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WCDT Strips 3531 to 3535 (24th to 28th July 2017)
Tova:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 23 Jul 2017, 23:25 ---I'm still not sure about Faye's expression in panel 1. She doesn't look annoyed; more confused as if she really doesn't fully understand the conversation she just had.
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It's well established by now that Faye really enjoys a good sassing. So her expression is not hard to interpret. She's looks pleased.
Tova:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 24 Jul 2017, 00:39 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 23 Jul 2017, 23:25 ---If you're out to insult someone, use an insult that they understand. 'Taint' is likely AI specific and probably doesn't mean much to humans!
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Do you not automatically check Urban Dictionary when you haven't come across something like that? It can be quite "educational" - though in this case I already knew it.
As a matter of interest, the oldest use of "taint" I have found is from a midwifery book published in 1975:
--- Quote ---"taint" for perineum -- because "'taint what's above and 'taint what's below"
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http://dynamicdoula.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/book-report-spiritual-midwifery.html
UPDATE: Here it is from 1955:
Play this Love with me
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I must admit, I just assumed she meant a stain. So I learned something today, thanks.
MrNumbers:
--- Quote from: TheEvilDog on 23 Jul 2017, 20:58 ---I can't help but feel the higher Jeph builds peoples' expectations with this storyline, the further they'll fall when he pulls the rug out from under them.
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So, the great (great!) Billy Wilder had a piece of writing advice;
--- Quote ---The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points, the better you are as a writer.
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I think Jeph's doing an admirable job of that at the moment. Important to note; Shipping is happening fairly strongly in-universe right now.
So this can
1) Bubbles doesn't have feelings for the Pugnacious Peach, but ends up feeling pressured into it, Problems Occur, moral lesson Shipping is Wrong
2) Bubbles has feelings for Faye, is encouraged into admitting them and
2a) Faye reciprocates, which is... a path that is quite fraught.
2b) Faye doesn't, which is Problematic
3) Bubbles doesn't have feelings for Faye, realizes she doesn't have feelings for Faye, and this is all just a moral lesson Shipping is Stupid.
And of course I could be missing some. But I don't think 'pulling the rug out from under people' is the most likely choice. It's simply one more potential item on the menu, and I'd argue 3 is the least likely, just because it's the least interesting.
Thrillho:
WHAT A TERRIBLE CRASH
SOMEONE PLEASE SOOTHE MY WOUNDS WITH CHAMPAGNE
Near Lurker:
This is the Perineum Millennium!
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