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WCDT strips 3746 to 3750 (21st to 25th May 2018)
Dandi Andi:
--- Quote from: DaiJB on 23 May 2018, 22:47 ---"In this comic, Tai and Claire represent the readers"
Some of the readers, Jeph - not all... :wink:
...Because some of the readers aren't particularly concerned one way or the other about a Bubbles/Faye relationship, and some of the readers just don't like shipping and the whole "I like the idea of these two characters getting together therefore so shall it be"... :-P
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I usually agree with you about shipping. Deciding you like the idea of two people being together and squealing about "OTPs" and whatnot is annoying to me and kind of creepy. Just look at how hurtful it was to Clinton when Claire tried to push him into a relationship with Emily. That was super not cool. But I also feel that shipping has its place. For some, it's about being excited about the possibility of being represented in their favorite media. For some, it's the same kind of speculation as any other speculation we do. "How will [character] handle [situation]?" "What are the long term implications of [action]?" "How will [characters'] relationship develop?"
The Faye x Bubbles relationship has been hinted at for almost as long as Bubbles has been in the comic and the emotional payoff has been delayed for years. This has been the typical "will they/won't they" dynamic of many American sitcoms (though handled far better than almost any television writers have ever managed in my opinion). For people who are as excited about relationships as other people are about non-romantic tension, this moment is as powerful as a series finale when the wayward hero finally defeats the big bad and returns home at the end of season 7. The cheers and squeals from the audience are positively deafening right now.
I get that you're not into the shipping part of this. That's cool. Neither am I, really. But there's always next week. Jeph has managed to create a slice of life comic that has a lot of different things to offer. Right now, we can let the shippers have their moment. Next week (or so) we can go back to watching Brun worry about her brand of deodorant. I'm just really enjoying watching how excited Fayelovesbubbles is about it all.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: sniktchtherat on 23 May 2018, 17:16 ---New one's up, and Jeph pokes fun at us. Brutally accurate fun. :laugh:
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And richly deserved.
BenRG:
Today illustrates just how creepy shipping real people can be. That said, I think it's ironic that two women who are as 'chalk and cheese' as Claire and Tai are in so many ways have exactly the same approach to personal boundaries when it comes to matter of romance! FWIW, I do not consider myself one of those fans, at least I hope that I'm not. You will notice that I've managed to avoid going 'SQUEE' or even gushing very much!
However, we are reminded that Marten was originally very much Jeph's SI and and to this day is occasionally his voice in the strip.
Meanwhile, Dora and Marten are (again) having to be the adults in the room. It sort of illustrates the tragedy of the Dorapocalypse: But for Dora's crippling insecurities, she and Marten probably would have ended up lasting long-term given how similar they are in so many ways. Instead, even now with Tai, Dora occasionally has to confront bursts of paranoid ideation.
awgiedawgie:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 23 May 2018, 23:22 ---
--- Quote from: awgiedawgie on 23 May 2018, 22:46 ---
I reasoned that Bubbles is roughly 6'8", based on how she passes through doorways in their apartment (assuming they are standard commercial 7' doorways). The upper range for the normal weight of a large-framed human female at that height is just over 200 lbs. ...
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Whoa, what? I'm 5'7" and over 200 lbs. While slightly portly and male (38" waist), I'm also still a sinker, I cross my legs and sit on the bottom of the pool (much to the entertainment of children).
Females are often more buoyant due to a difference in body fat, and may well weigh a bit less, but I challenge you to find a solidly built 6'8" female in the neighborhood of 200 lbs. My svelte 5'3" daughter is 150 lbs easy (she ran track, athletes tend to be denser).
I can easily see Bubbles at 350.
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I am male as well. When I was 17, I hit 6'3" (I grew 18" in 18 months - my parents had long given up trying to keep me in clothes that fit). I was 153 lbs for the next 5 years. When I was 22, I started a job that involved a lot of heavy lifting, my upper body got stronger, and I went up to 165, where I stayed for the next 15 years. Now I'm pushing 50, and badly out of shape, and I'm 200 lbs even. My brother, on the other hand, is only 6' tall and in much better shape than me, and he's also 200 lbs. He's very dense.
I had a female friend in high school who was a diver and cheerleader. She was fit, but thin. She was 5'9" and weighed 135 lbs (she swore I couldn't lift her, because I was so skinny - so I did it just to prove her wrong). She was at the very low end of the normal range for her height, but she still wasn't as thin as Emily. (Yes, athletes - especially runners - tend to be more dense, so your daughter's 150 lbs is not too surprising)
The "normal" weight I used for my estimate was the same on several different health websites. I had to extrapolate, since none of their charts actually went up to 6'8" for females. For 6'0", the high weight is 179 lbs, and the chart goes up an average of 3.5 lbs per inch, so the high weight for 6'8" would be 207 lbs.
JoeCovenant:
#NOTALLREADERS
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