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WCDT Strips 3206 to 3210 (25 to 29 April 2016)
BenRG:
OUCH! Still, as I posted yesterday, this outcome was pretty much inevitable, given the emotional context for all the characters involved. I'm still unsure if Claire will now get into an argument with Emily for hurting Clinton (a difficult prospect, given Emily's essential nature) or just run to Marten for comfort.
I've posted this before but, in the end, one of the real problems here is that, whilst Claire loves her brother, she neither likes or respects him. Add to this the fact that she is manipulative in nature (as she's shown with Pintsize) and her basically treating Clinton's personal life as a problem to solve, with or without his cooperation, was pretty much inevitable.
Her intentions were good but, in the end, it was all torn down by her basically assuming that she is so smart that everything will happen according to her scheme, even though she didn't even clear it with Emily first.
As I say, it will be interesting to see where Claire goes from here. It will tell us a lot about her as a person.
Timemaster:
For the record (as most things about Clintons outburst have already been pointed out here), I think his reaction may be a bit harsh, but his intention isnīt. Claire tried to manipulate him twice, and while the first time still was kinda sweet and well executed, this time it was blunt and indiscrete. This simply was one time too much. She could have asked him if she should arrange another meeting with Emily, but if heīd rejected she should have let it be. He may be immature, but heīs a grownup after all.
Itīs his own decision. And Claire must learn to respect that.
And I donīt put too much weight into that insult. Heīs simply angry, furious and sad. He insulted her, but she is still his sister. He didnīt tell her to get out of his life forever or worse things. Give them some time to get their feelings sorted out, and theyīll patch up again. He loves her and cares for her, he made that clear several times.
Blood is thicker than water after all. :-)
TM
gopher:
Good to see Clinton asserting himself, though it is in a thoroughly unpleasant way. Claire needs to realise life isn't a romantic comedy.
MrNumbers:
--- Quote from: Timemaster on 26 Apr 2016, 23:45 ---Blood is thicker than water after all.
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Oooh this one grinds my gears.
The original saying is; "The blood of brotherhood is thicker than the waters of the womb", which is to say, it means the exact opposite of how it's traditioally abbrviated.
For good reason too. You owe nothing, not even respect, to people simply for shared genetics. They earn that with their actions, and by being good family to you. I see way too many people get pushed back into abusive relationships with family under the guise of; "But they're your X!" as if that somehow means a contractual obligation to forgiveness.
(Which is not to say Clinton isn't going to forgive Claire, or shouldn't forgive Claire. That's different. He's just super mad at the moment. As soon as he stops being super angry he's going to get super sad, and maybe he'll be in a huggy-forgivey mood then. Because his relationship with Claire, for the most part, is super healthy and affectionate sibling stuff, shown time and time again. But they love each other because they prove it on their own terms, not just because they were born into it, damn it!)
anahata:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 26 Apr 2016, 23:30 ---whilst Claire loves her brother, she neither likes or respects him.
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She also has a long history of teasing and embarrassing him in ways only a sibling can get away with, and that's influenced the way she's gone about setting this up. Maybe she'll realise it's a childish habit and it's about time she learned to grow out of it.
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