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Weekly comic thread, 5/10 - 5/14
raoullefere:
Oh, come now—essay? it's only 600 or so words. Ah heh. Ah hah. AhahahahahaHAhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Aheh. Ahhhh. You're probably right. Thing is, someone linked to Sven swatting Faye with the magazine to cure self-pity, and I remembered why I thought he was so good for her, being such a good friend, and going to help Faye turn around, get herself out of this pit trap of self-loathing she keeps sitting in. I kept reading, only to see him, as you say, revert to type. And he did it so completely, too. I had such hopes for the guy (the first time around—I'm not quite that daft). I remembered thinking "he's not as bad as Dora says he is." I was right, of course: he's worse.
If he was a dog, of course, I wouldn't be angry—a dog is a dog, and even extensive training doesn't make it anything else. But Sven is a (albeit fictional) human being, which means, supposedly, he can overcome his baser nature. It's our greatest gift that we can do that, sometimes, and our second greatest curse that we sometimes cannot. I hate the curse part.
Is it cold in here?:
"Trap" is a good word. Faye may be preemptively sabotaging herself as opposed to displaying an honest caution label.
Heliphyneau:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 14 May 2010, 12:42 ---
--- Quote from: Heliphyneau on 14 May 2010, 11:20 ---Carl Notappearinginthiscomic: "Dude, I was in line for coffee today, and the two girls behind the counter totally started snuggling. It was so hot."
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Where did you find my last name?
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Oh, YOU know how.
What? All the Carls meet on a biweekly basis to discuss Carl-related things. I only know because I married one. But don't worry, I don't know the secret handshake!
westrim:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 14 May 2010, 22:25 ---"Trap" is a good word. Faye may be preemptively sabotaging herself as opposed to displaying an honest caution label.
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--- Quote ---trap
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I... cannot resist... the Dark Side!
IT'S A TRAP
--- Quote from: raoullefere on 14 May 2010, 21:31 ---Aheh. Ahhhh. You're probably right. Thing is, someone linked to Sven swatting Faye with the magazine to cure self-pity, and I remembered why I thought he was so good for her, being such a good friend, and going to help Faye turn around, get herself out of this pit trap of self-loathing she keeps sitting in. I kept reading, only to see him, as you say, revert to type. And he did it so completely, too. I had such hopes for the guy (the first time around—I'm not quite that daft). I remembered thinking "he's not as bad as Dora says he is." I was right, of course: he's worse.
If he was a dog, of course, I wouldn't be angry—a dog is a dog, and even extensive training doesn't make it anything else. But Sven is a (albeit fictional) human being, which means, supposedly, he can overcome his baser nature. It's our greatest gift that we can do that, sometimes, and our second greatest curse that we sometimes cannot. I hate the curse part.
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That is true. They were pretty good friends before doing the horizontal samba. If only Faye hadn't kissed him out of the blue... just like Marigold did to Angus... Oh Jeph, you bastard.
Though that does support the point. Angus and Sven are fundamentally different people leading fundamentally different lives. If Angus banged Marigold for a couple months (assuming in this scenario that sex was all they both wanted, as Faye said was the case) then fucked a one night stand, that would be horrifying. But that was par for the course for Sven, up until he lost Faye. If a candy bar threw itself in his face, he was gonna chow down.
And I guess a nonsentient being was a bad example. How about a guy who's a shoplifter, lifting candy and such just because it it's so easy for him, it tastes good and it's over quick- then one day a clerk takes a shine to him and gives him a gobstopper every day for, I dunno, walking her dog. Acouple months later the guy filches a Butterfinger from the shop and eats it, but feels bad for eating it for the first time. He fesses up to the clerk, who gets really sad and bars him from that checkout aisle, and starts changing his thieving ways. But every time from then on, all the clerks give him a hard time and check his pockets, even though he has a whole cart of groceries and books on the Crusades to buy, damnit! On his way to checkout the Reese's display fell right in front of him, but he walked around it!
See what I mean? I may have stretched it a little, but that's mostly my perspective on Sven and the way he's been treated by the characters and some of the fanbase (but not by Jeph, methinks) since he and Faye ended things.
...That's a bit long. Oh well, I had an analogy to make.
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: Mad Cat on 14 May 2010, 20:56 ---
--- Quote from: Tuitsuro on 14 May 2010, 05:09 ---[Faye] is basically telling Angus 'Caution, enter at your own peril'.
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More like "Abandon all hope ye who enter here." amirite?
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No, that's "Mawwage! Twue Wuv!"
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