honest to god who decided whe need to flirt and cant be open about it? we as a species are terrible at noticing when someone is flirting, however we are good at noticing if someone isnt flirting. Basicaly if you think they arent flirting you are mostlikely correct and when you think they are flirting? the moste likely awnser is they arent and you are misinterpreting things. And the best part? those odds dont change if you are the person beeing flirted with or a neutral observer.
It may not have hit her that overtly, but I think she did realize there was something more than them being adventuring companions, which is why she's retracing her steps to try getting to the place where souls reside.
Its been 17 years and I still regret missing the cues from two gals were wanting a three way. Offer to stay the night, shower, oops only one bed. "Nah ill sleep on the floor"
Honestly, probably some deep-seated insecurity issues. "Ha ha, she appears to be interested in me, but clearly THAT could never be the case. So instead she must simply be trying to be friendly!"
I personaly belive it is mostlikely a lack of training, very few are good at noticing lies too and yet we lie often. And with flirting it could be similar. You almost never get direct feedback where they? where they not? it is incredibly hard to even train that even if you are beeing flirted with regulary which is in itself rare.
In the context of that song, it was. He didn't just say "hey it's cold, stay the night", he repeated it multiple times, becoming more forceful. Even if she eventually said yes, it wasn't actually consent, cause she was pressured into it.
TBF to modern sensibilities, she's making a lot of protests in that song. If you don't understand she's being coy, it sounds like coercion.
(For the benefit of somebody who may not realize this, "Baby It's Cold Outside" isn't a guy convincing a woman who doesn't want to to stay over, it's a woman who WANTS to stay making excuses and a man supporting this idea, and basically saying he'll back up her alibi)
If all the same rules apply, then its Was if the subject is singular, and first or third person in relation: was it, was I, was he, was she, was they[1]. It's Were if the subject is second person or plural: were you, were we, were they[2+]
The same rules always apply to the word "they" when the person is of ambiguous or unknown gender. "A person with nazi symbols on their jacket came into the bar, and they were quickly kicked out". "Someone who was an adult in america on 9/11 would know exactly where they were when they found out."
To clarify, the same rules apply when they is singular as when they is plural. I didn't mean all the same rules as every other instance of singular and plural words.
DignamWhenAskedaQuestion
NOW SHOW , Eda in the now remembering this event and cringing at how she failed to take the hint
JustBoone
Eda wakes up years later "OH my Titan Raine was asking me to stay the night!" Raine rolls over "Did you just NOW realise that!?"
TheFastpaws
As someone on the spectrum I really hate that people are not extremely direct.
cousteau
Fucking umbrellas, man.
Revyloution
But baby it's cold outside
laserfrog
Rayne made it a challenge to prove rain was not scary.... that as the error.
Seelenwolf
honest to god who decided whe need to flirt and cant be open about it? we as a species are terrible at noticing when someone is flirting, however we are good at noticing if someone isnt flirting. Basicaly if you think they arent flirting you are mostlikely correct and when you think they are flirting? the moste likely awnser is they arent and you are misinterpreting things.
And the best part? those odds dont change if you are the person beeing flirted with or a neutral observer.
NacLac
myusernameisbrunhilda
Oh Eda!
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LincLoud
I love this, I'm taking it.
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AlexanderElcazorro
Eda: "Pfft. I can handle rain." Rayne: "Yes, that's exactly what I'm suggesting."
DrPepper523
Oh that's good. That's real good.
Mithi
Rovylern
GhostBear3067
(Decades later Eda awakens with a start)
Eda: "Wait a minute..."
Borednstalkn
DanOrtega
Love how the castle at the back got finished during all that time.
PipWhipple
Somehow, I feel like that's still too soon to dawn on her. One of her companions after telling the story, maybe!
modus0
It may not have hit her that overtly, but I think she did realize there was something more than them being adventuring companions, which is why she's retracing her steps to try getting to the place where souls reside.
Dragonfury5
Eda, exactly 5 years later: :o oh crap!
Legomaniac91
Meanwhile, in the background, King wordlessly slips Hooty a 5 snail bill.
Rovylern
SteveMND
As one of those folks who has literally been that oblivious before: ouch.
AnonOmis1000
The nice thing about being ugly is I dont have to worry about my obliviousness cock blocking me
secretdpp
Its been 17 years and I still regret missing the cues from two gals were wanting a three way. Offer to stay the night, shower, oops only one bed. "Nah ill sleep on the floor"
Megadestructo
It hurts. I look back and, since I don't consider myself attractive or a catch, it just never occurred to me.
I'm married now with a wonderful family and I still don't get how that happened!
3Davideo
As one of those folks who has never had an offer to miss in the first place:
just4thelolz
What's wrong with us?!
HighSorcerer
In my case its because adhd/autism makes expressing interest in other people feel like sexual assault.
SteveMND
Honestly, probably some deep-seated insecurity issues. "Ha ha, she appears to be interested in me, but clearly THAT could never be the case. So instead she must simply be trying to be friendly!"
Seelenwolf
I personaly belive it is mostlikely a lack of training, very few are good at noticing lies too and yet we lie often. And with flirting it could be similar. You almost never get direct feedback where they? where they not? it is incredibly hard to even train that even if you are beeing flirted with regulary which is in itself rare.
just4thelolz
I once got a French kiss (our first one) as I was about to leave. ...I still left.
Syovere
For me, being a pre-awakening trans person made it even worse. "I hate this flesh prison, how can anyone possibly be interested"
evildicemonkey
Years later...
"Wait. Was he hitting on me?... Of course he was, I'm Me."
just4thelolz
Novemberlied
I immediately heard that in Eda's voice. Well done.
chiefrunswithscissors
According to the internet using the weather as a flirty way to convince someone to stay over is equivalent to rape
Badgerbadgerson3
In the context of that song, it was. He didn't just say "hey it's cold, stay the night", he repeated it multiple times, becoming more forceful. Even if she eventually said yes, it wasn't actually consent, cause she was pressured into it.
WaxedApple
You're real dumb
MoopsyLD
and the internet is stupid
Shawnthegirl
...but baby, it's cold outside.
TBF to modern sensibilities, she's making a lot of protests in that song. If you don't understand she's being coy, it sounds like coercion.
(For the benefit of somebody who may not realize this, "Baby It's Cold Outside" isn't a guy convincing a woman who doesn't want to to stay over, it's a woman who WANTS to stay making excuses and a man supporting this idea, and basically saying he'll back up her alibi)
DaPastry
Someone that actually bothered to understand it. Bravo.
VitaminJay
Hey wait hold up...
Rovylern
For a more localized version…
Teganrose1
Quick correction: Were they hitting on me?
ExecutiveProducerWolfDyck
Was they*
laserfrog
"Was I being hit on? Was that an invitation?"
TypicallyVigo
.....wait, would it be "Were they hitting" or "Was they hitting"? It's singular third person.
daemonicapathy
Were. All the same rules apply there, whether they is singular or plural.
TypicallyVigo
If all the same rules apply, then its Was if the subject is singular, and first or third person in relation: was it, was I, was he, was she, was they[1]. It's Were if the subject is second person or plural: were you, were we, were they[2+]
pgdave
The same rules always apply to the word "they" when the person is of ambiguous or unknown gender. "A person with nazi symbols on their jacket came into the bar, and they were quickly kicked out". "Someone who was an adult in america on 9/11 would know exactly where they were when they found out."
daemonicapathy
To clarify, the same rules apply when they is singular as when they is plural. I didn't mean all the same rules as every other instance of singular and plural words.