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WCDT Strips 4331-4335 (18-22, August 2020)
eschaton:
--- Quote from: de_la_Nae on 18 Aug 2020, 19:50 ---
er.... hey friend, I don't know if you've noticed, but *gestures at men*
that ain't how it works for... gosh, a lot lot lot lot lot of people
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You need to be more specific here, because I have no idea what you are inferring.
I can understand not realizing you are attracted to one gender until later in life. I just don't think this kind of scene - funny as it is - would be a realistic eureka moment.
Tova:
--- Quote from: Beast_Reborn on 18 Aug 2020, 20:30 ---(1) it might end in disappointment; Jeph is certainly ruthless enough to do that
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I'll be honest - as of right now, I am unconvinced that he is. Maybe he was once.
Farideh:
Time does seem to have mellowed Jeph. I feel that _if_ Clinton turns Elliot down, he will do it in the gentlest way possible, although I don't see that happening, given how he reacted to Claire's story. He'd be lucky to have Elliot: all that AND he smells like freshly baked bread!
de_la_Nae:
--- Quote from: eschaton on 18 Aug 2020, 20:33 ---
You need to be more specific here, because I have no idea what you are inferring.
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Right, okay.
i'm not, at this moment, disputing what you say about the scene. but you said, whether you truly notice it or not, more than just what was related to the scene, eschaton. Which is why i specifically quoted out one specific assertion you made, that I am flatly stating is incorrect.
i quote again,
--- Quote from: eschaton on 18 Aug 2020, 19:44 ---Presumably Clinton has never fantasized about men before, or he wouldn't feel confused as he said in the first panel.
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if you go to the quiet and semi-secret places where men actually discuss their attractions and their fantasies, if you look at what men actually do in their lives, this statement doesn't hold water. for what rather seems to be the majority of men, this is not how it works, despite the propaganda lines too many of them too-often spout when they fear loss of status. The ideas put forth in this statement, that fantasies resolve confusion, are inadequate to explain reality.
--- Quote from: Beast_Reborn on 18 Aug 2020, 20:30 ---
I wouldn't mind this being unpacked a bit. The implication seems to be that people here have some kind of problem with gay male relationships, but given what I know of this forum (and I'm a brand new poster, but I've been reading posts for a while), I don't think that's true?
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i've been here for far too many years, and seen what feels like too many of these dances. it's not as a simple as it being gay male relationships, though I do in fact think it's part of the mix. it's not as simple as 'problem', or at least not as clean and well-defined. it tastes of something like respectability, but not quite that. something like accepted forms, but not quite that. there is an offness in it that i struggle to explain. i try not to bring it up too often because i do not have the wisdom to state it plainly. if i could stand up these events next to each other, as statues, i am personally convinced the difference would be noticeable, if perhaps not at first glance.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Tyr on 18 Aug 2020, 19:04 ---
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 18 Aug 2020, 18:38 ---whynotboth.gif
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In fairness to Clinton's possibly non-existant heterosexuality: Claire's description is extremely appealing to me on a non-sexual level. I am deeply touch-starved due to an fear of so much as touching other people, especially women instilled by years of exhortations that, as an XY individual, I must mind my strength and raw inpulses at all times, constantly wary of the inherent beast within. One of my best friends insists on hugging me on our every parting because he knows this and accepts that aspect of my psychology.
That said, Clinton is doing some deep thinking guided by Claire (and Pintsize?). I hope Elliot, Clinton, Millefuille, and Brunhilde all arrive in a situation that brings the most pleasure to all of them with as few broken hearts as possible.
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Pretty sure that first panel indicates he's bi to some degree.
1, 2, or 3 on the Kinsey scale. Maybe a 4. Probably not a 5 .
EDIT: correcting smartphone touchscreen keyboard mistake
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