[4 June 12] Find a Theo already!

[LookingIn]

She may even try to set up Sara with a nice boy who has zero interest in Sara... (or worse, lots of interest).

You just gave me the most amusing (and cringe-inducing, considering what we know of the poor guy) mental image: Iseul, trying to get Ronnie to ask Sara out. I'm not sure if hilarity, or mass chaos, would then ensue.

That has the makings of a sitcom episode right there!

[Kamino Neko]

Did she just punch them both in the gut or something?

Pretty much...she quickly brought her arms out to stop them, and they walked into them. Oof.

[Artemisia]

Well...Sara will find her Theodora eventually. . .

[phagocyte]

iseul is really pissing me off by bringing back memories of countless old, traditional women whose good intentions are worth absolutely nothing in the face of the annoyance, frustration, anger, and rejection their inability to accept gayness caused me

but also, DUN DUN DUN

[Valerie]

Did she just punch them both in the gut or something?

Pretty much...she quickly brought her arms out to stop them, and they walked into them. Oof.

The idea that she just punched them for no reason is a lot funnier, though.

[NobodySpecial]

Did she just punch them both in the gut or something?

Pretty much...she quickly brought her arms out to stop them, and they walked into them. Oof.

The idea that she just punched them for no reason is a lot funnier, though.

She's preventing unwanted pregnancy!

[jennibrock]

Every Cockroach deserves a Theo.

[timemonkey]

Did she just punch them both in the gut or something?

Pretty much...she quickly brought her arms out to stop them, and they walked into them. Oof.

The idea that she just punched them for no reason is a lot funnier, though.

It's like an involuntary reflex, Mom's coming, punch my friends! Mom's staying for a week, kick a halucination!

[Zanosuke Kurosaki]

Did she just punch them both in the gut or something?

Pretty much...she quickly brought her arms out to stop them, and they walked into them. Oof.

The idea that she just punched them for no reason is a lot funnier, though.

It's like an involuntary reflex, Mom's coming, punch my friends! Mom's staying for a week, kick a halucination!

"Mom's bugging me to find a boyfriend, go hit on and fantasize about every woman I find attractive!"

[Trefle]

oh, Iseul. Liz's look there is priceless.

And I see huge drama cloud hanging...the question is, for -whom-?

Sara, most likely. And Iseul; since her daughter is still dwelling in sin.
Lisa?
Temperance?
Hank?
Marie?
Michael?
Ronnie?

....

LEAH!?

Oh, god; a Leah and Iseul meeting would be priceless.

[rebochan]

So. Iseul is using her husband for "safety" without his consent, getting kicks on the side, and trying to force her daughter to do the exact same thing.

Oh, and I don't get her idea of "safety" since she married outside her race and apparently took a lot of flack and uprooted her own life for it. So she's also a bloody idiot.

What a reprehensible person. Why is it okay for her to cheat again?

[oddtail]

Why is it okay for her to cheat again?

While I don't judge her as harshly as you do (I prefer to judge people's actions rather than people themselves, not that it matters with a fictional character), this little question of yours I can answer.

It's because girl-on-girl is hot.

But more seriously: I don't think Iseul would get this much sympathy from most people in the forum if she were a guy, cheating on his wife with another woman. Which, to my mind, reveals several levels of double standards regarding the position of both men vs women AND straight vs gay/lesbian people in relationships.

(note that I don't necessarily mean that gay people or women are given more leeway. It's not as simple as that. Heck, a world where gay people and/or women "have it easier" would have to be a Bizarro world. But entirely different sets of tools tend to be used for examining their behaviour and the "crimes" they are most harshly criticised for tend to be different, as well)

[Otaking]

She may even try to set up Sara with a nice boy who has zero interest in Sara...

It'd be pretty funny if it turns out that Theo has a forked beard arrangement with Iseul.

[sun tzu]

What a reprehensible person. Why is it okay for her to cheat again?

It's not. I don't remember people saying it was OK, either.
If she's really lesbian (as opposed to bisexual), and has spent the last few decades in a loveless marriage having sex with someone she isn't attracted to, then it's understandable. But understandable is not the same thing as OK.

[oddtail]

What a reprehensible person. Why is it okay for her to cheat again?

It's not. I don't remember people saying it was OK, either.
If she's really lesbian (as opposed to bisexual), and has spent the last few decades in a loveless marriage having sex with someone she isn't attracted to, then it's understandable. But understandable is not the same thing as OK.

That's very much true. However, people tend to conflate "understand" and "approve", especially in casual speech. And in Iseul's case, things're made even more confusing, since people tend to conflate "sympathise" and "approve" (which isn't all that surprising, given that a person who gives their backing to a cause is called a "sympathiser". Ah, the twists and turns of the English language). And there's definitely been a lot of sympathy for Iseul voiced in the forum.

I still say people'd be less willing to analyse and more willing to point fingers and judge if instead of Iseul, the cheating person were a heterosexual man... not that non-pointing of fingers and not judging are a bad thing.