Shades Of A 074
When two people have a one-sided conversation at each other, then realise.
In other news, for happily kinky (or curious) people out there, check this comic out:
A short little comic about a cute kinky couple and their experiences with sex together.
“A slightly naive, over-dramatic cutie pie who has a habit of flailing his arms about and making pouty faces?”
So, anwar continues to be adorable.
d’awww Anwar
Also – Love Try It :D
Anwar is too cute for his own good. I wonder what next step in their discussion will be~
I almost wonder if Anwar should be a little upset with how Chris emphasizes “You” when asking if Anwar thought he wanted to do kink stuff with him. Hmm… And Anwar is all emphatic on the yes and then just fizzles out to the maybe and then gets defensive-like. Is it that Anwar’s a guy that Chris isn’t interested in him for kink reasons or Anwar’s inexperience? Hmm, hmm…. I wanna see where this goes next, especially cuz we’re not seeing Chris’s facial expressions through the last panels so no idea how he’s reacting to Anwar’s reaction.
It may not be Anwar’s lack of experience as much as it is Anwar’s obvious disinterest, if not discomfort, towards being personally involved with kink. They’ve already established that Anwar is ace, so it doesn’t surprise me that Chris reacted this way, even if it’s not the most sensitive, because why make someone do something they clearly don’t want to do?
Just because someone is ace doesn’t mean they can’t or won’t or don’t enjoy kink. Asexuality is no sexual attraction. That doesn’t mean we can’t have a libido or have kinks/fetishes.
We know Anwar gets uncomfortable with nudity and pain kinks from the scenes at the begining of the comic, or at the very least the pain kinks bother him. We don’t know for sure what kind of kinks Chris has so we can’t say one way or another for sure whether Anwar would be uncomfortable with them.
We know Anwar is uncomfortable with sex (except apparently when he’s drunk) because it wasn’t until JD started talking about what kinds of sexual things they wanted to do with their new partners (at least that was the tone I was getting from that particular scene), plus factoring in the fact Anwar still has some complicated feelings for them and had just been about to go for a kiss.
I honestly feel we can’t say Anwar is outright uncomfortable with kink because we’ve had few scenes where it comes up in relation to his desires, at least that I’ve noticed. I wonder if part of that is he, like many people, associates kink with sex and sexuality. If Chris’s kinks aren’t all related to sex or pain (as I said earlier, Anwar seems uncomfortable with pain) that isn’t to say Anwar wouldn’t necessarily be able to satisfy those needs.
Not to say I wouldn’t like to see how the comic would go should they have a realtionship where Chris has his Domme for kink-needs and Anwar for romantic needs.
Sorry about talking in kinds of circles. I don’t think Anwar is 100% against kink because (a) we’ve seen no concrete evidence in what all about kink may or may not make him uncomfortable and (b) he was really emphatic initially in response to Chris asking if he thought the kink things would happen with him.
TL;DR – Ace doesn’t equal no interest in kink or kink related things. Depending on Chris’s kinks, we don’t know for sure whether Anwar would be uncomfortable because so far we’ve only really seen concrete proof that sexual and painful kinks make him uncomfortable. It would be intersting to see how they navigate the realtionship if Chris has a Domme, but it would also be interesting to see Chris introduce Anwar to the world of kink and Anwar find it is something he too could enjoy.
…. If I could like your post, I’d do it a thousand times. <3
And comicwise. I find it cute. Anwar and Chris. <3
I’m developing a massive squish on Anwar :’)
I think that ‘War is under the mistaken impression that “romantic relationship” means that you get everything you need sexually/romantically from that one person.
That’s not how it always works, sweetie.
Awesome job, Tab!
i’m lurving all this negotiation. this what i’ve always attempted at doing for all my relationships, but sadly so many do not understand or get angry and confused by it :( why can’t my life by like this comic?!
Think of it as a screening process. If someone’s not willing to negotiate and discuss at the beginning, they’re probably not going to be the best partner anyway.
omg I would not be able to help it, and be laughing my ass off if I were in this comic (thank god I’m not, so I don’t have to try and not laugh).
I love where this is going, thank you so much for making this comic! <3
i’m sort of hoping that maybe anwar will get an explanation at some point that kink does not necessarily equal sex. ’cause i was sort of confused last page that chris was talking about kink and ‘war jumped to the conclusion that it meant they should have sex–but then i remembered that not everybody is an ace person in a D/s relationship. XD
the internet has spoiled me, truly.
AAAAAAHAHAHA, Anwar’s so cute, with his why-not-me face, what an adorable pouty! I’m looking forward to seeing where this conversation goes. *chinhands and kicks feet*
Am i the only person who finds “try it you’ll like it” (the comic tab linked above) uncomfortably heteronormative? I can’t quite put my finger on my objection, but i get really uncomfortable reading it.
I would like to add proper commentary, but I can only say smile gleefully and stare at ANWAR’S GESTURES <3 <3 <3 AND HANDS <3 <3 <3
I am officially smitten.
Well, no, because some of Chris' facial expressions then are too precious. Fine, my heart belongs to both. Together. In these terms.
Sigh, this story is delicious.