>>92035332Everyone wanted to know what Claire has in her pants, but there's a divide about exactly what it should be. Whether he made her pre or post op, he would be pissing somebody off, probably a very vocal somebody who would decide they'd feel very strongly about it and bitch to no end. And he probably wouldn't be able to take it back either. So rather than face a potential shitstorm, he opted for a weak "compromise" by making both sides disappointed, but at least leaving neither one infuriated. This way Claire could have anything your imagination can conceive down there, so you don't have a right to complain, effectively.
Jeph hates both pissing people off and committing to shit. That's one reason why he doesn't make a backlog- because whenever he does something wrong, he can just immediately fix it in the next strip. That's why after the stabbening, he immediately switched focus away from Marigold and totally dropped the story he'd been in the middle of building with her there.
So with Faybles, it's just a relationship. He can just break them up if people decide they don't like it. And very few people seem to be at all opposed to it, while most seem actively want it. It's a safe decision.
