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WCDT: 25-29 October 2010 (1781-1785)
Akima:
--- Quote from: AnAverageWriter on 28 Oct 2010, 01:36 ---And then Hanners suddenly comes in for no apparent reason and gives it all a squeeze in the behind. What can it possibly serve at this point?
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Hanners is very inexperienced in personal relationships, and has some buggy software, so it probably never occurred to her not to say anything. Sven (an experienced player) should have kept his mouth shut while he was on his date with Hanners, instead of dumping his unresolved issues on her (for no apparent reason). What possible purpose did that serve?
More great expressions in todays strip too. Art-kudos to Jeph. The buns with flourescent-coloured icing in the cabinet behind Faye look very unhealthy.
AnAverageWriter:
--- Quote from: Akima on 28 Oct 2010, 02:32 ---Hanners is very inexperienced in personal relationships, and has some buggy software, so it probably never occurred to her not to say anything. Sven (an experienced player) should have kept his mouth shut while he was on his date with Hanners, instead of dumping his unresolved issues on her (for no apparent reason).
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Indeed- Sven has a severe case of not-thinking-before-speaking syndrome...
I wonder where this all will lead...
Skewbrow:
--- Quote from: AnAverageWriter on 28 Oct 2010, 02:12 ---While I would lay doubts to the veracity of that claim, even if Sven isn't "over" Faye, he's still been trying to move on. And that first step, the date with Hanners, though it had rough parts, was a step in that direction.
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Hmm. I think that in Sven's mind the pretendate was mostly just a kind gesture. It may also have originally been a non-serious attempt to prove himself that he can move on, but then the memory of Faye hit him full force. It is an on/off thing. Sometimes he's ok with it, but his rational mind is not always in charge. I haven't ruled out an ulterior motive (for the pretendate) of proving to Faye/Dora that he has reformed. Brownie points?
--- Quote from: AnAverageWriter on 28 Oct 2010, 02:12 ---Because even if Sven wasn't trying to move past this, Faye had.
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Unfortunately not all the parties of a break-up move on at the same pace.
--- Quote from: AnAverageWriter on 28 Oct 2010, 02:12 ---All that Hanner's revelation can accomplish is to put more awkwardness into the situation.
Or at the very least, it seems like there could have been a better way of talking to Faye about it, rather than a rear assault while she's preoccupied with COD work.
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I think that Faye became aware (unless she already was) of Sven's lingering feelings towards her from the uncomfortable way Sven left CoD post-haste upon hearing about Faye having found somebody else. Hanners' revelation only "actualized" it. The rear assault was just Jeph's way of adding a little levity to an otherwise dramatic strip. He is quite good at giving his readers something positive, when plot development makes it necessary for one of the characters to feel bad. Hanners was the logical choice to deliver the punch this time, because she wittnessed Sven's admission. The APCs usually act in this capacity. Momo showing Angus the finger in strip 1631 is the best example that comes to mind.
snubnose:
--- Quote from: AnAverageWriter on 28 Oct 2010, 02:40 ---
--- Quote from: Akima on 28 Oct 2010, 02:32 ---Hanners is very inexperienced in personal relationships, and has some buggy software, so it probably never occurred to her not to say anything. Sven (an experienced player) should have kept his mouth shut while he was on his date with Hanners, instead of dumping his unresolved issues on her (for no apparent reason).
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Indeed- Sven has a severe case of not-thinking-before-speaking syndrome...
I wonder where this all will lead...
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I sympathize, I suffer from that one too.
If its a disease, anyway.
Blackjoker:
I think some of it might be this, Sven himself said that he doesn't really do relationships. Some of his issue could be lingering attraction to Faye as well as missing her personally. And getting over someone is difficult. Hell after I had a breakup with my ex a couple years back I had trouble but was mostly ok a few months after, then all of a sudden I heard our song on the radio and it basically took me right back to the moment she dumped me. Maybe it's pathetic but it's the truth and it might be similar to what happened with Sven. Then again it might also be that he has few real close friends he can talk to about all of this.
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