Pre-Empire: “You WANT to give a discount to a genetically gifted aristocrat who is legally entitled to confiscate your children, overturn the Senate policy and effect extra-judicial execution of anyone they label as a Sith.”
(Whew, i don’t usually hate on the Jedi that long without caps lock.)
I don’t think they were legally entitled to do most of those. They just figured that nobody could stop them. (And possibly that the clones would side with them against the chancellor)
Ya know, if all quantum precog was ever really good for was one thing, just knowing when is the right time with the right person to start a relationship with would be all the reason in the world just to have that one power.
Except he doesn’t have the power to know the right time. He sees almost infinite possibilities. He wants their relationship to work, so he becomes afraid of the possibilities that he has seen where it doesn’t. More afraid than normal people who are merely afraid of the unknown. Because he has actually seen what could be — all the ways things could go wrong — rather than only imagined it, he is more likely to be afraid to commit. And the higher the stakes, the more afraid he is likely to be.
I knew if they were ever going to get together, she’d have to make the first move.
Ugh, friends with benefits is just an open relationship, we only think about romantic relationship and regular friendship as two different things because we’ve made an effort to differentiate them over thousands of years, they’re just coping how things are presented in our society. I guess it’s similar to how we have this mental construct of genders, actually that’s probably alot older and fits onto our evolution (determining who is and isn’t a mating candidate).
The problem with what you’re saying is that “friends with benefits” doesn’t have to be a romantic relationship. In this case there is obviously romantic attraction present so it’s gonna be hard to keep it out, but in a general sense it’s perfectly possible to have a long term sexual relationship with someone you’re not romantically attracted to.
I’m with Rex Vivat here. Sexual and romantic attraction are two separate things and you can have, and practice relationships based on, either of them without the other. Additionally, ask any non-aromantic asexual and they’ll tell you quite definitely that they experience romantic and friendly attractions as different things despite not wanting to have sex with either of them. “Romantic relationship” is not equal to “sex” (in either direction, given the symmetric property of equality).
Agreed– you can have many kinds of relationships; physical is just the (ahem) cherry on top of the sundae, so to speak. And from personal experience I can say that it’s much, much better to begin in mutual liking and progress to physical attraction than the reverse. Good for them.
Quickly? I hardly think so. They’ve been destined to get together since they were kids. And it’s been obvious to everyone but them ever since they got out of high school. I mean, they’re not completely oblivious — after all, Panoptica called Nera Jonah’s girlfriend, and he didn’t correct her — but they’ve been trying awfully hard to ignore it. (Well, that, and the fact that Jonah is terrified of Nera’s Mom)
*Jonah* seemed to have been trying to ignore it. And now he’s made it clear why – Not quite destined if they are still at the point where the wrong decision can lead to a bad outcome. Nera herself seemed quite aware of how they felt and was trying to encourage Jonah to give her words to that effect back when they were trying to escape Anasigma’s labs. That particular time and one later when she corrected Jonah as to the number of times they died were both our hints that she’s had awareness of the multiple timelines as well. But I was referring to going from “wanna go out” to “serious relationship” even if it did deescalate slightly to “make out a lot” in order to satisfy Jonah’s worries.
Hey, nothing wrong with Nera’s “de-escalation”; it is often more productive to gently coax someone in the direction one wants them to go one step at a time, than to chase them all the way there whilst waving a giant stick. Especially if one prefers to enjoy the journey as much or more than arriving at the destination. Nera understands this; Jonah is too focused on all of the destinations he foresees to be able to easily take in the journey at the same time.
Makeouts between my two favorite nerds; EXCELLENT. May they be inventive, filled with laughter as well as fun sweaty times, and eventually the sort of thing that draws those two closer than ever. ^__^
The poster behind them in panel three seems to indicate that they are at home, as it wouldn’t be the sort of decoration normally found on aircraft carriers, ice-based or otherwise.
Well, the poster is just stuck up there with Scotch tape, so it could be in their quarters on the ship. But it also appears that they’ve changed clothes again. So yeah, I think they’re back home. Granted, Jonah’s clothes look pretty much the same, except for the colour.
Well, Bubbles owns the ship, so it’s likely the only thing that happened with them is that they finally got rid of all those uninvited “guests”. They may have even gone back to party with Rhodey.
Reminds me of the Jedi technicality: attachment is forbidden, but technically there’s nothing about loose sex.
And, you know, swearing off material possessions isn’t that big a deal either. You can rent just about anything nowadays.
Including loose sex.
Is there such a thing as *tight* sex?
I believe it’s called “monogamy”…
Rent with what? No material possessions means no loose cash, either.
*waves hand*
You WANT to give me a discount.
Pre-Empire: “You WANT to give a discount to a genetically gifted aristocrat who is legally entitled to confiscate your children, overturn the Senate policy and effect extra-judicial execution of anyone they label as a Sith.”
(Whew, i don’t usually hate on the Jedi that long without caps lock.)
I don’t think they were legally entitled to do most of those. They just figured that nobody could stop them. (And possibly that the clones would side with them against the chancellor)
Bitcoin, obviously. Or the ability to authorize transactions on your bank account, which is not material.
Ya know, if all quantum precog was ever really good for was one thing, just knowing when is the right time with the right person to start a relationship with would be all the reason in the world just to have that one power.
Except he doesn’t have the power to know the right time. He sees almost infinite possibilities. He wants their relationship to work, so he becomes afraid of the possibilities that he has seen where it doesn’t. More afraid than normal people who are merely afraid of the unknown. Because he has actually seen what could be — all the ways things could go wrong — rather than only imagined it, he is more likely to be afraid to commit. And the higher the stakes, the more afraid he is likely to be.
I knew if they were ever going to get together, she’d have to make the first move.
Even without the precog I suspect Jonah would want to wait til Nera’s mom was farther out of the picture.
Or get Nera’s mom’s explicit approval.
Or get Nera’s mom…
So he’s basically arranging their own marriage? Impressive (not to mention a rather novel, preemptive variation on “We should see other people.”)
Ugh, friends with benefits is just an open relationship, we only think about romantic relationship and regular friendship as two different things because we’ve made an effort to differentiate them over thousands of years, they’re just coping how things are presented in our society. I guess it’s similar to how we have this mental construct of genders, actually that’s probably alot older and fits onto our evolution (determining who is and isn’t a mating candidate).
The problem with what you’re saying is that “friends with benefits” doesn’t have to be a romantic relationship. In this case there is obviously romantic attraction present so it’s gonna be hard to keep it out, but in a general sense it’s perfectly possible to have a long term sexual relationship with someone you’re not romantically attracted to.
I’m with Rex Vivat here. Sexual and romantic attraction are two separate things and you can have, and practice relationships based on, either of them without the other. Additionally, ask any non-aromantic asexual and they’ll tell you quite definitely that they experience romantic and friendly attractions as different things despite not wanting to have sex with either of them. “Romantic relationship” is not equal to “sex” (in either direction, given the symmetric property of equality).
Agreed– you can have many kinds of relationships; physical is just the (ahem) cherry on top of the sundae, so to speak. And from personal experience I can say that it’s much, much better to begin in mutual liking and progress to physical attraction than the reverse. Good for them.
Well, that escalated quickly! ^_^
Yeah, well….. Considering Jonah’s abilities, ‘No time like the present’ takes on some interesting new meanings. I’m just glad they’re going there.
Me too! ^_^
Quickly? I hardly think so. They’ve been destined to get together since they were kids. And it’s been obvious to everyone but them ever since they got out of high school. I mean, they’re not completely oblivious — after all, Panoptica called Nera Jonah’s girlfriend, and he didn’t correct her — but they’ve been trying awfully hard to ignore it. (Well, that, and the fact that Jonah is terrified of Nera’s Mom)
I think it accelerated quickly, but the increase in velocity was rather small.
*Jonah* seemed to have been trying to ignore it. And now he’s made it clear why – Not quite destined if they are still at the point where the wrong decision can lead to a bad outcome. Nera herself seemed quite aware of how they felt and was trying to encourage Jonah to give her words to that effect back when they were trying to escape Anasigma’s labs. That particular time and one later when she corrected Jonah as to the number of times they died were both our hints that she’s had awareness of the multiple timelines as well. But I was referring to going from “wanna go out” to “serious relationship” even if it did deescalate slightly to “make out a lot” in order to satisfy Jonah’s worries.
Hey, nothing wrong with Nera’s “de-escalation”; it is often more productive to gently coax someone in the direction one wants them to go one step at a time, than to chase them all the way there whilst waving a giant stick. Especially if one prefers to enjoy the journey as much or more than arriving at the destination. Nera understands this; Jonah is too focused on all of the destinations he foresees to be able to easily take in the journey at the same time.
Makeouts between my two favorite nerds; EXCELLENT. May they be inventive, filled with laughter as well as fun sweaty times, and eventually the sort of thing that draws those two closer than ever. ^__^
So based on this and yesterday’s strip, the chapter title refers to ships?
I see what you did there. How many were there in this chapter? Three?
Thought one part was a reference to the ice ship. The theory in WWII was that, if they were made of ice (or Pykrete), they couldn’t be sunk easy.
I figured the chapter title was in reference to Rhodey. It didn’t become clear until they successfully rescued him, however.
So they’re back home again now? Or are these their quarters on the Habakkuk?
The poster behind them in panel three seems to indicate that they are at home, as it wouldn’t be the sort of decoration normally found on aircraft carriers, ice-based or otherwise.
Well, the poster is just stuck up there with Scotch tape, so it could be in their quarters on the ship. But it also appears that they’ve changed clothes again. So yeah, I think they’re back home. Granted, Jonah’s clothes look pretty much the same, except for the colour.
I guess that means…a new story on Monday. Unless there’s some more wrapup, like what happened to Capt. Waters and the crew.
Well, Bubbles owns the ship, so it’s likely the only thing that happened with them is that they finally got rid of all those uninvited “guests”. They may have even gone back to party with Rhodey.
Yeeeeeeesssssss! About dang time!