Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Strips 3816-3820 (27-31 August 2018)
tbm275:
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 28 Aug 2018, 06:40 ---
You do realise that this is a weekly discussion thread, right? We're going to discuss the comic, in minutiae. A story will always require a level of deep discussion to really understand what is going on as well as what is going on with the characters.
Which is another way of saying that its rather brash to make your first post one telling everyone what to do.
The thing about Questionable Content is that its a five day a week comic and while it can go through storylines at a relatively faster pace than other comics, the fact is that its not really suited to a story that runs for months. It tends to drag on, the momentum of the earlier story lost by the end and with it the interest garnered evaporates. It doesn't help when a divisive character is introduced. You liked Tilly, great. Not everyone did. They came across as obnoxious or deaf to the concerns of their new employer and by the time the revelation of what Hanners mother was doing, which might have redeemed Tilly, well, the damage by then was done.
Oh and welcome to the forum.
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Discussion is fine, but when marten gets torn to shreds because hes human and doesn't notice things, when claire gets attacked because shes got human and is jealous and lets it all out. It is human emotion.
Others state that this arc doesn't feel right or feels forced, again, if you stop hyper analyzing everything you could maybe enjoy it again.
Does anyone remember The Last Jedi? It was analyzed a million times over before it was released and it let everyone down. That is what I feel happened here, you all expect so much and are constantly let down by it or get mad and argue that it doesn't happen the way you planned it in your head.
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dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: tbm275 on 28 Aug 2018, 06:18 ---Ok, super longtime lurker, read through all the comments for the past 4-6 months of WCDT.
And I've gotta say....
You guys are killing the story.
Just stop psychoanalyzing every little move and every little word each one says and trying to guess and say what they should do next because you've gotten to know the characters so much that you think you can write the story better. But when it happens the way you figure it or it doesn't happen the way you figure it would you complain and argue and are out with pitchforks anytime a character seems to be given the slightest slight.
Sit back and enjoy the story, don't post for a month and see how much better you feel.
I've enjoyed every strip thus far, even Tilly, and maybe you all would again if you tried not telling jeff how to write the story.
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First of all, welcome to the forum!
Secondly, I don't think anyone here is trying to tell Jeph how to write the stories, we are simply commenting on them, i.e. how we feel about them, what we think is going on, analyzing why characters behave the way they do, whether we think it makes sense in the context of their prior behaviors, etc.
Often times our comments will be very positive (see the Faybles-arc and QC in general), sometimes they will be more critical about arcs/characters. the majority of the time though it's simply analysis from all of our different viewpoints, which is exactly what a discussion forum is meant for, no? the fact that many here are so involved in analyzing QC only shows you how incredibly engaged/invested we are, which to me seems the biggest compliment a comic writer can receive.
In my opinion, it would be rather boring if all everybody would do here is sing Jeph's praises.
Finally, while I very much welcome you on the forum, it is rather odd to use a first post on a discussion forum to tell everybody they should perhaps not be discussing....or at least discussing it much less :psyduck:
dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: tbm275 on 28 Aug 2018, 06:46 ---Discussion is fine, but when marten gets torn to shreds because hes human and doesn't notice things, when claire gets attacked because shes got human and is jealous and lets it all out. It is human emotion.
Others state that this arc doesn't feel right or feels forced, again, if you stop hyper analyzing everything you could maybe enjoy it again.
Does anyone remember The Last Jedi? It was analyzed a million times over before it was released and it let everyone down. That is what I feel happened here, you all expect so much and are constantly let down by it or get mad and argue that it doesn't happen the way you planned it in your head.
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I really think you are interpreting the discussions here much worse than they are. I for one have not gotten the impression at all that people here are "constantly being let down" or are mad that things don't happen the way they thought it would.
As for Marten and Claire getting "attacked" (you mean criticized yes?), well, again we are invested in the characters and thus discuss them as other human beings. As such, we discuss all their character traits, both positive and negative. Of course people behave the way they do because of their emotions, but does that mean not-great behavior should not be criticized because of it?
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: tbm275 on 28 Aug 2018, 06:18 ---...telling jeff how to write the story.
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That wouldn't work anyway, 'cos his name is Jeph.
Case:
--- Quote from: tbm275 on 28 Aug 2018, 06:18 ---Ok, super longtime lurker, read through all the comments for the past 4-6 months of WCDT.
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You did? Like seriously? :-o
Are you feeling alright? How many fingers am I holding up?
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