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Faye and Angus: LTR?
jwhouk:
Someday, around strip 3000, they'll break up.
I mean, c'mon, it's a pattern, amirite?
Boomslang:
--- Quote from: srsbznss on 22 Mar 2011, 22:38 ---Personally, I'm shocked 'Explosive breakup' only got one vote. Shit, they're happy now, but remember what happened last time? Faye's psychosis could pop up any second. They've progressed so quickly, I'm sure she's having doubts. She's probably... a mix of exhilarated with her ability to carry on a normal relationship with a guy she has romantic interest in, and waiting for the axe to fall in every way. For Angus to sprout some horrific flaw, or herself to shift wrong, crack the illusion and snap in a violent rage of emotional agony and unidentifiable, gooey viscera!
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Angus has displayed his faults, and they're really very banal. I give Faye a bit more credit than you do- for me, being cheated on would be a valid reason to end a relationship, as she did with Sven. Regardless of how you may feel about Angus, he's not a trigger for Faye's real issues.
--- Quote ---As for their future, I fully agree that Angus is underdeveloped as a character... and that we haven't seen enough time of them together, assuming we see all of their significant meetings. They don't know each other well enough to have had sex yet (That is my personal opinion only) and I think they'll realize that quickly, as they start to see the smaller things in each other that they may not like.
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They're past the point where they're pointing out physical flaws and otherwise mortal emotional drawbacks. They've seen the BIGGER things about each other that they might not like- the smaller things are just that.
--- Quote ---I fully DISAGREE that Jeph is 'pairing off' Faye. He's far too meticulous in his characterizations to do such a thing. Angus sort of popped up after she got her single shred of normalcy and healing CRUSHED, and demanded her attention. His tenacity wasn't easily ignored or avoided, as surprise kiss showed us! She's rushing again. Rushing into sex and putting too much into it... This might be the same sort of thing, but with a lot more weight. If she lets her feelings get involved (Like she tried so hard not to with Sven), this could be devastating.
I think their future hinges on whether Angus will even be aware of her huge insecurity, much less be able to withstand it. I think that issue will crop up before they have TIME to start annoying each other. If not, this could fizzle quickly.
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Angus likes Faye for her being a spitfire, and Faye likes him because he tries to give as good as he gets. And they both genuinely like each other.
Seriously, you're starting to sound like a disappointed shipper here. Faye and Angus aren't anywhere near perfect- and that's okay, because it's not a requirement for a healthy, loving relationship.
If you're waiting for the 'other shoe' to drop, despite three pairs falling from the sky already, you'll be waiting without me. Faye isn't a hard woman to love, she just needs someone who NEEDS a challenge in the relationship. And I strongly suspect Angus is really that guy.
Skewbrow:
--- Quote from: srsbznss on 22 Mar 2011, 22:38 ---Personally, I'm shocked 'Explosive breakup' only got one vote. Shit, they're happy now, but remember what happened last time? Faye's psychosis could pop up any second. They've progressed so quickly, I'm sure she's having doubts.
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I have trouble understanding, why do you think they are progressing quickly? In comparison to Sven&Faye? On the contrary! Faye has been rationing the advances very carefully and taken small steps at a time. Well, since we don't have an exact time scale on the comic, it is hard to tell for sure. I may be wrong here, simply because I first read the Faye & Sven story during my initial archive binge. Faye knows that she needs to be careful. Angus received the Cliff's notes from Marten (sort of) while defeating the Awkward Zone, so he seems to understand at some level, why she needs to take her time.
Then again, it is hardly a secret to any forumite that I am happy to see this particular couple dance. It is nice to see Faye genuinely happy after all the earlier years. I also quite like Angus for some reason. Can't quite put my finger on it, though. May it is the role of the awkward jester that I (in vain) attempted to grab in my own circle (still doing battle with my GOM surface)? May be it is just that my wife needed a longish period of persuasion, too? Faye and Angus also seem to match relatively well, but I'm too nerdy to analyze that in detail - several other forumites have done that much more eloquently.
Still too early to tell, whether they are for keeps. Let them enjoy the porridge for now.
Mr_Rose:
Yeah, srsbznss, what are you on about? "What happened last time" was that Faye had an almost exclusively physical relationship with a pre-specified end-trigger then followed through when that trigger (almost inevitably) occurred. She felt appropriately hurt/betrayed for a few days (weeks?) then moved on with her life, with pretty much exactly no signs of psychosis (which, BTW, is a specific condition which Faye simply doesn't have) and has even settled into a stable "meh, whatever" semi-distant acquaintanceship with her ex-lover. This is, despite what soap operas would have you believe, a healthy, appropriate reaction.
If anyone went a little crazy over that, it was Sven; he's been semi-depressed and consciously trying to distance himself from the behaviours which led him to screw up what he apparently considers one of the best things that's ever happened to him...
Is it cold in here?:
I don't think either one has said "I love you" yet, at least not onscreen.
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