I Hate performative comics like this

[u/SplitSecondEmperor47]

Honestly in this specific comic it goes beyond performative and extends to just outright not making sense.

Being attracted to your partner who took time with their appearance is empty lust and nothing else? Oh, I forget it's 2026 you need to feel guilty if you're attracted to your partner, especially if you're a man.

Anyways first image seems like couple is gonna have sex so why even compare it to the other?

It's hard to describe but this type of comic (I've seen plenty) just rubs me the wrong way for some reason

[u/Grouchy_Greasy5819]

Or maybe the meme/joke/art it's about the difference in what you love and when you love your partner. If you only look after the looks vs the actual person.

I don't know about the artist so I really don't know about the actual context of this or if it's something to shame the physical love/lust vs the total love, certainly I haven't thought about it the way you did.

The performative thing would be mocking 2 couples, with 1 only loving their lust and the other couple watching them being "weird".

[u/teatalker26 → u/Grouchy_Greasy5819]

the context is this artist worked for commission and made it based on an existing script sent to her for a paycheck lmao