8/30/12 - Alternative-Lifestyles

[Blissfull Wulf]

New strip. I love the third/fourth panel symmetry in this one.

[Ravenhull]

The poor woman is doomed...

[Artemisia]

You know something...my mind isn't blown and I'm not...

Then again, you all know what I consider an "alternate lifestyle"....

usually what ever the Religious Right thinks of as normal

[Azrael]

Sorry LT, no sleep for you. You fed the mogwai after midnight.

[Skull025]

Poor Lazy Tyke. All she wants is her sleep and not listen to the sexual preferences of those around her.

[Arkadi]

You know something...my mind isn't blown and I'm not...

You mean you saw it coming? I don't think Chloe's ever dropped any hints that Ramona and Rich could be related. If she did, I sure missed them.

Then again, you all know what I consider an "alternate lifestyle"....

usually what ever the Religious Right thinks of as normal

Dunno. That's actually mainstream in many places... too many places, IMO. I'm glad I wasn't born in the infamous American Bible Belt, for example. I've read stories from atheists over there that read totally like gay coming out stories: folks being disowned by their families and alienated by all their "friends" because the had the courage to say that they didn't believe in any gods. Downright frightening.

[ed_montague]

Ramona and Richard are twins? That's...that's incredible.

Shame on their parents. Although I must applaud Chloe for taking such a subject and actually making it funny at the end by dropping in a reluctant Lillian trying to get some sleep.

[Artemisia]

Arkadi,

I didn't really see it coming, but I'm just not upset.

I was also kind of making fun of myself there. Then again, I grew up in a kind of weird situation personally.

[Blissfull Wulf]

I think with all the manga, webcomics, and fanfiction I've read it would take something extremely massive to faze me. Maybe I'm spending too much time on the Internet...

[Arkadi]

Arkadi,

I didn't really see it coming, but I'm just not upset.

I was also kind of making fun of myself there. Then again, I grew up in a kind of weird situation personally.

I see ^^ I'm afraid I didn't get the joke. Sorry.

Changing the subject: why are so many people assuming that Ramona and Rich must have an incestuous thing going on? I don't think that has been hinted at. Or am I missing something again?

[ed_montague]

Arkadi,

I didn't really see it coming, but I'm just not upset.

I was also kind of making fun of myself there. Then again, I grew up in a kind of weird situation personally.

I see ^^ I'm afraid I didn't get the joke. Sorry.

Changing the subject: why are so many people assuming that Ramona and Rich must have an incestuous thing going on? I don't think that has been hinted at. Or am I missing something again?

That's just the natural fandom shipping instinct kicking in. Perfectly normal, no need to worry.

[Artemisia]

Arkadi,

I didn't really see it coming, but I'm just not upset.

I was also kind of making fun of myself there. Then again, I grew up in a kind of weird situation personally.

I see ^^ I'm afraid I didn't get the joke. Sorry.

I grew up in an odd situation where I actually don't understand/get heterosexuality. I accept that it's alright to be straight, but I kind of find it baffling/icky. So, the whole thing about 'alternate lifestyles'...well, I just thought I'd make fun of myself a little there.

[Arkadi]

That's just the natural fandom shipping instinct kicking in. Perfectly normal, no need to worry.

Of course ^^ I should have guessed. Silly me.

I grew up in an odd situation where I actually don't understand/get heterosexuality. I accept that it's alright to be straight, but I kind of find it baffling/icky. So, the whole thing about 'alternate lifestyles'...well, I just thought I'd make fun of myself a little there.

OK, now I get it. Man, that sounds like a pretty interesting childhood. Must be quite a story!

[Artemisia]

It was kind of a fluke. I've met one other person who grew up in a similar situation as me.

Officially, I'm transsexual and intersexual. While I was assigned to be a boy at birth, my parents raised me gender neutral. Since I exhibited tendencies towards being female at a young age including playing with dolls and such, I grew up not being forced into a male pattern of gender, but instead, grew up thinking of myself as female. I grew up with just about everyone around me reacting to my innate femininity, so I grew up very depressed and confused and kind of isolated into my head. Because I am strongly attracted to women, it wasn't until I was 24 that I understood that I could be trans.

It's kind of a unique situation. Because I saw myself a female growing up, I kind of grew up thinking that women were treated equal to men because I was treated equal to men. I didn't understand until I was much older that this wasn't true. I also grew up being pushed towards women, and since I was very much lesbian, I grew up thinking that being gay was normal. There's a lot of things that I'm having trouble accepting aren't normal for everyone, though, because of my weird life which I think is perfectly normal.

Take care.

[Azrael]

Arkadi,

I didn't really see it coming, but I'm just not upset.

I was also kind of making fun of myself there. Then again, I grew up in a kind of weird situation personally.

I see ^^ I'm afraid I didn't get the joke. Sorry.

Changing the subject: why are so many people assuming that Ramona and Rich must have an incestuous thing going on? I don't think that has been hinted at. Or am I missing something again?

Well, there certainly seems to be a bit of B & D going on there, but no, I don't get the idea they're boinking here.


also: 100th sub-forum post.