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What is Bubbles' sexual orientation?
Staff_Inflection:
--- Quote from: PhoneBytch on 18 May 2018, 21:21 ---I suppose what I am trying to get at is more that I see the possibility of their gender being unimportant to their attraction in their eyes, if that makes any sense. Just something that has been in my mind for a bit I guess.
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For what it's worth, I think this may be more or less accurate. They're simply two people who have a connection. They just both happen to be girls
PhoneWytch:
Thanks. I'm sorry if I'm over sensitive. If I do cross a line, please understand there is 0 malice, and please let me know.
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sniktchtherat:
This thread glancingly touches on a fairly dark line of thought - if her chassis has a functional gender, the military thought there was a combat or readiness purpose to her having it. If that sentence does not horrify you, then reread it with empathic and moral filters off.
Fortunately, the high-odds likelihood is there will be wacky hijinks of varying types as Bubbles and Faye puzzle out how things work between them to the point that any particular biological normatives being absent ceases to be a concern.
As to gender identification. the only even slightly 'masculine' aspect of Bubbles' affect is her stance in earlier appearances, and that is less masculine and more soldier on post. She's a she, just a very crisp and solid she.
RE the whole 'Fayesexual' line: I'd say El Goonish Shive beat QC to the punch on that particular compounding, albeit with a different character. It's a simple reference to "this character is attracted to this character, regardless of respective genders and gender identities at the moment". Faye is actually the better question - her orientation has to this point always been heterosexual, she clearly identifies as female, and clearly identifies Bubbles as female.
Given her sister is lesbian, and there IS a genetic component to 'nonstandard' sexuality, it might be worth wondering if Mr. Whitaker was dealing with something that was treated fairly abysmally in the mid-late 80s Southeastern US. It's also worth considering how Faye might have reacted to a male chassis in the exact same circumstances - cultural cues may have caused different actions, and the story might have gone in an entirely different and probably less happy direction.
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PhoneWytch:
--- Quote from: sniktchtherat on 19 May 2018, 07:46 ---It's also worth considering how Faye might have reacted to a male chassis in the exact same circumstances - cultural cues may have caused different actions, and the story might have gone in an entirely different and probably less happy direction.
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While I do agree, I have, I think, slightly different reasoning?
Faye has shown a marked hesitation to get into relationships, both with Marten and Angus.
I feel like perhaps the reason Faye was able to connect with Bubbles is perhaps more because she did not forsee any romantic entanglement. She formed the emotional bond before there was even a hint of a physical one to her, making the relationship less "threatening" in context of her own issues.
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