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WCDT 30 August- 3 September 2010

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IanClark:
The only part of this that pisses me off is the way Dora's expression seems to be saying "You have five seconds to make me not want to kill you" instead of "I want to know what's going on right now." Surprising, considering Dora's place as the second-most altruistic and understanding of the main cast, but she seems to have a tendency to blame Marten and Faye on some level for making her jealous. That's not to say she should blame herself for her own jealousy given the past between Marten and Faye, but by this point jealousy, fear and angst are understandable reactions, contempt is not. Once this particular incident blows over, Marten needs to break out of his role as the perpetually understanding guy and let her know that this is starting to wear on him. Having been in a relationship where I constantly felt like the guilty party trying to absolve themselves, not only does it breed resentment, but if it ends in a breakup it ensures that neither party will ever feel closure.

firewhiskeybomb:
Look- I've never been a fan of Dora- from the beginning. And this constant "OMG Marten mentions another girl/looks at another girl/another girl is interested in Marten" jealousy freak is starting to grate.

I'm not saying that Faye is the right girl for Marten- just that really, either Dora gets over her insecurities, or Marten breaks up with her. Because that understanding, emotionally available guy only stays that way if you get over your issues enough to appreciate him. Otherwise he either a. breaks up with you or b. becomes that whipped, insecure, clingy guy.

And it's not so much that b is unlikely, as that, should it go down that road, it's not a path that's going to be good, commercially, for this comic. Because if Marten really, realistically goes down path b, then he and Dora are going to alienate most of the QC crew. And that's bad for this comic.

I've been reading this comic out of habit for a while now. If we walk down path b... or some unrealistic middle ground... I've seen enough abusive relationships in RL. I don't want to read comics about them.

Switchblade:
yeah, Dora's on a hair trigger. but that's always been part of her personality, and it's not going to go away overnight... especially not in the middle of the night.

I don't get all this clamour for a breakup or a flaming row. Let Jeph write the comic and see what he does with it, that's my thinking. Maybe he's decided it's time for Marten and Dora to have Words about her "YOU ARE HUGGING YOUR BEST FEMALE FRIEND EXPLAIN THIS FAGGOTRY" thing. Maybe it's just another case of Dora being grouchy and irrational and then realising it and apologizing. Maybe it's time for Marten to fuck her in the ear again.

For me, the fun in reading the comic is in watching somebody else's (AKA Jeph's) creative direction. Sit back and enjoy the ride I say, and stop trying to second-guess where he's going.

Akima:

--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 30 Aug 2010, 13:28 ---You can get a degree in psychoanalyzing fictional characters.

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Eng. Lit.?

Tergon:

--- Quote from: Switchblade on 30 Aug 2010, 20:30 ---For me, the fun in reading the comic is in watching somebody else's (AKA Jeph's) creative direction. Sit back and enjoy the ride I say, and stop trying to second-guess where he's going.

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Well said.  For the better part of 2000 comics Jeph has kept the writing at an entertaining, funny level that fleshed out the characters properly but didn't get stale or boring.  He has consistently NOT done what people in the forum have expected (and yes, I know, there was that one time you totally saw it coming that the crazy thing happened.  Shut up, I dont' care), has kept it going with unpredictable twists, and has made the story geniunely entertaining.  I highly doubt that he's going to collossaly fuck it up now.

If he ever looks in this forum - and for the sake of his poor abused psyche I hope not ;) - then he'd have known exactly how the rabid fans would react to this.  Namely, with screaming and OMG TEH COMIC IS TEH SUXXXXXX.  But he did it anyway, while openly acknowledging this is the start of a new story arc.  So how's about we just see what he has planned before the screaming, huh?  So far what's happened has been in character and made sense.  Stop with the bitching until that changes!

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