Blobclaire
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DROID 06 CRUSH EXAM BUILDING. FEEL MUCH BETTER.
The little caption thingy speaks to me. Social anxiety people, fail to unite
Um actually Claire, they don't explode. Their eyes can balloon out from the pressure change. They don't always die either. I've seen some deep sea fish be fine when brought up. So you'll be fine maybe!
Someone remind Claire how many times current people will change careers in their lifetime...
I've been a system administrator since the late 1980s, except for a few years when I didn't which were completely miserable. So yeah... blobfish. (Granted I am arguably not a current person)
'You're living proof that you don't have to be good at tests to succeed in real life!' says Claire to the homeless woman living off scrounged day-old baked goods.
She'd just drawn attention to Brun's non-neuronormative status and was feeling guilty about it. Like Clinton yesterday, she's back-pedalling, not realising that Brun wasn't offended in the slightest. Because of this, she's basically not making any sense. Such is the nature of social guilt.
Inb4 josh draws a spectacled ginger blobfish
I think that this strip shows more-or-less where I wanted this interaction to go. Claire is being nice but the most Brun can say is that she 'is surviving'; without support, she hasn't really been able to thrive. That said, most of us can say that, can't we? Of course, in her own way, Claire is afraid of being outside of her comfort zone as Brun is. I find myself wondering if Jeph is planning an arc where Claire just goes out and does something random and realises that she's found an alternative to books; bonus points if it is something Marten-compatible like rock music or artistic criticism.
Don't be like that, Claire. Evolve!
This isn't her final form! ... Oh right, you meant the other thing :)
Aww shucks, here I was hoping for a "brun be autistic" confirm, but looks like we won't soon :(
People have no idea that by moving towards technology and the internet, we are destroying the natural habitat of librarians. These elegant creatures cannot exist outside the library system, so the system must be protected.
Technology and the internet are only making libraries reshape themselves; they are no less needed or vital. We'll always have our BlobClaires. :)
I feel very vindicated now. I know exactly how Claire feels. I never felt like I was safe away from studying, so I made it so I was enrolled in something for a good many years.
My old uni library had a study area on the ground floor with floor-ceiling windows all along one side. It was known as the Fishbowl. Mostly because people walking past couldn’t resist tapping on the glass.
Little known fact: at home, Jeph is 5'2", 120 lbs, he just swells up as he leaves his yard (but for real Jacques the world does not have many folks that can write like you)
Blobclaire? I can relate...
Mood.
Heh. In my first library job, one of the librarians used to stay so late studying in her college library that she was scared to go home alone in the dark, and so would go way down into the stacks and sleep on a sofa. After a while, she decided that she would just as soon always be in a library. I can deal outside of libraries, but most other work feels pointless by comparison. Libraries are civilization par excellence.
“It’s a wonderful day to walk down the road.. and if I ever stop singing, I will explode.” “Hey, Mr. Jacque!” “What have you done?” EXPLODE!
I used to feel the same. Had no noteworthy skills outside of academia. Turned out I wasn't as good at academia as I thought I was. I dunno, doing pretty alright for myself outside the system now. Just a dishwasher but life is a lot less stressful since I got out of school.
I don’t blame Brun for not liking Doctors for figuring out a learning disability, or any kind of mental disability or quirk, really.
I don't see where you get that. I'd just assume that if they were too poor to afford raisins, they likely lived in an area with crappy schools where learning disability testing was poor or non-existent.
I feel very seen by Claire right now. As much as I like to complain about my job (mostly the salary), I have to admit working in a library is pretty sweet.
Same, Claire, Same.
Claire go boom
Now I want to see a Blobclaire doodle