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WCDT strips 4381-4385 (Oct 26th to Oct 30th 2020)
snufflebottoms:
It's seems I have read this situation completely differently than most people. Clinton and Elliot both know that the other likes Brun and Elliot doesn't know but we the audience know that Clinton seems to reciprocate Elliot's attraction. I think Clinton asked Brun (both him and "any dudes" but specifically wanting to know about Elliot) because both of their interest in her was the only thing he could see being a reason not to go for it with each other.
She said no and yeah I think he's hurt by her bluntness but rather than him carrying a bigger torch than we thought, I assumed his intense nervousness/followed by downing drinks is that he now feels he has to address the Elliot situation and his answer is actually YES and as we have seen Clinton freaks the fuck out (to monumental levels, including a unwanted tattoo! on first dates)
Gnabberwocky:
--- Quote from: Reaver on 28 Oct 2020, 22:55 ---The comics never excuse it, the readers typically do, I’m just annoyed that whenever Clinton flubs people are quick to slam him hard and without mercy( and not in a fun way)
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(click to show/hide)The reason for this is that characters like May are always acting crude, mean, etc. Because people expect her to, there's no shock when she inevitably does. A few people post on it, but it's no different from how she normally acts. With Clinton, though, he's usually a fairly nice guy. His past behavior sets a standard that he has to meet. Thus, when he acts like he did in this comic, there's a shock factor within the forums, and people react more quickly and more harshly.
Also, if you look at the end result of this comic, it's totally different from what May does. Usually, when May is crude or jerkish, there's a couple of grumbles, but people know she's just being May and let it drop. What she says rarely actually hurts people, and when it does, she gets called on it almost instantly.
That's the key difference here. You can tell by Elliot's facial expression and his ignored "I wouldn't know, no" that he's genuinely hurt. To me, it doesn't matter why; if something Clinton says offends Elliot (this applies to any two people, in the comic and the real world), it's Clinton's fault and he needs to do something about it.
Marco:
--- Quote from: St.Clair on 28 Oct 2020, 18:23 ---No, he needed to stop at least five minutes ago.
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Years ago, if you ask Claire.
Potato Farmer:
I genuinely read this page as Clinton being a socially awkward dude who's getting drunk because he just got shot down.
Of course it's still a stupid thing to do but I'm not reading any malice into it. I'd actually take him at face value with his explanation of 'well, too bad but at least now you know.'
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: Potato Farmer on 29 Oct 2020, 10:40 ---I genuinely read this page as Clinton being a socially awkward dude who's getting drunk because he just got shot down.
Of course it's still a stupid thing to do but I'm not reading any malice into it. I'd actually take him at face value with his explanation of 'well, too bad but at least now you know.'
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Intentions are not magic. Lack of malice doesn't mean lack of hurting others.
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