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WCDT: Strips 3336-3340 (24-28 October 2016)

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BenRG:
No, no floof for Bubbles but, possibly, longer straight hair that she keeps in a bun at the nape of her neck when 'in uniform'. It would make the visual disconnect between severe, ascetic Mechanic Bubbles and Bubbles the Tea Connoisseur that much more complete.

FWIW, I'd really like to know whether Jeph is taking this scene anywhere special. After all, the Mission of Mercy is done and Pintsize hasn't been hammered out flat so why has Bubbles not decided to go 'home' yet? I'm wondering if Faye has invited her to stay for a while and will badger her to staying overnight ("I'll borrow Hannelore's spare charging cable for you. I don't know why she has a military-grade charging cable and I don't want to know.") Bubbles thus has to deal with a morning in a complex social group for the first time since she was discharged.

The thing is... Can anyone see Faye letting Bubbles recharge sitting in a corner of the lounge?

Stoutfellow:
I would tend to interpret "small friend" not as "small compared to me" but as "small compared to my other friends" - which is probably true of Claire. But that thought leads me to wonder who Bubbles considers as friends. Faye; Claire, apparently - and that was fast; Hannelore, possibly; who else?

Neko_Ali:
Probably not much more than that. Bubbles does not seem the kind of person to open up to people often, or get attached. She does have loyalty to the other fight club robots, but she never seemed friendly with them. Faye seems the first friend she's had in a while... Possibly since the sudden, tragic and likely violent loss of her last group of friends. Wanting to keep people at arm's length is a common self-defense tactic used by people who have lost people close to them, for fear of feeling that pain again. Faye fought hard to get past that shell, to be a good friend to her. Hannelore I think has that capability, maybe she's there in Bubbles' mind, maybe not. And now Claire has opened up to Bubbles and connected with her.. It's becoming easier for Bubbles to interact with people again, even call them friend.

brasca:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 24 Oct 2016, 23:28 ---This is an interesting strip because it probably says a lot about what a trustworthy person Bubbles seems to Claire. After all, this is only the third person we've seen her come out to after Marten (then-crush and now boyfriend) and Emily (best friend). Bubbles must just have this aura of trustworthiness.

I suppose it also says a bit about Bubbles herself that she shies away from believing that her own issues with self-worth and social anxiety are significant or deserving of empathy. Quite simply, someone saying: "I've been somewhere similar to where you are now" is a big help for her.

Yes, most of the people Bubbles knows (except AI vehicles) are much smaller than her. That doesn't mean that 'Small Friend' isn't something that could be unique and personal to the role Claire plays in her life. :-)

Oh, inb4 Zoe starts squealing! :-D

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Actually the 4th that we know of http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3185

And if Claire can trust Pintsize then Bubbles is definitely safe.  It's still touching and might actually be more for Bubbles benefit since putting her trust in her may make her feel like she's more than just some government murder machine. 

Mad Cat:
For some reason, I get the impression that if we ever get to see Bubbles out of her armour, she'll look very much like Claire, stature-wise.

This isn't realistic, because of their respective heights. More like Emily.

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