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raoullefere:
Drat you, Mali-Kite, them's my lines. Ah, well. I will add that, except for setting the AnthroPCs on poor Gina, Faye's handling this pretty well. It's just a shame she had to invest, whether she meant to or not, so much in a guaranteed train wreck. But I haven't seen her say "how could he do this to me?" Rather, it's been, "I should have known, but it still hurts." I think that's about as objective as she can get at this point, and it gives me hopes she can pick herself up and try again.

As for Sven, all I can say is HA HA!, to quote the kid from the Simpsons. If I had any doubts, the "She was a good time," remark dispelled them:  I have a real problem with objectifying people who think you at least have friendly feelings towards them.

For those who wish to protest the smacking and whackings (okay, just a smacking) on Sven's poor tender head*, how many times has Sven said Dora would kill him if he slept with one of her friends? It seems that was a promise, not a threat. To paraphrase Tennessee Williams, Sven and Dora have had this date coming from the beginning.

The panel with Dora looming over Sven is awesome.

*It's my day for quoting. That's from Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles of Prydain.

bhtooefr:
Yeah, that "she was a good time" line definitely means he's being an asshole.

Random832:

--- Quote from: bhtooefr on 25 Feb 2009, 11:24 ---Yeah, that "she was a good time" line definitely means he's being an asshole.

--- End quote ---

Is that actually what he thinks or is it a defense mechanism?

HappyGrar:
[rabblerouse]

Isn't this generally when Skawronska jumps in and says "WAHAHAHA FAYE'S IN PAIN THIS IS SO GIVING ME A BONER I NEED A DRINK BURN FAYE BURN", thus elegantly refuting the existing argument that Sven's being kind of a prick and Faye's handling it fairly well?

[/rabblerouse]

I think I'm getting the hang of these-here forum thingies.

maddness:

--- Quote from: wargrafix on 25 Feb 2009, 07:44 ---Faye is a bit of a pussy for running and crying to everyone about her one night stand arrangements.

--- End quote ---

When guys run crying to their friends they're called pussies for acting like girls. Faye is actually a girl.  :-o

The male instinct is not to show weakness, especially when hurt, while females, who are more communicative by nature, turn to others for support. In Faye's case this is a huge step forward. She's been damaged and so generally keeps things in because she can't trust those around her. This leads to drinking and violence for her. That she's trusting these people and not doing something destructive to cope is just another sign that she's dealing with her issues.


Sven does seem to be objectifying Faye with the good time statement, but in the very same speech bubble he said that he liked her. Maybe he's trying to put the whole situation on a level he's comfortable with. He's not used to caring about a girls feelings when he screws them over. I think it bothers him that this time he does and he's trying to relegate Faye to the same status as the others.

He says he's sorry for hurting her and he stresses that he never made her promises. So I don't see it as him being unapologetic, I see it as him not willing to be raked across the coals for something he made no commitments about.

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