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WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
brasca:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 12 Feb 2017, 23:32 ---I'm pretty sure that Bubbles next job will be something really menial and casual. I'm not sure if this would reflect lack of ambition on her part, the feeling that she needs something now or whether, on a certain level, it will be a sort of penance thing.
That said, yeah, I'm pretty sure that, in the long run, Jeph is planning for Faye and Bubbles to open a charity repair shop, possibly funded through some kind of foundation operated by Hanelore's parents.
Meanwhile, I have only one thing to say about today's strip at this point. It's Bubbles' inner monologue right now: "Faye, please stop trying to make a potentially bad situation bad for real by cheeking an officer of the law. Thank you." Faye really need to know when she's in trouble and shut up. Of course, we all know that her flirty mockery is her defence mechanism but this is a bad time to let it happen.
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Perhaps Faye feels a certain sense of over confidence because of the smug dickhead who favors Bubbles. And considering all that Creepybot is capable of it would be in Officer Basilisk's interest to drop the matter.
Method of Madness:
"Thank you to the kind police officer, Faye."
gopher:
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 13 Feb 2017, 02:08 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 12 Feb 2017, 23:32 ---....
This may be me but I'm getting the feeling that Jeph has decided that Faye and Bubbles are his new main characters, much how Marten and Dora (and later Marten and Claire) were for a huge while.
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Bring it on, I say.
The Bubbles and Faye arc has been a far more interesting character story than Marten and Claire ever was (that one just seemed to twist down a dead end street.)
I've little interest in Marten and Claire at all.
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Martin and Claire were wish-fulfilment/Fan-service par excellence. Mind you they have been together so long now that the initial joy is well gone, maybe time for tedium-induced drama.
OldGoat:
"STFU Faye."
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 13 Feb 2017, 02:08 ---
The Bubbles and Faye arc has been a far more interesting character story than Marten and Claire ever was (that one just seemed to twist down a dead end street.)
I've little interest in Marten and Claire at all.
Now... getting back to Marten and Faye... far more interesting dynamic. :laugh:
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There it is in a nutshell. Mature people's stable relationships with each other don't provide much conflict to write about. Relationships involving Faye stay interesting because she's a well of emotional turmoil.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: gopher on 13 Feb 2017, 06:19 ---Martin and Claire were wish-fulfilment/Fan-service par excellence. Mind you they have been together so long now that the initial joy is well gone, maybe time for tedium-induced drama.
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I can't help but wonder if Jeph is saving up Marten and Claire for 'the next step' in their relationship. IMO, this would likely be Claire moving permanently into the apartment (with the obligatory "You're over there more often than you're here anyway" remark from Claire's mother).
There is a possible alternative; it's radical but it would be an interesting way to shake things up: Maybe a house swap between Marten, Claire, Faye and Bubbles with Claire's mother. Claire's mother, who feels that the house is 'too empty' with both her children having flown the coop and wants to downsize, has more than sufficient income to pay the rent on her own and the Augustus house is fully paid-up, meaning that the young people would only need to pay utilities on the house. Jeph gets to develop a whole new location as a scene of events and we can have a five-man band in the house (including Pintsize, let's not forget) without the characters basically bouncing off of each other and the walls.
What about Hannelore? Well, I can imagine that she wouldn't like not being able to just 'drop in' on Marten and Faye anymore. However, I can't help wonder if she and Claire's mother would end up having a friendship of their own. Claire's mother would have a new young person on her life that she could spend time helping out. Meanwhile, Hannelore has the benefit of a level-headed and sensible older woman to help ground her without the emotional issues that come from her rocky relationship with her parents.
Just food for thought that suddenly occurred to me.
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