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(CW/TW: Abuse) WCDT strips 3731-3735 (30th April to 4th May 2018)
JoeCovenant:
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--- Quote from: sitnspin on 02 May 2018, 07:53 ---
You do know that bisexuality is a thing, right?
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Yeah, and she could very well be bisexual and in her mid 20s and experiencing the first of many attractions to women but the fact that she seems to have no other interest in women up until now and that it took this long for her to think of all the flirting etc. something more makes me think this case is kind of one of a kind for her.
Didn't mean it to be a slam against bisexual people - sorry if it came off that way.
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Gotta say, I'm with you on this one.
Faye seems a bit... *old* for the stereotypical "awakening" of latent sexuality...
But who am *I* to say? I'm a middle aged, hetero, white, male.
I guess my problem with this is it seems very hard to relate to... for ME (YMMV) - given what we know about Faye, to have it suddenly crop up.
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 02 May 2018, 18:21 --- “Bubblesexual”, but that’s not really helpful either.
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Ohhhh I think it PERFECTLY describes quite a few people in here ! :)
Case:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 02 May 2018, 21:41 ---So, what do people think has Faye so disconcerted?
Human/AI romances seem to be uncommon, since this is the first we've seen. Faye may be shocked at herself.
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Yeaaaaaaah - I mean, IRL it wouldn't be unrealistic to need a bit of time to sync your beliefs about yourself, your feelz and your desires when you realize you've some things to learn about yourself yet, wouldn't it? If that's all this is, I think that's forgiveable - even if she does owe Bubbles an apology for running out on her like that. "Flawed human being encountering opportunity for character-growth" and all that ...
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 02 May 2018, 21:41 ---Faye has been terrible toward synthetics. Look how she treated Momo. Is it possible that she's not fully acknowledged them as equals? Was Bubbles a "Some of my best friends are" to Faye?
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Yeeeaaaah - again, wouldn't be exactly unrealistic to have some remnants of biased thinking to work through, would it? Though in my headcanon, Faye would realize her brain being a dick & sort it out. Might take some hits (or twenty) with a clue-by-four for her to figure out exactly how & why her brain is being a dick, but I read her as at the very least wanting to be a DHB. Especially where it concerns Bubbles.
And ... when was she horrible to Momo? (Being horrible to Pintsize doesn't count, 'being horrible' is just normal social interaction to him)
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 02 May 2018, 21:41 ---Or is she simply terrified of having Feelings for someone she knows is as loyal and decent as Marten is? Someone who, unlike Sven or Angus, has LTR written all over her?
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Gee, you really think so? :angel:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 02 May 2018, 21:41 ---She's been a model of acceptance and support to same-sex couples all along. Even someone like that could be startled and even afraid to discover same-sex longings in herself. She's done a great job overcoming her upbringing -- that doesn't necessarily mean a 100% complete job.
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I know for a fact that I haven't done a 'complete job' on LGBTQ-stuff, how about you? (i.e. "DUH!") I've hurt people I hold dear hereabouts, and I know I'll probably jump on their toes again - I've been lucky they've been so gracious as to accept my apologies and promises of trying to do better.
I guess it's safe to assume by now that her subconscious tried to keep Faye from realizing her feelings for as long as possible - which in turn indicates that there was a need for time to process Some! Thing!TM before it was safe to pass The! Thing! on to the upper echelons (aka Faye's conscious). Pretty much SOP for my headmeats - really, sometimes 'I' (i.e. the conscious part of Case) feel less like the one in the driver's seat than the running commentary.
I've never been in the situation of realizing I need to re-orient my understanding of my sexual orientation, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that to some folk, it happened like that (A while ago, there were some FellowForumites who reported on their discovering unexpected attraction later in life than most, and IIRC, their experience broadly matched that description).
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 03 May 2018, 04:51 ---
--- Quote from: snufflebottoms on 02 May 2018, 11:39 ---
--- Quote from: sitnspin on 02 May 2018, 07:53 ---
You do know that bisexuality is a thing, right?
--- End quote ---
Yeah, and she could very well be bisexual and in her mid 20s and experiencing the first of many attractions to women but the fact that she seems to have no other interest in women up until now and that it took this long for her to think of all the flirting etc. something more makes me think this case is kind of one of a kind for her.
Didn't mean it to be a slam against bisexual people - sorry if it came off that way.
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Gotta say, I'm with you on this one.
Faye seems a bit... *old* for the stereotypical "awakening" of latent sexuality...
But who am *I* to say? I'm a middle aged, hetero, white, male.
I guess my problem with this is it seems very hard to relate to... for ME (YMMV) - given what we know about Faye, to have it suddenly crop up.
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It's a long time coming and we've seen it slowly develop. Something which I had advocated for back when the Faybles shippers started posting their ship support in the forums. It makes it more believable for a character like Faye whom up until Tuesday hasn't had any indication of being romantically interested in the same sex. And, it's quite a relief that Jeph took this route instead of the 'I'm suddenly a lesbian' route webcomics like Spinnerette have taken in the past.
de_la_Nae:
it does bear pointing out that Faye has never taken a single Goddamn relationship easily in this comic
there's little reason to think she this would be any different in that regard
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