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WCDT 30 August- 3 September 2010
Carl-E:
It is a poor joke, in poor taste, and not very effective. If Sven really is joking. I honestly can't tell.
One of the biggest problems was that Marten asked, "What do you think?"
Then he found out.
Damn, it's a holiday weekend. We're going to be talking about this the whole time, aren't we?
Guess I'll watch y'all hash it out until Monday.
Akima:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 04 Sep 2010, 06:04 ---Damn, it's a holiday weekend.
--- End quote ---
Labor Day? So put your white shoes away until next year, m'kay?
Tergon:
Ain't no holiday down here in the South. Just a simple little day in my simple little country where I go to my simple little job in my simple little life.
Anyway. I'm going back at the archives, and I have to ask - exactly how are people getting to the conclusion that Sven is obsessed with Faye? I mean, yes, he's hung up on her a bit. But, well, this is the last time he said anything to Faye. And this is the time before that. If you didn't click those, in the first link he says two words to Faye while having fun with Marigold's fear of him. In the second, it's the Beer Sledding Party where he jams his foot in his mouth and then tries to apologise. Now we see him again and he's making a statement (ignoring whether it's a joke or not for now) about the fact that Faye has rather nice bosoms. I spend more time chasing after pictures of zany turtles on the internet than he does chasing after Faye, and no, I am not obsessed with zany turtles.
So have I somehow missed a massive chunk of the archives in which Sven stands in the street staring in Faye's bedroom window looking sad? Maybe builds a shrine and effigy of her? Sobs quietly to himself in his room about his breakup and calls her every five minutes? Maybe does, oh, I don't know, anything at all that might reasonably be considered obsessive behaviour? Or has he, in fact, simply shown to be a little fixated on the physical attractiveness of a girl he used to have casual sex with?
And yes, I am aware that I'm madly swinging the Useless Broom Made Entirely Out Of Dicks as I post this, but my question remains valid. How the hell do we make the jump from "Sven kind of likes Faye" to "ZOMG OBSESSION!"
Malsies:
You did miss this one.
Edit: Also, I know everyone's kinda hung up on Sven Being an Asshole right now (c'mon, really, he's just being Sven), but I want to take advantage of this rare deviation from my lurking and say that I really hope this arc leads to Faye looking for a new job.
Tergon:
I did indeed. I actually looked for that but found the Beer Sledding party first, and assumed I must have been remembering the order wrong. Thank you for finding it!
Still... considering that he's basically telling Faye that he accepts he was a dick and wants to not be enemies any more, I'd just as cheerfully toss this comic on the "Not Obsessed" pile. Especially considering his little self-depreciating smile and comment in his next appearance, three comics later.
Edit in response to Malsies' edit:
Interesting thought. So after this drama Faye might play the, "I can't work for someone I have to also live with who is also my best female friend and dating my best male friend," card. Which is a really inconveniently long-named card to play, but I actually do get it! I guess the question becomes what Faye would do for work. Maybe something with her artistic talents? Or perhaps go back to college?
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