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WDCT 10-14 January 2011 (1836-1840)
akronnick:
Are we going on a voyage of some kind, or are we just gonna sit in the boat at the dock and drink beer?
Tergon:
Carefully avoiding the inevitable and predictable battle in the shipping lanes...
I just want to point out that Jeph nailed the artwork in this comic. The expressions are excellent, and oddly enough the part that struck me most was Faye's lips. Great emoting with each little smile, and then the surprised "Huh?" at the end... it's one part of facial expressions that has evolved, much like everything else in the artwork, but I thought this strip was really quite good.
In closing, I vote for sitting on the dock drinking beer. Especially if there's a kebab shop nearby, though I will settle for fish and chips.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: cuzsis on 12 Jan 2011, 18:26 ---This is from a woman who was so successful at her own relationship that she married a gay guy... :lol:
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People don't come with labels, and don't necessarily know their own mind fully. I have seen the fall-out from a similar breakup (reverse the sexes, and factor in three children), and it was not something to laugh about - so I'd suggest you don't in future.
(That's friendly advice, not a moderator comment)
Olymander:
--- Quote from: TheEvilDog on 12 Jan 2011, 12:56 ---
--- Quote from: leahneedsanap on 12 Jan 2011, 12:25 ---Then again, if you are just stating what you think Marten's mom is thinking, and though I would find it highly unlikely that a successful sex worker isn't able to see nuance when it comes to varying types of intimacy and relationships, it would still make my misogyny-rage misplaced, for which I apologize and offer you up a psyduck :psyduck:
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Thats what worries me. Veronica is/was supposedly one of the most successful fetish models and dominatrices in the world. By definition, a dominatrix is supposed to be able to read people, developing in their own way, skills similar to a psychologist or pyschiatrist, so they know how people work, what their limitations are and how far you can push them. Veronica should be able to read people, otherwise she wouldn't be as successful as she is now, so why is it she's going out of her way to humiliate her son, insult his best friend and comfort the one who dumped him? Is she blinded by the fact that Marten is her son? Or is she unable to quite seperate her dominatrix persona from her motherly one? Or is this some sort of roundabout plan to help Marten? How? By breaking his confidence and grinding it into nothing?
I said this last week, but I do feel the need to say it again, whatever Veronica has in mind, she is serious danger of damaging her own relationship with Marten.
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I think that if Mrs. Reed could separate herself from being Marten's mother, and was actually "working" (so to speak), then she might (read: probably would) be able to tell. The thing is, she's not working. She's on "vacation". I don't know much about the "scene", but I've gotten the distinct impression that they make a very, very, clear difference between being "in scene" and being out. I think this is related to how she's been being very direct with what's on her mind; she's relaxed and not working, and thus all the "control" that she needs for her job, she's dropped for the time being. So in this respect, she's actually completely separated her dominatrix persona from her motherly one, in that if she was in her dominatrix persona (and thus working), she'd be paying more attention to what's going on. Theoretically, anyway.
ysth:
'Cause when love is gone, there's always justice.
And when justice is gone, there's always force.
And when force is gone, there's always Mom ("Hi, Mom!").
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