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WCDT 29 Nov-3 Dec (1806-1810)
Dr. ROFLPWN:
In the spirit of complete speculative bullshit I wonder if her therapy will leave Dora thinking she can salvage the relationship and Marten rounding on her and spittin' venom? Not that I necessarily want to see that, but...'twas something that came to mind.
Doc:
That's not physical threat.
It's just the demonic red glare of soul eating.
Doomy, but not touchy.
muffin_of_chaos:
--- Quote from: Dr. ROFLPWN on 01 Dec 2010, 00:49 ---In the spirit of complete speculative bullshit I wonder if her therapy will leave Dora thinking she can salvage the relationship and Marten rounding on her and spittin' venom? Not that I necessarily want to see that, but...'twas something that came to mind.
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Out of the heat of a moment prior to breaking point, that does not sound likely. (Marten having never vented frustration in an aggressive or even passive-aggressive way without a similarly aggressive or hurtful prompt that I can think of. Correct me if anyone remembers such an event.)
And if the therapy (even the act of going to a session) triggers anything real, Dora's gonna be tapping into usually-buried self-loathing about her actions and personal philosophy before she can accept what happened and why, which by most projected-to-be-similar examples will then take a while.
Though if therapy doesn't trigger anything real, I can see Dora using it as prosthetic confidence and initiating such a salvaging attempt. Which might then happen. And who knows how that would turn out, the precedents there are unreliable.
Skewbrow:
--- Quote from: akronnick on 30 Nov 2010, 23:49 ---It's either Lynn, Elizabeth or Marie.
I'm betting on Elizabeth.
--- End quote ---
Not a bad choice for daughter of Elssa. Then again, Dora was raised something that passes for catholic, so I'm betting on Maria.
That's one of the both Swedish and Italian versions of Mary/Marie.
As one of the professors at Notre Dame math department pointed out: "Mary is just catholic for Miss!"
sidpatt:
I'm a little uncomfortable with the immediate assumption on Faye's part (and Dora's relatively blind acceptance) that the only solution here for her is therapy. I will admit to never having been, but I consider myself relatively well-adjusted, and for the most part I think I am that way by having a solid support group amongst my friends, plenty of opportunities to vent or otherwise let loose of my frustrations, and a small amount of understanding of psychology from a Psych 101 course. I realize I might be offending some here, and if that's the case, you're more than free to educate me. But to me, therapy when triggered by something like a breakup or other "common" occurrences is an easy or lazy way out. It's saying, hey, none of us want to help you work through this, go talk about it with someone else.
Sure, Dora has "issues." I guess this is my own way of saying, I still don't really buy that line of reasoning, as I don't think we've seen a lot more than Dora's insecurities with Marten, and maybe we'll see more if we go in to therapy with her, and it might be a really good piece of character development on Jeph's part (or maybe she'll just bang her therapist). I'm just saying, there really should be someone she can turn to (not sure if Faye's right as she's a mutual friend) BEFORE the immediate "here's a card, go talk to this anonymous person because none of your friends want to deal with your shit." I guess the ideal person in this scenario is her brother, considering he's probably the closest to her and farthest from Marten, relatively speaking, and I'm sure there'd be a whole great big can o' worms there.
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