in a better place than she was, but she still has a heap of unresolved issues to work through.
Method of Madness:
What's Aunt Betty a reference to?
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