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WCDT strips 4381-4385 (Oct 26th to Oct 30th 2020)

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Dock Braun:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 26 Oct 2020, 00:15 ---I mean, it's been my impression that Brun is aromantic and possibly asexual ever since Renee had to walk her through the possibility that her morning in the park with Millifeulle could have been interpreted as a date (something that obviously surprised her).

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It surprised me, too, the first time. All my dates have been like that, like something I'd do with a friend, but sometimes only with an intimate friend. Well, sometimes, it goes a little further. It depends on the person, and our mood. Like ℝ as upper/lower sets in ℚ. Sex is that optimum: never necessary, sometimes not there. Wham-bam thanks-now-leave sex feel like ℤ, which are fun, too.

Gus_Smedstad:
I’ve long regarded Brun as being probably asexual. Clinton’s understandably insulted by what Brun said, but I strongly suspect that Brun would find visualizing sex with anyone not arousing. She’s finding it surprising because she hasn’t really tried that before, and she’s been around Renee long enough that she sees sex as a normal thing people do, and she has assumed she’d find visualizing sex arousing.

Not that Clinton’s seeing it that way. Sadly, this was my life through about age 20, getting that reaction from girls who were definitely NOT asexual. I have 3-4 stories like this that I can think of off the top of my head.

If I’m considering having a relationship with a woman, of course I visualize having sex with her. If that’s not arousing, I can’t imagine it working out. That doesn’t mean I’ll attempt a relation, that the relationship is going to happen, or that it will work out if it does. It doesn’t mean I’m willing to sleep with her on a first date, either, just that I can visualize it working in the long run. It seems like a pretty basic prerequisite for being interested in the first place, and I find it a bit baffling that people are pooh-poohing it here.

hedgie:
Many people don't develop that sort of attraction immediately, and can/will as things progress with a partner.  Now, I'm not saying that's the case with Brun, but like most things in human life, it is indeed a spectrum.

Edit:
In a way, this could actually be good for Clinton, since if he does decide to pursue things with Elliot now, there won't be the whole "road not taken" in the back of his head.

Reaver:
Kinda icky to reply to "Do you find me attractive?" with 'I'm  picturing us having sex"

Like ew.

dutchrvl:

--- Quote from: Reaver on 26 Oct 2020, 08:19 ---Kinda icky to reply to "Do you find me attractive?" with 'I'm  picturing us having sex"

Like ew.

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It is, and I'm also surprised that Brun would have such a limited idea of what constitutes 'being attracted to somebody'...
Physical attractiveness is 1 specific form, sure, but there are so many others. You can also be mentally, or intellectually attracted to somebody but not physically. Or you can be attracted to somebody on a friendship-level but not sexually. For instance, I have no problem saying that I am attracted to me best friends but not on a physical/romantic level.

When it comes to getting romantically involved with somebody, ideally multiple forms of attractiveness all exist more or less simultaneously, but even then plenty of romantic involvements start (or even last) based on only physical attraction, or only intellectual attraction (a cynic would add "or only economic attraction", but I digress). Often 1 form is present right from the start, another might develop later on.

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