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WCDT strips 3706-3710 (26th to 30th March 2018)
Perfectly Reasonable:
@awdgiedawgie:
"Be careful when talking about fictional characters who might be X, because it may cause discomfort in forum members who are X" is something the mods have been trying to beat into us for a long time.
So good for you. If I were a mod, I'd be purring.
Emperor Norton:
I feel like on this forum sometimes people bend so far over backwards trying to be accepting they end up being more judgmental towards people having a problem with someone acting badly than with someone acting badly. We are just all supposed to be so understanding and accept that oh she can't help it because of X.
I don't like people in close proximity to me, and I have panic attacks. Yet if someone was to crowd me like this, back me against a wall, I would do my best just to extricate myself from it and get them to back off verbally. Even though every part of my body would be in fight or flight and I would want to punch them in the face. Because I know I can't just punch people in the face.
If I freaked out and punched them, would you have as much sympathy towards my problem with distance and panic attacks as you seem to have with her complete lack of knowledge of personal space?
Like, people are not even allowed to say that they are finding her actions annoying without being lectured about it.
Tova:
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 27 Mar 2018, 20:49 ---@Tova You really don't see any issue with someone approaching someone who clearly backed into a wall and basically making it impossible to move away without either shoving them away or squirming to the side?
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Maybe I am communicating unclearly. Let me try again.
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 27 Mar 2018, 22:29 ---Like, people are not even allowed to say that they are finding her actions annoying without being lectured about it.
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Of course you are allowed to say that. Please feel free to say that. I would probably find her actions annoying myself if she did that to me.
You didn't say that, though. You said:
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 27 Mar 2018, 15:27 ---I just don't like people using mental diversity as an excuse to basically ignore consent.
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And I felt obliged to point out that neither the comic nor Brun nor the forumgoers were "using mental diversity as an excuse." That's a nonsense accusation, and completely different from saying she is irritating (which you have every right to say).
BenRG:
So, finally, reality swings the cluehammer and connects with Clinton! Yes, Elliott likes Brun 'like that' and Clinton also likes Brun 'like that'. Yet both are unsure if they want to pursue this for a variety of reasons
If there is one thing that he knows beyond any shadow of doubt, it's that the phrase "It's complicated" does not auger anything well in the conversation, especially when talking about relationships, crushes and the like. I think he's right to say taht this is something into which Claire would love to dive headlong but she isn't there so it's up to him to sort out his own feelings.
I might be over-reading this but, just based on the entirety of Clinton's reactions, I'm thinking that Clinton has already decided not to make any approach to Brun because he genuinely doesn't think it would work out and impact their friendship for no real benefit to either of them.
Mordhaus:
Plot twist, Claire and Clinton actually are one person that morphs into the other Ranma-style. :claireface:
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