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WCDT: 25-29 October 2010 (1781-1785)
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: peterh on 28 Oct 2010, 06:47 ---
--- Quote from: raoullefere on 28 Oct 2010, 06:21 ---You know, like Steve. Nobody expects introspection from Steve.
<Gets up on a high, big, safe rock as the sharks (species Stephicus Franticfanius) come in towards the chum> :-o
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Hey!
You'd be surprised.
(I was!)
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That's not introspection. When a bunch of your friends, and your SO tell you you're being stupid, and you finally give in and say, "OK, I was being stupid", that's not introspection. That's a forced surrender!
Sven on the other hand is being introspective. Starting out with the afore-quoted strips where he asks Faye if they can still be friends because he misses hanging with her, was the first step. Now, realizing that that's not all he misses about her (and unintentionally dumping it into Hanner's lap) was the next phase. Unfortunately, further development has now been temporarily derailed by the Fangus train.
I think I also see Pastor Vodka in Sven's immediate future - he's been writing country songs for so long, he may be starting to believe some of their purported remedies for a broken heart!
Also, I was right about Faye getting more details from Haners - alright, so the grilling turned into a simple "WTF?" moment, but still...
I also had the impression that this is a bit of a social engineering experiment on Hanner's part. While she's not used to dealing with people, and so keeping secrets (or just keeping quiet) for the sake of another may not be part of her mileu, I think this may be intentional information distribution. Faye clearly looked disturbed by Sven's behaviour, and Hanners was trying to 'splain why. Unfortunately, she caught Faye in mid processing (you know, that blank stare) and scared the crap out of her.
One of my own talents, I'm afraid. Im a very quiet person when I move, and tend to surprise people by being in a room for several minutes before they realize I'm there... usually by turning around and buping into me!
Border Reiver:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 28 Oct 2010, 05:09 ---
--- Quote from: Mad Cat on 28 Oct 2010, 03:59 ---Hanners strikes me as the kind of person who's actually read every warning label and sticker on everything she owns in the whole world... thrice. I'm sure she can come up with several new ones for Faye quite easily.
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Caution: May cause night sweats, shortness of breath, and dizziness. If erection lasts more than four hours, you should be so lucky!
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Fixed it for you.
fixed11:
Cool, Faye is impressed that Sven misses her body more than the time spent with her. Jeph sure knows how to write realistic women, amiright?
raoullefere:
How is she supposed to know otherwise? (Yes, Sven said something about it, but he was trying to make peace, and we all know, including Faye, that he's manipulative). And Faye has said before she thinks her breasts are one of the reasons people want to spend time with her. (She said 'tolerate' actually), so it's consistent.*
--- Quote from: peterh on 28 Oct 2010, 06:47 ---
--- Quote from: raoullefere on 28 Oct 2010, 06:21 ---You know, like Steve. Nobody expects introspection from Steve.
<Gets up on a high, big, safe rock as the sharks (species Stephicus Franticfanius) come in towards the chum> :-o
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Hey!
You'd be surprised.
(I was!)
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Nah. Like Carl points out, that was acceptance—you can see it in his expression in the first panel. The look in the last panel reflects that Steve is good-natured. I never said Steve wasn't a nice guy; simply that he'd not given to much reflection. Probably why he was recruited by the USDKYA. Introspection is probably not a desirable trait in their field agents.
*Edit: found the strip http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=801
peterh:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 28 Oct 2010, 07:24 ---That's not introspection. When a bunch of your friends, and your SO tell you you're being stupid, and you finally give in and say, "OK, I was being stupid", that's not introspection. That's a forced surrender!
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Entirely true. It was a very lame (and intentionally lame at that!) attempt to disagree with Raoul, in order to justify his retreat to a safe rock.
And then you came along and defused it. You had to, didn't you? Mathematicians, they're all alike. Let not The Truth be sacrificed for the sake of a good joke...
:D
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