• qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website
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    2 days ago

    IIRC Waterson got a lot of flak for this, as there’s an implication that parents who adopt don’t love their kids as much. (Recollection from reading one of his annotated collections, could be wrong.)

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      Aw, that sucks. I think it’s clear he meant this not as a commentary on the difference between biological and adoptive parents but just a joke on how difficult of a kid Calvin is.