q&a7 Story: Wednesday, June 15, 2016

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On 06/17/2016 at 11:24 PM, Scotty said:

At the very least this would fall under the same category as whether or not any of the main 8 have had sex. Dan had stated that he doesn't consider anything canon until it's shown beyond doubt in comic form, using the Q&A to say whether it's canon is kinda cheaty.

I optimistically hope that it's the second and not the first.

On 06/18/2016 at 9:09 PM, Scotty said:

Sarah's probably embarrassed to admit that she's attracted to Tedd and Grace because she probably hasn't considered the possibility of either of them being ok with a poly relationship, I'd say odds are good (not guaranteed of course) if she were to ask, they'd be ok with it.

She's still embarrassed to admit it to HERSELF, IMHO.

On 06/18/2016 at 9:09 PM, Scotty said:

Yeah, I don't think we'd need to worry about Grace. For Tedd being ok with it, the evidence we have is him setting up Grace to kiss Sarah, his reaction to Sarah and Grace hugging, and his fantasy image when Sarah asked him if she could be his lab assistant, and while he did shake the initial sexy scenario out of his mind, it's more from the fact that he didn't want to make Sarah feel uncomfortable around him, especially considering he'd just recently committed himself to being a better friend.

All Tedd examples are fun and teasing. I'm not sure how ready is Tedd for it being SERIOUS. But definitely more ready than Sarah.

[banneret 45]

When it comes to romance, it is greatly about how you feel on the way, not merely how you feel beforehand. I think this is what people miss when they ship characters - the viewer has more information, but limited access to the interior of the experience, and this distorts her view. In this case, I feel there is too much attention on a full triangle, while the individual relationships don't have the requisite mutual understanding. If a healthy polyamorous relationship is to arise between Grace, Tedd and Sarah it has to start with an exploratory relationship between Sarah and Tedd or Sarah and Grace - the experience there would inform and clarify her position, afford her choice if you will. Simply "adding" another person is seldom functional, because a polyamorous relationship is a composite of component relationships between individuals.