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WCDT Strips 4331-4335 (18-22, August 2020)
Elder Sign:
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--- Quote ---As a tangent, it comes to mind that I seriously don't think that the comic has yet depicted an AI-to-AI romantic relationship -- but then again, there was that one strip of Winslow being stunned speechless over Roko, of which absolutely nothing has resulted since.
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There was Seven and the previously-just-an-arm AI whose name I can't remember for the life of me, and my archive-fu is not very good.
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--- Quote from: Farideh on 19 Aug 2020, 16:09 ---That would be Jeremy
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Sure, but they were one-off characters and that was it. Certainly nothing has happened with recurring AI characters, it's all been human-with-human or human-with-AI relationships so far.
AfternoonGlory:
Fair enough.
Also thanks for the reminder
Beast_Reborn:
--- Quote from: marbledmurrelet on 19 Aug 2020, 14:10 ---Sigh... How about, relationships don't have orientations or gender identities so they can't be queer or straight? :?
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My prescriptivist heart sympathizes with you, but any strategy that involves telling people not to use metonymy is guaranteed to lose. Also, this rule would sit oddly alongside other words that can be used of both people and relationships: sexual, romantic, monogamous or polyamorous, etc. In particular, it would be odd to have heterosexual and homosexual relationships, but not straight and gay ones.
On fantasy and awareness of one's attractions: never underestimate the depths and heights of self-deception that are attainable to a sufficiently motivated brain. I managed to go my entire adolescence without allowing my attraction to men to enter my conscious mind, despite regularly having fantasies about them that a neutral observer who could read my thoughts (there's a scary thought) would classify as clearly sexual. This isn't just possible, but typical (i.e. one of a few frequently recurring scenarios) among queer young people who are either in an unaccepting environment or for whatever reason have trouble accepting themselves.
While I don't know this, I can imagine that being bi rather than gay could make it even easier to do this and for a longer time. In Clinton's case, he might have been in a non-accepting environment for some of his formative years (cf. his asshole father about whom we have very little concrete information so far). If so, this would also probably have affected Claire in ways that the comic hasn't explored. However, it's not necessary to assume that's what happened. He might simply have ignored by default any attraction to men he had as long as circumstances didn't force it to his notice. When we first met him, he displayed a comical lack of self-awareness, which apparently he's still working through, though he's made a lot of progress.
SpanielBear:
--- Quote from: Case on 19 Aug 2020, 15:49 ---
--- Quote from: marbledmurrelet on 19 Aug 2020, 14:10 ---Sigh... How about, relationships don't have orientations or gender identities so they can't be queer or straight? :?
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WARNING! PROTOCOL BREACH! WARNING! PROTOCOL BREACH! WARNNG!
A forum member has employed logic and common sense in the WCDT!
DEPLOY THE DRONES! RELEASE THE BATTLE-PANDAS!
This is NOT a drill!
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Man, the battle Pandas, are you sure!? Might be an escalation too far. I mean, I’ve seen some stone-cold badasses in my time, but those pandas... they don’t give a f*ck!!
Farideh:
New comic!
Clinton is adorable, and Claire gives pretty good advice.
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