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(CW/TW: Abuse) WCDT strips 3731-3735 (30th April to 4th May 2018)
Pennepasta:
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--- Quote from: Bad Superman on 29 Apr 2018, 22:22 ---I voted for Marten/Claire, mostly because I still regard Marten as part of the "main cast" (I even used to think of him as the main character, but that belief is long gone), and he hasn't got much spotlight for quite some time now. I realize that his and Claire's story might not be very high on everyone's priority list right now, but still…
Considering today's comic we might get more Faye/Bubbles this week, and I'm perfectly fine with that because Bubbles behavior towards Faye just has such an innocent quality to it… It's adorable.
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There's only two things Jeph can really do with the couple: split them up or marry them off. They are already sexual and live together, the next step forward is marriage. Conversely, the next step back is breaking up over something one of them may do but given the personalities, neither will break it off.
So they are stagnant, especially Marten. At least Claire has a chance to develop in other ways but Jeph isn't going down that road yet....perhaps a backstory arc?
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They could have a fight that sends Claire into something of a panic because this is her first serious relationship and she's messing it up, but Marten has learned from Dora and Padma and does better about actively pursuing her to talk it out?
We know Claire's a grad student but we don't know how far into her program she is; she can freak out over what she's going to do next and how that's going to affect things with Marten.
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He has a limited range of options for her employment, either a public library or a college library. She could end up in a choice of moving away to accept the job or staying there and hoping a job opens up in the region...or in other words, it's Angus and Faye all over again.
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Not as limited as it might appear. Academic libraries, be they college, school, or what, and public libraries, are, of course, both options, though pre 16 school libraries may require teaching qualifications. Then you've got the archivist side of things, private collections etc., As well as government or security side, but that requires moving, though local government records are an option. Archivist or private collection (an example would be the local cathedral having archivists, as well as local stuff like whatever my partner worked for during her masters) would work locally, but what would change? How would a job change impact their relationship? Something like Tai leaving and Claire replacing her could be interesting. Or Claire becoming an actual librarian, as she'll be qualified for it soon. But would that provide interesting strips?
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: efindumb on 30 Apr 2018, 03:07 ---He has a limited range of options for her employment, either a public library or a college library. She could end up in a choice of moving away to accept the job or staying there and hoping a job opens up in the region...or in other words, it's Angus and Faye all over again.
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Difference being, that Angus and Faye were at least an interesting read.
I always wondered if Angus was put on the bus because he was taking away from "Marten & Faye".
Problem now is, Faye's been reduced to a 2nd level 'shipping' fantasy and Marten is MIA.
I always kinda saw Marten as the Charlie Brown of this strip... the loveable 'loser' who always had problems with his relationships/friends... but now he's settled... and, sorry, but I don't find the bulk of the remaining characters that interesting. (So much so that I struggle to remember their names sometimes... I had to think for a good few mins to remember Marigold's name, and I cannot think what her "light glasses" boyfriends name is right now... (maybe it's an age thing)).
Bubbles, certainly, but not as shipper fodder.
Hanners, lots of potential.
But it seems to me that most of the AI cast have almost become the focus of the strip... they are far more interesting/amusing/entertaining than the bulk of the humans right now.
I think the fact is, simply, that Jeph writes really good emotional fraught material, and really funny character interaction skits. But, for a while now, everything has seemed a bit too... I dunno... "Run-on-Sit-Com-will-they-won't-they", for too many characters. (Certainly for the characters being focussed on for the last wee while.)
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: Welu on 30 Apr 2018, 03:14 ---My birthday strip this year is more fuel on the Faye/Bubbles fire. I'm okay with this.
Has Bubbles always had the seam line around her pelvis? Or has it been hidden by shorts or trousers? It looks a little odd with the leotard, more action figure-y and less like she's wearing something.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :)
Milayna:
Well that was unexpected, as avoidant as Faye had been I wouldn't have thought she'd do anything that could possibly come across as flirtatious. Especially after the previous comic...and I was surprised she said "maybe" then, too. Maybe she's starting to come around to the idea and cautiously exploring the edges.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Milayna on 30 Apr 2018, 05:27 ---Well that was unexpected, as avoidant as Faye had been I wouldn't have thought she'd do anything that could possibly come across as flirtatious. Especially after the previous comic...and I was surprised she said "maybe" then, too. Maybe she's starting to come around to the idea and cautiously exploring the edges.
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That's the thing: Faye seems to have convinced herself that Bubbles can't be crushing on her. Because of that, she's failing to consider her actions carefully. So, she's responding to Bubbles' occasional flirtations and being unselfconscious around Bubbles because she doesn't consciously realise how bad (or good) that could be for their friendship.
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