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WCT February 9-13
Border Reiver:
Actually the only way to keep a secret is to tell noone.
And I think Sven's being optimistic - Lydia's role will be to assist in the provision of an alibi.
And given the length of time that has passed, Sven and Faye appear to be in a relationship, so him telling her is being honest.
Angafirith:
--- Quote from: braindead on 11 Feb 2009, 21:31 ---she could almost be blamed for Svens infidelity cause keep him at distance made it easier for him to cheat on her
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I know this is just a side quote, but this sort of mentality bothers me. It's not my fault, they made me do it. These days people seem really willing to blame the victims. Fortunately, it appears that Sven is pretty pissed off at himself and knows that he screwed up.
See, if he was feeling pissed off about how she was keeping him at a distance, he should have called the whole thing off. Getting it on with Gina after that wouldn't be cheating, would it?
I'd argue that she hasn't been pushing him off anyway. There's been a couple times where she's tried to open up to him (see restroom call) and he's refused.
TryScience:
--- Quote ---I'd argue that she hasn't been pushing him off anyway. There's been a couple times where she's tried to open up to him (see restroom call) and he's refused.
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Restroom call was back when they were still drawing the battlelines and Faye was adamantly "This is NOT" a relationship. I don't fault Sven for not picking up on/responding to Faye's moment of "weakness". He's certainly no expert on healthy communication and monogamy himself.
On the one hand, I'd say Faye should categorically dump Sven, because he cheated. On the other hand, can you cheat on a non-relationship? We know Faye has said she'd be history if he slept with someone else, and so even if Sven doesn't feel he cheated he's at least scared of her reaction or losing her. Either way he needs to tell her. It would be nice if it led to a "moment" a la Clone High (gone too soon!*tear*)and better communication, but I don't know if that would feel organic to the characters.
I don't know what I want to happen here. I'm content to see where Jeph takes it.
In other news, I hope Dora gets run over by a bus and Marten dates cute library girl instead. This comic has enough dysfunctional, insecure, neurotic females. I hate people whose asses are on fire. Knork.
Mallli_kite:
--- Quote from: Alphalpha on 12 Feb 2009, 01:24 ---Looks to me like Sven only told Lydia because he was distracted by his self-angry thoughts, I think it just slipped out. We can see here that Sven's relationship with Faye, whatever form that might take, means a lot to him because he is normally so open about his 'encounters', but he wants to keep this one quiet so he can continue meeting with her.
We also learned that Faye is better at the sexin' than Gina Riversmith :wink:
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I"m leaning toward this one. Sven is having brand new thoughts and they are taking up all this thinking power. He can't think about this new sensation of guilt, the fact he actually didn't like the sex he had, and that he might have feelings for Faye (who, from past evidence, would never admit having feelings for him) and keep up a subterfuge.
As for the intern -- it really is none of her business, even if she knows. Not everything a person knows has to come spilling out of his/her mouth. If asked, she need not lie, but to threaten to run and tell isn't about honesty, but about power. She's making a threat to someone else who has some power over her (her boss, so to speak) and now she has something that gives her power over him, so in typical immature style, she's gonna tell! she's gonna tell! She's just short of dancing around and pointing her finger.
How do I know? I've been in a similar spot at the intern, knowing a friend was cheating largely with his then-fiance, also a friend. I was never asked, but I never threatened to tell. I encouraged cheater boy to tell, though, and expressed my disapproval, but in the end it isn't my job to go around forcing my moral code on others. They gotta make their own mistakes and live with them.
Wow. I just realized Jeph has finally created a character to whom I have taken a strong dislike. Whatsername intern girl was not my favorite when she appeared, with her unrealistic expectations and somewhat obnoxious expressions, but now she's just taken the next step.
--- Quote from: Norton Quintessential on 12 Feb 2009, 04:10 ---Why would he want to boast about someone who's lousy at bangin' knowing full well he'd be killed for it?
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I didn't get the idea Sven was boasting, really, and you point out two excellent reasons why that interpretation doesn't make sense. I really see it as Sven having Brand New Thoughts, and just having them is really shaking him up.
maddness:
He fucked up and he's knows that, for all of Faye's crazy, she's likely to be hurt by what he's done, so he has guilt. I think Sven told Lydia because the guilt was eating at him and he needed to get it off his chest, to confess. He didn't want to tell Faye for obvious reasons, but he wanted to tell someone in hopes that it would ease the guilt a little. I also think Sven doesn't want to lose what he has with Faye and, even though he makes it sound like he just doesn't want to die, he's afraid that she'll be gone when she finds out what he did.
Someone, either here on in another topic, mentioned Dora's reaction to this situation and Sven not putting up with BS. Yet right after they slept together, the second time, he was genuinely concerned about Dora killing him for it. Dora did warn Faye about Sven more than once, but she's also told Sven not to mess with Faye. She was also originally pretty pissed at Faye for sleeping with Sven. So who knows where she'll fall on this one. I think she'll be upset at her brother for hurting Faye and she'll feel bad for Faye, but part of her will "You knew this would happen."
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