Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCT March 30-34
pwhodges:
Gosh! Wikipedia knows that they were called cheeselogs in the town where I grew up.
Mallli_kite:
--- Quote from: lily-kiernan on 01 Apr 2009, 04:58 ---I don't know guys, I think that maybe we're processing this from the point of view of our protagonist, Faye. From his point of view, FROM WHAT HE COULD SEE, he was hooking up with one chick, like he had so many times previously, this outwardly strong girl who was willing to give him shit, who was his intellectual superior. Who would obviously be able to handle anything, right? So, he sleeps with another girl, and feels terrible about it, because he really did like Faye. If he didn't, he wouldn't have had any problem with it: she was just a hookup, after all. So he fesses up to it, and instead of being defensive at her aloofness, he feels worse. HE HAS SOUL.
I really sympathize with him. I've never been in this situation, or anything remotely like it, but I think I can understand why he's feeling as bad as he is: he really likes Faye. And Faye doesn't know it.
On another note: the minute I'm willing to give up my severe insect phobia, the rolly-poly bug will be the first on the "cute" list.
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Lily, I agree with you on Sven. I still think he should apologize and mean it, which also means he has to extend himself a bit -- I mean, obviously Faye was more emotionally involved than he realized, and apparently he is also more involved than he thought he was -- he has to get over the feeling sorry for himself part and move on to how OTHER people might feel. I suspect that will shake his world up a bit.
However, I can't get with you on the cute bug thing. My phobia and I will be cowering in the corner with the RAID.
innermoppet:
Just for the sake of argument, lets assume that Sven ISN'T romantically interested in Faye. Even if he genuinely can't fathom a relationship with her, he did the one thing I don't think he's ever done. He became friends with a woman first. He established a connection that was not based on sex. He doesn't do that. Unlike Marten who is surrounded by platonic female relationships, Sven had no female friends before Faye. So now he this friendship all tangled up in his sex life which is exactly what he has always avoided. It's a lot easier to hurt people if you have no connection to them beyond sex.
Sven is feeling some extreme self pity because for once, he saw the consequences of his behavior. He saw how much he hurt Faye. Her face in that scene broke my heart. Romantic entanglement aside, who wouldn't feel like garbage seeing that? Whether or not Faye's hurt was justified, it hurts to hurt someone else.
For some reason Sven is reminding me this one Dilbert comic. Wally laments that he pet a cat for an hour and it didn't make him feel good. It was explained to him that petting was for the cat, not for him and so he exclaims that cats are terribly selfish. He didn't get that the good feelings come from doing something kind for another creature.
Telling Faye was the right and kind thing to do. Not because she expected monogamy but because it put her in the position of being able to deal with an honest situation so she could make healthy choices for herself. Everyone deserves that right.
But for Sven, it's hard to understand that there is no reward FOR HIM for telling the truth. When you are a narcissist and/or a person with very little moral code, I can see how honesty would just seem ridiculous.
raoullefere:
My, my. Lydia is, well, I don't know another word for it: snaking. Yes, if we could see it, her head is definitely weaving from side to side in that last panel. I'm liking her more and more.
Oh, Sven has a reward; it's simply not good enough for him. I guess I'm cheap, but someone who's been critical of me (whom I know is correct) saying she's proud of me would feel pretty good, even in my misery. But, of course, it's the knowing (or admitting, anyway) that Lyds is right that's the kicker. Hopefully, though, Sven will grow up enough to thank her in the end someday.
Damn Freudian slips.
Rocketman:
--- Quote from: MamiyaOtaru on 01 Apr 2009, 05:09 ---So what part of the country is that from? I grew up calling them pill bugs. Also, was going to post a giant isopod picture, but Faye beat me to it
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I grew up in south Mississippi and never heard them called anything but roly-polys.
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