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WCDT strips 3666 to 3670 (29th January to 2nd February 2018)
ckridge:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 31 Jan 2018, 23:09 ---If Faye doesn't realise something is up after panel 3, she actually has issues with perception that may be medical in nature!
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Faye does have psychological problems, and they make her selfish and obtuse much of the time. She is charming, vivacious, and sometimes sharply perceptive, but she is not the nicest person in the whole world. She wants continual company without physical intimacy and is careless about how she comes by it. She kept Marten on a string for a long time. Now she has Bubbles with her almost 24/7 and has never once wondered what is up with this person sitting next to her bed all night every night. If she doesn't get a clue soon, she will be willfully ignoring what it would be inconvenient to know.
I like Bubbles a great deal, and the sheer panic on her face in panel 3 wrings my heart, but she, too, is going to have to step up soon. She must find the courage to speak her heart.
A small perverse otter:
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--- Quote from: TinPenguin on 01 Feb 2018, 07:27 ---Wil and Penelope got a resolution, and Steve and Cosette, and Dale and Marigold, and look where that's got us.
I would much rather continue to see Faye and Bubbles interacting, than see them pushed into a pairing and bundled onto a bus.
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Ah, but those were all heterosexual human couples, and pretty much any kind of drama you can get out of those is tired and cliched.
A romance Faye and Bubbles, on the other hand, would open the door to a whole new world of problems; coming to terms with one's own sexual identity, learning how consummating such a relationship works, facing bigotry from the outside world... Jeph has far more fuel to keep Faye and Bubbles' arcs going than he did with any of the human couples.
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I don't know: the consequences of Marten and Dora's break up were interesting, and although the immediate consequences of Faye and Angus's breakup were in themselves creaky, they have driven much of the story since then. (Faye -> support group; Faye -> robot fighting ring; Faye + Bubbles: the friendship; Faye + Bublles II: Uniom[sic] Robotics; Faye + Bubbles III: The coupling...)
Case:
--- Quote from: ckridge on 01 Feb 2018, 08:17 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 31 Jan 2018, 23:09 ---If Faye doesn't realise something is up after panel 3, she actually has issues with perception that may be medical in nature!
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Faye does have psychological problems, and they make her selfish and obtuse much of the time. She is charming, vivacious, and sometimes sharply perceptive, but she is not the nicest person in the whole world. She wants continual company without physical intimacy and is careless about how she comes by it. She kept Marten on a string for a long time. Now she has Bubbles with her almost 24/7 and has never once wondered what is up with this person sitting next to her bed all night every night. If she doesn't get a clue soon, she will be willfully ignoring what it would be inconvenient to know.
I like Bubbles a great deal, and the sheer panic on her face in panel 3 wrings my heart, but she, too, is going to have to step up soon. She must find the courage to speak her heart.
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What's wrong with wanting "continual (sic) company without physical intimacy" - most people do, which leads most people to seek out contact with their friends and family. And in what way is Faye "careless about how she comes by it"?
And quite a lot of people don't need any psychological problems for their being selfish and obtuse. I'm sure you know.
And guess what: I've kept somebody on a string and I have been kept on a string - in fact, lots of people have made both experiences at some point in their lives. Both are actually pretty shitty experiences, in their own shitty ways. I don't think that either, or both define me as a human being (beyond the learning experience of looking to avoid them).
Is it cold in here?:
Jeph did say once that Faye is fun to write but he probably wouldn't like her in real life.
ckridge:
There is nothing wrong with wanting continual company, but you have to be aware that it is unusual to get it from one person, and that if you do, they may want something more. That is where the part about being careless about how you get it becomes problematic. If they have no hope, you have to let them know.
Keeping people on a string when they know they have no hope is OK, I guess, but it makes my skin crawl a little. You are going to wind up feeding that admiration and longing to your ego, and that won't do anyone any good. Anything consensual is permissible, but not everything permissible is a good idea.
It's not just Faye though. Bubbles has to speak her heart.
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