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How will Bubbles propose?
SpanielBear:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 17 Jun 2018, 07:46 ---I can see only one way for Bubbles to not propose and still stay in character.
That would be if she's afraid of making Faye uncomfortable. Faye is already out of her comfort zone but it's conceivable that Bubbles would give Faye a chance to reach a new equilibrium before popping the question. I've known a person with a Bubbles personality in real life, who didn't propose on the assumption the other party wasn't interested. (The other party proposed and it has lasted).
Unless that happens, we know Bubbles is the type to pull out all the stops, and I think we've seen a need for someone to be loyal to for a lifetime.
Faye proposing would be out of character or at least a head-spinning bit of character growth. EDIT: Oh, wait, I can totally see this. It could even be an echo of the first four episodes of the strip! Bubbles could stammer, talk around the issue, and then straight to "Faye Cuts to the Chase".
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Bubbles absolutely would propose.
Bubbles absolutely would not propose the day after the relationship started.
Relationships are hard. They're hard if both parties are utterly healthy with no deep-seated anxieties about intimacy and trust. Both Bubbles and Faye are clear-eyed about their own need for stability and to adapt. They will not do anything that would sabotage their relationship with the other. They want this to work. They want their partner to be happy and comfortable with the steps they are taking.
I will be blissfully overjoyed when this couple makes their commitment public and binding in front of the world, and invites those people closest to them to celebrate that commitment. It will, without a doubt, be beautiful.
But it will not be quick.
Carl-E:
I want to move this in a different direction for a moment. I agree that both of them know it's early days. I'm not sure that the level of commitment they've expressed is any lower than that of a marriage, actually. The use of the word "never" (one that my wife and I have learned to use sparingly in our relationship of 34 yeaars) is probably what makes me feel this way, but nevertheless...
Here's my concern; Faye is (only) human. Yes, Bubbles - and other AI's in the story - has shown growth and change, but there's a level of steadfastness and devotion that I think may be beyond human. Her military commitment, and the roles other AI's take on - companions for life - indicates something that I think humans can only aspire to.
True, the companionship commitments can be broken, mutually, but why? I imagine the human would be more likely outgrow the arrangement, not the AI. And if the human no longer needs or wants the companion, who cares for them, then why would the AI say no? It seems a subtle coercion.
And I fear the same for Faybles. Bubbles would never keep Faye in a relationship she doesn't want anymore - she loves Faye too much to do such a thing. Nor would she play the bitter ex girlfriend, no matter how she really felt - she's too experienced at burying such things.
It would certainly send her back into her armor, if nothing else.
Would she ever be able to open up again? Maybe, but it would take an effort comparable to the one Faye put forth. And not a lot of people have that level of commitment. Which brings us full circle - Faye's ability to commit may be almost at Bubbles' level. So maybe there's nothing to worry about.
Which never stopped me from worrying before...
:psyduck:
Morituri:
Objection. The question presupposes facts not in evidence.
Wait for the author to tell the story.
Carl-E:
When has that ever slowed any of us down?
A small perverse otter:
There's an ineluctable difference between talking about what will happen when Faye dies and how Bubbles will propose. Faye will die. Bubbles might propose.
We cannot talk with certainty about the former, as it is certain. We can talk with certainty about the later, because it is not. (The manner in which Bubbles proposes if she does not propose is whatever manner we would like to conjecture, as any conclusion follows from a false hypothesis. What happens after Faye dies? Well, since there is a day when Faye dies... Math doesn't make sense: every blue house you see provides evidence that all ravens are black, too.)
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