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WCDT strips 3701-3705 (19th to 23rd March 2018)
MrNumbers:
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--- Quote from: MrNumbers on 18 Mar 2018, 23:20 ---Who's going to be the brave soul to compliment Clinton on his flirting right now?
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I'm pretty sure that Clinton would be shocked by that knowledge.
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That would be the 'bravery' portion of explaining it to him!
snufflebottoms:
I'm seeing the family resemblance between Clinton in Claire in that last panel.
SpanielBear:
Actually I'm seeing a weird resemblance between him and (old) Faye- closed eyes, drunk, sassy grin. I think it's Jeph's shorthand for "This person is pissed and is not thinking about the effect their words are gonna have".
Which leads me to a question- Is the portrayal of alcohol consumption in the comic becoming more negative? It no longer seems to be the spur for fun stuff like beer sledging or dressing up. Instead it seems to more frequently be the mode for showing a character not at their best. I'm not saying that's a good or a bad thing, just wondering if that was something anyone else had picked up on.
WoaLG:
--- Quote from: SpanielBear on 19 Mar 2018, 05:16 ---Which leads me to a question- Is the portrayal of alcohol consumption in the comic becoming more negative? It no longer seems to be the spur for fun stuff like beer sledging or dressing up. Instead it seems to more frequently be the mode for showing a character not at their best. I'm not saying that's a good or a bad thing, just wondering if that was something anyone else had picked up on.
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Faye doesn't drink (unless I'm forgetting something, which is probable) anymore since her period of alcoholism and most of the time the other characters seem to abstain from drinking around her, and they can't just exclude her, so when they want to have fun as a group, it usually doesn't usually involve alcohol. So there are probably just less chances to show happy drinking and more to show sad drinking since sad characters usually aren't with the group.
But it's not gone completely. I think there was a strip not too long ago where Faye came home to find everybody in the apartment hammered and having a grand old time.
ckridge:
Why on earth is Elliott so shy and insecure? He is reasonably good-looking, physically impressive, physically competent, and so healthy and fit that his body must be continually bathing him in feelings of confidence and content. Even if we suppose that he is one of those shy guys who spends a lot of time in a weight room under headphones because moving iron is easier than making eye contact, he is still startlingly insecure. Is it because he can't get either Clinton or Brun to look at him, and it is wearing him down? But then why are there not other candidates vying for his attention? It has been a long time since I stayed at a bar till it closed, but back then I don't remember the bouncer going home alone unless he was an actual troll, pupilless eyes, spiked club, continually moving green flesh and all.
Maybe he is one of those soft, pale guys who don't show their muscle till they get really pumped, and who look like the Pillsbury Doughboy the rest of the time. I had attributed his lack of cuts to Jeph's drawing style, but maybe he is just smooth. Guys like that can be terrifyingly strong without being particularly striking. I don't think so, though. People talk about him like he is physically impressive.
Maybe he is really young, and just has no idea what he has got yet.
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