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WCDT Nov 15 - Nov 20th (4656-4660)
ihaveavoice:
--- Quote from: Farideh on 15 Nov 2021, 21:51 ---Though I wonder: does Clinton really have a cowboy phobia, or did Claire just invent that on the spot (to 'flesh out his character')?
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It's so cow-themed, I feel like it has to have been an invention for lore purposes. (I'm also not sure I believe Jeph could've resisted bringing it up sooner if Clinton actually had a phobia that amusing to draw.)
Claire's immediate jump to "Let's embarrass Clinton!" in any public scenario sometimes feels to me like her writer applying the typical sitcom bratty-children-attacking-each-other model of siblings without adjusting for the age or other behavior of the characters, which is weird because it's not like Jeph hasn't shown us other sibling relationships that don't work that way. I also felt this way about their immediate hostility to each other in Coffee of Doom when they weren't even fighting at the time and we've seen them hang out and have casual conversations, but figured it was there for the gag.
It's funny, without Claire and Clinton's history in the comic, I can easily see this just being a story of Claire getting caught up in the idea of creating ~Lore~ for the Mommymilkers cinematic universe without stopping to consider that her brother may see her making up weird phobias and shit for his character as her making them up about him with the character as a veil. Then they would fight, have some of those classic QC discussions about the situation with other characters, and reconcile in a comic with like twenty dairy-themed puns. That's not the story we have, though.
BenRG:
@ihaveavoice,
We have a rule on this forum about not saying things about fictional characters that we wouldn't say about real people. I wonder if anyone will take Claire aside and tell her that she's hurting Clinton for laughs and that 'it's only for the made-up lore' doesn't in any way justify or excuse her need to make him look bad and feel bad. The fact is that Claire is written increasingly as something of a petty bully and is given a free pass for certain reasons.
Gyrre:
Well, Aurelia warned her.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: ihaveavoice on 15 Nov 2021, 22:45 ---
--- Quote from: Farideh on 15 Nov 2021, 21:51 ---Though I wonder: does Clinton really have a cowboy phobia, or did Claire just invent that on the spot (to 'flesh out his character')?
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It's so cow-themed, I feel like it has to have been an invention for lore purposes. (I'm also not sure I believe Jeph could've resisted bringing it up sooner if Clinton actually had a phobia that amusing to draw.)
Claire's immediate jump to "Let's embarrass Clinton!" in any public scenario sometimes feels to me like her writer applying the typical sitcom bratty-children-attacking-each-other model of siblings without adjusting for the age or other behavior of the characters, which is weird because it's not like Jeph hasn't shown us other sibling relationships that don't work that way. I also felt this way about their immediate hostility to each other in Coffee of Doom when they weren't even fighting at the time and we've seen them hang out and have casual conversations, but figured it was there for the gag.
It's funny, without Claire and Clinton's history in the comic, I can easily see this just being a story of Claire getting caught up in the idea of creating ~Lore~ for the Mommymilkers cinematic universe without stopping to consider that her brother may see her making up weird phobias and shit for his character as her making them up about him with the character as a veil. Then they would fight, have some of those classic QC discussions about the situation with other characters, and reconcile in a comic with like twenty dairy-themed puns. That's not the story we have, though.
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Sadly, some people never grow out of it.
--- Quote from: BenRG on 15 Nov 2021, 23:10 ---@ihaveavoice,
We have a rule on this forum about not saying things about fictional characters that we wouldn't say about real people. I wonder if anyone will take Claire aside and tell her that she's hurting Clinton for laughs and that 'it's only for the made-up lore' doesn't in any way justify or excuse her need to make him look bad and feel bad. The fact is that Claire is written increasingly as something of a petty bully and is given a free pass for certain reasons.
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Siblings --especially those with less than two years between them-- tend to have at least one of them like that. Especially if one or both have issues with anxiety, ego or srlf confidence. Though, one would think they'd be past it by their 30s. When they do, they'll may still fall into bickering at the drop of a hat (family stuff with some boomers with a crap childhood).
shanejayell:
Having seen (and written) fanfic, be careful what you wish for....
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