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WCDT Strips 3071 to 3075 (19th - 23rd October 2K15)

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Is it cold in here?:
Won't it be confusing if Faye and Bubbles independently go to the matchmaking service and wind up paired with each other?

BenRG:
I wonder if Faye had ever expected to be the one to say that...? Especially to Hanners!

Well, at least we now know the effect of alcohol on Hannelore - Blabbermouth. She doesn't become touchy-feely though, which probably tells you just how strong her phobias are that they can spear even through the dulling effect of hard liquor!

hedgie:
Okay, Hanners is, as always, adorable.  And this isn't the first time we have seen her heavily intoxicated.  Recall back to the night when Faye and Sven first slept  together, and Hanners had put away a fair amount of booze.  Faye even commented on the number of martinis she had consumed *after* they had left the bar.  I'm actually rather annoyed that her character seems to be regressing.  She went from being able to hug people close to her, assuming that she had time to prepare for it, to what almost seems like a caricature.  I think that one of the main reasons that I have identified with her is that with my OCD and "no touching" rule, I went from being the guy who flailed and nearly fell off a barstool when sober, and almost sent my drink all over the place when a friend kissed me for spotting her a drink when she had no cash[1] to being able to handle physical contact if I expect it.

[1] There was a minimum on credit cards there, and she was just having one, on account of it being her lunch break.

BenRG:

--- Quote from: hedgie on 20 Oct 2015, 00:57 ---I'm actually rather annoyed that her character seems to be regressing.
--- End quote ---

It might be that Jeph wants to keep that as a distinct character quirk. In-universe, I wonder if she has found a nice little safe zone of 'no touch unless I psych myself up' that doesn't require effort or risk for her to live in it.

Welu:
Even if progress is made, there's still a comfort zone people can default to and sometimes they don't feel the need to push past it. That Hanners is in a safe space where people are aware of her issues and she knows they won't be offended if she doesn't want physical touch is a very secure place to be in for her. It's not necessarily regression to choose there's no need to go the extra mile at that moment, especially if you know you won't be judged for it.

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