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WCDT Strips 4326-4330 (10-15 August 2020)
Gnabberwocky:
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--- Quote from: Gnabberwocky on 13 Aug 2020, 18:29 ---Ugh, another 72 hours until the resolution.
Finally, someone acknowledges that the act of trying not to make things weird is guaranteed to make things weird.
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For the same reason that trying to stop overthinking something is guaranteed to make you overthink it even more? :-\
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Yes, but that's not all. It's more like this exact situation--one clearly interested in the other, the other not necessarily interested in the first...there isn't a way to "not make it weird" that doesn't make it weird, because even if the Clinton in this situation chooses to forget, the Elliot can't change their feelings. Pretending it never happened doesn't affect both parties equally, and no matter how much they try to put it out of their minds, it will likely permanently affect the friendship.
Tova:
I don't see why you say that when Elliot and Renee have been through this situation, and things are not weird between them.
Timemaster:
It´s been a while since I‘ve posted something here. But this is so nice. :laugh:
We all saw this coming. And although it was made clear that Elliot feels affection for his friend, there was never any hint that Clinton might be romanticaly interested in men. So my greatest fear when Elliot came out to him, was that Clinton would be so flustered, he turns into a creep and brushes his friend off in a rude way or would run away.
He didn‘t and I am very glad about that. Kudos, Clinton. You‘ve grown a lot since your first appearance. :roll:
I don‘t know where Jeph will take this. A relationship between these two would be nice, but I still see no signs in Clinton of being attracted to men in general or especially Elliot.
We‘ll see...
TM
Gnabberwocky:
--- Quote from: Tova on 13 Aug 2020, 22:31 ---I don't see why you say that when Elliot and Renee have been through this situation, and things are not weird between them.
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That's a very good point.
My attempted counterargument: We don't actually know that for sure. We aren't inside Renee's head. She's helping Elliot get with Clinton and/or Brun likely because she cares for Elliot's feelings. My guess is she's still attracted to him, but won't act on it because she knows it isn't reciprocated. This is one of the points I was trying to get at: The person who turns the other down is in the less awkward situation. It's easier for them to forget. The reason it isn't weird between Renee and Elliot is because Elliot doesn't think it is, and Renee doesn't want to act on it.
I could just be blowing smoke, though. Maybe "guarantees that it will be weird" was too strong of a phrase. How about "frequently, though with certain exceptions, leads to being weird?"
Tova:
BTW if it turns out that Clinton is just not into Elliot for whatever reason, and Brun is not interested in general, then the poll is missing a pretty valid option.
--- Quote from: Gnabberwocky on 13 Aug 2020, 22:40 ---My attempted counterargument: We don't actually know that for sure. We aren't inside Renee's head.
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For sure. Actually, I think it's very likely weird inside Renee's head, at least from time to time. I imagine that this will become less so over time. Anyway, it hasn't really affected their friendship, and it's not weird between them, if you get what I'm saying (which is to Renee's credit).
It definitely could end up being weird. It really depends on them, I guess. How common is this? Honestly, I don't know.
Personally, there have been... two occasions when I've asked someone out and they've turned me down, but things didn't end up weird. We still got on fine. I have no idea whether that makes me the weird one, or if actually things were uncomfortable for the other person without me knowing (totally possible).
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