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WCDT strips 3701-3705 (19th to 23rd March 2018)

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WoaLG:

--- Quote from: Mr. Doctor on 22 Mar 2018, 22:53 ---Yeah... that was kinda lazy.

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I think it depends on where he takes it from here. Sometimes the best way to subvert a trope in an interesting way is to appear to be playing it straight until the twist.

BenRG:
Yeah, I figured that something like this would happen. Elliott's insecurities and Brun's innocent lack of boundaries would make something like this quite inevitable!

I'm just loving how Brun is all in Clinton's personal space and really doesn't get what the problem is supposed to be. Whilst I agree that it says a lot about how much she must trust Clinton that she's willing to be so close to him, I don't think that she necessarily perceives the romantic and sexual overtones. To her (and I base this especially on panel 4), it's a case of "Being very close Clinton makes me feel happy and comfortable" and that's the end of it. Given the number of creeps who have propositioned her, 'sex' is something that she likely associates with being uncomfortable and unhappy, even repulsed, so she is unlikely to associate good feelings with attraction unless someone  tries to explain it to her.

What am I expecting next? Basically one of three things:

* Brun calls Elliott back and insists that she and Clinton smell him too (and he smell them in return) describing it as a 'control sample'; all three up close has some... consequences;
* Elliott is angry/upset and refuses to engage with them for the rest of the shift; Brun basically forces Clinton to accompany her to confront him after work; it all comes out whilst they're all sitting on a park bench and Brun's proposed solution is... unique;
* Jeph deliberately harkens back to Hannelore's first appearance with Brun in the restroom, talking whilst Clinton is doing his business; Once Clinton explains to Brun what Elliott's problem is, she convinces Clinton to help her make peace with Elliott.I have several ideas where this may end up, overall. However, it's my feeling that Jeph is either going to go for Clinton and Elliott starting a relationship or a Clinton-Brun-Elliott triad with both the guys being somewhat hesitant around Brun because them are worried that she's not fully aware of what's happening. Meanwhile, Renee is worried that Brun knows damn well what she's doing and is jerking on the marionette strings a bit too hard. All Brun cares about is that she's happy having two boyfriends; she even feels like smiling most days!

Perfectly Reasonable:

--- Quote from: ckridge on 22 Mar 2018, 06:37 ---
.... puts the entire Signal Corps into wild disarray. Fistfights break out. Old code books are dragged out from file drawers. Senior officials sneak out the back door and go for long liquid lunch breaks. Interns run wildly to and fro waving flags and shooting off flares.

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I am presently reading about Jean Shepherd's experiences in the Signal Corps. Which makes your quote amazingly appropriate.

ckridge:
Dammit, Jeph, indeed. This is lazy plotting. Lo, wacky hi jinks have ensued. We are in a situation comedy.

Brun's sensible, truthful "Yes, it is. We're smelling each other," helps a little. It is usually a rule in this kind of lazy story-telling that everyone magically becomes incapable of intelligible speech, so that the situation can be prolonged as long as possible. Brun has not.

There is one interesting thing that could be done here. The decent, human thing for Clinton to do is to chase after Elliot, explain in a few well-chosen words, and bring him back. At that point, I don't know, maybe they all smell each other and decide they are a nest of naked mole rats. They stop this stupid nonsense.

But in Clinton's place I wouldn't do it, because I am a monogamous straight guy, and if you are a monogamous straight guy and have to take the girl away from the other guy, you just do. It's all about the girl. Monogamous straight guys kind of suck that way. Clinton has an actual existential choice here, a choice that will decide how his fundamental loyalties lie. Probably he will take the more trodden path. It will be interesting if he does not, just because we all know more or less how the more trodden path goes.

Cornelius:
Whatever other impulse he might have, I think a dash to the bathroom is in Clinton's more immediate future.

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