23/01/10 [DMFA #1082] - The big question

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Food for thought... does Wildy have a mind shield?

... Has Abel lowered his enough for it to be useful?

[e_voyager]

can wildy read minds?  i don't think it matters one bit if able has a mind shield if she can't ready them in the first place.  still i'm looking forward to able's answer like everyone else here

[Tapewolf]

can wildy read minds?  i don't think it matters one bit if able has a mind shield if she can't ready them in the first place.

AFAIK Abel has his mind filtering turned up because he doesn't want to hear the patrons.  This would prevent him being able to hear Wildy too.

[iownpants]

Wildy does seem to get more and more attractive as the comic goes on, hmmm
Though I'm too busy noticing how well Abel's top seems to cling to his frame in that last panel, hm hm hmmm
Lastly, maybe we'll get a straightforward answer just to confuse everyone expecting a scene cut.  This would be amusing

[Shachza]

Four centuries is a long time to be in school, and one would think that most cubi would get bored and experiment in both directions in that time.  Why limit oneself to just half the school's population?

That's debatable.  There's a pair of powerful shapeshifters in White Wolf's Exalted universe named Rain Deathflyer and Silver Python who have been a couple for something like 700 years.  Silver Python's original sex is not known, though she's usually represented as female, and she switches between male and female regularly.  Rain Deathflyer is strictly male and hetero and still refuses Silver Python's advances when she's running around as a guy.  (Page 54 and 55 of the Manual of Exalted Power: Lunars)

Food for thought... does Wildy have a mind shield?

I bet she uses her brother's tactic.  Something I doubt Abel would fall for.

[candide]

Food for thought... does Wildy have a mind shield?

I bet she uses her brother's tactic.  Something I doubt Abel would fall for.

...except that wasn't Wildy's brother, but Destiana in disguise.

[TheDXM]

Even assuming Abel lies to her, I don't think Wildy would fall for it. If there's any personality in this comic to get Abel to talk straight about this sort of thing, it's Wildy.

[127.0.0.2]

Huh, either Amber just got the 2000th Question-From-The-Readers email asking about this or Wildy has had more adventures on her island than what might be good for her.

I personally hope we'll see at least a reaction from Abel. While having a good How-Can-You-Type-With-Boxing-Gloves joke is never a bad thing, having this done in the main story seems kinda like a wasted cliffhanger. And think of the fans, think of the fans!

Didn't Jyrras say Way Back whenthat these kind of things had to be found out in an elaborate plan of some kind? I was trying to find the comic but couldn't.

Strip 997.

I see a new strategy here. When you need something taken care of quickly, easily and possibly violently, drop the mention of complicated plans in the vincinity of Wildy and watch what happens... (But keep a save distance, just to be sure...)

[Shachza]

...except that wasn't Wildy's brother, but Destiana in disguise.

Quiet you!  Stop ruining my point.   Jyrras has already done it, and I know that I'd try it, so who's to say she doesn't do it anyways?  Though I think she'd be more likely to use scenes from Weapon X.

[AmigaDragon]

can wildy read minds?  i don't think it matters one bit if able has a mind shield if she can't ready them in the first place.

AFAIK Abel has his mind filtering turned up because he doesn't want to hear the patrons.  This would prevent him being able to hear Wildy too.

While he keeps a filter up against the general hubbub of the surrounding populace, he can probably focus on individuals to exclude them from the filter. Or perhaps it's active mind reading bypassing the shield instead. Though there may be little difference between those methods.

[Lego3400]

can wildy read minds?  i don't think it matters one bit if able has a mind shield if she can't ready them in the first place.

AFAIK Abel has his mind filtering turned up because he doesn't want to hear the patrons.  This would prevent him being able to hear Wildy too.

While he keeps a filter up against the general hubbub of the surrounding populace, he can probably focus on individuals to exclude them from the filter. Or perhaps it's active mind reading bypassing the shield instead. Though there may be little difference between those methods.

Mind reading is very different from thought reading. So says the demo 101 strips.

Second... Bout time someone asked

[joshofspam]

With Cubi being such accomplished shape shifters does the whole strait and gay thing even apply to Cubi?

It wouldn't suppries me if Cubi tend to go both ways if you know what I mean.

[iceick]

Didn't Jyrras say Way Back whenthat these kind of things had to be found out in an elaborate plan of some kind? I was trying to find the comic but couldn't.

Strip 997.

I see a new strategy here. When you need something taken care of quickly, easily and possibly violently, drop the mention of complicated plans in the vincinity of Wildy and watch what happens... (But keep a save distance, just to be sure...)

I wonder how much she's going to tease Jyrass with the info she gets from Abel.

[Bjalf]

I wonder how much she's going to tease Jyrass with the info she gets from Abel.

She's going to tease him to pieces, even if she gets no information at all from Abel. It's just her way of showing that she cares.   

[iceick]

I wonder how much she's going to tease Jyrass with the info she gets from Abel.

She's going to tease him to pieces, even if she gets no information at all from Abel. It's just her way of showing that she cares.   

Does she really care or does she just like to make people miserable? Ooh, she and Abel would make a perfect couple, Wildy making people miserable and Abel feeding off it .

[Mao]

Oh boy, more shipping.

[Lego3400]

Also, I would like to state my theory of Biggs and Wildy being weres. Something about her use of the word man here made me thing about it.

[iceick]

Ooh a were that is a human fan , didn't see that coming .

[Keleth]

Oh man. I bet Wildy is a were of a human and ferret.

Turning her into the omnipotent being of ANTHRO FERRET!

[iceick]

Of course that would explain why she's so fierce, not to mention were's are immune to magic in human form.

[Techcubi]

Why the heck would Abel be gay? After all, even though it's been hundreds of years, he has at one point feared being Sodomized.

[Grey Wolf]

Why the heck would Abel be gay? After all, even though it's been hundreds of years, he has at one point feared being Sodomized.

Well, yes, but I think it was less "I'm not gay!" and more "I don't wanna be raped!".
Biiiig difference between that and consensual sex, you know.

[Techcubi]

Why the heck would Abel be gay? After all, even though it's been hundreds of years, he has at one point feared being Sodomized.

Well, yes, but I think it was less "I'm not gay!" and more "I don't wanna be raped!".
Biiiig difference between that and consensual sex, you know.

Still, why would people think he's gay? Is every somewhat feminine man considered gay?

[Arcblade]

I didn't quite understand the whole "leg man" vs "leg guy" thing.

ie, why was the former confusing for Abel? What made the latter a correction for the former?

He doesn't consider Dan to be a "man" yet.

Could be that, or because he's not human.  Could also be because of this.

[iceick]

Why the heck would Abel be gay? After all, even though it's been hundreds of years, he has at one point feared being Sodomized.

Well, yes, but I think it was less "I'm not gay!" and more "I don't wanna be raped!".
Biiiig difference between that and consensual sex, you know.

Still, why would people think he's gay? Is every somewhat feminine man considered gay?

Your question can be answered here

[Techcubi]

Why the heck would Abel be gay? After all, even though it's been hundreds of years, he has at one point feared being Sodomized.

Well, yes, but I think it was less "I'm not gay!" and more "I don't wanna be raped!".
Biiiig difference between that and consensual sex, you know.

Still, why would people think he's gay? Is every somewhat feminine man considered gay?

Your question can be answered here

...How does a guy with a feminine hairstyle getting hit on by a guy who thinks he's a girl explain anything except that guys with long hair are sometimes confused for girls?

[Anker Steadfast]

Oh boy, more shipping.

With all the shipping that happens.
We need an emoticon of two mows in a boat. 

Alternatively a containership.

[Grey Wolf]

Still, why would people think he's gay? Is every somewhat feminine man considered gay?

Somewhat feminine? Abel? But I digress.
In fiction, yes, some people do assume effeminate men are gay. I'm not one of them, but it isn't an uncommon occurrence.
That said, I personally don't think Abel is gay, but I wouldn't be terribly surprised if he turns out to be so.

[John Roh]

Why the heck would Abel be gay? After all, even though it's been hundreds of years, he has at one point feared being Sodomized.

hmm I clicked that for a laugh checked out a few pages after it and saw this http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Abel_50.php any chance Devin is Abels brother? meh this is probably old

[Naldru]

Why the heck would Abel be gay? After all, even though it's been hundreds of years, he has at one point feared being Sodomized.

hmm I clicked that for a laugh checked out a few pages after it and saw this http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Abel_50.php any chance Devin is Abels brother? meh this is probably old

I remember this argument from a while ago.  However, Aniz/Cid and Devin's father seemed to be totally different psychologically.  The thing that made me reconsider it was the fact the fact that Aniz/Cid had a really fractured mind, making it possible that two personalities could be quite dissimilar.  I'll have to check the wiki, I'm not sure if the discussion showed up there as well.

According to the DMFA wiki, Dan and Devin are not related.  This means that the Edward/Aniz theory would not be compatible with Devin and Abel being related.