Comic for December 14, 2019: Sythe Goes For It!

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Re: Comic for December 14, 2019: Sythe Goes For It!

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amenon wrote: Wed Dec 25, 2019 2:43 pm
Technic[Bot] wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2019 6:50 pm
Bellhead wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2019 2:23 am Also, somebody made a compelling argument for this being Maren's imagination. That thought just popped back into my head, and now I'm mad about it. And scared it might be right.

I have never awaited a new page so anxiously...
In any case I stand by my prediction. Maren is simply developing feelings for our favorite fleabag. Ang her mind is simply fantasizing about Sythe proposing first so she does not have to.
I don't really see how this could be the case -- I think there would have to be some kind of a visual storytelling indication (like different panel borders or something) if this was the case, or the end result would end up being confusing when read back.
There is one visual hint that no one seems to be commenting about along those lines:
Sythe reminds Maren about their first meeting, and comments about filthy things being fun.
Right then, as she takes a bite of the pizza, BEFORE Sythe suggests they hook up, Maren shifts her eyes - her mind wandering - and SHE BLUSHES.
So, even before Sythe makes his suggestion, Maren is already embarrassed by her own thoughts.

The question of course is, what kind of thoughts is she having to make her blush like that, even before Sythe gives her a reason to?

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It could be, seeing the way Sythe is looking at her, she can guess what he's thinking already.

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Re: Comic for December 14, 2019: Sythe Goes For It!

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Rafe wrote: Thu Dec 26, 2019 1:39 am It could be, seeing the way Sythe is looking at her, she can guess what he's thinking already.
Sythe wrote:I'm thinking Arby's
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Re: Comic for December 14, 2019: Sythe Goes For It!

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Rafe wrote:Blush
Another district possibility.

No doubt she's embarrassed about her feelings at that moment, but which feelings would they be? She could just regret how friendly they acted on Pizza Night way back when, or her attraction now. Or anything in between.

Could even be the fact that she's eating pizza at a pool, wearing nothing but a bikini, sitting next to a keidran who's stark naked and practically flirting with her in spite of personal and systemic racism.
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Re: Comic for December 14, 2019: Sythe Goes For It!

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Bellhead wrote: Thu Dec 26, 2019 9:58 am Could even be the fact that she's eating pizza at a pool, wearing nothing but a bikini, sitting next to a keidran who's stark naked and practically flirting with her in spite of personal and systemic racism.
Practically? I say blatantly.
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Re: Comic for December 14, 2019: Sythe Goes For It!

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AmigaDragon wrote: Thu Dec 26, 2019 8:31 pm
Bellhead wrote: Thu Dec 26, 2019 9:58 am Could even be the fact that she's eating pizza at a pool, wearing nothing but a bikini, sitting next to a keidran who's stark naked and practically flirting with her in spite of personal and systemic racism.
Practically? I say blatantly.
I meant pre-blush. He could just as easily be seen as teasing her prudish conservative nature with party-based antics, up to.. propositioning her, anyway... Or he could have been testing the waters, as it were.

I have almost no eye for romantic subtleties in conversation like that.
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Re: Comic for December 14, 2019: Sythe Goes For It!

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Bellhead wrote: Fri Dec 27, 2019 3:13 am
AmigaDragon wrote: Thu Dec 26, 2019 8:31 pm
Bellhead wrote: Thu Dec 26, 2019 9:58 am Could even be the fact that she's eating pizza at a pool, wearing nothing but a bikini, sitting next to a keidran who's stark naked and practically flirting with her in spite of personal and systemic racism.
Practically? I say blatantly.
I meant pre-blush. He could just as easily be seen as teasing her prudish conservative nature with party-based antics, up to.. propositioning her, anyway... Or he could have been testing the waters, as it were.

I have almost no eye for romantic subtleties in conversation like that.
I can spot that kind of romantic tension a mile away as long as it's aimed at anyone other than myself.
If it is aimed at me, I won't see it as aimed at me unless accompanied by a 4lb brick to the forehead with a note adressed to me using my full names...

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Re: Comic for December 14, 2019: Sythe Goes For It!

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It could be that Sythe is a lot more perceptive when it comes to humans than we've realized. He did, after all, spend a good portion of his life living with and getting to know humans. Plus, being Keidran might make him better at noticing subtle body-language clues.

What I'm getting at is that look he's giving Maren after she blushes (the one in the lower right panel) might not just be him continuing to flirt with her.
I'm convinced he's thinking:

"You're thinking the same filthy thoughts I'm thinking now too, aren't you Maren?"

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Re: Comic for December 14, 2019: Sythe Goes For It!

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Rafe wrote: Fri Dec 27, 2019 6:53 pm It could be that Sythe is a lot more perceptive when it comes to humans than we've realized. He did, after all, spend a good portion of his life living with and getting to know humans. Plus, being Keidran might make him better at noticing subtle body-language clues.

What I'm getting at is that look he's giving Maren after she blushes (the one in the lower right panel) might not just be him continuing to flirt with her.
I'm convinced he's thinking:

"You're thinking the same filthy thoughts I'm thinking now too, aren't you Maren?"
This. This right here. Sythe isn't a bumpkin, he's not naive. He's also keidran, with the culture involved, and in a situation where acting in culture isn't going to get him killed. Culture that says "if you like someone, sex is a good way to be friendly".
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