Comic for May 22, 2018: Aural Explanation
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Re: Comic for May 22, 2018: Aural Explanation
You know what i think i will wait for the next boat, but go ahead have fun!
I assume that in such a regulated society there has to be some degree of sex education and Maddie seems old enough to know that babies are not brought by the stork.Dadrobit wrote: ↑Wed May 23, 2018 2:49 pmYeah, between her using sexual innuendo to manipulate Flora, and a particularly unfortunate choice of hiding spots on the boat, she knows about sex.AndreRhineDavis wrote: ↑Wed May 23, 2018 11:42 amDon't forget that in Basitin society, sex is something that is highly ordered and controlled and happens only at certain specific times of the year among married couples.
So it's plausible that while Madelyn knows about sex, she wouldn't immediately associate Trace and Flora going to bed together in the daytime with them *having sex*, since she's probably not used to the idea of people having sex out of wedlock and whenever they feel like it. It probably only later clicked for her: "oh right! they were having sex! *that's* why they were going to bed in the daytime. right. now I get it. I forgot how humans and Keidran just do it whenever".
Only this one?
Excuse me but for whatever reason shipping/slashing is one the main interest of any fandom. Don't ask me why I am just saying i i have seen.
It is simply the setup for the over arching joke of this chapter. In any case I can't imagine them making a fuss about same-sex relationships. Maddie barely reacted when she "found out" her teenage crush "batted for the other team", on the other hand our favorite fake templar almost faints when Maddie told her Keth and Trace were a couple. I can see them frowning upon the idea, Alaric was considered weird at best, but not much more.Schrodinger wrote: ↑Wed May 23, 2018 3:35 pm -Video snip-
On a serious note, no I don't think that this has to do with lesbianism. But the idea of lesbianism, for such a regulated society as the basitins, must seem unthinkable.
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I think that Basitins (at least the ones we've been interacting with) consider sex nothing more than the thing that produces the next set of recruits. At least that's their official stance on the matter.
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Ah, true. This time is different since Maddie's the subject of the matter.Technic[Bot] wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 5:49 amIt is simply the setup for the over arching joke of this chapter. In any case I can't imagine them making a fuss about same-sex relationships. Maddie barely reacted when she "found out" her teenage crush "batted for the other team", on the other hand our favorite fake templar took almost faints when Maddie told her Keth and Trace were a couple. I can see them frowning upon the idea, Alaric was considered weird at best, but not much more.Schrodinger wrote: ↑Wed May 23, 2018 3:35 pm -Video snip-
On a serious note, no I don't think that this has to do with lesbianism. But the idea of lesbianism, for such a regulated society as the basitins, must seem unthinkable.
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Well of course, you might not care about other preferences, but the idea of you being gay is a completely different can of worms.Schrodinger wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 6:17 amAh, true. This time is different since Maddie's the subject of the matter.Technic[Bot] wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 5:49 amIt is simply the setup for the over arching joke of this chapter. In any case I can't imagine them making a fuss about same-sex relationships. Maddie barely reacted when she "found out" her teenage crush "batted for the other team", on the other hand our favorite fake templar took almost faints when Maddie told her Keth and Trace were a couple. I can see them frowning upon the idea, Alaric was considered weird at best, but not much more.Schrodinger wrote: ↑Wed May 23, 2018 3:35 pm -Video snip-
On a serious note, no I don't think that this has to do with lesbianism. But the idea of lesbianism, for such a regulated society as the basitins, must seem unthinkable.
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Re: Comic for May 22, 2018: Aural Explanation
Can't begin to speculate as to Maddie's sexuality, and with so much confusion about her age, that seems prudent. As to her embarrassment, that seems natural given what we know of Basitans, and the fact it happened at all certainly indicates that Maddie has some idea of how life works. That said though, it is very endearing to see her blush like that. She is a sweety. I just hope that we get a few of the blanks filled in soon in regards to her ?
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Not too surprising. As Maddie said, stroking the ears is comforting, and the poor girl is in instant stress out mode.SpottedKitty wrote: ↑Tue May 22, 2018 10:13 pm I'm not sure which is funnier in the middle panel — Keith going "I'm outta here before the inevitable Basitin-shattering kaboom", or Maddie actually flustered to the point of pulling on her own ears.
And of course, Karen pinching Keith's insufficiently guarded bacon...
Re: Comic for May 22, 2018: Aural Explanation
If she is, she is. If she's not, she's not. Why call it out like this?
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Pretty sure Keith has declared the bacon an acceptable sacrifice at this point to cover his nope.SpottedKitty wrote: ↑Tue May 22, 2018 10:13 pmAnd of course, Karen pinching Keith's insufficiently guarded bacon...
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She very likely did very soon after, it just wasn't shown. Same thing's happened to me with my brother-in-law and his boyfriend taking a "nap" in the mid-afternoon. I'm in my mid-twenties and stuff like that still doesn't always register immediately.Eclipse wrote: ↑Wed May 23, 2018 10:58 pm I know, but if she knows about sex she should still be able to figure that out. Even with the Basitins being as prudish as they are, where else are they going to do the deed? Between that and it being unusual to go to bed after breakfast she should've been able to put two and two together.
If all she did was tell Flora that Eric was "being creepy" and that was it, I'd be inclined to possibly agree that maybe just maybe she's ignorant. However, she did not. Her method of manipulation straight up used the international sign language for breast fondling/groping. There is no way she doesn't know ~EXACTLY~ what she's doing there. Especially with the "Hahaha, gotcha!" smile she's got going on in the next page on the final panel.Eclipse wrote: ↑Wed May 23, 2018 10:58 pmShe didn't necessarily need to have known about sex to manipulate Flora like that, just seeing how the girls react to Eric's perving is enough to pick up on that they don't approve of that kind of behavior. And she wasn't looking at what was going on above her. At best that could've been when she finally learned.Dadrobit wrote: ↑Wed May 23, 2018 2:49 pm Yeah, between her using sexual innuendo to manipulate Flora, and a particularly unfortunate choice of hiding spots on the boat, she knows about sex.
I find it much more likely that she learned about sex after traveling with Trace and Flora (and inadvertently seeing what they get up to behind closed doors) rather than knowing about it beforehand and being completely oblivious to that one incident. Perhaps she's considered too young by Basitin culture to learn about sex and they don't learn about it until they're adults.
Furthermore, I reaaaaaaly doubt she's as young as she claims she is. Even if she were only 13 going on 14, she's almost certainly considered at least very nearly an adult and would be informed about sexuality through the decency laws she is subject to be following very soon, (again, if she's not considered an adult and following them already which I suspect is the case.)
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Who knows if she is as young as she claims. Aside from Tom.
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Suspect? At this point, I'd be shocked if she were as young as she acts. The act does help her in getting in good with groups she's supposed to infiltrate, I'm sure.
On a side note, it's amazing to go back to the early strips and see how far the art style has come. I can't think of any point where it suddenly jumped forward in quality all at once. It's cool to see the progression...
On another side note, going back also reminds me of how absolutely adorable Keith and Natani's relationship is.
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The only way to be sure of that is to check her nude body.
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