You Want She Should Hit on Her Enemies?
on June 4, 2018
at 12:01 am
Look at Roxie bein’ quiet and vulnerable. How often do you get to see that?
-The Gneech
Look at Roxie bein’ quiet and vulnerable. How often do you get to see that?
-The Gneech
Quiet, vulnerable and a great navel. What’s not to love? 😀
Ummm… she can be kind of a brat?
I thought that was her car. 😉
It’s a “Baja” these days. ;P
(grins)
Brats can be lovable, especially when they’re as cute as Charity. I could deal with a brat like her. Besides, I think her “brattiness” is because she needs/wants someone to want to be with her. Plus, she’s got a lot on her mind and shoulders with the Rough House.
Roxie’s the brat, not Charity. 😉
Oooooh. I misunderstood.
So, I never comment on the comic (long-time fan, by the way, back from way back when in the “Classic” days, love that the comic got a sequel), but today I felt I’d… de-lurk, I guess? Does reading comment sections and not commenting even qualify as “lurking”?
Anyway.
“If I’m your ‘friend’, why are you hitting on me?”
…I’m trying real hard to follow Charity’s logic here, but that makes no sense to me. It’s not like no-one ever was friends with someone and also interested in them in a non-platonic sense. Not even a little.
I mean, the rest of the dialogue implies she doesn’t think she’s worth the attention, and I understand that. But the line about a “friend” mostly implies that Roxie hitting on her is weird/unexpected/wrong *because* the two are friends? Either that’s weirdly phrased and I’m just misunderstanding, or she has this weird notion that friendship and romance (or sex, whatever) are somehow incompatible.
(also, and that’s a tangent, the “worst at relationships!” line. It’s possible to hit on someone because they’re fun and attractive, without it meaning that much. Charity immediately jumps to relationships, and that’s quite a leap, there.)
Heyas! I’m glad you’re here! ^.^
You can’t follow Charity’s logic because there is none. She’s in a crazy jumble of thoughts, feelings, assumptions, and old wounds that she’s trying to navigate and it’s just a big ugly mess.
And yes, it is quite a leap, hence Roxie’s confusion. 🙂
-TG
Speaking as someone who was close to what I think her mindset is, and understanding that Gneech seems to be going someplace else, a younger unmarried me would have made that same leap. Why? My brain happens to work where you don’t flirt with someone you don’t want a honest to god relationship with. Personally had no problem with going from friend to SO (heck that’s how I got the hubby!), but I did not cross that line unless I truly wanted a romantic relationship with that person and not just a fun time. My brain also works where if I am with one person then I may find others attractive, but I do not want them ‘that way’ because I already have someone. In other words, I would have been very confused by Roxie and how she was acting in that situation.
It really is two different ways of looking at how relationships work and what they’re for.
Awwwww… Charity’s so sweet… time for a little education in romance <3
I get the feeling this is going to be an adorable heart to heart.
She is an adorable little basket case, isn’t she? ^.^
Interesting, we’ve gone from “I’m not gay!” to “I’m not worthy!” Charity is dealing with feelings she’s never had before and doesn’t really understand/have the experience to know how to react. Everyone reaches this point in a different way unique to them.
I wonder how many other things Charity isn’t!
MMMMmmm……I don’t know. I’ve personally witnessed several apparently close friendships, both straight and gay destroyed by sexual intimacy. The friendship was fine until they ended up in bed and things went downhill from there. Sometimes quickly, sometimes it took a while, but the end result was the same, a formally close, platonic relationship/friendship was destroyed.
And on the other side of this coin……is it really a good idea to be hitting on your BOSS??? What happens to Roxy’s surf shop if that “relationship” goes south? What happens to The Rough House in general…..how would/will it affect the rest of the crew.
This is an emotional minefield for Charity right now. If she wants/needs to explore her sexuality, be it gay, straight or bi, let her do so with someone OTHER than an employee.
Roxie’s not an employee, she rents space from the bar to house her shop. Yes, it is still dicey, but it’s not quite the same as hitting on your boss. 🙂
-The Gneech
My error. But STILL……is it a good idea to be hitting on your LANDLORD/LADY? Under these circumstances, “dicey” is putting it mildly.
yes, yes it is.
you can be leasees with benefits
And what happens if for whatever reason this “relationship” turns sour? It’s not going to affect just Roxie and Charity, but the entire Rough House crew. And what happens to Roxie’s surf shop rental space should the relationship go south?
You have to look beyond just Roxie and Charity. This could have very wide ranging consequences for the entire Rough House crew.
This is why workplace “involvments” are highly discouraged if not outright banned with the termination of both parties mandated should a relationship become evident. And this is especially true when it involves the “higher-ups” and comparatively, that’s exactly what Charity is.
what if fishes were wishes, S’aaruuk?
Something tells me if a romantic relationship ended poorly, they’d still be friends and be able to work together. Roxie is too chillax to be upset for long. Charity would probably be a little worse for the wear but she’d come out strong.
that said, i think you’re getting a little serious about a comic 😉
The subject has been used before. I can’t link because explicit material, but Rick Griffin touched upon just that scenario in A&H Club, Book 1. One of the titular lesbians was…*involved*…with the lady she was leasing studio space from. It’s shown briefly, but the situation was there.
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