Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCT: March 16-20
Twelvth:
I'm not sure her reaction to the girl was too over the top. It WAS over the top, but not necessarily too much so. I mean, all she did was pull out her sword and glare menacingly pretty much. (as we can see from the fact that the girl is still intact and at work later.)
raoullefere:
Littlefox made a post! Raw meat! BLOOD! AHHHHRRRGGGG!
*ahem*
--- Quote from: littlefox on 18 Mar 2009, 09:27 --- It's like she's setting a trap for Marten and seeing if he'll fall into it. And then he does. And then ... she ... says she doesn't care? Which again doesn't make sense, if she IS "the jealous type."
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Some women (no, not ALL, by any means, Malli-kite) and some men actually do this, in various forms. They say 'it's okay" because they know, have been told, seen on OOprah (Oh, how I hate her and her bearded stooge, let me count the ways), etc. that this is normal behavior (which it is), nothing serious (usually), and so on. The traps are set because, deep in the depths of their insecure little hearts, these individuals don't buy into that at all. They are certain, on some level, that their partners are always looking for a better deal, and want to catch them at it to be done with the tension and get back to the wretched loneliness they deserve.
This seems to fit Dora to a T. She got this idea about herself from girls using her to get to Sven and then ditching her. Small surprise Dora thinks Marten might be only with her until he finds someone 'better': hasn't she got evidence that this is how life works for her?
On the positive side, a few strips ago she admitted it was a problem, and that she might need help. But knowing there's a problem is one thing; quashing that visceral reaction when your 'triggers' rear their ugly heads is quite another.
So today we see Dora as she wants to be, and strives to be daily. But unless she gets that help, the other will keep surfacing. And the harder Dora tries to keep it shoved down in the depths, the more energy it'll have when it does.
--- Quote from: Mallli_kite on 18 Mar 2009, 06:39 ---Saying that "all women are unpredictable and crazed" is as fallacious as saying "all men are sex-crazed horn-dogs"
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Stop messing with out solidarity! All men are sex-crazed horn-dogs. That's our story and we're sticking to it. Are you with me, brothers?
--- Quote from: Mallli_kite on 18 Mar 2009, 06:39 ---Ranty bit over. Time for caffeine.
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Odd. Caffeine-time is where many of my rants originate. Ahh, you're recharging!
Note that I kept my plurals going. Take that, Saffire, you putz.
Edit: sigh. our solidarity. Was that Freudian?
championofkhorne:
--- Quote from: raoullefere on 18 Mar 2009, 12:03 ---
--- Quote from: Mallli_kite on 18 Mar 2009, 06:39 ---Saying that "all women are unpredictable and crazed" is as fallacious as saying "all men are sex-crazed horn-dogs"
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Ranty bit over. Time for caffeine.
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Stop messing with out solidarity! All men are sex-crazed horn-dogs. That's our story and we're sticking to it. Are you with me, brothers?
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I'm with you all the way man lol
nimnix:
It certainly doesn't help Dora's insecurity that Marten liked Faye first. Faye is the "something better" that Dora is worried Marten will leave her for, after all. If only insecurity listened to logic, common sense, or proof.
littlefox:
Buhh? The obnoxious level of defensiveness in my comment actually ... prevented people from getting mad at me? I was assuming pie-throwing and much mockery. Oh, QC forum, I want so badly to understand you, but your motivations are as mysterious to me as, well, Dora's. Or Jeph's, for that matter.
I am annoyed by the dismissiveness of multiple commenters: "Dora's just actin' like a woman! All craaaazy-like! 'Cause ... yeah!" Or even the "well, my wife does that" or "my girlfriend has done that." It only makes me lose faith in humanity to read that. "People behave irrationally because, well, they just do that at times!" Really? I mean, I guess so ... I don't really have an argument against that, but it's still an unsatisfactory answer.
I am a girl. And I like to think I act with proper motivations besides, "OMG this will be mysterious and freakaayyy and totally weird out my boyfriend lots and lots! Hahahahaha ... let him try to guess the pattern ... he will never succeed ... until he finally leaves me, which I'm just waiting for anyway, because a man's best talent is breaking hearts." But, maybe there IS no logic to what I do, and I am a slave to hormones, moods, and dessstiny.
All that aside, raoullefere -- your post made sense to me, probably the only logical justification for Dora's actions that I've even heard thus far. It doesn't completely satisfy me, but it helps more than the "well, you know how PEOPLE/WOMEN/MEN are" explanations.
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