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WCDT Strips 3771 - 3775 (25-29 June 2018)

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comicalArchitect:
Random thought: do Clinton and Claire ONLY talk when taking walks through the city? All their strips together are outdoors.

BenRG:
Today's strip is so cute, primarily because it's nearly an archetype of Claire and Clinton's relationship. They're always bickering but they're always close and, like it or not, they're always the first one the other goes to when they have big news (mostly, I suspect, because they enjoy seeing the other's reactions). Now... it occurs to me that Claire has definitely been making plans for when Marten pops the question... and so, I suspect, has Jeph.

The strip also emphasises something about which I have always been certain - That the only people who didn't know Faye and Bubbles were attracted to each other were Faye and Bubbles themselves. The general response to Claire's news will be: "Wait, so you're saying this is a new thing?"


--- Quote from: comicalArchitect on 24 Jun 2018, 22:11 ---Random thought: do Clinton and Claire ONLY talk when taking walks through the city? All their strips together are outdoors.
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Maybe it's Clinton's sense of being defensive of Claire: He wants them to be somewhere outdoors so she can be free to say something that she wouldn't want to say in an enclosed space, possibly with lots of people nearby.

cybersmurf:

--- Quote from: comicalArchitect on 24 Jun 2018, 22:11 ---Random thought: do Clinton and Claire ONLY talk when taking walks through the city? All their strips together are outdoors.

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I guess they have a walk regularly just to talk about things. A piece of common way to/from work/uni. My guess: it's their version of getting together to talk about the almost important stuff.

jwhouk:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 24 Jun 2018, 23:21 ---Today's strip is so cute, primarily because it's nearly an archetype of Claire and Clinton's relationship. They're always bickering but they're always close and, like it or not, they're always the first one the other goes to when they have big news (mostly, I suspect, because they enjoy seeing the other's reactions). Now... it occurs to me that Claire has definitely been making plans for when Marten pops the question... and so, I suspect, has Jeph.
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"When"?

I would vote Marten to be Least Likely to Propose Marriage to ANYONE in this strip.

NemesisDancer:
Been thinking about Claire's character and one thing I notice is how organised she is in every aspect of her life, particularly in having her own specific expectations in mind of how her plans will turn out: for example, her matchmaking attempts with Clinton and Emily; today's comic where she mentions having a detailed plan for a hypothetical engagement party; and expecting a more shocked reaction from Clinton upon telling him about Faye and Bubbles.

This explains why librarianship appeals to her so much as a job: everything is arranged as it should be and Claire is in control of that arrangement. It also brings me back to a comparison I made previously: Claire (post-timeskip, at least) reminds me very much of Emma Woodhouse (of the eponymous Jane Austen novel) with her fondness for matchmaking but also her failure to gauge others' feelings/reactions in the process. I do wonder whether this might have been deliberate on Jeph's part, as she's been shown previously to be a Jane Austen fan.

I also like the idea of Claire one day meeting Penelope and getting to compare book collections :3


Regarding the poll, I'm curious to see Sam's reaction given her sense of wonder upon discovering cool robot-related things. "People can date robots!? Skullmaster approves!"

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