With that thought in mind, I am still waiting for someone to pinpoint when Bubbles started having romantic feelings for Faye. I know I created this account in early 2017, so by then it had already happened, but at what point it happened I still can't decipher. Faye's feelings took QUITE awhile to catch up with Bubbles' feelings, I think.
Faye was the one who initiated the friendship, even pushing Bubbles to the point of losing her temper.
I think Faye was actually the one who started catching the warmies (or whatever you want to call "attraction" or "romantic feelings") first; she was just remarkably oblivious to her own feelings, and being attracted to an AI lady wasn't even something she consciously figured out until just now.
First hug: Faye initiates, Bubbles allows Faye into her heart. Coolant pump. Whatever.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3195At some point, around here:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3330we see Faye initiating all sorts of physical contact with Bubbles.
More:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3339We also see a glimmer of Bubbles perhaps admiring Faye's rump...?
Dang, get a room already, ladies:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3340Geez, it's totally obvious to their friends -- note they say Faye likes Bubbles, not the other way around:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3341They started leaning on one another emotionally (and physically) much more after Faye punched Corpse Witch and the whole business with Bubbles' memories. Plus they were living together at that point; spending pretty much every moment together, yet still getting along wonderfully:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3375So I think the attraction just sort of grew simultaneously, and probably even started with Faye first, or at least Faye was definitely the one to break the touch barrier; Faye was just much better at being oblivious to her own feelings.
Bubbles isn't the sort of person to lie to herself, so she was well aware of how she felt and just... suppressed it as best she could. She resigned herself to the arrangement as best she could.
Even if Bubbles didn't have everything she wanted, she could claim to be happy, or at least content, which is better than she'd ever had before.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3603Faye oblivious again, and again, and again...
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3605Amanda and Evie see the attraction and connection immediately, same as May, Momo, and, well, everyone:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3660Faye, still oblivious (and yes, this is realistic; people really are this clueless sometimes):
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3669Bubbles is... "content". Sort of.
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3670Bonus: the answer to the robot nipples question. At least one robot, anyway:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3670Poor May. Stuck in a cheap nippleless chassis.