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Weekly Comic Thread 4-8 October 2010 (1766-70)
Arancaytar:
Hanners hugs without heftily hyperventilating? Character development.
snubnose:
Guys, she hugged before.
Too lazy to look it up, but it was Marten.
Akima:
--- Quote from: Ravenswing on 06 Oct 2010, 21:10 ---Sven isn't the guarantor of her feelings. What he has done, though, is keep his mouth shut and take all the heat from the social circle on himself. I wouldn't have been a tenth as noble as all of that; I would have asked her, loudly and in front of Marten, Dora and her friends, "Did I ever make a pass at you before we started sleeping together, yes or no?" "Who made the first move, you or me?" "Who said explicitly we had a no-strings attached, sexual relationship, you or me?"
--- End quote ---
Hmmm... Except that Sven knew that sleeping with Gina Riversmith was a bad move even as he did it, and then planned to conceal what he'd done from Faye, because he knew it would hurt her to know. So Sven plainly didn't buy the idea that his relationship with Faye was no-strings-attached. He knew his behaviour would hurt her, but did it anyway. Pretty douchey in my book. HOWEVER, the fact that he does accept that he stepped over the line, and does cop the shit he's earned without complaining much, might suggest there is after all a mensch buried somewhere in Sven trying to get out. Hanners sees it.
The facial expressions in the last panel of today's strip are marvellous. Especially Dora's "Shit! Is it a chaste hug?" face.
Binary:
I presume that's the American use of "pants" (meaning trousers) in panel 2.
Because here in the UK, pants are underwear, and it would be unusually forward of Hanners to have told Sven she went commando on the date.
jwhouk:
Yes, it is the "American" use of the word pants. Despite the current status of the author, this comic IS based in the USA.
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