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WCDT Strips 3516 to 3520 (3rd to 7th July 2017)
JimC:
--- Quote from: Tova on 12 Jul 2017, 00:00 ---... answer the question to the best of your understanding of what Jeph does or does not want posted here.
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from the https://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,27466.0.html Please Read if you are new topic above
--- Quote ---One of the key things you need to understand about how things work is that it's Jeph's comic, not ours. What that means is that the forum is for discussion, speculation, even criticism (specific and respectful), but not for posting about how you would write it, or heaven forbid telling Jeph what to do. Creativity is good, and there's a whole subforum for it, but only Jeph gets to be creative with the QC characters. In particular, "shipping" is not allowed - there is a discussion of this in the Conduct in this forum thread.
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Tova:
With respect, I'm asking the mods, not you. And I'm certainly not asking to be recited that thread. I've read it more than once.
The rule says "no shipping," but clearly some degree of shipping has been allowed and continues to be allowed. What I'm requesting is a clear answer to the specific question.
anahata:
I seem to remember somewhere in that thread a guideline that suggests it's OK to discuss a relationship that is quite clearly already developing or at least being hinted at in-comic, but off limits to pick a pathologically unlikely or inappropriate pair of characters and try shipping them.
No, I'm not a mod either. Sorry about that.
pwhodges:
I'm sorry if you find the guidelines in the Conduct thread unclear; they've served pretty well for well over six years now. The essence of them is contained in this post and the following (note that Cold wasn't yet a mod when he wrote that). Beyond that, if we think it's going beyond our guidelines we will let you know; we're not going to punish people without clarifying where they stand. On the other hand, systematically pushing the limits for too long might be seen as acting in bad faith - but again, not without warning.
It is my experience elsewhere that trying to write completely comprehensive rules is a futile endeavour, leading to great over-complication, and people still finding loopholes. Relying on common sense and friendly guidance is preferable by far.
flondrix:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 09 Jul 2017, 14:31 ---I would say it's rude to J.K. Rowling to force Harry and Draco into bed together, and don't see it as a form of literary exploration either, being instead simply prurient.
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On the other hand, I do not apologize in the slightest for the many gruesome and painful ways fans found to kill off Wesley Crusher back in the late eighties and early nineties.
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