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Asterisk-CGY
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 Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 10:04 pm
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Okay old anime reference gets me a chuckle.
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explosionforgov
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 10:49 pm
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| Dextres wrote: | | HAHHAHAHA, yeah right.
And just with that response, I would be out if Luna told that to me. |
I think a lot of people have very good reasons for not rebounding after a bad relationship, especially one in which something traumatic happened. The man I had planned to marry was a serial cheater, for example, and I've found it really hard to trust people in my subsequent relationships. So I totally get it.
| Vaisaga wrote: | | She doesn't know what Maison Ikkokou is...
ABANDON SHIP!!! |
I don't either, but my knowledge of anime is pretty much limited to what was on Toonami back in the day, plus anything I've watched on Crunchyroll lately. I was (and still am) incredibly poor.
| DmonHiro wrote: | | Wait.... did Mulder and Scully actually GET together at the end? |
(The X-Files, for those that don't recognize the reference.) They did. But as of the most recent season, the one that aired either this year or last year, I believe they're divorced.
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Vaisaga
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 11:33 pm
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| explosionforgov wrote: | |
I don't either, but my knowledge of anime is pretty much limited to what was on Toonami back in the day, plus anything I've watched on Crunchyroll lately. I was (and still am) incredibly poor. |
Famous old manga by the author of Inuyasha.
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TarsTarkas
Joined: 20 Dec 2007
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 7:25 am
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Well, I'm not saying there's a right way to surprise kiss someone for the first time. That's just not a thing that is okay to do. I know that is has a romantic image, but it is an absolute violation of someone's personal space and is more akin to sexual assault than adorable whimsy. |
I have to disagree. There is nothing romantic about having everything codified into law before it can be done in a relationship. This particular strip has shown the delicate dance a beginning relationship is about, in a common sense way. Maybell got it wrong, but it wasn't a sexual assault or an absolute violation of someone's personal space.
I think it is a pretty safe bet to say, that most girls don't want their dates asking permission for every little thing. What they want is their dates to read the signs and make the right actions at the right time. And yes, this can allow a rife of misunderstandings, but it is to both parties to judge this with common sense and decide if this was an honest misunderstanding or something more ominous.
A man that asks for permission all the time can be dumped just as quickly as a man who plainly claims a girl knowing that she doesn't want it. Though the latter are usually better at reading the signs and picking the appropriate prey. Prey being the operative word.
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Dextres
Joined: 04 Oct 2015
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 7:48 am
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| TarsTarkas wrote: |
| eely225 wrote: | |
Well, I'm not saying there's a right way to surprise kiss someone for the first time. That's just not a thing that is okay to do. I know that is has a romantic image, but it is an absolute violation of someone's personal space and is more akin to sexual assault than adorable whimsy. |
I have to disagree. There is nothing romantic about having everything codified into law before it can be done in a relationship. This particular strip has shown the delicate dance a beginning relationship is about, in a common sense way. Maybell got it wrong, but it wasn't a sexual assault or an absolute violation of someone's personal space.
I think it is a pretty safe bet to say, that most girls don't want their dates asking permission for every little thing. What they want is their dates to read the signs and make the right actions at the right time. And yes, this can allow a rife of misunderstandings, but it is to both parties to judge this with common sense and decide if this was an honest misunderstanding or something more ominous.
A man that asks for permission all the time can be dumped just as quickly as a man who plainly claims a girl knowing that she doesn't want it. Though the latter are usually better at reading the signs and picking the appropriate prey. Prey being the operative word. |
Basically it's a communication and trust issue between both people. picking up on the social cues from the opposite sex is one thing; but if no one ever speaks up, what are he/she suppose to do(rhetoric question no answer is needed)
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 9:15 am
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| Dextres wrote: | | Basically it's a communication and trust issue between both people. picking up on the social cues from the opposite sex is one thing; but if no one ever speaks up, what are he/she suppose to do(rhetoric question no answer is needed) |
There are 2 implications here that kind of change the ballgame. They're both girls and they're fairies. I don't know if its implied in the fairy world same-sex relationships are not seen as any different than opposite sex ones. If that's true then it kind of negates the idea of platonic or friendly kisses between girls compared to the slightly more uncouthness of such a thing between the opposite sex or two men. But then again they both (as far as I can tell) went on the date fully aware it was a date. So they were both already interested in each other to some degree. Girls or not, fairies or not, same-sex or not with everything in the context of, "this is a date could she become my lover?" a kiss like that on the first date is a bit on the aggressive side but not completely unacceptable behavior.
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Dextres
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:11 am
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| Dextres wrote: | | Basically it's a communication and trust issue between both people. picking up on the social cues from the opposite sex is one thing; but if no one ever speaks up, what are he/she suppose to do(rhetoric question no answer is needed) |
There are 2 implications here that kind of change the ballgame. They're both girls and they're fairies. I don't know if its implied in the fairy world same-sex relationships are not seen as any different than opposite sex ones. If that's true then it kind of negates the idea of platonic or friendly kisses between girls compared to the slightly more uncouthness of such a thing between the opposite sex or two men. But then again they both (as far as I can tell) went on the date fully aware it was a date. So they were both already interested in each other to some degree. Girls or not, fairies or not, same-sex or not with everything in the context of, "this is a date could she become my lover?" a kiss like that on the first date is a bit on the aggressive side but not completely unacceptable behavior. |
Ah! My mistake then.
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feuerwerke
Joined: 13 Jul 2012
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:55 am
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| Vaisaga wrote: | | She doesn't know what Maison Ikkokou is...
ABANDON SHIP!!! |
Er. Or get her into anime since she's already into nerdy stuff and would probs be open to it instead of setting weird dating standards like this?
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explosionforgov
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 6:09 pm
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| Vaisaga wrote: | | Famous old manga by the author of Inuyasha. |
Ah, I see, thank you! I've read/watched some of Inu-Yasha, and a friend lent me a good chunk of the Ranma 1/2 manga, but that's unfortunately all I've read/watched of hers so far.
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Vaisaga
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 12:37 am
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| feuerwerke wrote: | | Er. Or get her into anime since she's already into nerdy stuff and would probs be open to it instead of setting weird dating standards like this? |
And be associated with a mere bandwagon jumper? Please, I have some self respect!
But obviously I'm kidding. I have no self respect 
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