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:I’m on the original user’s side. The language expressed in the comic is negative and disinterested, as White Hat thinks that relationships are gruelling and require a lot of resolve to engage in. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.151.4|172.71.151.4]] 00:07, 6 February 2024 (UTC) | :I’m on the original user’s side. The language expressed in the comic is negative and disinterested, as White Hat thinks that relationships are gruelling and require a lot of resolve to engage in. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.151.4|172.71.151.4]] 00:07, 6 February 2024 (UTC) | ||
::I thought White Hat's sentiments (at least in the first half) were common in alloromantic culture. "Relationships require work to maintain" is widespread advice.<br />My own interpretation is that it's parodying the attachment of a competitive and hopeless attitude to relationships, where allo people often seem to highly resent their partners. (Maybe some of them are aroace in denial, but that's another conversation…) Because of this attitude, White Hat has gotten so frustrated that he's told himself that relationships should literally ''feel'' like "work", and are all hopeless and joyless, to rationalize his own relationship troubles (implied by "are '''''you''''' okay?"). The punchline, "This is '''''normal!'''''", is lampooning how these unhealthy sentiments have become cultural norms, with White Hat standing in for them.<br />I'm not confident that my ''exact'' reading here is correct, but I do think the comic paints White Hat as hurting, misguided, possibly trying to tear down others' relationships, and an allegory for some wider theme in society. So it seems off to say that Randall would be allegorizing about aromantic people as such.<br />Also, I've heard that committed relationships, such as {{w|queerplatonic relationship}}s, are important to at least some aromantic people. If White Hat were (knowingly) aro, he'd likely include these under his use of the word "relationships", right? <span style="background:#0064de;font-size:12px;padding:4px 12px;border-radius:8px;">[[User talk:AgentMuffin|<span style="color:#f0faff;">~AgentMuffin</span>]]</span> 16:02, 6 February 2024 (UTC) | ::I thought White Hat's sentiments (at least in the first half) were common in alloromantic culture. "Relationships require work to maintain" is widespread advice.<br />My own interpretation is that it's parodying the attachment of a competitive and hopeless attitude to relationships, where allo people often seem to highly resent their partners. (Maybe some of them are aroace in denial, but that's another conversation…) Because of this attitude, White Hat has gotten so frustrated that he's told himself that relationships should literally ''feel'' like "work", and are all hopeless and joyless, to rationalize his own relationship troubles (implied by "are '''''you''''' okay?"). The punchline, "This is '''''normal!'''''", is lampooning how these unhealthy sentiments have become cultural norms, with White Hat standing in for them.<br />I'm not confident that my ''exact'' reading here is correct, but I do think the comic paints White Hat as hurting, misguided, possibly trying to tear down others' relationships, and an allegory for some wider theme in society. So it seems off to say that Randall would be allegorizing about aromantic people as such.<br />Also, I've heard that committed relationships, such as {{w|queerplatonic relationship}}s, are important to at least some aromantic people. If White Hat were (knowingly) aro, he'd likely include these under his use of the word "relationships", right? <span style="background:#0064de;font-size:12px;padding:4px 12px;border-radius:8px;">[[User talk:AgentMuffin|<span style="color:#f0faff;">~AgentMuffin</span>]]</span> 16:02, 6 February 2024 (UTC) | ||
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Jeez. I can relate.... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.143|172.70.178.143]] 19:15, 5 February 2024 (UTC) | Jeez. I can relate.... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.143|172.70.178.143]] 19:15, 5 February 2024 (UTC) |