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WCDT strips 3736-3740 (May 6th-10th 2018)
Zebediah:
--- Quote from: phunni on 09 May 2018, 06:21 ---B) It would be nice to see the kind of relationship reflected that is deep friendship - where two people actually love each other, but are friends and there's nothing sexual/romantic in it at all
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You mean, exactly like the relationship portrayed in today’s comic?
Granted, at the beginning of QC there were romantic and sexual feelings between Marten and Faye, but they have long since moved past that and into the kind of relationship you say you would like to see.
fayelovesbubbles:
Why is it "frustrating" for two characters in QC to have a romantic relationship? I don't understand.
Furthermore, there have been hints all along that Faye and Bubbles have feelings that are deeper than friendship. I don't understand why so many readers here need them to be "just friends." They aren't just friends, and I don't understand why that's difficult to accept.
Marten and Faye have a deep friendship. There you go. Deep friendship, like you want to see.
sitnspin:
Castlerock, people yell shit at the screen when watching movies. It's not like they actually think the characters can hear them. It's just expressing an emotional reaction to the story.
Dandi Andi:
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Welcome to the forum, Phunni!
I agree that seeing people who love eachother deeply and aren't romantic is great and can be a refreshing change of pace when we're accustomed to seeing romances. I commented earlier that emotional intimacy is not the same as romance and should not necessarily imply it (OK, what I said was just "intimacy =/= romance" , but I meant it all). But we do see those relationships, too. Faye has those relationships with Marten and Dora. Brun seems to have a very close friendship with Renee where Renee is just as protective of Brun as Faye is of Bubbles. Momo and May look like they're developing that sort of friendship. It's true that Faye and Marten are the only two with romantic potential with that kind of platonic relationship; and that isn't irrelevant to the question, but that relationship and its development was arguably central to the comic for much of its early years. While I hear what you're saying, I feel like Jeph told that story with Marten and Faye and he wants to tell a different one with Faye and Bubbles.
Is it cold in here?:
Welcome, new person!
--- Quote from: phunni on 09 May 2018, 06:21 ---B) It would be nice to see the kind of relationship reflected that is deep friendship - where two people actually love each other, but are friends and there's nothing sexual/romantic in it at all
C) If they do this, it kind of has to work because both of them have huge insecurities and would be seriously damaged by it not working out.
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Bubbles in particular needs a friendship more than she needs romance, as I see it. She has lost the bond with her squad. She needs emotional support as she experiments with being in the world. Romance could come later.
No argument possible, they're both at high emotional risk. Wacky hijinks could be funny but an outright disaster for the nonexistent people would make me sad.
Faye is already treating Bubbles unfairly, though certainly it may be the best she can do. How would you feel if your best friend asked you for a back rub, then reached back to touch your thigh, then ran out? How would you feel if you were emotionally fragile to begin with?
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