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WCDT Strips 3976-3980 (April 8th-12th, 2019)
Toe:
Oh hey, guess Jeph decided it's time to retread the "X is moving away" (potential) breakup storyline again. This is what, the third time we've been through this? Faye & Angus ended just like this (moving for career), and Marten & Padma was also cut short by Padma moving away. Guess Jeph really likes that trope, doesn't he?
Corvid:
I think this is specifically Padma Take Two, a chance for Marten to show how much he's actually grown up since then
Is it cold in here?:
Wasn't Padma more of a fling? Claire is a deep emotional connection who has moved in.
Elder Sign:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 09 Apr 2019, 16:15 ---People seem to have forgotten that Marten and Claire are an item because he did something way out of character, starting at #2799. She is the exception to the rules for Marten.
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Oh dear God, please don't remind me of the ensuing Hundred Strips of Pure Ubersaccharine Overload. That was an ordeal.
--- Quote from: Toe on 09 Apr 2019, 20:29 ---Oh hey, guess Jeph decided it's time to retread the "X is moving away" (potential) breakup storyline again. This is what, the third time we've been through this? Faye & Angus ended just like this (moving for career), and Marten & Padma was also cut short by Padma moving away. Guess Jeph really likes that trope, doesn't he?
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Emphasis on potential. The difference is that right now, the characters are speculating that Claire might want to move away. It's far from the done deal that both Angus and Padma were.
Out-of-universe, per the tendencies of drama, the fact that we've been made well aware of the potential for Claire moving somewhere makes it less likely to actually happen that way. Remember that Padma and then Angus each moved away with basically no advance warning whatsoever.
Furthermore, Faye & Angus seemed to be ended because the focus was decisively and overwhelmingly shifted to Marten & Claire and the former relationship became surplus (what with Marigold & Dale serving as the secondary couple). And Jeph has a habit of sending characters permanently far away when he decides "bored now" (e.g. Hanners).
OldGoat:
I do believe Jeph lived in Northampton when he created QC - but he doesn't live there anymore. Marty is still arguably his main protagonist - Jeph may be planning to relocate him.
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 09 Apr 2019, 21:49 ---Wasn't Padma more of a fling? Claire is a deep emotional connection who has moved in.
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She was, but Marty realized he didn't want her to be or at least that he didn't want just a fling.
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