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WCDT Strips 3506 to 3510 (19 June to 23 June 2017)
oddtail:
OK, I gotta say, I like Claire as a character overall, but sometimes watching her is just... tedious. Not necessarily because what she does is wrong - nothing wrong with a flawed character, I liked watching Faye's shenanigans when she was decidedly less reasonable and stable than she is now. It's just, I can't put my finger on why, but I feel like the obviously BAD things Claire does are framed by the narrative in a way that downplays how shitty her actions can be.
Claire seems like "creator's pet character" to me, increasingly so. That's not entertaining, that makes me dislike her more and more.
neurocase:
Welp, Claire is kind of being a dick about this. Don't know when she turned into the kind of person who digs for negative gossip about someone she cares about without a second thought, who gets suspicious when someone she doesn't or barely knows says something about that same person without any real basis, who--
Wait, hang on, hang on, am I the only one feeling Dora vibes, here? Maybe it's just me, but Claire is acting somewhat similarly to how Dora used to with Marten at some points.
Also, ah, Renee. Is there anything you could possibly do to make me like you less? I begrudgingly admitted y'all might have a point about her controlling behavior with Brun, and shrugged with indifferent agreement when you said that her callous nature was reminiscent of Faye; but where's the excuse for her cheerfully wanting to pass on personal gossip that she, herself, admits is second-hand? Now she's just being an asshole for the sake of it, and I gotta say, I am really over her character.
In any case, if this is an attempt to bring Marten and Claire back into focus (which is fine) just in an attempt to stir up drama in a way that doesn't even seem in character, it's coming across as reeaaally ham-fisted.
Case:
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 21 Jun 2017, 02:23 ---
Go on Claire!
Act all unreasonable about something that doesn't actually concern you in the slightest!
Go on Renee!
Dish that dirt!
Go on Marten... Dump her!
(Is my 'I just don't like Claire's character' showing too much?) :angel:
--- End quote ---
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7XfyyKYxnU
Zebediah:
Yeah, this thread is going about how I thought it would after I read the comic.
Yes, Martin was an idiot with Padma. Padma was also an idiot with Marten. And if you've never been an idiot about a relationship, you've never been in a relationship; either way you have no room to throw stones.
Yes, Claire is being an idiot. And her cruel streak is showing. However, her behavior so far falls a bit short of making her history's greatest monster. And this is her first relationship, so she has a lot to learn.
pwhodges:
I think this forum and Marten are both over-reacting. Jeph enjoyed the opportunity to do a variety of more-than-usually extreme Marten faces (and different Claire faces, come to that). In my view Marten has little to be really ashamed of. Padma called off a date, then didn't respond to Marten's texts for a week, then called at the last moment to get together on the last possible night - which he blocked. Although it would have been better if he'd not done that, his own feelings are understandable even though Jeph wrote it in such a way as to make him seem completely in the wrong (2101).
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