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WCDT Strips 3816-3820 (27-31 August 2018)
dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: MrNumbers on 27 Aug 2018, 18:20 ---Today's strip fell really flat to me. The character voicing was off, and the 'punchline' was a bit contorted.
It's genuinely weird looking at this and remembering how recently I was blown away by the side-by-side hip panels of Bubbles and Faye after closing the shop early. Character writing is Jeph's truest strength as an author, and this arc really isn't shining in that regard.
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The current storyline, as well as the one with Clinton/Brun/Elliott, feel a little too forced for me. To me it feels as if Jeph has been wanting to address privilege for a while, perhaps partially due to it being part of public conversation for a while now (to some extent). He more or less started addressing that with the Winslow-getting-a-body arc around comic 3550.
While I think it's great he wants to address the various forms of privilege, it feels like the 2 recent narratives I mentioned were a little too contrived, which makes them feel a tad preachy. In the current arc, it's barely even a privilege thing, but perhaps that's where Jeph is going with this, to address Claire unjustly giving Marten a hard time for landing his job.
cybersmurf:
--- Quote from: dutchrvl on 28 Aug 2018, 11:42 ---
--- Quote from: MrNumbers on 27 Aug 2018, 18:20 ---Today's strip fell really flat to me. The character voicing was off, and the 'punchline' was a bit contorted.
It's genuinely weird looking at this and remembering how recently I was blown away by the side-by-side hip panels of Bubbles and Faye after closing the shop early. Character writing is Jeph's truest strength as an author, and this arc really isn't shining in that regard.
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The current storyline, as well as the one with Clinton/Brun/Elliott, feel a little too forced for me. To me it feels as if Jeph has been wanting to address privilege for a while, perhaps partially due to it being part of public conversation for a while now (to some extent). He more or less started addressing that with the Winslow-getting-a-body arc around comic 3550.
While I think it's great he wants to address the various forms of privilege, it feels like the 2 recent narratives I mentioned were a little too contrived, which makes them feel a tad preachy. In the current arc, it's barely even a privilege thing, but perhaps that's where Jeph is going with this, to address Claire unjustly giving Marten a hard time for landing his job.
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A Hannelore privilege arc could go horribly wrong here.
--- Quote from: DSL on 28 Aug 2018, 10:38 ---
--- Quote from: Cornelius on 28 Aug 2018, 06:37 ---
--- Quote from: tbm275 on 28 Aug 2018, 06:18 ---Sit back and enjoy the story, don't post for a month and see how much better you feel.
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Not much point in a WCDT, then, is there?
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I remember when a much smaller proportion of the WCDT was minutely dissecting the comic, projecting one's real-world difficulties onto the comic, or dictating in detail how the poster wanted the comic to go.
I first logged on during the fading echoes of what was called the Dorapocalypse, so I think the WCDT might have been dialing itself back. It was certainly more laid-back and humorous then.
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doralocalypse? was that when they split up? I started reading QC roughly around the time they made up as friends at that one house party.
Is it cold in here?:
Yes, that's what the term means. Several things went wrong at once and the flame war was a thing of horror that almost got the forum deleted. I cannot remember seeing anything worse in over thirty years online.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: pallanox on 28 Aug 2018, 10:34 ---Many times she tends to lean on the fact that she is Trans is why she has it harder that everybody else.
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Provide evidence (for what no one else can remember), or expect to be laughed out of court.
bovinity:
The only thing that bugs me about the recent panels is this idea that Marten has some kind of amazing job just because it's in a library. His job is basically a "Library Assistant" at best if I remember right. It's as entry level as you can get, no qualifications, no real career path for most.
No one actually going through school for their MLS would even want that job. Claire - or any other person going through school for their MLS or other library related degree - being jealous of that just because it's "in a library" would be like someone getting an MBA and aiming for a C-level position but being jealous of someone in the mail room just because it's "in a corporation".
Not sure if that's an issue on the part of the writer or the characters, but it irked me so I just had to vent. :D
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