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WCDT Strips 3391-3395 (9th to 13th January 2017)
TinPenguin:
If you have led a life without close personal friendship (even though her fallen squad were dear to her, I don't think it is the same), then when you make your first true friend, you will friend hard.
Case:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 13 Jan 2017, 09:48 ---It is possible to be very close friends with someone without there being romance involved. That said, there has been plenty of body language from Bubbles that Faye's more casually hands on moments are flustering to Bubbles, but not unwelcome. That could be an indication of attraction toward Faye. Or it could be that Bubbles is just unused to such displays and doesn't know how to deal with them. She doesn't do the 'blush and avert eyes' when Hanners hugs her though. Just for Faye. So it's entirely possible that Bubbles feels some attraction to Faye beyond friendship.
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That's what I see in her body-language, too - though I'd add that it appears to me that Bubbles might be trying to 'sublimate' a (possible) attraction by designating Faye a special status as 'honored comrade'; a position of trust, respect and closeness that she had previously only experienced within the squad she lost, and had reserved for her squadmates. Her 'potentially last words' to Faye are a bit at odds with the intimate gesture that accompanies them.
Also, Bubbles is pretty sharp and 'wordly' - I wouldn't be surprised if she'd interpreted Faye's physical affections as 'I'm happy to have a friend again' rather than physical attraction. Whether she's attracted to Faye or not, regaining a close bond similar to that which she had shared with her squad might be her highest priority.
I guess one could regard both of them as part orphans in a way - both lost (part of) their 'family' suddenly and violently, both may be seeking bonds to intensely loyal people that give them back a feeling of security they had lost.
--- Quote from: TinPenguin on 13 Jan 2017, 09:54 ---If you have led a life without close personal friendship (even though her fallen squad were dear to her, I don't think it is the same), then when you make your first true friend, you will friend hard.
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True - but if the closest you ever got to 'friend' and 'family' was a military unit (and there's many reports from soldiers who said those bonds are even closer, and more intense), then someone as fiercely loyal as Faye probably fits your mold like ... a thing that fits another thing that ...(*) even better.
(*) In the Rhenish 'dialect' of German, there's the expression "Passt wie Arsch auf Eimer" ("Fits like Butt on Bucket (Toiletseat)") - but I think that may ruin ze cutes
Kugai:
Either Agent Creepy is that cynical or she's using cynicism to cover for 'The Feels'.
And
DANG!!
The feels
The feels
Akima:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 10 Jan 2017, 18:43 ---Not even a gesture at seeking Emily's consent for something that could leave her with nightmares at the very least.
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Equally, no indication of compulsion, and Emily seems to put the headband on voluntarily with a "Neat! Okay!", so maybe that happened "off screen". Honestly, would anyone expect Emily even to hesitate to perform a risky brain-dive? She's got the mind-set of a smokejumper.
--- Quote from: Case on 13 Jan 2017, 10:21 ---True - but if the closest you ever got to 'friend' and 'family' was a military unit (and there's many reports from soldiers who said those bonds are even closer, and more intense), then someone as fiercely loyal as Faye probably fits your mold like ... a thing that fits another thing that ...(*) even better.
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Mmm... Given that Bubbles was designed to be a member of a combat team, Faye's loyalty and pugnacity might resonate strongly. Faye and Bubbles are 同袍 (tóngpáo), which means both comrade-in-arms and intimate friend, and I can't think of an English word that means quite the same thing.
Tova:
--- Quote from: Kugai on 13 Jan 2017, 12:50 ---Either Agent Creepy is that cynical or she's using cynicism to cover for 'The Feels'.
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It's possible, though by no means certain, that Agent Creepy Hive Mind know Bubbles will be perfectly fine, and are thus completely unmoved by all the (unnecessary from their perspective) emotion on display.
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