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Hannelore Elicott-Chatham - The First Relationship

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BenRG:
We all know it is going to come eventually. We all know that Hannelore will ether muster up the boldness to confront her fears or just simply become so envious of her friends having intimate relationships that she will just not care anymore. Eventually, she is going to dip her toe in the pool of adult relationships and there is no telling how far it will go.

The questions are:
* Drama or comedy?
* How far? I say 'comedy' but I hope in a kind way that doesn't turn her into a butt monkey.

Now, from all accounts, Hannelore is not particularly well-socialised. She missed a howler of a Claire Pun from Emily. We also know that she isn't particularly good at what I think of as 'body English' - using body posture and facial expressions to communicate emotions and attitudes. You only have to look at how she traumatised Dora's poor cat! Yet she is still a woman and she still, at heart, would welcome a deeper relationship with someone. Look at how much she enjoyed her date with Sven (I think he enjoyed it more than he thought too but that's a totally different topic and one technically out-of-bounds to this forum)!

I am sufficiently an old romantic that I would actually enjoy a story arc with Hannelore awkwardly trying to break the ice and develop the sort of non-verbal communication that others take for granted. The false starts, the mis-communications and the somewhat uncertain application of social cues and body language with which she isn't really familiar. It is, IMO, the logical next step in the development of the character, should Jeph choose to continue to pursue her arc (I've said elsewhere that you can make an argument that Jeph has told Hannelore's tale to the point he wants).

In terms of 'how far', I can see it becoming a close, intimate friendship but an entirely platonic one analogous to Marten's current relationship with Faye (although unforeseen events may eventually change that radically).

So, that's my call on how it could be done. What do you guys think?

Natswash:
I think she herself has actually stated that she hopes to one day be able to have a meaningful romantic relationship. (Around the beginning of Fay/Angus or Dale/Marigold if I recall)
Personally if Clinton wasn't such a creep/obsessive fanboy I'd like that as he has been shown to be very over protective of those he cares about (currently limited to Claire). I think someone who was Asexual but not Aromantic would fit in very well with her.

Knowing Jeph he'd probably do some serious strips around the beginning (not necessarily drama, just not really comedy), do some comedy, foreshadow the breakup, do some more comedy, then kill it either with fire drama or make it end amicably.
Of course we'd have other plots in between these parts but that would basically be how I see the Hanners romance plot working

bhtooefr:
I wonder if Hannelore will actually be part of the first human/AI relationship shown in the comic, due to practical considerations, even though she didn't like the chassis that her father sent - but part of that was because the chassis was right in the worst of the uncanny valley.

However, in a year or so in-comic, the designers seem to have gotten it right, and pushed through the uncanny valley, as it's clear from her initial reaction to Momo hugging her that she considers AIs to be people first and foremost, even to the point of forgetting that Momo's an electromechanical person... but Hannelore was able to handle it when Momo pointed out that she's a robot. (We've also seen other signs that Momo now has "passing privilege" (as much as that term sucks, it is accurate) in the QCverse. And, no, I'm not shipping Hannelore and Momo (Hannelore's outright said she's straight, and Momo has shown no indications of being anything other than straight), but saying that Momo is a representation of the technology available to AIs at this point in time.)

That said, I could also see Hannelore being a bit robophobic sexually, out of wanting to push her boundaries towards normality, and seeing a sexual relationship with a robot as being a crutch.

Why am I analyzing Hannelore to this extent... :psyduck:

Thrillho:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 22 Oct 2014, 02:59 ---We all know it is going to come eventually.
--- End quote ---

Some people are alone forever and are happy. Some people are alone forever and aren't. Some people are in relationships constantly and are unhappy. Some people are in relationships constantly and aren't.

I don't personally want QC to end up being a 'pair everyone up' situation where it all ends with all the happy couples snuggled up on one giant sofa while Yelling Bird farts a rainbow across the horizon.

Real life just ain't that simple. Hannelore simply might not get into a relationship one day. She also simply might not want one, now, or ever.

Of course, only Jeph knows for sure.

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