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WCDT 30 August- 3 September 2010

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vettechinohio:

--- Quote from: Technetium on 31 Aug 2010, 19:49 ---Martin should just get himself a fatty next time, they are much friendlier. Skinny girls rage and throw tantrums all the time because they know that they can just get rid of a guy whenever they want and get a new one within a couple hours. Fatties are nice to their boyfriends because they have nowhere else to go.

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Douchebag  :x

westrim:
Detail just noticed: Dora is wearing only underwear while yelling at her friends... for only wearing underwear. Still gonna wait and see, but I hope I'm waiting to see her apologize profusely without any of that "we're both wrong" stuff from Cosettegate.

raoullefere:

--- Quote from: Moxie on 31 Aug 2010, 12:37 ---I feel like the overall point is that, sure, lots of things could have been done, but no one was in a state to really do them. And really, it shouldn't have mattered. I agree with someone else who posted in here, that Dora makes every issue about herself, whether or not it is.

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I agree with the first sentence, but the second isn't true. Dora certainly makes every issue that might be some indicator that Marten is about to leave her about herself, even, admittedly, when it's not. That was at the core, I think, of her blow-up at Marten for supporting Faye when the Sven-Faye thing came to her attention.

But Dora can also be both supportive and self-effacing. Really, she has a Jekyll and Hyde thing going. When her insecurity's not being triggered (such as Bossing at CoD before she got in a relationship with Marten) Dora's a very nice person. I suspect the real problem has been that as her relationship with Marten and its imminent demise have occupied her thoughts more and more, her relationship insecurity is triggered by more and more by less obviously related events, and that what happened 'tonight' is the result of a great pile of fear that Dora now has heaped up. Reminds me a bit of what Hyde says about 'sin' in comic The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen II. The more there is, the bigger he grows, and the more he dominates everything while Jekyll wastes away.

There's no doubt Dora has to get her fears under control. But there's also no doubt the 'other' Dora is very much in evidence. That, if he does, will be why Marten sticks with her.  I hope he does, since it seems to me Dora badly needs him as a demonstration that her assumptions are a fallacy—which doesn't mean he shouldn't stand up for himself. Marten can do both, and may be the most uniquely equipped person to do so in the cast.

The more I think about it, the more I think Dora may be Jeph's finest, most subtle, most nuanced creation, character-wise. Can't wait to see what happens next.

Which, of course, means Marigold tonight, no doubt.

sophle:
Dora has insecurities. People are allowed to behave irrationally towards their friends/significant others once in a while--otherwise no one would have any friends. Dora is being ridiculous, but that doesn't mean she's a bitch.

My biggest problem is the "don't come into work" tomorrow thing. I get the heat-of-the-moment anger thing, but Dora'd better take that back; it is one thing to behave irrationally towards friends, another to do so towards an employee. As someone who runs her own business, Dora ought to be able to separate the two. If she actually tried to fire Faye over this, I'm pretty sure Faye would be allowed to sue, unless there was no contract whatsoever, which would be pretty unprofessional.

Also, how could anyone ever compare Peanuts to the Family Circus?

Kugai:
[speculativethought]  Dora's pregnant [/speculativethought]

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