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WCDT strips 3736-3740 (May 6th-10th 2018)

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Dandi Andi:

--- Quote from: peacetokengy on 10 May 2018, 08:22 ---Don't get me wrong, I support the lgbt community 100%, I just find it hard to understand how so many new characters are introduced and centered on LGBT.

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Marten, Steve, Cosette, Penelope, Raven, Will, Sven, Hannelore, Jim, Clinton, Renee, Brun, Dale, Marigold... That's hardly a comprehensive list. There are still lots of cis het characters in QC. I suspect that people are less inclined to notice cis het characters both because they are common and because characters are usually assumed to be cis het until stated otherwise. With LGBTQ+ characters, we will at some point draw attention to them being LGBTQ+. I understand feeling like there is a sudden influx of LGBTQ+ characters; it does seem like a lot of the newer characters have been, but it's hardly a staggering number in the grand scheme of things. And even apart from Jeph making an effort to be more inclusive with the cast, it wouldn't even be that surprising to see that kind of LGBTQ+ distribution in a group of real friends. LGBTQ+ people tend to cluster for a lot of reasons.


--- Quote from: peacetokengy on 10 May 2018, 08:22 ---I think if there is going to be that big of a focus on LGBT it he comic should at least address more of the hardships they face.

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I totally get that, but sometimes I just want to read stories about trans people that aren't about being trans. I want to see Claire living a normal life. I want to see her eat a muffin or pick up her dry cleaning without being a story of the tragic hardship of being trans. Because that's aspirational for me. Stories about LGBTQ+ issues are absolutely important, but stories about them being normal are important, too.

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And Thrillho beat me to the punch almost point for point while I was posting. So, I second the motion, I guess.

awgiedawgie:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 10 May 2018, 03:37 ---
--- Quote from: Trebane on 10 May 2018, 00:26 ---It would be cool to see Bubbles having a heart to heart with a character who isn't Faye but I don't know who she would be close enough to or trust enough to have that kind of conversation.
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That's a good question. I'd normally say 'Hannelore' but she's in Mongolia right now. I would strongly recommend against Dora or Tai because they'd likely say something like: "Go for it and then tell us how good it was". Unless Jeph is planning on making Marten's life difficult, he is unlikely. It's possible that I do Dora and Tai a disadvantage. Maybe, teasing aside, they can at least give Bubbles some advice about how humans react to surprising feelings.

FWIW, if it's Claire, then I hope that she tells Bubbles about the Head Scritching Incident and how that convinced Marten that he was physically attracted to her. Sometimes it takes moments like that to short-circuit social awkwardness and Bubbles should be aware that Faye may have had an epiphany of sorts.

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I see Tai being more likely than Dora to say "go for it." After all, she's the one who said "Waiting's for suckers." Dora seems to approach things a little bit slower. That's my first impression anyway.


RE: The head-skritching incident: I got the impression that Marten already knew that he was attracted to Claire, but Panel 3 was when it finally clicked for Claire that she was truly attracted to him. She was obviously feeling it before, but she was denying it, even after Faye called it. And it was the moment when Claire realized that Marten was attracted to her, and Marten realized that Claire was attracted to him, and they both realized that the other had realized it. This first panel is one of the most powerful wordless panels I've seen in the comic. Frankly, I was glad to see that Claire had the sense to see that since Marten was drunk, they should wait and see how it looked when he was sober. She wanted to be sure that it was genuine attraction and not just the booze. I was also glad to see that they both thought it looked the same in the morning.

Roborat:
So, it will turn out that Bubbles just went for some tea?  Right? RIGHT!?   That woman seems far to pleased about that red pen, is it some artificially rare item, like the red iPhone?  Just curious, but how did she open that overhead door from the outside?

Bad Superman:
You guys got it all wrong.
Red pen lady is Darth Beatrice's new apprentice!  :parrot:

Her suit?
It looks very similar to the one we saw Beatrice wearing in 3638, with tie, buttons, etc... Clearly the pupil is trying to copy her masters style here.

And the red pen? Red??
If that's not an obvious substitute for a red light saber, then I don't know what is..!

Ahem... you can thank me later...  8-)

hakko504:

--- Quote from: gopher on 10 May 2018, 03:13 ---
I suspect she got it from http://www.penisland.net/.

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This looks like one of those times where a hyphen would make quite a difference in the url.

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