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WCDT - 6-10 September 2010 (1746-1750)
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: raoullefere on 10 Sep 2010, 01:35 ---in fact, I'd guess she actually 'went after' these AGs, stealing them from other girls (Sven makes a comment about this way back when)
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I don't remember that comment. Do you have enough context or keywords that I could look it up?
raoullefere:
Sven recalls Dora's 'girl-ninjary'. http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=335
He also says Dora's selfless beyond what's good for her. It's not clear (to me, anyway) if that's in the context of relationships or just in general. Given what he said to Marten a few strips ago, I'd say in general, though.
Two strips later, we also get the idea Sven has no idea the extent that Dora's really affected by his poaching. http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=337
Edit: Dammit, now I can't stop reading the archives.
Border Reiver:
that's why I try not to start more than once or twice a year....
Lost Coastlines:
--- Quote from: raoullefere on 10 Sep 2010, 07:41 ---I see what you're getting at about Dora and Faye, but at the same time it's a great stretch to see Faye, as defensive as she is, as Sven. Until, of course, Faye starts having sex with Sven. Then, my friend, you've a very definite case, if only because that situation throws Dora back into her old dynamic, something she's being trying to leave behind: hence her dropping the Goth thing, being interested in Marty as opposed to her usual 'type,' and so on.
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I think I relied too much on inference when I explained. Because of the feelings of inadequacy she developed from her relationship with Sven, Dora is quick to compare herself to other people and goes a little crazy if she doesn't measure up in any respect.
For example, http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1618. Marigold demonstrated that she's more computer literate than Dora and Dora responded very defensively. While it was mean for Dora to say those things, she's right; overall she has a lot more going for her than Marigold does. So why did she care so much that she doesn't measure up in a field she had previously described as a hobby?
So I don't think it matters that Faye was too defensive to ever get involved with any of the guys that fell for her. From what we've seen, Faye attracts suitors more easily than Dora. That probably hasn't been easy for Dora to watch, especially before she started dating Marten.
raoullefere:
Change that to 'Dora is quick to compare herself to other people and goes a little crazy if she doesn't measure up in any respect that she thinks she should,' and you may have something. For example, she's not upset when Marigold repairs Pintsize, even though Dora herself was his last 'doctor.'
Still, she's able to quickly self-correct in this blow-up. Why not at other times?
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