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WCDT strips 3671 to 3675 (5th to 9th February 2018)
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: Mad Cat on 05 Feb 2018, 21:59 ---"poor decision-making skills"
… on WHOSE part?
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Yes.
brasca:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 05 Feb 2018, 23:06 ---Today we are reminded of something about which it is easy to forget: Claire's hair is a distinct if symbiotic life-form and it is HUNGRY. It nearly bit off Marten's tongue the first time he kissed the top of Claire's head and we all remember how Emily nearly lost her hands to this creature! What Pintsize thought he was doing tempting the beast is beyond my imagination!
Seriously, though I actually think that there was a message to Faye and Bubbles in today's strip: Neither of you live a normal life; don't expect any present or future part of it to be normal and/or predictable!
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Agreed. Although it’s nice to come home to old familiar irritations.
swapna:
--- Quote from: Zelia on 05 Feb 2018, 16:56 ---Long time reader (since 2008 I think), new poster because there's an angle here I'm not sure people are considering. This relationship between Faye and Bubbles is the first intimate, asexual, non-romantic partnership between any characters in this strip, the first queerplatonic relationship. While some people are calling for a resolution to perceived romantic tension, and other's just want Jeph to change focus for a while, I find their relationship refreshing. All too often in literature the very important friendships in people's lives, the sorts of friendships that are true partnerships, are treated as second-string to romantic and sexual relationships. Even though Bubbles may be interested in romance to some extent, she's clearly happy with the partnership she has, and may be willing to leave behind her romantic interest forever to sustain that relationship. Even romantically inclined people can be perfectly happy without romance in their lives. There doesn't need to be a resolution. And I'm happy to continue watching their friendship as they feel out their personal boundaries. This is what queerplatonic relationships are all about, that personal definition of what works and what doesn't for the people involved.
I'd actually be disappointed if Jeph decided to quickly veer this off into romance or sex. It's interesting as it is.
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@ckridge already pointed out that this kind of relationship is the norm between AnthroPCs and their companions. There are a lot of best friend pairs that don't have any kind of romance in between (Marigold/Hanners, for example). The best example might be Faye/Marten: even though it started out with romance, they have been best friends through several relationships, through really ugly times and the good. Exactly the kind of relationship you were describing - intimate, meaningful and committed.
What we didn't already have are people who are questioning their sexuality. The only person who came out later in life is Marten's dad, and we only meet him when all that's said and done.
Faye may be bi but hasn't figured it out yet, and it would be fun to see her explore that.
Is it cold in here?:
All true but Bubbles and Faye strike me as showing a kind of intimacy that Marigold and Hannelore did not.
BillGuy:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 06 Feb 2018, 06:41 ---"Contained-field magnetics" is apparently easy to take apart and put back together.
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Comic 464-465 for those playing at home.
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