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WCDT strips 3676 to 3680 (12th to 16th February 2018)
SmilingCat:
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Now, looking at panel 5, doesn't it look like Marigold may be pregnant?
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I thought so too and I even showed my husband (who only follows the comic because I show it to him every day whenever I read it lol)... Even HE thought she liked
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It looks like a pregnancy belly to me, to. Something to wait for confirmation or denial of tomorrow.
Or an extended period of not saying anything at all about it. Either one.
SpanielBear:
--- Quote from: SmilingCat on 13 Feb 2018, 18:50 ---
--- Quote from: LilBlueSky on 13 Feb 2018, 17:36 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 12 Feb 2018, 23:05 ---
Now, looking at panel 5, doesn't it look like Marigold may be pregnant?
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I thought so too and I even showed my husband (who only follows the comic because I show it to him every day whenever I read it lol)... Even HE thought she liked
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It looks like a pregnancy belly to me, to. Something to wait for confirmation or denial of tomorrow.
Or an extended period of not saying anything at all about it. Either one.
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I mean we'll most likely find out in an hour's time or so, but how would that fit into the timeline? We last saw Marigold (I think) in strip 3138, which is immediately after the big time skip (In Which Our Heroine Got Buff), and she isn't showing there. This was over a year ago in our time, but comic-time wise, I'm not sure how long it's been. I get the feeling it's only been a few months which sure, is enough time for things to develop, but it seems odd that it would just be dropped on us from nothing. Also you'd think Hanners might take her friend's imminent spawning of a podling into consideration before deciding to take off on a journey of self discovery. Not saying she has no right to do that, but it doesn't seem very in character.
I mean, it's not impossible, but it seems an odd storyline to just jump into.
MrNumbers:
My issue with Marigold is that Jeph likes her so much in his head, he often forgets to convey why she's likable on the page, or takes it for granted the audience should like her as much as he does.
I'm always hesitant about her appearance as a result.
Tova:
I think it's more likely that he does convey the attributes he finds likeable, and it just so happens that you don't find them likeable. People here like different characters for different reasons. Our conversations here would be dull otherwise.
MrNumbers:
I'd say those aren't mutually exclusive things. I lean into my suspicion a bit because it's... well it's an author pet character for him.
It's definitely something I noticed with Claire, for example, as Jeph grew way more comfortable with her, and became a pet character for him for a while. It's a very consistent quirk in his writing that you can tell when he really likes a character when he gets very... incautious in writing them.
You could tell he was really excited to write Brun, for instance, because in the first comics we have of her, she pulls a shotgun on Clinton. Later edited to be a harpoon -- a much better decision -- but a good example of what I'm referring to.
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