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WCDT strips 4146-4150 (2nd to 6th December 2019)
Elder Sign:
--- Quote from: Tova on 03 Dec 2019, 03:15 ---I'm not holding my breath, TBH. We've repeatedly seen hints of this storyline surface, only for Jeph to return to his favourite character(s) du jour.
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Seems you called it. Whatever latent crisis people might have thought was emerging has been promptly subsumed once again beneath the omnipresent tide of Everything Goes Picture-Perfect For Marten And Claire.
Upon further reflection, it's kind of startling to realize that the Marten-Claire relationship (c. #2800 to present, or about 1350 strips to date) has already substantially eclipsed the endurance of the Marten-Dora relationship (c. #564 to #1799, or about 1235 strips).
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--- Quote from: jesslc on 03 Dec 2019, 01:22 ---... A job you like well enough, with colleagues you get along with, with work that stays at work (leaving your evenings and weekends free for hobbies or friends) - this is seriously undervalued in my opinion.
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I agree with you. It bothers me that Marten, who has a job, an apartment and pays his bills, is seen as somehow not an adult.
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To be fair, this seems to be a persistent problem for pretty much anyone Millennial age or younger with regard to how we're viewed by any older generation(s).
BenRG:
From the first time I saw today's strip (yesterday on Patreon), I've been wondering if we've been misreading Marten all along. He isn't passive, he's just really good at constructing worst-case scenarios and so he's staying in 'safe' territory where there are no serious risks of failure. I can certainly empathise as that's one of my personal greatest weaknesses. It would certainly explain a lot about him if he wasn't just loathe to change but was genuinely afraid that he'll screw up if he does!
Maybe all Claire really needs is to show belief in him and his dreams and he'll feel better about pursuing them.
Squishalot:
Wow, I've been reading this for years and only now realised I've never created a forum account. Hello folks!
I'm surprised that everybody is assuming that Claire wants Marten to pack up and head somewhere else with her job prospects, and hasn't considered a much more obvious alternative:
Claire wants Marten to find another job so that she can get the gig.
BenRG:
Hello, Squishalot, welcome to the exit ramp from the Lurker Turnpike!
I don't think that people want Marten and Claire to move out but it's just that a lot of readers find it difficult to imagine Claire getting a job within reasonable commuting distance from Northampton. This assumption basically ignores two very plausible narrative possibilities:
* What if Claire fails to get a degree? It's unlikely but it's a valid storyline and her recovering from that blow could lead to an interesting exploration of her relationship with Marten, Clinton, her mother and others in the area;
* Jeph has the power of Author's Fiat; he can easily have a conveniently local job 'turn up' and Claire to stumble backwards onto it. Extra points if it s a bizarre private collection that not only tests her librarian skills but has a very strange set of regular readers. Remember, this is Massachusetts, the occult capital of the colonies! How many AIs are interested in witchcraft and how would that express itself?Personally, in terms of the central cast moving, my favourite option is for Claire's mother to decide that the house is too big for her so goes apartment hunting. It just turns out that she can easily make the rent on the Reed/Augustus/Faye/Bubbles/Pintsize apartment and it is ideal for her. Meanwhile, the house is all paid up and the main cast can easily meet its relatively modest costs. So, we have a Moving Day and the main cast are suddenly operating out of a much larger building that may have one or two unexpected surprises such as a basement in which Faye and Bubbles can experiment with spare parts.
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 04 Dec 2019, 02:01 ---... one or two unexpected surprises such as a basement in which Faye and Bubbles can experiment with spare parts.
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I'm sure I read that far more "Rule 34-y" than you may have intended! ;)
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