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WCDT strips 4146-4150 (2nd to 6th December 2019)
BenRG:
Something tells me that this is something that Marten and Claire have in common: A very clear awareness of just how steep the drop beyond the ledge of their current situation is. Neither of them are comfortable with contemplating it but it affects them in different ways: Martin hangs on even tighter to the current adequate safety line he has in his life whilst Claire throws herself into finding the strongest rope she can and climb to the top.
Meanwhile, I don't know if Pintsize thinks Marten is serious or if it's just in his nature to leap in with a witty comment now and then!
--- Quote from: andrybak on 04 Dec 2019, 15:38 ---Have you read "Harry Potter and Methods of Rationality"? Being prepared for worst-case scenarios is one of Harry's core goals in this fanfic.
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Yeah, didn't like it at all.
--- Quote from: cybersmurf on 04 Dec 2019, 23:22 ---Personally, I think Marten is with Claire because she's trying to push him a little. Because he knows he kinda needs it a bit.
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Agreed. Marten knows he needs the occasional push; being wild about lots of other aspects of Claire (both physical and personality) helps a lot.
pwhodges:
My current 26-year marriage has included a few conversations similar to that being illustrated. They certainly did neither me nor my marriage any harm. I don't really get why people are piling on Claire so heavily this soon in the process.
Tova:
Same here, PW. Our lives and our relationship are all the stronger for it. If someone you love can't give you a little push in the direction you deep down want to travel in, who can?
I think that Claire simply rubs some people the wrong way - and this is an old grudge. It's been a long time since comics #2205 - #2208 raised hackles among forumites. The fact that the negative reaction is fresh in my memory is probably an indication of how strongly I admire her sense of knowing precisely what it is she has a passion for.
She's passionate about books and library science, and she has a goal to make a living from that passion. I wouldn't say she is very driven. There are a lot of people like her. Some of them go to much greater extremes to reach their goals than Claire does.
artag:
AIs seem like the perfect roommates as long as you've got a solid charging supply. No dirty dishes in the sink, scum in the bath or bizarre growths in the fridge. Just sit them a corner with a plug for company like Bubbles does (did ?).
Unless, of course, they're Pintsize :(.
BenRG:
Of course, there is the personality compatibility issue to deal with. Remember the problems that Dale (and, later, Marigold) had with May and her winning personality? Or there is Melon and her difficulties with observational reality!
No-one is just a plug-in appliance, I'm afraid, not even someone as nice as Bubbles, who had her own issues with socialisation to handle.
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