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WCDT Strips 3471 to 3475 (1st to 5th May 2017)
snufflebottoms:
--- Quote from: Kugai on 03 May 2017, 21:03 ---I'm beginning to wonder if this QCverse has WD40.
So,, her under armor AI Body is not all that different from her armored form by the looks of it. I was wondering about that and whether she'd loose a fair bit in height and/or mass once her armor was removed.
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It does.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3178
brasca:
Faye imagined this: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEW28l0RPRY
But the reality is probably more like this: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2y36TO-kB4
I must admit I didn't think there would be actual skin similar to Momo's chassis underneath the armor.
St.Clair:
--- Quote from: snufflebottoms on 03 May 2017, 20:13 --- Secondly, I want to stick it to everybody who insists that friendship is deeper than romance can be and that intimacy is not sexual tension, etc. etc. Like yes that's all true but sometimes when it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck.... it's a freaking duck and not a goose being mistaken for a duck by a duck crazed society. And yeah it's a little petty but so is the insistence that we all be "above shipping" even when the story-line heavily hints at it. The Faye/Bubbles shipping is even done by Claire and Dora. I think those are supposed to be clues that there is at least that kind of chemistry, even if it won't be acted on.
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First, I don't think you're going to make friends by announcing that you want to "stick it to" people. But since I'm one of those you're probably addressing, I want to clarify my own position.
I don't claim that "friendship is deeper than romance can be". Rather, I'm tired of fandom's first impulse being to jump to assuming that any and all intimate relationships must be, or become/progress to, romantic and/or sexual ones; that platonic friendship is something lesser, something that one settles for, or a stage that characters move through on their way to the inevitable snogging. Frankly, it makes me think that a good portion of fandom - any and all fandom(s) - is only interested in the characters and their relationships for how they can figure in the fans' own (literally) masturbatory fantasies.
And I repeat, I am tired of this, because I see it everywhere in fandom. It is the default assumption, the "background hum." (In that respect, I suppose, it mirrors general society's fucked-up (ha) obsession with sex: "it's so dirty, it's so naughty, why aren't you having some right now? What's wrong with you???") And so, I welcome this rare respite, a tiny corner where there are topics of discussion other than who is, will be, should be, or wants to be "hooking up."
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: MrNumbers on 03 May 2017, 21:39 ---... interesting thought, if the armor wasn't actually that thick, and Bubbles is already using a strong military chassis, is the point of it purely ablative?
Ooof. I wonder if it's actually reactive armor, which would probably make the prybar a really bad idea.
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Either way, Bubbles maintains her strength. The armor has, no doubt, been overkill all along - she's able to withstand anything she's apt to encounter outside of a combat zone without it.
Ghanima Atreides:
Long time member/reader, frequent lurker here to chime in on the potential Bubbles/Faye romantic development.
Regarding Faye having never shown interest in women before - as someone who acknowledged her bisexuality at 28 (a combination of traditional upbringing in a homophobic society and having been in a long-term relationship from a young age that closed my options early), I can say it's not impossible for Faye to discover an interest in women later in life. In a way that would be quite validating for someone like me, who has felt insecure and somehow inadequate because of it, in the eyes of both straight and LGBT people. That's another story, however.
Despite this, I cannot help but agree with St.Clair as well: intimacy is almost always portrayed as a precursor to romance in fiction, to the point where close platonic relationships are seen as inferior and fans simply do not believe two people can be close without some sexual tension bubbling beneath the surface. It's nice to see one storyteller doing something different for once and QC is known for its strong portrayals of very diverse characters and relationships, where a deep friendship could exist among all the various couples.
Of course, they are Jeph's characters and we're just along for the ride. :)
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