Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Strips 4326-4330 (10-15 August 2020)
Tova:
There are many forms of attraction, and they don't necessarily exclude a desire to pursue a relationship.
Farideh:
Indeed not. You cannot have a crush without attraction :)
Tova:
Okay. I mean, I kinda want to say that we should agree to disagree over your suggestion that crush means I want to pursue a relationship with you. And I can kinda see why it might seem like it does. But it doesn't. Childhood crushes are a thing, and they don't mean the world is full of children looking to pursue romantic relationships.
Don't make me bust out the dictionary. No-one wants that.
SmilingCat:
--- Quote from: Gnabberwocky on 11 Aug 2020, 13:39 ---I see why straight-up modifying the characters should be avoided in the QCverse and on the forums, but that doesn't mean it's a terrible thing to do in any situation. J. K. Rowling recently slammed trans people, and the fanfic community retaliated by releasing a wave of stories that portrayed Hermione as a trans character. If Rowling can't respect that trans people are human, then she deserves to have her work "disrespected."
--- End quote ---
That feels like the fiction-writing equivalent of calling someone you don't like a poopyhead, or sharing a meme with your friends that already agree with you. Or sharing a meme as a form of political engagement in general.
Farideh:
I did actually look at some dictionary definitions earlier, but decided against copy/pasting them into a post :D
My 'pursue a romantic relationship' explanation doesn't really cover what I was trying to say, unfortunately. Sometimes it's a shame that English isn't my first language, I'd be more comfortable trying to express this in Dutch. Oh well.
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