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WCDT strips 3706-3710 (26th to 30th March 2018)

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jesslc:

--- Quote from: oeoek on 29 Mar 2018, 21:37 ---I hope for one of those 'pancake-morning' awakenings for Eliot after this night... They seem pretty much connected to the Augustus clan.

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I think Clinton is the one who is due for a "pancake morning awakening". He is drunk, whereas Elliot is not.

brasca:
"Pisstracted" is a good term to describe someone so drunk they forgot they had to urinate. 

jesslc:

--- Quote from: Near Lurker --- wow, Clinton came really close to outing Claire there.  If Elliot becomes a member of their circle, he may well connect the dots.  (...well, maybe not him, but someone else in his position might.)  Maybe he should keep her in mind next time he decides to get drunk outside private gatherings.

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Well I'm not trans so feel free to take what I say with a pinch of salt...

I think the way he paused in the sentence indicates that he was keeping her in mind and searching for what he could say. He didn't misgender her and personally I don't think what he actually said is risky. (But I will defer to any trans people who want to weigh in)

Personally I think that someone hearing Clinton's comments would just assume that his sister is bisexual and she has discussed that with Clinton a few times. (Including maybe some conversations along the lines of "Don't be so rigid in your thinking bro! I also thought I only liked the opposite sex before I met [insert name here]"). If I overheard their conversation without knowing Claire, that's the conclusion I would jump to.

You shouldn't out someone as bi without their consent either but I will cut Clinton a bit of slack because Elliot has already shared that he is bi - clearly Elliot is not going to be biased against people who are bi. Also someone jumping to the conclusion that Claire is bi (incorrectly or correctly) is far less likely to be risky for her than someone jumping to the conclusion that she is a trans woman.

So, YMMV - but I believe Clinton is keeping his sister's safety in mind.

BenRG:
That's one thing about drinking copious amounts of alcohol: You may find yourself revealing truths that you would never normally discuss, either for reasons of personal insecurity or because, in the end, it isn't your place to discuss them. It also apparently makes Clinton a ranting drunk, it seems.

That said, I really admire Clinton's reasons for not wanting to approach Brun romantically. For all it is sort of stripping her of agency a tiny little, I can admire that he does not want to cheapen a genuine act of noble charity by making it look, no matter how indirectly, like a cynical attempt at pulling a girl (much as Renee basically accused him of doing). I also admire the fact that, in the end, he doesn't really address her apparent non-neuronormative behaviour in any way. It's mostly because he doesn't want to appear the creep.

Meanwhile, Clinton fails to read body language. Panel 4 is as close to Elliott non-verbally telling Clinton that he is his crush as we're going to get.

chris73:
"I mean shes super hot" I see Clintons got those beer goggles firmly on

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