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WCDT Strips 3936-3940 (11-15 February 2019)
brasca:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 14 Feb 2019, 22:17 ---Renee may not know much about cats.
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Agreed. Although I would’ve liked to see an odd couple storyline.
BenRG:
For all I understand Renee and Brun's thoughts and reasons for wanting to continue to live together, I have to admit that I am thinking it is going to turn out to be harder, long-term, than either of them expect.
That aside, Elliott is a real manga pin-up freak, isn't he? He's seen Brun as a cleaning maid, a Senshi and now as a neko girl. I'm not sure if those are 'fetishes', per se, or if he's just so into manga that he always visualises attractive girls in those frameworks! I wonder I Brun (and, on one occasion, Hannelore) are the only ones that have starred in his inner animé in such a manner?
Finally: Renee, it's good that you're looking out for your friend but it really isn't your business if Elliott is having 'thoughts'. You should know him well enough to know that this is as far as it will ever go.
APersonAmI:
And now we see in another scene that Renee felt living together had been and would work. We had signs of this, as I mentioned previously, but now we have verbal confirmation with someone other than Brun, I suppose.
Renee's point in the third panel is actually a pretty common benefit of roommates on the spectrum. I have a partner with Asperger's, and when we are in the same apartment, it will be a balance of spending time together actively, and being next to each other while we do our own things. It's a pleasant way to hang out, I feel.
You still don't have any say over what happens in his head, Renee.
So, uh. On the cat thing. I've been thinking - Does Renee have a habit of assuming her own feelings are more misanthropic than they actually are? I was thinking about that before this comic. When she had a crush on Elliot, she assumed she just liked making fun of him. When she acted protective towards Brun earlier this morning, she said that she'd been "insecure". Now, she reduces feelings of friendship while living together to what she imagines it is like to have a pet. Renee, I think you might like people more than you know.
--- Quote from: BenRG on 14 Feb 2019, 23:13 ---For all I understand Renee and Brun's thoughts and reasons for wanting to continue to live together, I have to admit that I am thinking it is going to turn out to be harder, long-term, than either of them expect.
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Okay. Why is that? This is a case where both Renee and Brun seems to have enjoyed living together like this more than they did living alone. Of course, living together will have its cons, everything does, but this was actually a pretty good test run. This is more confirmation that living together as roommates is a good idea then many people who make this decision have before they make it.
--- Quote from: BenRG on 14 Feb 2019, 23:13 ---That aside, Elliott is a real manga pin-up freak, isn't he? He's seen Brun as a cleaning maid, a Senshi and now as a neko girl. I'm not sure if those are 'fetishes', per se, or if he's just so into manga that he always visualises attractive girls in those frameworks! I wonder I Brun (and, on one occasion, Hannelore) are the only ones that have starred in his inner animé in such a manner?
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Cleaning maids, cat girls and Senshi are definitely fetishes in the stereotypical or larger cultural sense, at least. The way he blushes and imagines these things makes me feel like it is fair to call them that?
BenRG:
--- Quote from: APersonAmI on 14 Feb 2019, 23:51 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 14 Feb 2019, 23:13 ---For all I understand Renee and Brun's thoughts and reasons for wanting to continue to live together, I have to admit that I am thinking it is going to turn out to be harder, long-term, than either of them expect.
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Okay. Why is that?
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Because, fundamentally, living together and sharing a space with someone who may have behaviours or friends that you occasionally find irritating is hard. Renee and Brun are committing to share owning a space which means they're committing themselves to tolerance of each other's quirks and associates in the long term.
APersonAmI:
Yes. As opposed to the difficulties of living alone, such as isolation and not having someone else around to readily face the difficulties of home ownership together with.
Yeah, living together with someone can be hard, but the whole point is that you have someone there to help you shoulder any burdens you face together, including that one. Brun and Renee seem to think each other compatible, and I'm inclined to believe them. Thanks for clarifying, though! :)
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