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WCDT Strips 3316-3320 (26th - 30th September 2016)
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: sitnspin on 25 Sep 2016, 22:19 ---That would be easier to buy if we hadn't seen her be incredibly manipulative in the past. I've seen no evidence that CW is actually concerned about anyone other than herself.
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Did it sound like I was trying to sell it?
BenRG:
Looking at the strip as a whole today, I just think that Jeph used a small type font for Bubbles today; possibly a typo of sorts but it makes the reader feel that she's soft-spoken today.
It's pretty obvious that Faye is freaked out. Like most people who are freaked out, she's talking to get her stress off her mind and perhaps isn't paying as much attention to what Bubbles says as she should.
--- Quote from: brasca on 25 Sep 2016, 19:29 ---That expression Bubbles gives in the 4th panel makes me think that Bubbles doesn't know if something bad is going on, but is going to find out before she makes the next big decision.
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I actually think slightly different. I think that Bubbles is agreeing with Faye that she does know bad (or at least more overtly criminal) stuff is going on and may have been actively in on it at first when she was at her lowest point and had given up on the world and on herself. Yes, she'd know if someone is being abused and she'd know what to do. I wonder if she's spent the entire time since her conversation with Corpse Witch trying to decide whether she had the courage to do what she feels she ought to do. I'm wondering if Faye's words may have helped her make a decision
brasca:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 25 Sep 2016, 23:15 ---Looking at the strip as a whole today, I just think that Jeph used a small type font for Bubbles today; possibly a typo of sorts but it makes the reader feel that she's soft-spoken today.
It's pretty obvious that Faye is freaked out. Like most people who are freaked out, she's talking to get her stress off her mind and perhaps isn't paying as much attention to what Bubbles says as she should.
--- Quote from: brasca on 25 Sep 2016, 19:29 ---That expression Bubbles gives in the 4th panel makes me think that Bubbles doesn't know if something bad is going on, but is going to find out before she makes the next big decision.
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I actually think slightly different. I think that Bubbles is agreeing with Faye that she does know bad (or at least more overtly criminal) stuff is going on and may have been actively in on it at first when she was at her lowest point and had given up on the world and on herself. Yes, she'd know if someone is being abused and she'd know what to do. I wonder if she's spent the entire time since her conversation with Corpse Witch trying to decide whether she had the courage to do what she feels she ought to do. I'm wondering if Faye's words may have helped her make a decision
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Bubbles may have previously looked the other way on a lot of criminal acts because she was at a low point in her life and didn't care, but I doubt she'd lie to Faye about it. It seems more likely that there were plenty of suspicious activities that she ignored or didn't investigate so she could remain ignorant, but not anymore.
Storel:
Faye may think that Bubbles has confirmed that nothing is currently going on, but I think her phrasing was careless enough that Bubbles may be dancing around the question without technically telling an untruth. Note that Faye's question is phrased hypothetically: "...if someone were being taken for a ride here, you'd know, right? And you'd know what to do, right?" Bubbles replies, "Yes," meaning "Yes, I would." But Faye never asked "Is someone being taken for a ride?", though she may think she did, so Bubbles doesn't have to answer that question.
oeoek:
Might detective Lilac or whoever sent her be worried Bubbles is the one being exploited? I would say Bubbles is the most likely candidate for such. Most of the fighting bots we have seen seemed happy enough getting banged up and getting restored. But a ptsd soldier who has gone underground in fighting and betting environment? The film 'The Deer Hunter' leaps to mind.
We know this is not happening here, Bubbles is not fighting (or playing any kind of roulette), but the officials and caretakers left behind don't know that.
The reality -Bubbles in danger of being exploited but not actually being exploited- might even cast a slightly warmer light on CW. Even nasty, manipulative people might do something good in their nasty way. It leaves those benefiting with rather mixed up feelings.
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