Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCT March 8-12 2010
westrim:
Just thought; why is Marigold apologizing? Dora went off the rails, not her. On the other hand, in the second panel she shows some spine, so... I dunno.
raoullefere:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 10 Mar 2010, 19:20 ---But I shouldn't speak for Raoullefere - he can speak for himself.
Just let me peel off the duct tape...
--- End quote ---
Ouch! Dammit.
--- Quote from: westrim on 10 Mar 2010, 18:28 ---
--- Quote from: raoullefere on 10 Mar 2010, 17:38 ---That took a few seconds to register, perhaps because I detest that film.
--- End quote ---
Detest it!? It's one of the handful of decent, non-syrupy Christmas films out there! What caused you to have such a strongly negative emotional response to it?
--- End quote ---
I'm not terribly fond of films composed mostly of embarrassing moments and personal disasters. I'm a dab hand at recalling my own—I'd just as soon as not have to deal with Shepherd's, too.
Dora always come through with the nice, doesn't she? And, no, I don't think Faye anticipated the reaction she got, but I'm fairly sure she knew it'd get more than, "Yeah, it does suck, doesn't it?" Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure Marigold can use all the hugs she can get.
And she's apologizing because she upset Dora. Who, in turn, provides an apology of her own. It's called courtesy, and it's the grease that keeps social interaction working. Save the "Humph, she doesn't deserve an apology" for the big things. Or be Faye. Your choice.
P.S. I'm probably riding Faye too hard, but she's really irritated me these last few comics. Amazin' what an unreal gel can manage, wot?
Is it cold in here?:
If you'll apologize for running over someone's toe by accident, doesn't it also make sense to apologize when you run over their feelings by accident?
Marigirl didn't do anything wrong, but if she didn't intend to hurt Dora that's all the more reason to be sorry that she did.
Would "Cuddle Rabies" be a good band name?
jwhouk:
If Dora was older, I'd swear she was going through The Change or something.
Oh dear God please do NOT let her be PREGNANT.
westrim:
--- Quote from: raoullefere on 10 Mar 2010, 22:48 ---I'm not terribly fond of films composed mostly of embarrassing moments and personal disasters. I'm a dab hand at recalling my own—I'd just as soon as not have to deal with Shepherd's, too.
Dora always come through with the nice, doesn't she? And, no, I don't think Faye anticipated the reaction she got, but I'm fairly sure she knew it'd get more than, "Yeah, it does suck, doesn't it?" Meanwhile, I'm pretty sure Marigold can use all the hugs she can get.
And she's apologizing because she upset Dora. Who, in turn, provides an apology of her own. It's called courtesy, and it's the grease that keeps social interaction working. Save the "Humph, she doesn't deserve an apology" for the big things. Or be Faye. Your choice.
P.S. I'm probably riding Faye too hard, but she's really irritated me these last few comics. Amazin' what an unreal gel can manage, wot?
--- End quote ---
Ah. Well, that's reasonable.
...Faye? I don't see how Dora was responding to Faye at all. It was all 3rd panel Marigold ("ooh we hit a nerve" notwithstanding, that is clearly what set Dora off). And that "coming through with the nice" is exactly my problem with her. She shows an incredibly nasty, vindictive, jealous personality that is clearly under how she usually appears- but a strip or 5 later it's all hunky-dory again. This, the intro for Cosette... you and Jeph may be fine with it, but it disturbs me greatly. Also (read here, Is it cold), there's courtesy and then there's reflexive apologizing and putting yourself down, which is what Marigold did and has done before. She didn't say anything dumb, she made a truthful, accurate, and not at all hurtful statement- complimentary even. It was solely on Dora. She threw herself in Marigold's bike path (to stretch the running over a toe metaphor). If Marigold had the spine in the 1st panel that she showed in the second, her response would have been very different- defense, not prostration. On Dora, it's not that this is a big thing, it's that it's yet another thing.
...Damit, I was worried I'd do this.
Well, on to Faye. Since she's grown so much I find it much easier to forgive her, especially since it seemed like she was taking to heart what Angus said.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version