Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCT May 3-7, 2010 (1656-1660)
michi-love:
I don't think anyone is overreacting here, at all... especially not Dora. It's a sad, sorry thing, but the truth is, her entire life, Dora has watched her older brother fuck around with her friends, and considering what he did to Faye... no, she isn't being a Crazy Bitch, she's being a rightfully protective friend, saving her socially-inept* friend from the same horrors others have had to deal with.
*And while, yes, she won't get any less inept by their not allowing her to socialize... it would be nothing short of disastrous to let Sven do this to her. She can barely cope with the fact that her roommate doesn't want to kiss her - what would she do if she had her first time with Sven? And if he - as he seems to do a lot... - slept with another woman (Gina Riversmith take two?) it would utterly destroy her.
However, if she was to find a nice geeky dude who is not already interested in someone else and not, you know, sharing a home with her, I'm sure they would all encourage her to go for it.
raoullefere:
Amen, Michi-Love. I was thinking it's nice how Sven's ignoring his own contribution to Dora's "Crazy Bitch" state. Some of the comments I've seen seem to want to base Dora's reaction solely on the Sven-Faye debacle, when really, that's just the frosting on a large, fecal cake Sven's been depositing over the years. And his defensiveness isn't doing much to demonstrate any changes. It is entirely possible to be depressed and still emerge the same asshole you were before whatever sent you into your nose-dive, aka some people never learn.
Border Reiver:
Still, he's probably thinking, "First I run into someone and drop my book, she grabs it and runs away. Then I go into sis' shop for a drink, and maybe a chat, and boom! Three people start pointing and screaming, I still don't have my book back, and now I'm being threatened with violence for something that hasn't even crossed my mind. What's next?"
The Duke:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 02 May 2010, 22:48 ---The "look" doesn't work on everyone. Of course, he claims he missed Hannelore and got Faye instead.
--- End quote ---
--- Quote from: raoullefere on 02 May 2010, 23:31 ---Actually, I think 'the look' failed on Hanners because she's more or less sexually innocent, especially as far as interactions go.
--- End quote ---
He did hit Faye with it by accident* - note her blushing in the last panel.
(...and it kind of worked, big time.)
*Perhaps not by accident, I suppose.
Tuitsuro:
The overreaction comes from the fact that Sven really didn't make a move on Marigold.
Although I understand some of the sentiment against Sven, let's not forget here; Faye took the initiative. All joking aside, it was not 'the look' which somehow seduced her; Faye well knew what she wanted, and for better or worse, she took the first step in having a physical relationship with him. Sven's problem is that he was receptive, despite the fact that he well knew her problems. If anything, the man lacks self-control when a woman offers him sex. But Sven's obviously not going to attempt to seduce Marigold, I mean come on, has there ever been an example of him hitting on someone as naive as she is? Marigold would have to take the first step here this time, and given her current state, does anyone think she'd actually do it?
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