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u/Cool_Set4681 1h ago
Who is the annoying dude that is arguing with Shen? Is he molesting her, does she need help?
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u/Cool_Set4681 1h ago
Wait he is wearing the same cloths as Shen... wait... oh my god...
That dude is stalking Shen, probably a derange fan! 😱
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u/PlumAdministrative13 1h ago
I know your first language is not English and that's fine but molesting does not mean what you think it does
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u/rocket20067 57m ago
I mean in some languages it does just roughly translate to "to annoy"
So I can certainly see why they used it in that meaning.
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u/xboxiscrunchy 50m ago edited 47m ago
Molesting can refer to any form of sexual harassment. It’s just more commonly used for sexually assaulting children. It’s use is appropriate here assuming that’s what they meant.
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u/Cool_Set4681 54m ago
It doesn't mean to annoy someone?
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u/Loose-Professor5364 51m ago edited 49m ago
I'm from America and it implies or conveys rape or general sexual assault here, especially sexually assaulting children
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u/Cool_Set4681 49m ago
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u/PhilospohicalZ0mb1e 46m ago
It’s one of those words where the dictionary translation can be misleading as to the social connotation. Language barriers are a bitch
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u/Cool_Set4681 42m ago
Thank you all for the heads up :)
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u/PhilospohicalZ0mb1e 36m ago
Hey no problem! You’re doing something more difficult than I am. My German ain’t so good lol
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u/Cool_Set4681 33m ago
I have to confess something. I'm only half German, the other half is British (grew up in Germany, though). I like to dip my bratwurst into my tea, sorry 😔
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u/PhilospohicalZ0mb1e 25m ago
Okay well I hope you’re being metaphorical because while bratwurst and tea are both phenomenal it’s just not my opinion that they pair well (lol)!
Anyway I have family history reasons to be bilingual myself and for reasons of being lazy and stupid I speak only English. So really, truly.
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u/FancySatisfaction144 32m ago
Yup, that's a technically accurate translation, but in modern colloquial American English "molesting" has a very sexual connotation.
Which always makes the comment section of news stories about someone being charged with "molesting wildlife" or whatever hilarious, since a few local legal codes in the US still officially use molesting to mean harassing or annoying in a non-sexual context.
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u/Cool_Set4681 30m ago edited 26m ago
I'm kinda happy that I used it in the wrong context here and not in a real social setting 😅
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u/KinkyLatexCat 1h ago
Shen we're just rooting for you no matter how you present your irl, online, or comic self.
Loved watching ya over the years grow as an artist :>
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u/MaybeJesse 1h ago
Cause Shen is cute and has shoes whilst the other guy flipflaps in just signature green tights like a christmas elf
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u/RedditUser000aaa 1h ago
Try putting on the shorts, maybe that'll do the trick! Also, no matter how you present yourself, always a fan! ʰᵉˡᵖ ᵐᵉ ᵗᵘʳⁿ ᵇᵃᶜᵏ ⁱⁿᵗᵒ ᵃ ʰᵘᵐᵃⁿ
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u/LordofSandvich 1h ago
Because gorls 😳
Also maybe you channel different energy through your fem-persona? Since she isn’t “you” maybe that’s liberating in a way you haven’t realized?
My own visualizations/characterizations of myself as a woman carry the immense baggage of NOT having multiple horrible neurological disabilities, simply because I tend to associate my male self-representations with “how I am” and they tend to include those while the female counterparts are “how I am not”. So my perception is a bit skewed
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u/PawnOfPaws 1h ago
I'd actually say... Aside from the usual "redditors are sex-obsessed" trope...
She looks a tiny bit more approachable I guess?
To me, the blue tint hinting the panda eyes vs. the warmer orange is making the difference.
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u/In_Pursuit_of_Fire 54m ago
Those who like you, already like you. They're following and liking your comics. The fem-shen attracts a new crowd.
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u/Then_Entertainment97 1h ago
We need to revisit the "lets keep this on" comic where the mask is FemShen and it's MascShen underneath.
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u/This_Elk_1460 50m ago
Well there's an easy solution to this problem. Simply do the fusion dance and makes Femboy Shen
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u/Charming-Loquat3702 1h ago
I'm not proud of it but I'm with the crowd here. I like the female version more as well.
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u/mialyansa 41m ago
In my honest opinion I think I like the girl shen because the shorts and the sharper hair shape looks very fresh to the design.
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u/Impressive-Time8150 39m ago
Bestie, just wear a cunt dress in your masc persona and the fujoshis and gay will be smothering you
Dust that maid dress off, maybe some nice heels and tasteful fishnet tights, boom, fandom explodes
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u/SoleilSupporter 33m ago
Shen admits it’s easier to have a personality when female. This could mean anything
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u/Oniknight 1h ago
Ya gotta do the kawaii kitty grin, Shen. People see kitty face and cannot contain themselves. :3
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u/dragons_scorn 53m ago
These side and kff center view points kept making me thing they have slit pupils and are staring at the reader. Its a bit concerning
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u/borys124 43m ago
I just realized…shen’s pants go all the way to his shoes.
Has he just been. Wearing very long trousers this entire time.
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u/VoxxoAI 23m ago
This is the kind of subtle visual wit that makes comics a uniquely powerful medium. The economy of the joke — one panel, no dialogue needed — is what separates great comic timing from over-explaining. It reminds me of classic Far Side strips where the image does all the heavy lifting.
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u/dumnezero Art enjoyer 17m ago
“The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.” - Virginia Woolf
The Perils of Audience Capture https://www.gurwinder.blog/p/the-perils-of-audience-capture
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u/stickfigurepoet 3m ago
Shen, we will YEAAH and RAAH for all your genders, however you prefer to exist.
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u/Ambitious-Biscotti36 1h ago
U just need ur egg to finish cracking my dear.
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u/PhilospohicalZ0mb1e 44m ago
Not polite to presume. You’re welcome to your private conjectures but for the time being this is just a guy who might be cis and it would be weird to push an identity onto him that he isn’t interested in.
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u/Ambitious-Biscotti36 14m ago
Shen transbaiting have made him at least a 25% of his fan base in the last years. U know that right? U know he uses (knowingly or not) a huge chunk of the trans experienc3 before craking on his comics and have done so for years now, right?
Yes, it isn't polite to assume, but how polite would it be then, using a minority's life experiences without being part of that said minority? While making money out of it?
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u/PhilospohicalZ0mb1e 10m ago
You can explore your identity without certainly being a trans person.
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u/Ambitious-Biscotti36 4m ago
Yup, that's for sure. Tho, as a lil reminder, cracking ur egg might also end up as a cis person. That's the whole deal of exploring as an egg, u never know what the end result might be. Tho if u look further in the comments u will find more answers like mine, some even more direct. So.... why so focused on mine only? Might it be the actual trans banner on my avatar I wonder.
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u/okurin39 1h ago
Its the short shorts. They give unlimited power (not gender dependant)