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WCDT strips 3671 to 3675 (5th to 9th February 2018)
Pennepasta:
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--- Quote from: gopher on 05 Feb 2018, 03:42 ---We get it. Bubbles is attracted to Faye, and Faye doesn't quite realise it. Switch to another plotline, please.
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I think that today's strip takes things one more step. This is Jeph confirming that Faye feels something strong about Bubbles and, at this point, is either not thinking about it or doesn't know what to think about it.
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I agree there. Feels very like the Clinton/Elliot strip where they were being all cutesy, and then Elliot let on later that he was attracted to Clinton. Flip knows *quite* which strip that was, though :P
ckridge:
I'm solidly aboard ship, but today's strip irritated me at first. I thought initially that Faye was being jerked out of character to tease readers. I could see no plausible way she could have moved so quickly from mere friendliness to compliments and hugging. After consideration, though, I think it makes narrative sense.
If you go back and read the last five strips together, they show movement toward greater intimacy. Faye asks searching questions. Bubbles answers them even though clearly embarrassed. Faye comforts her embarrassment by petting her. Bubbles responds with her own searching question, thereby showing that she is seeking intimacy too, not merely enduring it. Answering the question, Faye realizes that she has had no desire for anyone else since she took up with Bubbles, and is content with this. And thus, sweet talk and hugging. Conversations like this are the mental equivalent of sex. They do not necessarily lead to physical sex, any more than affectionate touching does, but they put sex near by.
ckridge:
As to Singles Awareness Day, I would like a one-shot of Hannelore off in the world somewhere, solving differential equations, repairing satellites, disassembling, cleaning, and reassembling a stove, flying a wingsuit, conversing with an itinerant on a Greyhound bus, talking with Station on the phone, cleaning a zendo, climbing a mountain, or whatever it is that she is doing to get her feet more solidly under her.
JoeCovenant:
Can I just say...
I was totally unaware of Singles Awareness day...!
oddtail:
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 05 Feb 2018, 09:59 ---
Can I just say...
I was totally unaware of Singles Awareness day...!
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We need a Singles Awareness Day Awareness Day!
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