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What is Bubbles' sexual orientation?

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fayelovesbubbles:
I mean...Roko, for example...I'd say she's straight, probably. She is clearly attracted to Clinton, though I'm not sure if anything will ever come of that. She's nervous and awkward so that's going to make things difficult. I would really like to see her find someone, though.

Storel:

--- Quote from: pecoros7 on 14 May 2018, 19:40 ---Bubbles's sexual and romantic interests, to the best of my knowledge, have never been discussed or even hinted at in the comic. It may be that she's never had any sexual or romantic feelings at all before she met Faye. As such, any speculation is pure fancy.

--- End quote ---

Yeah, this is what I think about Bubbles too. She went straight into the service, probably didn't have anything but camaraderie with her squadmates, and then was too traumatized to have any relationships after that. I would not be at all surprised if this is her first time getting involved in any way with anyone, which would totally explain why she's so nervous and uncertain about it.

awgiedawgie:
This expands a little on something I had said earlier.

Bubbles was not designed for romance. She was designed for combat. It's very likely she has never had any romantic thoughts before, so even she did not know what her desires were. However, having been designed for human interaction, camaraderie, and dedication, romantic development would have always been possible, even if not likely.

When she lost her squad, she blamed herself, feeling that she had failed them somehow (even though it was no fault of hers). So her emotional center shut down completely. Faye was the first person who was caring, patient, loving - and yes, even stubborn - enough to reawaken her emotions. When her emotions awakened, they were far more intense than anything she had experienced before. She had never felt anything like that, so she understandably interpreted the feelings as romance. Whether that's what they really were at that point is immaterial. Even if they weren't, they may have since then developed into true eros (romantic) love. Then again, it may have been a misinterpretation all along, and may even now only be very intense philia (friendship) love. But regardless of which kind of love it is, this is undoubtedly the first time she has ever experienced it at this intensity. Her feelings for Faye are very strong, so she is quite reasonably unsure herself what she is feeling.

Having said all that, since she has likely only ever had feelings like this for one person, even she probably still does not know what her sexual orientation - if she even has one - is.


(And now that I've gone to all the trouble of writing this, I see someone else has just said something similar while I was typing)

BenRG:

--- Quote from: awgiedawgie on 14 May 2018, 22:08 ---Bubbles was not designed for romance. She was designed for combat.
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That's inaccurate. Bubbles told Momo that she was just a synthetic-in-the-street who chose to join the armed forces. The only thing that was designed for combat is her current chassis.

Gyrre:
From today's comic, I'd say she's still trying to srt that out herself.

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