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WCDT Strips 3466 to 3470 (24th to 28th April 2017)

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Akima:

--- Quote from: ZoeB on 24 Apr 2017, 20:31 ---Definitely a Guisarme-Voulge.
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A guandao can be quite decorative (Sadly Guan Yu's legendary use of the weapon is almost certainly ahistorical, since the earliest references date from centuries after his death, but Bubbles would look badass in that pose):



--- Quote from: OldGoat on 25 Apr 2017, 10:00 ---I have no doubt Claire writes with a fountain pen in blue-black ink and has blotter paper or even sand close at hand, keeps postage stamps in her purse, and has in her possession the accoutrements necessary to close envelopes with sealing wax (even if she doesn't always use them).  She owns an antique pen knife and has a supply of quills but only employs them on special occasions.  It's quite likely she also carries her embossing Notary Public seal with her.
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At times, I write with a brush, though my calligraphy is not as good as it should be :-(, and sign the document with my personal seal*. There is pleasure in it, but for everyday use, I scribble with a ball-point like everyone else.
*Although seal is the normal translation of 图章, it is somewhat misleading, in that a Chinese "seal" is not used with wax to seal envelopes, but with ink paste as a stamp on paper which acts as a signature.

A small perverse otter:
I learned calligraphy in order to be able to teach math at the graduate level, but I never thought of that as a way to write letters.

Damn. And sealing wax on folded paper -- the real thing.

I think I have a bit of a Claire thing going on here.

St.Clair:
I think what Claire's feeling is a combination of "but this is a big deal, in my mind, even if the reality is I kind of stumbled into it... why isn't this more of a big deal?" and "aren't you going to miss me?" (except that, as Mom points out, she's not going very far at all).
She's invested this event, this (dare I say it?) transition, with a lot more importance and/or fanfare than it actually seems to be happening with.

badbum61:
Trigger warning: guitar nerdery
Don't know what bass that is, but it looks like Claire's mom is playing through a Gallien-Krueger (an RB400, by the looks...)

Storel:
I was pretty much expecting Claire's conversation with her mom to go something like this:

Claire: Mom, I'm moving in with Marten!
Clairemom: Haven't you been moved in with him for the last month?

So I'm not surprised her mom is responding so casually -- she's had plenty of time already to come to terms with Claire's departure!


--- Quote from: Akima on 25 Apr 2017, 18:36 ---*Although seal is the normal translation of 图章, it is somewhat misleading, in that a Chinese "seal" is not used with wax to seal envelopes, but with ink paste as a stamp on paper which acts as a signature.

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Interesting; I did not know that. I've read stories set in China that mentioned official documents marked with personal seals, but I always envisioned them as being the Western wax-imprinted type. Thank you!

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