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WCDT strips 3706-3710 (26th to 30th March 2018)
Annemoon:
--- Quote from: Y on 28 Mar 2018, 15:27 ---...Which are that they seem to hug all the time, and are standing close as well. So the conclusion is that they just say that because it's me and they don't like me...
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I'll give you my personal take here: I have trouble with people standing close to me, but after some time, when I know someone very well and am familiar with their behavior, have had time to get used to the growing proximity, it starts being fine and nice.
I think a lot of people actually work like that and I am just a bit more sensitive in the beginning.
In general I think you cannot conclude from this information that they don't like you. This is an often seen error in judgement; explaining someones behaviour as against you, while it is just reactive to their own feelings. It could simply be that they are not used to you in this way yet. You haven't slowly grown from further to closer, and to them, it's just like you are suddenly jumping the gun. Like you would talk softly before and suddenly shout: that is quite disconcerting.
--- Quote from: Y on 28 Mar 2018, 15:27 ---I've seen people flirting in a similar fashion like Brun did (being that close), and the consent seemed implied, no one asks permission to flirt first.
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Actually people do, by using body language. e.g. You make a slight inclination into their direction and you see if people start backing up a little, stay or come closer. Coming closer is the 'permission' thing. It's like asking "is this okay?" and a "yes". After that you keep notice if they are comfortable and when there is discomfort, you ask if everything is okay. If this is difficult, you can in general help yourself by just asking sooner :)
Is it cold in here?:
None of them has their own robot companion to advise them. Momo could come along and play Mary Worth but there's no really natural way for her to come on the scene. Claire could bring her library boss to the bar. Tai might size up the situation correctly.
Scyne:
--- Quote from: ckridge on 29 Mar 2018, 12:26 ---I have no dog in this fight except that I would particularly like to see Elliot happy. It's not good when the ones who take care of other people can't take care of themselves, and it's not good when anyone is paralyzed by fear. A polyamorous relationship of some sort seems the simplest way to make everyone happy, so I would like to see that. They might not be that way inclined, is all.
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What [Jeph] is free to do, apparently, is to tease us indefinitely with the possibility of relationships, and to torment characters indefinitely by dramatic delay of relationships. Like some dom romance novelist, he provokes shipping at the same time he forbids it.
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Yeah you are totes right. I also don’t think you have no word to put in in this fight, if we could even call it a fight. You have some very good points. It’s good keep and open mind, but also consider what we know as fact as well.
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Gyrre:
I'm trying to find that bit of advice Pintsize gives Martin about going in without expectations, as it seems like it would be the appropriate response for all of the 'I hope'/'I want' comments here.
EDIT: Found the comic.
Seems I misremembered his advice. Not so much clearing one's mind of expectations to help avoid dissappointment but instead to avoided clouded judgement. Both are good advice tough.
fayelovesbubbles:
--- Quote from: jesslc on 29 Mar 2018, 02:19 ---So I would like to project all over Clinton for a bit. I consider myself "mostly" straight but I'm fairly sure that any outside observer probably views me as straight without a "mostly" to modify it (including family/friends). I've only dated men and we don't tend to talk about crushes in my social circles much. So until I hear clearly from Clinton himself, I will not rule out the possibility that he might be open to dating Elliot, even if he is (in general) more likely to be attracted to women.
I don't think Elliot will ask Clinton out though as I think Elliot is too shy. Instead I feel like this arc is heading towards Clinton asking Elliot out - not immediately, but down the track. First he has to connect Elliot's crush to himself and then there might be some soul searching over whether he (Clinton) is interested in men as well as women. But finally Clinton decides he would like to ask Elliot out.
I can see various possibilities for Clinton getting a clue about Elliot's feelings:
1) Talking about this evening the next day with Claire and Marten and one of them lets slip the idea Marten had.
2) Brun comes into the scene and misinterprets Clinton hugging Elliot - and sorting out the misunderstanding leads to realisations
3) Clinton is pondering Elliot's sentence at a later time and has a light bulb moment along the lines of "Wait, Elliot said please don't hug me at work - does that mean he wouldn't mind outside of work? Am I the guy he thinks is really cute?
But if I am wrong about this and this arc is leading to something involving all three of them (a triad or a V ), that would also be good.
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When you say you've only dated men, are you saying you'd be open to dating a woman? How do your circumstances relate to the possibility of Clinton being open to dating a guy?
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