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(CW/TW: Abuse) WCDT strips 3731-3735 (30th April to 4th May 2018)

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Wombat:

--- Quote from: Gyrre on 03 May 2018, 05:10 ---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.

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There are also people who genuinely experience their attraction changing over time. While Faye might find that Bubbles is more of an "exception" for her, it's also possible that going forward she begins to notice attraction to other women. In my experience, and in the experience of a number of others I know, it can also work that you need your moment of revelation to look back on your past thoughts and actions and be like, "Ooooohhh, I was being gay." And often others wouldn't have noticed either.

My position is that it doesn't make more or less sense for Faye to go on to identify herself as a lesbian, or as bisexual, or queer, pansexual, straight, anything, really. Now, what could be best in terms of writing is different. But any of it could make sense and be believable, based on what I've seen.

On a different note, I hope that people who put down shipping recognize that they're putting down an interest of people's that can be completely harmless. If this forum isn't the place for it, if people would rather not read things from it, that's all fine. But for a lot of people, shipping is just a fun thing, which can be undertaken in a playful manner, or a more serious manner depending on the person and ship. I find it interesting when people are like, "All shipping turns into x" or even "most shippers are like y," because those interpretations are very often different from my own. I ship things that I could actually see happening, like Faye and Bubbles, and random characters that I think could be good for each other, and in a more joking manner, characters who have no reason to be shipped. It's a fun way to enjoy media for me. I recognize that the last two approaches to shipping especially aren't fitting for this forum, but I also don't think they need to be put down.

chris73:
Panel 4 is why I just can't warm to Faye or even care about any of her problems, shes still just a bully.

Is it cold in here?:

--- Quote from: Morituri ---I object to the gleeful leaping-to-conclusions that ignores who the characters are. I object to the negation or deliberate defiance of the plot elements and character traits that the author has spent hard work building, so that he can tell the story of the characters struggling with these difficulties.  Jumping to HAPPILY EVER AFTER! without paying attention to the story still in progress is ignoring the author's hard work.

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Global Moderator Comment What Morituri objected to here is close to what the moderators try to discourage. "Ignores who the characters are" is exemplified by the orientation-incompatible shipping.

Is it cold in here?:
Buildings resonate around the frequencies of earthquake oscillations. Smart engineers de-tune the buildings to minimize how resonant they are.

Faye treated Momo like an object twice that I can think of. There was tossing her in the air like a toy, and there was looking up her skirt.

Bad Superman:
So, playing devil's advocate for a moment, but what if Faye really shoots down the things that have happened between her and Bubbles as her body experiencing a glitch? She said it herself: She hasn't been physical with someone in a long time, and there is this strong bond of mutual trust and friendship between her and Bubbles… (Platonic) Intimacy even. Faye's body may just have short circuited and this made her act on a certain craving…

Just going through possibilities here…

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