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WCDT Strips 3661-3665 (22nd to 26th January 2018)
A small perverse otter:
I guess I'm seeing this exactly opposite from the general response. I don't think that Faye is smitten with Bubbles. Don't get me wrong: Faye's very, very fond of Bubbles and cares very much about her. They've been through Hell together, and between Bubbles keeping Faye sober and Faye keeping Bubbles from imploding after the memory arc, there is no way that they couldn't be tightly bound to one another.
I just don't think that Faye feels romantically attracted to Bubbles. I think that Amanda, Evie, and Claire, are reading something into her behavior which just isn't there.
But I'd be truly happy to be wrong -- it'd make for some first-rate conflict and character development. Also, squeeing.
Is it cold in here?:
The most natural reading of Faye's comments is as you said close friendship. There is some room to see unacknowledged romantic interest.
TheEvilDog:
I do think that there is a certain kind of love from Faye for Bubbles, I just don't think its romantic.
I don't know how many people have ready CS Lewis' book "The Four Loves", but there's one he discusses called "Philia", the friend bond, when one sees another as close to them as a sibling. Its the one that develops between two people with similar interests, values or in the case of Bubbles and Faye, similar pasts. Both had to deal with extremely traumatic events in their respective pasts; Faye's father committing suicide, Bubbles' team getting killed. Both tried to get away from those events that eventually affected them (Faye's alcoholism, Bubbles' locking the memories and accidental loss of said memories). Both hit rock bottom, but while Faye had Marten and Dora and Hanners, who did Bubbles have? Corpse Witch, the one who had her in that position in the first place. Faye saw herself in Bubbles and has tried to help her, still trying to help her. And Bubbles has done the same with Faye.
The problem is that Bubbles might be feeling "Eros", Erotic/Romantic love (or what people tend to think of today as "the only kind" of love).
There's certainly love between Bubbles and Faye, but I'm also certain that Faye's love is a different kind to the one Bubbles might feel and certainly different to the one Amanda and Evie have convinced themselves of.
shanejayell:
You can also have romantic love without a sexual component. Which might be Bubbles' state.
Waiting for new strip to post... ugh...
shanejayell:
Robot Birds and Bees time!
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