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WCDT - December 12 to December 16, 2022 (strips #4936 to #4940)

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Pseudowolf:
Well, judging by Claire's sudden apparent hostility, it seems like she's getting a little disillusioned with Cubetown.

Farideh:

--- Quote from: Gyrre on 15 Dec 2022, 08:11 ---
--- Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 15 Dec 2022, 06:25 ---Evan is certainly well kitted out. I wonder what that thingy strapped to her arm is?

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Spare battery pack? Maybe a kit of custom potpourri?

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Looks like a Swiss army knife to me.


Re. Claire's attitude: she is having a job interview at a place that she's wary about, just had a very exhausting flight, dealt with Marten and his seasickness, and then arrived in her room to find someone who ostensibly works there lurking on the balcony. I'd be testy too, although personally it reads more as "I'm running out of spoons".

somnolesence:
This is going to be Claire super villian origin story.

Driven mad by the residents and employees of Cube Town, she runs for whatever passes as mayor of the place and takes over using their experimental tech and collective AI intelligence to branch out and bring order to the world.

DreDotJs:
Honestly, I'm 100% on Claire's side. She's coming over to a place to evaluate whether it's a level of batshit she can put up with, which she arguably made clear to Moray, and after being very nice the whole time to the nicest person showing them red flag after red flag red flag, I'm out of spoons to be even remotely nice to the head of security literally in my new digs without my consent or foreknowledge because she was chasing an easily clockable red herring and taking up my one hour of rest after an exhausting flight. She is so much nicer than I would have been in this panel,

I'm not gonna lie, this and the 1pm explosions joke clinches for me that this is a bad idea; if this were the real world, I'm not sure that I wouldn't consider all of these people incompetent to the point of dangerous, and the lack of boundaries is just plain aggravating.

Tova:
What a refreshing callback to the even more negative (hostile even) response to Claire’s first appearance. Back when the forum was busier and certain people didn’t hesitate to reach for sexist insults.

So, here is a little observation I’ve been sitting on for some time about Jeph’s art style. I most likely won’t get another chance to express it.

He tends to default to drawing characters with angry faces when they make critical comments.

REALLY angry faces. Over the top angry faces. Silent-film-era-overacting angry faces.

More than once, I’ve wondered whether the character in question is really as angry as they look or if it’s just a quirk of Jeph’s art style. Especially when people react strongly along the lines we’ve seen in this thread.

Maybe I’m wrong and I should be going purely by what’s on the page when interpreting the comic, but I really do wonder, because of how often I’ve seen furious faces over much more minor matters or even as a punchline to a joke.

Edit: to be more precise, what we’re seeing on Claire’s face is not so much anger as it is utter disgust. It’s incongruous.

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