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Oh, Sven ...
reverie:
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--- Quote from: Superkid11 on 25 Feb 2009, 16:32 ---Sven feels bad because she was hurt, not because he believes he did something wrong.
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That more or less hits the nail squarely on the head.
Sven and Faye had a mutual understanding that the casual sexual relationship they shared would come to an end if Sven decided to sleep with another woman, and while he doesn't view what he did with Gina Riversmith as wrong in and of itself, he's aware that it caused Faye no small amount of pain, and that it would bring about the end if she were to become aware of it, and for this he feels a understandable, reasonable measure of guilt and regret.
I think that Faye knew just what she was getting herself into from the start, understanding Sven's "romantic" history, and while she knew that the events we've watched unfold could and in all probability would happen, she didn't want to believe it. She found herself more attracted to him than she was willing to admit, hoped that everything would run smoothly and, maybe, in the end, that things would fall into place - she'd be prepared emotionally for a deeper relationship, and Sven would have developed feelings for her strong enough to warrant being exclusive. And maybe he has, though he has yet to find its way into his conscious mind. Maybe he'll seek to make amends and the two will come out stronger for the experience.
Or perhaps all will dissolve into chaos and calamity. This is Questionable Content, after all.
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'zactly.
--- Quote from: jedraft on 25 Feb 2009, 10:40 ---Sorry. No sympathy for Faye. It's one of those "get a helmet" moments that life hands you. And the unbelievable double-standard is absurd.
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I can see how some people's interpretations of this might fall along a double standard, but I don't see how suggesting people have a measure of compassion for their causal sex buddies is a double standard. You never really explained to how or why casual sex ought to exist in a complete emotional vacuum.
Why does this have to be such a black-and-white issue? They were both forewarned, and I think *both* of their reactions are pretty reasonable.
Remember, Faye never yelled as Sven. She walked out, like she promised she would, and let out her anger by cursing at him when she was away. Even if it's a situation she should be prepared to deal with, that doesn't mean she should have to pretend it's okay with her when it's not.
I think the complete moral outrage against Sven is probably unwarranted, and while I can understand Dora's anger (she's sticking up for her hurt friend), I think she's probably wrong to freak out at him; but none of that means that it's wrong for Faye to feel bad about Sven sleeping with another girl.
jeph:
It's funny.
Literally every single argument in the comic this far has found both parties at fault (if not equally so). And yet in every instance people INISIST upon declaring one side the guilty one.
Random832:
--- Quote from: jeph on 26 Feb 2009, 01:39 ---It's funny.
Literally every single argument in the comic this far has found both parties at fault (if not equally so). And yet in every instance people INISIST upon declaring one side the guilty one.
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I don't recall any explanation of just what Marten did wrong in his last fight with Dora.
Lost Coastlines:
--- Quote from: Random832 on 26 Feb 2009, 05:12 ---
--- Quote from: jeph on 26 Feb 2009, 01:39 ---It's funny.
Literally every single argument in the comic this far has found both parties at fault (if not equally so). And yet in every instance people INISIST upon declaring one side the guilty one.
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I don't recall any explanation of just what Marten did wrong in his last fight with Dora.
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Which one? In the most recent one, he admitted he purposefully hid information from her. That doesn't in any way justify her behavior, but it does earn him a couple at fault percentage points. Just a couple.
I'm having a hard time seeing where he was at all to blame for the fight over his haircut, though.
kabukiman:
Because most persons try to see both perspectives as if both had a bit of true. Both being completly wrong is a bizarre idea.
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