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WCDT Strips 3816-3820 (27-31 August 2018)
Cornelius:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 28 Aug 2018, 22:45 ---Welcome! You make some good points, but remember that Claire was working at the library, as an intern, and probably doing more than Marten does.
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Not at the time; she was one of the new interns Marten wasput in charge of, if I remember correctly.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Cornelius on 29 Aug 2018, 00:37 ---
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 28 Aug 2018, 22:45 ---Welcome! You make some good points, but remember that Claire was working at the library, as an intern, and probably doing more than Marten does.
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Not at the time; she was one of the new interns Marten wasput in charge of, if I remember correctly.
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Which raises the possibility of a story arc about how Marten and Claire handle her being hired in a position senior to Marten - an actual librarian rather than just a general assistant - effectively being promoted over the head of the man who trained her. This traditionally is a male privilege so Jeph could likely get a lot of traction by reversing it and having a woman being promoted over a male who has more experience than her.
The arc would also profitably include Claire adapting to the fact that she maybe takes this a little more seriously... than everyone else.
CLAIRE: "From now on, this library is a serious business!"
TAI: "You should tell the head librarian that. You'll need to wait though, he's busy tripping on something strong in the restricted stacks."
pwhodges:
Marten didn't say anything about his hiring because Claire already knows (no way he hasn't told her the story). He was more concerned to get her into a calmer state in which she wouldn't make a dig like that.
pallanox:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 28 Aug 2018, 23:31 ---Panel 4 is good for those cynics who need their heart warmed because it reminds us just how totally and cutely Claire and Marten are in love. At some point, someone (I'm hoping Henry and Maurice) will notice in-strip and ask Marten when he's going to pop the question. That is when things will suddenly get interesting for Marten's relationships character arc.
FWIW, I suspect that, when this arises, it will much like when Claire moved in. They'll realise that they've been behaving like a married couple anyway and just decide to formalise it, mostly for the sake of their families who want to go to town with making a ceremony of it!
Meanwhile, panel 5 tells me that Marten is challenging Claire for the strip's 'Adorkable' character position.
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I am honestly hoping they don't end up being married. Dating and marriage are 2 different animals. Marten needs a spine, because with the personality of Claire, being manipulative and a bit mean spirited, arguments will get very very bad.
pwhodges:
They say you can't change people, but in reality people also do change. In any case,Marten and Claire certainly seem to be getting on together better than Marten and Dora did in the end, so I see no reason not to be optimistic. Cautiously so, naturally, as you are correct in saying that marriage is substantially different from dating, at least for a lot of people (myself included).
But I feel that your assessment of Claire is distinctly over-pessimistic - can you provide links which you think justify it, as you failed to for your previous assertion about her?
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