Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 4396-4400 (Nov 16th to Nov 20th, 2020)
Tova:
I mean... sure, of course. We all know that.
What makes this communication not good? Or how does it constitute "telling everyone everything?" Do try to keep your self-confessed bias in mind ...
Bear in mind that Sven has literally just learned that something else he was trying to keep "on the down-low" has just been "blabbed."
It's barely a hop, skip, and a jump to come to the obvious conclusion that in this particular social group, the odds of him also keeping secret the fact that he donated quite a lot of money to her campaign are also quite low. It's also not difficult to further conclude that if she's gonna hear it, it would be better for her to hear it from him.
And as to the amount... well, she asked.
I am imaging right now what would have happened if he'd kept quiet about it, then a couple of weeks later she'd heard it from someone else, and become quite angry. I would bet a dollar to a dime that the same people angry at him for confessing right now would be just as angry in this alternative scenario.
I daresay that we have a classic "last panel" effect here - there is May, looking grumpy in the last panel for hours on end, and so no matter how ephemeral that expression might turn out to have been when we open tomorrow's comic, that impression it leaves on us is a strong one.
May will be fine. And if it turns out that they no longer feel able to have sex, well, it was fun while it lasted.
Thrillho:
I mean. It was this I was responding to
--- Quote from: Tova on 17 Nov 2020, 23:27 ---These forums: Open and honest communication is good!
Also: He really shouldn’t have told her that.
:roll:
--- End quote ---
There is no right answer here
Tova:
I respectfully disagree. I think he made the right call.
--- Quote from: Farideh on 17 Nov 2020, 20:03 ---My guess is he brought up the donation since he wanted May to make an informed decision around 'pursuing a sexual relationship with the man who supplied part of the money for my new body'.
--- End quote ---
de_la_Nae:
huh, a wcdt thread involving the realities of May, Momo, and Sven and so far no one's calling May a disgusting whore?
i'm pleasantly surprised. good job clearing that low bar you set for yourself, wcdt
Oenone:
--- Quote from: Tova on 18 Nov 2020, 03:24 ---I respectfully disagree. I think he made the right call.
--- Quote from: Farideh on 17 Nov 2020, 20:03 ---My guess is he brought up the donation since he wanted May to make an informed decision around 'pursuing a sexual relationship with the man who supplied part of the money for my new body'.
--- End quote ---
--- End quote ---
I also think he made the right call. I also think the right call includes stepping back from their sexual relationship until he feels like he’s able to do so ethically. This is a big moment for Sven in terms of his development as a character, because he hasn’t always felt good about his choices sexually (like with Gina Riversmith/ Faye) or with the power dynamics created by his wealth (like with Dora). He’s got an opportunity here to develop his own sense of right and wrong, and I’m glad that it includes respecting May’s bodily autonomy, and hope it includes respecting his own right to decline sex that makes him uncomfortable.
As an aside: Melon’s siblings are all fruit-named. Are May’s siblings all month-named? Or are they all modal verbs? Do the humans or AIs at the crèche name them?
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version