Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Strips 3231 - 3235 (30th May to 3rd June 2016)
APersonAmI:
Sure, caution can be appropriate response to strangers. However, if Clinton intended to be horrible to Brun, I am not convinced this is an efficient means of making him not do that, and this was definitely an inefficient means of making Brun be cautious. So, while her emotion was understandable, her actions were unnecessary, unpleasant, overdone, inefficient and just generally do not work as a method to prevent that which she wants to prevent.
On a macabre side note, (click to show/hide)I have personally, over the years, had three close or kind of close acquaintances who turned out to be repeat rapists, who were good at faking empathy. One I know for sure was an outright sociopath, and the other two didn't seem to understand that having sex with someone who is saying no or who cannot currently give consent is rape. I doubt Renee's reaction would have stopped any of them.
Thrillho, That is true, but Oddtail never said or implied Renee's behaviour was unrealistic, only that it wasn't okay.
jheartney:
May I suggest that there may be some deflected guilt in Renee's reaction? She obviously sees herself as Brun's protector, yet at the time Brun really needed somebody, she (Renee) wasn't there. And now there's this strange guy involved, about whom Renee knows nothing. At best he's usurping Renee's role as Brun-protector; at worst he's going to take advantage of Brun.
alanari:
Well, there is still the possibility of Brun being autistic.
Many autistic people are very naive and trustig, me included. I know I need a reminder every now and then that there are indeed people in this world who will take advantage of this. I have friends who are really protective because of this.. not as extreme as Renee though.
It's what happens when you have difficulties to read intensions of another human and tend to believe everything you are told.
themacnut:
A woman with a history of being too trusting for her own good would not pull a shotgun/harpoon on a stranger at a bar whose only "crime" was staring morosely at his drink. If anything, this suggests the opposite; the main reason Brun is giving Clinton the benefit of the doubt is that he's shown himself to be pretty harmless, something Renee has yet to see.
RMc:
"Excuse me, could I have my cellphone back?"
(Brun returns Clinton's cellphone)
"Thank you. Now, I'm going to leave and you're never going to see me again, because (a) you're not a very pleasant person; (b) your friend threatened me for no reason at all, which may be funny in fiction but in real life it's called "making terroristic threats", and it's a felony; and (c) I don't need any more drama in my life, especially since most of the people I know seem to have severe mental problems, with the arguable exception of my sister, who incidentally used to be my brother. Goodbye...and see you in the funny papers."
Somehow, though, I don't think it's going to play out this way.
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