Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT June 28th - July 2nd (4556-4560)
jesslc:
I've long suspected that Yay might have a bit of a crush on Roko actually. (I will endeavour to find the link that prompted this theory).
But Yay doesn't really understand other people well since they're so different from everyone else and were in hiding for who they are for a long time. So they don't really know how to handle having a crush and instead they just keep hanging around, sometimes trying to impress her. Sort of like how a kid or teen might behave if they've got a crush and are trying to get their crush to notice them, without ever using their words to admit to it.
This doesn't preclude Yay from being asexual or on the ace spectrum though. Asexual doesn't necessarily mean aromantic or they could be grey-ace or demisexual both of which fall under the ace spectrum.
Thrillho:
A very educational reply. Thank-you for posting.
Wingy:
Yay appears rather femme to me most of the time, and usually has small boobs. This appearance (4559 & 4600) they don't have noticeable boobs and a rather more masculine posture, even if covered by what I would read as a femme onesy. In the other embodiments of Yay, small boobs seem to be the norm, so it's not clear why a different chassis is used in this case, unless Yay is trying to appeal to Roko at some level as masculine, instead of femme.
We know Roko has dated masculines in the past, but I also infer Yay is trying to figure out human mating signals and using Roko as a target subject. However, Roko, being wrapped in her own problems, is oblivious to Yay's signalling.
It will be interesting to see where this all goes. And if Pintsize tries to date Roko again using his new chassis. Somehow a jealous Yay seems a thing one should not trifle with.
Beast_Reborn:
Let's not forget that "Yay," despite the cutesy nickname, is an incomprehensibly powerful and dangerous being. Attempting a romantic relationship with such a being, for an ordinary human or AI, sounds like a terrible idea. Also, such a relationship would present the largest power imbalance imaginable, short of literally dating God.
Ghanima Atreides:
Although for a long time, Yay has been written less like an unfathomably powerful and menacing Lovecraftian-tier demigod AI with motivations beyond mortal ken and more like another wacky robot character played for laughs, like so many of the AIs. It almost feels like a rewrite at this point, and I am having trouble reconciling the character pouting over not being able to pet Hercules with the entity involved in the Faye/Bubbles/Corpsewitch arc. Granted, for all I know, that side of them will pop up unexpectedly at some point but right now the feeling I'm getting is that Yay is on route to learning how to be more "human" through the power of friendship. Some kind of awkward romance arc isn't out of the realm of possibility.
Personally, I preferred the old incomprehensible and utterly alien Yay. :evil:
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