1.0 Lucas literally had the worst luck, ever, with relationships. The thought of Lucas in a relationship with someone who wasn’t secretly insane or trying to kill him is a bit strange.
Yup, from the very beginning. We first found out about it officially at Ethan and Emily’s double date, but Tim pointed out (to a shocked audience at that time) that there were actually a good number of strips, going back several years at that point, where Lucas or Ethan had a line that made far more sense in context when you understand that Lucas is attracted to men.
In a previous universe/version he wasn’t. He was dating lots of crazy women until he found a normal one. It was funny because he wore a kevlar vest for first date expecting the worst 😀 She found out so he lied to her he’s an undercover agent. Told her the truth later and she smacked him. They did stay together till end if I remember correctly. And then was this whole reset whole universe storyline.
I’m not complaining. It turned out pretty good. Gay Lucas? Why not?
Let’s not rewrite history here. Please link a single comic from the old strip that indicated that Lucas was bi. On the contrary, I recall many strips that explicitly indicated that he was attracted to women. I can’t recall a single one where he was attracted to men:
I went out to the club the other night to see if I could pick up a girl…
Girl, not person. That’s OK. That was that strip, and this is this one, but there’s no need to pretend that the old character was something they weren’t.
Merida could have meant from the start of 2.0, not the start of Tim’s CAD career.
For what it’s worth though, someone can be bi with a preference. I know a couple women who identify as bi but I’ve only seen them date men. I think it’s in part because they want to avoid the unfortunate drama that can come with a gay relationship – family, community, etc. Or maybe they’re mostly attracted to men and it takes a super special lady for them to feel attracted.
Marcus
8 months ago
oh, your a super hero too?! well… dang.
Gonfrask
8 months ago
How much has paid Zeke for that skin?
Kaitensatsuma
8 months ago
Pictured: like a solid 85% of Grindr as told by my not-straight friends
Dagroth
8 months ago
A Redshirt, eh? Will one of those guys (or both) die violently soon?
I have nothing against Ben, he looks like a nice guy, but he wears a shirt in a color that should never be worn in a city with supervillains and geeks. May his expected passing be a lesson for all us minor characters, and a slight character growth for Lucas
Ben
8 months ago
Oh snap, did we know Lucas was gay in this timeline? I either missed or forgot that bit.
I mean, I’m fine with it of course, so long as they don’t go rock-climbing.
About when Ethan was dating Emily (the courier girl, if I remember the name wrong), I think?
I recall something about a double date, Emily and Ethan, and Lucas and some other guy. (and also some talk, why does Lucas only have short flings, because of his superhero life, inability to tell people about it, etc.)
Pre-reset 1.0 Lucas once had a date who, through some mix-up, believed Lucas was rich and wanted to kill him for his money. Rock climbing accident was one of the assassination attempts.
Snark
8 months ago
I’ve just thought, may Lucas have some lingering, suppressed romantic feelings towards Ethan?
Like a straight guy would see a cute (but totally unhinged) girl. Kind of “just friends” but, well, she is a cute girl – which makes it easier to forgive her some peculiarities…
A gay man is capable of being very close friends with another man without being attracted to them.
He loves him, yes. But it’s an almost family type love.
Also for the record it’s possible for straight men to be friends with girls too, no matter how attractive, without desiring them as partners. Most seem to choose to go with the “screw anything that moves” tactic though
X-ian
8 months ago
Actually if anything he was under selling himself
Urainkhali
8 months ago
Sigh. Red shirt…
Kazuma Taichi
8 months ago
Gay route! Gay route!
Am excited for how this plays out~
Travis
8 months ago
Lucas should not accept any drinks from him. It’s already nebulous whether Ethan still has powers.
Dom
8 months ago
The actual reason Lucas is gay here is because of the response to an old April Fool’s comic in CAD 1.0 where Tim just switched shirts/clothes on all the main characters and Lucas happened to wear Lilah’s Pink clothes, and little edgelords in the comments raged at the costume change and thought Lucas looked gay (in the homophobic way). Tim later responded he was tempted to make him gay just to piss off the immature part of the audience. In CAD 2.0 I guess he kind of kept that promise, but wrote him well, like a normal human being. Correct… Read more »
I would not doubt that there were people that reacted that way to the April Fool’s strip… nor that I would respond to the homophobes by being that snarky. And I’ll agree it’s an amusing coincidence, but definitely not the reason why Lucas is gay in 2.0. During the year+ long process of planning out 2.0, and what I wanted to do/accomplish with the new direction, and what stories I wanted to tell and who these characters were/could be… I’m not sure that April Fool’s strip ever even crossed my mind, honestly.
Happy coincidence then. :O
Thanks for clearing that theory up.
omg omg
6 months ago
I knew it! While reading the page before this one I thought:Lucas dates handsome guys, are we going to see his date, maybe not…?
Ant then, it happened 🙂
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You´ve made me expect very bad things from a panel that seemingly ends well. Poor Lucas.
1.0 Lucas literally had the worst luck, ever, with relationships. The thought of Lucas in a relationship with someone who wasn’t secretly insane or trying to kill him is a bit strange.
He DID have a good girl in 1.0, but screwed it up when he went briefly stupid. Can’t remember if they ever got back together.
They didn’t in-strip. He did have a kid with a woman whose face was unseen in the epilogue though.
I believe they did actually. She was a redhead and Karen was a redhead.
Good save.
I feel like this will either end terribly or very good.
The former being Ethan’s fault.
(Going) Down time
smoooooth
Did Lucas turn “Ethan mode” on for a moment, or what?
Damn, what a catch this Ben is!
P.S. Was Lucas always gay?
in the 2.0 yeah as far as I remember.
Yup, from the very beginning. We first found out about it officially at Ethan and Emily’s double date, but Tim pointed out (to a shocked audience at that time) that there were actually a good number of strips, going back several years at that point, where Lucas or Ethan had a line that made far more sense in context when you understand that Lucas is attracted to men.
All right, thanks!
I went through the trouble to find the page Eldest is describing.
https://cad-comic.com/comic/analog-and-d-pad-04-03/ Have fun.
In a previous universe/version he wasn’t. He was dating lots of crazy women until he found a normal one. It was funny because he wore a kevlar vest for first date expecting the worst 😀 She found out so he lied to her he’s an undercover agent. Told her the truth later and she smacked him. They did stay together till end if I remember correctly. And then was this whole reset whole universe storyline.
I’m not complaining. It turned out pretty good. Gay Lucas? Why not?
Never was. Bi iirc, from the start.
Let’s not rewrite history here. Please link a single comic from the old strip that indicated that Lucas was bi. On the contrary, I recall many strips that explicitly indicated that he was attracted to women. I can’t recall a single one where he was attracted to men:
https://cad-comic.com/comic/fair-game/
https://cad-comic.com/comic/unhelpful/
https://cad-comic.com/comic/what-it-looks-like/
https://cad-comic.com/comic/for-the-sake-of-the-ego/
https://cad-comic.com/comic/endings-and-beginnings/
Note:
Girl, not person. That’s OK. That was that strip, and this is this one, but there’s no need to pretend that the old character was something they weren’t.
Merida could have meant from the start of 2.0, not the start of Tim’s CAD career.
For what it’s worth though, someone can be bi with a preference. I know a couple women who identify as bi but I’ve only seen them date men. I think it’s in part because they want to avoid the unfortunate drama that can come with a gay relationship – family, community, etc. Or maybe they’re mostly attracted to men and it takes a super special lady for them to feel attracted.
oh, your a super hero too?! well… dang.
How much has paid Zeke for that skin?
Pictured: like a solid 85% of Grindr as told by my not-straight friends
A Redshirt, eh? Will one of those guys (or both) die violently soon?
Could be Bloodsport.
I have nothing against Ben, he looks like a nice guy, but he wears a shirt in a color that should never be worn in a city with supervillains and geeks. May his expected passing be a lesson for all us minor characters, and a slight character growth for Lucas
Oh snap, did we know Lucas was gay in this timeline? I either missed or forgot that bit.
I mean, I’m fine with it of course, so long as they don’t go rock-climbing.
Yeah, it was revealed really early on and then never really mentioned again.
About when Ethan was dating Emily (the courier girl, if I remember the name wrong), I think?
I recall something about a double date, Emily and Ethan, and Lucas and some other guy. (and also some talk, why does Lucas only have short flings, because of his superhero life, inability to tell people about it, etc.)
Why rock climbing? 😮
Pre-reset 1.0 Lucas once had a date who, through some mix-up, believed Lucas was rich and wanted to kill him for his money. Rock climbing accident was one of the assassination attempts.
I’ve just thought, may Lucas have some lingering, suppressed romantic feelings towards Ethan?
Like a straight guy would see a cute (but totally unhinged) girl. Kind of “just friends” but, well, she is a cute girl – which makes it easier to forgive her some peculiarities…
They really just act more like brothers. Also, Ethan is *really* not Lucas’ type – he’s literally said so.
When CAD changed from 1.0 to 2.0 Ethan was his son for a short moment before it timeskipped and then retconned it back to roommates.
A gay man is capable of being very close friends with another man without being attracted to them.
He loves him, yes. But it’s an almost family type love.
Also for the record it’s possible for straight men to be friends with girls too, no matter how attractive, without desiring them as partners. Most seem to choose to go with the “screw anything that moves” tactic though
Actually if anything he was under selling himself
Sigh. Red shirt…
Gay route! Gay route!
Am excited for how this plays out~
Lucas should not accept any drinks from him. It’s already nebulous whether Ethan still has powers.
The actual reason Lucas is gay here is because of the response to an old April Fool’s comic in CAD 1.0 where Tim just switched shirts/clothes on all the main characters and Lucas happened to wear Lilah’s Pink clothes, and little edgelords in the comments raged at the costume change and thought Lucas looked gay (in the homophobic way). Tim later responded he was tempted to make him gay just to piss off the immature part of the audience. In CAD 2.0 I guess he kind of kept that promise, but wrote him well, like a normal human being. Correct… Read more »
I would not doubt that there were people that reacted that way to the April Fool’s strip… nor that I would respond to the homophobes by being that snarky. And I’ll agree it’s an amusing coincidence, but definitely not the reason why Lucas is gay in 2.0. During the year+ long process of planning out 2.0, and what I wanted to do/accomplish with the new direction, and what stories I wanted to tell and who these characters were/could be… I’m not sure that April Fool’s strip ever even crossed my mind, honestly.
Happy coincidence then. :O
Thanks for clearing that theory up.
I knew it! While reading the page before this one I thought:Lucas dates handsome guys, are we going to see his date, maybe not…?
Ant then, it happened 🙂