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WCDT strips 3701-3705 (19th to 23rd March 2018)
fayelovesbubbles:
--- Quote from: Scyne on 23 Mar 2018, 22:12 ---Ok. Hi...
Ok....
So I'm a long time reader and I have never had a moment that I identify with more than now...
I created a forum account to say this...
As someone that is very socially awkward... someone that is non-binary... someone that is queer... and someone that is in a long-term, healthy, polygamous relationship with two very loving partners, can we have a nice romantic relationship between the three of them? I mean please?
I know it's just some rando making requests again, but really, the representation in this comic is wonderful. People just accept other people. They are just decent. People need to see that this can be decent and healthy too.
*falls off soap box and rolls back into the gutter*
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Hi there, new person! The problem with this, as nice as it would be, is that it's not realistic. Most people aren't poly. I don't believe any of the three of them are. Then there's the fact that Clinton likely isn't into dudes. And the fact that Brun likely isn't into Elliot.
I think it's more meaningful to Elliot's character development to have a moment with himself saying "hmm. I constantly fall for unavailable people. What's up with that? How can I change it?" Elliot needs the rejections to understand that he's constantly falling for unavailable people.
We also might get a good Elliot storyline about how he finds something mutual. That's more realistic and arguably more interesting than a rather out there (I'm all for poly but in this case it simply doesn't apply) poly relationship storyline.
cesium133:
Maybe Elliot would be a good match for Roko. After all, he's tall, he's got human abs, and working in a bakery he has access to all the day-old bread that Roko could ever want.
NemesisDancer:
--- Quote from: Scyne on 23 Mar 2018, 22:12 ---Ok. Hi...
Ok....
So I'm a long time reader and I have never had a moment that I identify with more than now...
I created a forum account to say this...
As someone that is very socially awkward... someone that is non-binary... someone that is queer... and someone that is in a long-term, healthy, polygamous relationship with two very loving partners, can we have a nice romantic relationship between the three of them? I mean please?
I know it's just some rando making requests again, but really, the representation in this comic is wonderful. People just accept other people. They are just decent. People need to see that this can be decent and healthy too.
*falls off soap box and rolls back into the gutter*
--- End quote ---
Totally agree with you, and I've been hoping for this outcome for the same reason. Poly people get a lot of shit for being who we are so it'd be wonderful to see a positive portrayal for once (only other examples I can think of are Kimchi Cuddles, and the manga version of Magic Knight Rayearth which I've not got round to reading but apparently the main character ends up marrying both of her love interests).
St.Clair:
The Dreamcast/Gamecube air-pirates RPG Skies of Arcadia has, among its many awesome points, a remarkably healthy and drama-free triangle with its three main characters (swashbuckling hero Vyse, tomboy Aika, and girl-from-the-moon Fina). IIRC, at one point, someone actually asks Aika if she's at all jealous of Vyse and Fina and she's like "what? no, not at all."
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: Scyne ---As someone that is very socially awkward... someone that is non-binary... someone that is queer... and someone that is in a long-term, healthy, polygamous relationship with two very loving partners, can we have a nice romantic relationship between the three of them? I mean please?
I know it's just some rando making requests again, but really, the representation in this comic is wonderful. People just accept other people. They are just decent. People need to see that this can be decent and healthy too.
--- End quote ---
Welcome, sort of new person!
That's one thing that's been missing from the comic since Tai went monogamous. Even back then I think it was being played for laughs more than actually being explored. Maybe Jeph doesn't feel like he knows enough to write about poly relationships. We know he cares about getting things right because of the research he put into Claire and May.
You will fit in fine here!
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