Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 30 August- 3 September 2010
Cartilage Head:
Dora's entire character has changed within the past year or so of strips and it is pretty silly. She used to be super cool and understanding, and now she is just an ultra-jealous girlfriend. This kind of thing never would have happened a few years ago in the comic.
bicostp:
She's not just high-strung, she's paranoid. Remember when Cosette was first introduced? An innocent social faux pas (which likely happens to Dora far mroe often) turned into "some bullshit test" and "OH MY GOD WHAT ELSE ARE YOU NOT TELLING ME ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP?!". Or when Faye and Sven hooked up, she started inventing ulterior motives and scenarios to explain it then got pissed about what happened in them. (#1095, #1097, and #1098)
Now clearly Marten was merely biding his time with Dora until someone else came along and did all the "get Faye back into relationship-mode" work for him and he's using her post-date shakes as an opportunity to hook up with her like he always intended to from the get-go right? RIGHT?!
I hope this arc doesn't wind up with Marten tied to a bed in a remote cabin with broken knees courtesy of Dora's baseball bat.
IanClark:
I don't even think she has to get over her issues (at least not suddenly or urgently), I just think she has to start identifying them as her own issues. When the whole thing with Cosette happened, her immediate reaction of anger was understandable even though not actually logical. However, what wasn't understandable was the fact that it took Marten walking her through it for her to realize that he hadn't actually done anything wrong. She should've been able to identify the pattern of her insecurity and jealousy and reason by herself that this was the cause of the red flags going up in her mind. Even though she's admitted in the past that these are her issues, it's meaningless to be self-aware if you never actually acknowledge it in practice.
Tergon:
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--- Quote from: Tergon on 30 Aug 2010, 05:57 ---Also yes I am aware that I'm once again brandishing The Useless Broom Made Entirely Out Of Dicks at the fanboy ocean, and I DO NOT CARE.
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OK, where the hell did you get this reference from?
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Remember last week's "Awkward Pause" comic when Dora said she hated Toto and it ended with a shot of Sadface Marten? I commented on last week's thread that Dora's reaction to Marten's question, and therefore Marten's reaction to Dora's reaction, made perfect sense in context and were not a reason to start screaming about how they were destined to break up.
I then noted that trying to argue against the screaming horde of plot-haters was rather like "Trying to hold back the ocean with a broom made entirely out of dicks".
This week, as you can see, the Useless Broom Made Entirely Out Of Dicks is back in play.
bicostp:
Ruh roh.
"HOW DARE YOU HELP YOUR CLOSEST PLATONIC FEMALE FRIEND CALM DOWN AFTER AN EMOTIONALLY STRENUOUS EXPERIENCE :x"
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