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WCDT strips 3741 to 3745 (May 14th - 18th 2018)
Milayna:
Narratively, this has been building up for a long time, so its conclusion can hardly be called "sudden". In terms of actual event series, I have no idea how such things work, so I can't comment on whether it's realistic. Though a lot of people seem to happy and I won't intrude on that =)
I wonder how the "let's take it into private" part works though. For a human like Faye it's obvious enough, and Bubbles chassis can probably do more or less the same things, depending on how anatomically accurate she is. What I'm far more curious about is how the physical sensations of sex would work - for humans, it's a release of chemicals from stimulation of erogenous zones; but for an AI, whose emotions emerge from not-fully-understood processes rather than chemical balances? What is sex to an AI?
Whatever tactile sensations Bubbles chassis is equipped to detect, I doubt "erotic stimulation" is one of them; that would be a pretty big weakness on the battlefield, esp if hacking or a materials fault caused it to always be "on". Perhaps an app can patch that (since she's a civilian now) - no reason to think that can't be "eros ex machina'd" in the rather squishy science of this comic - though I'm sure that there would still be massive qualitative differences between a process-driven simulation and a stew of meat and chemicals.
...............Though now that I think of it, it would probably be rude for me to get Clintony in their love life, wouldn't it. So maybe I'll just leave this alone.
fantasticalice:
--- Quote from: Milayna on 18 May 2018, 06:55 ---Narratively, this has been building up for a long time, so its conclusion can hardly be called "sudden". In terms of actual event series, I have no idea how such things work, so I can't comment on whether it's realistic. Though a lot of people seem to happy and I won't intrude on that =)
I wonder how the "let's take it into private" part works though. For a human like Faye it's obvious enough, and Bubbles chassis can probably do more or less the same things, depending on how anatomically accurate she is. What I'm far more curious about is how the physical sensations of sex would work - for humans, it's a release of chemicals from stimulation of erogenous zones; but for an AI, whose emotions emerge from not-fully-understood processes rather than chemical balances? What is sex to an AI?
Whatever tactile sensations Bubbles chassis is equipped to detect, I doubt "erotic stimulation" is one of them; that would be a pretty big weakness on the battlefield, esp if hacking or a materials fault caused it to always be "on". Perhaps an app can patch that (since she's a civilian now) - no reason to think that can't be "eros ex machina'd" in the rather squishy science of this comic - though I'm sure that there would still be massive qualitative differences between a process-driven simulation and a stew of meat and chemicals.
...............Though now that I think of it, it would probably be rude for me to get Clintony in their love life, wouldn't it. So maybe I'll just leave this alone.
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As a tall awkward gay girl(not that much smaller than Bubbles is how I feel) I can speak on that. Sex is designed to be pleasurable yes, and some other AIs in the series may have some very deep and abiding perspep on it. I would advise only talking to May(not Pintsize...never pintsize!)
But Bubbles is different. She is emotionally involved in Faye. She cares about her, respects her, loves her. Sexual activity is not about sexual activity it's about emotional closeness. I would venture to say that Bubbles(and probably even Fay since she's never been with a woman) would feel the same emotional fulfilment from a romantic kissing session to a Marvin Gaye event.
For them specifically it's all about getting closer. The emotion and closeness of what they feel from being together is what's important.
And in a lot of ways I think they are perfectly suited for this as for both of them their romance is fuelled by their emotions and feelings not their body parts.
SpanielBear:
In my best Ian Malcolm voice, "Love, uh, finds a way."
They'll make it work. They have their imagination and a bed, and many would regard the bed as merely an optional extra.
And I agree that Bubbles would find the emotional closeness particularly satisfying.
fayelovesbubbles:
Okay, y'all are gonna think this is crazy coming from "fayelovesbubbles," but I do think things got a little too sexy too fast. Even though I'm not complaining, I enjoyed it a lot, but still...
SpanielBear:
--- Quote from: fayelovesbubbles on 18 May 2018, 07:47 ---Okay, y'all are gonna think this is crazy coming from "fayelovesbubbles," but I do think things got a little too sexy too fast. Even though I'm not complaining, I enjoyed it a lot, but still...
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Eh, they both said it themselves that they don't know what they *should* be doing right now. They both seem to have a good idea of what they *want* to do however, and they're taking it from there.
It's not like there's a particularly well defined roadmap for "same gender relationship between an ex-military robotic PTSD sufferer and a human recovering alcoholic with abandonment issues". Taking a running jump into it and seeing where they land seems as good an idea as any.
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