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WCDT Strips 3601-3605 (30rd October - 3rd November 2017)

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dutchrvl:

--- Quote from: Thrillho on 03 Nov 2017, 08:24 ---Faye showing no interest in women before doesn't mean not having any.

And not showing any in the strip doesn't mean not expressing any.

Do we even consider Bubbles, as an AI, on as binary a basis as being female?

And as a comic with a big focus on sexual minorities, I think that Faye discovering a curiosity in genders outside of cis males fits in pretty well as character development - I know I personally didn't explore other genders until relatively late in life, and I'm currently with an agender person and a genderqueer person.

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Is there a small possibility that Faye has romantic interests in females? Sure, but it's not very likely based on what we know of her.
Whether Bubbles as an AI is binary is of course an open question, but so far all AIs in-comic have shown a very clear binary tendency towards identifying with a gender.
Of course there is also the question of the level of romantic involvement one could choose. With an AI, perhaps a romantic involvement would not necessarily involve sex, but still include all other aspects.

Anyway, personally I don't think Faybles is likely to happen. I think it's more likely to develop into a storyline where Bubbles addresses her feelings, some conflict/drama might arise, and Bubbles may discover that the feelings for Faye may not necessarily be romantic, but may have developed due to Faye being more-or-less her 'savior' (for lack of a better word) as well as the first person she feels capable of emotionally opening up to.

BenRG:

--- Quote from: dutchrvl on 03 Nov 2017, 08:26 ---I find it therefore somewhat odd that Claire is all in a tizzy with the possibility of Faybles, because she knows all these things as well and knows that Faye's romantic preference is highly unlikely to change. Bubbles being an AI barely matters, she still is for all intents and purposes, female.
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Mostly this is because Claire's shipping filter works solely on 'they look cute together' and nothing else. Look at her reaction to Clinton and Elliott: There is no reason to believe that Clinton is even slightly queer and yet she SQUEED loud enough to send Bubbles into Red Alert at the thought of him and Elliott together.

That aside, I suspect that Claire's personal history has left her with a profound awareness of closets and the subconscious pressures to engage in externally 'normative' behaviour.

traroth:
By no means am I saying Faybles (let's roll with that word) will fail. I'm only saying what we usually read on that forum, which is largely based on little hearts, little flowers and cute unicorns is not the only option. Bad things happen, even to good people. Sorry to be the killjoy, here.

But maybe they will fall in love and be happy ever after, who knows?

tustin2121:

--- Quote from: celticgeek on 02 Nov 2017, 20:59 ---From the smile on Claire's face in the last panel, I think she's going to set Faye up with bubbles.

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I was going to make a "Super Mario Bros" reference thanks to that last panel, but I guess this makes a lot more sense...

traroth:
*If* Claire want to do something (and I'm not sure of that), she could open up to Bubbles about that little chat she had with Faye. But that could really be risky if things go south later...

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