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WCDT Strips 3546 to 3550 (14th to 18th August 2017)
Nepiophage:
--- Quote from: UmberGryphon on 14 Aug 2017, 17:11 ---Does anyone have an opinion as to why the miscellaneous test in the upper left corner is "De Vermis Mysteriis", or "Mysteries of the Worm" in Latin? Wikipedia has a page on the subject, where it's the title of a fictional book in the Cthulhuverse, but I don't see what that has to do with this comic.
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I think it's an erotic manual called De Figuris Veneris (or De Veneris Figuris, as here), part of Smif library's massive collection of Victorian porn.
QuestionableIntentions:
What the hell, May?
Did she just call his new body a toy? If this were gender reversed there would already be a shit storm in the forum.
Wait till Claire hears about what you said, May.
Milayna:
--- Quote from: QuestionableIntentions on 14 Aug 2017, 22:34 ---What the hell, May?
Did she just call his new body a toy? If this were gender reversed there would already be a shit storm in the forum.
Wait till Claire hears about what you said, May.
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Hmmmm. Claire snapped at Pintsize when he was blase about changing bodies on a whim. http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3185 But the situation is different; May isn't reacting from a position of being trans, but of being poor. That context could make a big difference in Claire's metareaction.
BenRG:
In a lot of ways, I feel for May. Yes, Winslow didn't deserve to have her lashing out at him but there is a lot of things in this strip about which you can't help but empathise with her feelings of resentment. Winslow has a lot of options that she doesn't and, as a Companion AI, essentially is 'kept' by his human. May, on the other hand, has to literally work to keep body and soul together.
So, there she is, in a job she despises, mentally going through today's error log of all the things going wrong with her body and listing what repairs she needs to prioritise compared to her savings. Then Winslow walks in, wearing a factory-fresh chassis and treating the experience like he's bought a new cardigan. Yeah, I'd probably feel bitter too.
Onto another subject being discussed today: Yes, I think that Winslow is still a companion AI. I have seen no indication that Momo is not still performing her duties in that area. Even after she was in her new body, she kept on at Marigold to eat healthily and was a benevolent interventionist in Marigold's relationship with Dale. There is more to being a Companion than sitting on someone's desk and trying to stop loneliness or introversion drive them into depression. Sometimes, it means being a speaking alternate perspective. There seems to be a contract involved; it's very much a job and a vocation.
foolsguinea:
Well, things got real with Tuesday's comic.
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