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WCDT strips 3736-3740 (May 6th-10th 2018)

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awgiedawgie:

--- Quote from: Roborat on 10 May 2018, 11:24 ---Just curious, but how did she open that overhead door from the outside?

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That is an excellent question.

zisraelsen:
The ones at my work are lifted from the outside pretty easily unless you loop the chain over a hook on the wall when you close it.

Is it cold in here?:

--- Quote from: nightshade on 10 May 2018, 14:36 ---just a question .....Who in the strip would tell faye not to go for it ?

only other person in the strip shed even ask about it is  dora ..... or  maybe martens mom because shes been into alternative relationships ......

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The robophobic business owner and the ones who taunted Bubbles.

Of the characters, I can imagine Momo personally delighted but afraid there would be a political backlash that would set back her struggle to advance AI rights through respectability politics. Of course Bubbles and Faye are respectable but it's an effective way to terrify people to activate the "They're taking our women!" fear. Momo could worry that the robophobic preacher and his ilk could use a human-AI match as a weapon against her work.

Not likely though. I think she'd welcome their relationship in all ways.

Faye's therapist might tell her to take it slow.

peacetokengy:

--- Quote from: Thrillho on 10 May 2018, 09:28 ---
--- Quote from: peacetokengy on 10 May 2018, 08:22 ---I've related to Faye since the beginning. She is what drew me in to the comic strip. I'd be slightly upset if she were bi or a lesbian because I could no longer relate on the same level. Don't get me wrong, I support the lgbt community 100%, I just find it hard to understand how so many new characters are introduced and centered on LGBT. The imaginary balance that makes the characters' relationships enjoyable to everyone is tipping a little.
I think if there is going to be that big of a focus on LGBT it he comic should at least address more of the hardships they face.

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These criticisms have arisen before and my response remains the same.
1. Queer people (used here collectively, and admittedly inefficiently, to refer to people who are non-cis and/or non-het), in my own experience, like the company of other queer people because of a mutual understanding of the hardships involved and how it affects every interaction you have with the world.
2. There are plenty of LGBT hardship fictional characters out there. A trans member of the forum once observed that however unrealistic Claire having no struggle with being trans is, it would likely be the only example anyone can think of where that happens. Queer people are so often defined by their struggle, by victimhood, rather than just characteristics of them as a person which happen to include queerness. Seeing a group of friends like this of all sexualities and genders is extremely valuable for me. And while it would be a shame for you to no longer feel like you identify with Faye, in the nicest possible way - almost all other popular culture in history has plenty of non-queer characters to identify with. Queer folk just don't have as many to choose from.

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Thanks for putting it in a different perspective. I think im just a little sour because I found her so relatable. When I first started reading the comic we even looked similar lol. It's not that I can't relate to her anymore aside from that as long as her identity crisis doesn't completely change her.

brasca:
Looks like all the fears that Bubbles ran away was much ado about nothing, but we still have to wait until Monday for the talk.

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