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WCDT Strips 3091 to 3095 (16-20 November 2015)
Undrneath:
Dang, Bubbles has some junk in the trunk.
jwhouk:
Bubbles is also pretty much the tallest character in the strip (except for maybe Deathbot 2000).
Morituri:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 15 Nov 2015, 21:36 ---Why would "I don't want to talk about it" feel so different from "I have no obligation to explain or justify myself"?
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"I don't want to talk about it" is straight-up deflection. It's something you could say to a friend honestly, and doesn't have implications other than what it says openly.
"I have no obligation to explain or justify myself" is prickly and makes no sense unless Bubbles assumes that Momo is there to emotionally or morally beat up on her. Bubbles is saying pretty forcefully here that if Momo tries any moral-superiority bullshit or offers "help" that is contingent on agreeing that Bubbles' past choices were morally wrong, Bubbles will refuse to accept her as any kind of moral authority entitled to do so and is likely to be angry at her. If Bubbles didn't keep such a tight lid on herself, it could even be interpreted as a direct warning that Bubbles would feel justified in a violent response to any such misbehavior.
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 15 Nov 2015, 21:59 ---Bubbles is also pretty much the tallest character in the strip (except for maybe Deathbot 2000).
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She doesn't look like Gwendoline Christie, but Bubbles can still be Mecha Brienne of Tarth.
BenRG:
I've noticed that QC-verse AIs never use one word when they can use several with many more syllables. For example, Bubbles' line in the last panel could be written: "No! Not the puppy-dog eyes!!!" :laugh:
That said, I'm getting a Vietnam Vet vibe from what Bubbles is saying. When she was demobilised, did she face ostracism? Did she have AIs messaging her with abusive texts, calling her a 'savage', 'betrayer' and even 'baby-killer'? It might explain her reluctance to confront her demons if all previous offers of help were contingent on repentance, public renunciation and (given she's an AI) maybe a personality rewrite.
Momo is nice but, in that, she may be a minority. Someone like Bubbles may have attracted a far more militant form of activism.
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