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WCDT strips 4381-4385 (Oct 26th to Oct 30th 2020)
chris73:
You make some good and valid points.
I'd like to see some storylines with Marten and Claire dealing with some of the realities of a trans relationship, it's got the potential for some interesting storylines but it seems like the author doesn't want to go there which is fair enough as it's his comic but if you don't want to go there then why bother bringing it up as it just makes it seem like it's another box to be checked
Gyrre:
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--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 31 Oct 2020, 19:30 ---"Forgiveness means letting go of the hope for a better past".
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That's kind of the idea behind "forgive but don't forget."
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That ties back to an interesting sermon I heard a few years ago on the matter, forgive them but hold them accountable.
And while neither blame nor praise will modify past events, it's important that we learn from them all the same.
--- Quote from: chris73 on 01 Nov 2020, 02:56 ---You make some good and valid points.
I'd like to see some storylines with Marten and Claire dealing with some of the realities of a trans relationship, it's got the potential for some interesting storylines but it seems like the author doesn't want to go there which is fair enough as it's his comic but if you don't want to go there then why bother bringing it up as it just makes it seem like it's another box to be checked
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Well, hopefully Jeph is doing research on that matter to try and portray it accurately. As I understand it, a number of long running webcomics have had some nasty falls from grace over the mishandling of subject matters or the author either going through personal issues or getting dragged into extremist views of some variety. So I can see why Jeph might be tiptoeing around that aspect of Claire and Marten's relationship.
I'm still disappointed with the obvious author breakdown happened with Dresden Codak: Dark Science (Balthazar's sudden betrayal and the next several strips after), but I'm happy the author managed to work through her personal breakdown and figured out she was trans. She is still trying to get the story back on track, but it's taking a bit to recover.
EDIT: *derp* Of course it may have no bearing simply because Jeph doesn't want it to. We've already got fully sapient synthetics, so why not? A trans woman in a happy stable relationship is more realistic afterall.
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: chris73 on 01 Nov 2020, 02:56 ---You make some good and valid points.
I'd like to see some storylines with Marten and Claire dealing with some of the realities of a trans relationship, it's got the potential for some interesting storylines but it seems like the author doesn't want to go there which is fair enough as it's his comic but if you don't want to go there then why bother bringing it up as it just makes it seem like it's another box to be checked
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Chris, we have discussed this topic repeatedly in these threads. Stop bringing it up.
sitnspin:
The idea that trans characters can only exist to fulfill some narrative function or to make a point directly related to them not being cis is deeply and intensely frustrating. Trans people are allowed to exist just as themselves. No one ever insists that a cis character has to have their cishet status be a storypoint, so why are trans characters held to that expectation? Why are they allowed to just be?
Perfectly Reasonable:
Wither Clinton? Well, we have Millefeuille, who is longing for her life to become a romantic comedy...
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