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Do you like Faye, as a character?
Doug S. Machina:
Not sure about Faye moving out, but Hannelore stretching her boundries is undoubtedly good. Living with another human might be overdoing it at this stage, and Faye in particular might not the best choice, but as comedy it's a inch from being a formula "odd couple". She's an obsessive-compulsive clean-freak enumerator! She's an angry lush with abandonment issues! They Fight Crime...er, share an apartment. With hilarious consequences!
Niomi:
I joined just to post in this thread. No, I don't like Faye.
I don't think she's a well-developed character at all. Her 'issues' are all emo and little substance. If Faye was a real person, I'd be very annoyed that she was letting her issues control her life and hurt the people around her. The comic would be much better if it explored that angle, but the way her problems are written about instead reveals the author's limited understanding of how people deal with emotional trama (or at least, his limited ability to write about it).
Since Faye has been out of the picture somewhat, the comic has become a lot more lighthearted. I think the author is a lot better at writing in this style. This is what makes Hanner's non-realistic portrayal of OCD enjoyable for me, while Faye's problems are not.
easilyamused:
disclaimer: the only life trauma I can claim to have faced is my parents getting divorced, which was really upsetting and damaging but hardly on a par with watching your father shoot himself, so maybe Niomi has a better idea of how people handle life-changing trauma than I do.
But if you don't, then where on earth are you coming from? Faye watched her father shoot himself in front of her. How is that 'little substance'? I don't think she's emo at all; I think she's healing from a tremendously scarring experience with a lot more strength than most people would. Granted, she says she isn't capable of a healthy relationship right now, but I think that's a sign of maturity, not 'letting her issues control her life' -- she knows she could hurt other people (ie Marten) a lot more if she tried to give them more than she is currently capable of giving, so she doesn't. I think Jeph's treatment of Faye's story was extremely skillful and understanding.
Jackie Blue:
--- Quote from: easilyamused on 12 Feb 2008, 11:40 ---I think Jeph's treatment of Faye's story was extremely skillful and understanding.
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Keyword: was. Faye has become stagnant. In fact she was never consistent to begin with. Look at the first 300 or so strips. Faye was not nearly as mean. She was actually kind of "cute" acting. She smiled a lot.
Niomi:
I don't mean to play a game of "You think you've got it bad, I've gone through this AND this!" Life trauma doesn't make you a great writer, trauma does not necessarily make you understanding of others, nor does it work the other way around. I don't mean to make the experience of watching one's father shoot himself seem trivial. I also don't mean to say that Jeph is a heartless bastard that has no sympathy for the families of people who have committed suicide. I just don't buy the way Faye deals with her trauma and the focus it has in the story, so I don't like her character.
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