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WCDT strips 3861-3865 (29th October to 2nd November 2018)
cybersmurf:
--- Quote from: chris73 on 29 Oct 2018, 16:16 ---This strip is not making Claire come across well, like if I hadn't read any of her backstory she'd come across (to me anyway) as quite entitled and a bit selfish
I mean you can study in a bakery or coffee shop but to expect those places of business to be quiet just so you can study in peace is a little much, if its that big a deal she could go to a public library or something?
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Beneath the surface, Claire is awkward as hell.
In a bakery or coffee shop you have background noise, not distractions. Well, admittedly, it might get loud at points, but given Renée's info there won't be many people around.. And it's not the usual spot, so that may help, too.
One thing I have learned as an introvert: although I don't need people and social interaction, humanity is still a pack animal. Even if you have like no interaction with them, having people around you prevents you from going nuts.
cybersmurf:
--- Quote from: LeafyFox on 29 Oct 2018, 01:32 ---Yeah, Claire needs to cool it. I understand that she is under a lot of stress, but instead of jumping down Clinton's throat she should be happy that her brother has been able to tackle some challenging topics. It may just be me, but I believe she is the one who is the dickbat here.
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Claire is studying for her final finals, and that's a wholly different scenario than just your random end of semester finals. To me it sounds like Clinton has some topics he's generally really interested in coming up in his exams, which makes studying easier.
I don't think Claire is afraid of the exams as the exams per se, it's more the perceived lack of alternatives and expectations to be held up.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: cybersmurf on 30 Oct 2018, 02:38 ---I don't think Claire is afraid of the exams as the exams per se, it's more the perceived lack of alternatives and expectations to be held up.
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Claire is, like a lot of people coming to the end of schooling, afraid of the future. Up until now, she's been 'Claire the Student' and that has been a nice, secure and easy label. Shortly, she is going to be what? Claire the librarian? Claire the barrista? Claire the retail clerk? Claire the unemployed woman who everyone is whispering is mooching off of her boyfriend? She doesn't know those answers and the anxiety - fearing the unknown future - is probably the strongest fear she's encountered for quite a while.
Jakk Frost:
Doesn't sound to me like Brun has a learning disability so much as a communication disability, from the way she describes it.
Also:
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 29 Oct 2018, 23:34 ---
--- Quote from: chris73 on 29 Oct 2018, 16:16 ---This strip is not making Claire come across well, like if I hadn't read any of her backstory she'd come across (to me anyway) as quite entitled and a bit selfish
I mean you can study in a bakery or coffee shop but to expect those places of business to be quiet just so you can study in peace is a little much, if its that big a deal she could go to a public library or something?
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That's the classic Western World double standard at work.
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Not sure I see the double-standard, did you maybe mean "first world problems"?
oddtail:
--- Quote from: Tova on 29 Oct 2018, 17:33 ---Some of you don't have siblings, I take it.
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I must be weird, because I had two siblings growing up and we never insulted each other, and we certainly didn't physically fight. May've been the age gap (my brother was 5 years older than me, my sister is 11 years older), but still. We did fight a lot, but we didn't have a dynamic like the one shown in the comic.
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