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WCDT strips 4301-4305 (6th July to 10 July 2020)
Is it cold in here?:
Welcome, new person!
Not out of line in my view. It's not shipping since they have an established sexual relationship. It's plausibly in character for them.
I do wonder what the QC world laws on sex work are and whether May's parole officer would interfere.
Mr Intrepid:
(IICIH here. Fixed quote tags.)
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 12 Jul 2020, 22:12 ---Welcome, new person!
Not out of line in my view. It's not shipping since they have an established sexual relationship. It's plausibly in character for them.
I do wonder what the QC world laws on sex work are and whether May's parole officer would interfere.
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Well, if we're talking about sex work in the QC verse, look at Marten's mom. A career as a fetish model and a dominatrice. Apparently no blowback on raising Marten, so I might guess it's largely legalized.
Is it cold in here?:
She did get a visit from Child Services after Marten brought her bondage equipment to Show & Tell.
Thrillho:
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--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 11 Jul 2020, 09:30 ---That may yet happen. Jeph has foreshadowed tension between Claire's ambition and possible need to move for a job and Marten's inertia.
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Which again has nothing to do with Claire being trans and would be reminiscent of Faye and her actor ex
It's almost as if the author doesn't want to talk about Claire at all except in the most superficial of ways, so why bother even having her in the strip
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The fact that you are saying this is the exact reason why he should continue writing them this way.
You're grabbing the story by its collar and shaking it demanding that Claire being trans is important somehow but its mundanity is exactly why it is important. You are othering her, and by othering her, you other transpeople in reality. I mean, how could it be POSSIBLE that everything would just be fine?
When we first started bandying around on this forum that their relationship might be a bit drama-free and tranquil, it was cited as the only example anybody here could think of in fiction where a trans character's gender status didn't become 1. a focal point of the entire story and/or 2. a problem for somebody at least whether the character themselves or others.
This one example where Marten genuinely accepts her and loves her regardless and it doesn't matter? Just let people have that. Once. I for one am fucking delighted to see it.
Just like as a pansexual I'm delighted to see bi characters in this comic who have traits that extend beyond 'slut.'
Tova:
--- Quote from: Hannah Gadsby ---One of our spokespeople approached me straight after one of my shows to give me a bit of feedback, and that’s my favorite time for feedback. Straight after a show? Yes, please! That is when my skin is at its thickest. The feedback? Apparently, she said, “I was very disappointed in your show this year, Hannah. I just don’t think there was enough lesbian content.”
I’d been on stage the whole time.
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