I've probably just about hit the limit on this subject, so here's my own little thread. Feel free to a) comment, b) ignore, or c) throw tomatoes. I will stop after this, I promise.
OCD girl, as far as we know at this time, smokes, has at least eight piercings (in her ears), counts things for a living, washes her hands a lot, and is fairly open about all this.
She has said to Marten that sex is "yucky" ("too many germs and fluids") but keep in mind this is a guy she knows little about and is inviting back to her apartment. She could be being honest about her aversion to sex or she may be keeping herself safe -- testing him if you will. "Yes, I'm OCD. No, we're not having sex. Do you still want to see me?" She also has been listening to Marten talk openly so she knows he's at least a descent guy.
People with actual OCD (like me) can manifest it in many ways, but there are always two parts:
* The Obsession: something that bothers you that is difficult to control. It could be germs; it could be bridges; it could be unwanted thoughts; it could be webcomics; it could be all of these things.
* The Compulsion: this is want the person does to keep them "safe" or to lessen the anxiety of the obsession. It could hand washing; it could be swearing; it could be locking and unlocking the door three times; it could be writing a long posting about OCD.
One of the fun things about any fictional literature and especially about webcomic forums is talking about the characters as if they were real. (I would start talking about something that
Bruno had done and my wife would say, "Wait, is this one of your
cartoon characters?!)
It is perfectly reasonable a consistent that OCD girl smokes, has piercing, drinks, invites people she just met back to her apartment, and (probably because of therapy) is quite open about her problems. Yes, she's a fictional character, but it's nice that she's consistent with reality.
That's it. Comment if you want to talk about it. Otherwise I'll shut up.