Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 7-11 February 2011 (1856-1860)
Penquin47:
--- Quote from: tomart on 10 Feb 2011, 17:09 ---You want to be upset because you're not Plan A?
I'd estimate Angus' first crush ("Plan A") was probably before adolescence, so by his age now, whoever he meets is approximately Plan Z17B12.
Seriously, you'd let that bother you?
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I wouldn't be bothered that he had girlfriends and/or crushes before me. Wouldn't even be bothered if they all ran to a particular physical type or personality type or if for some reason he had a thing for people who worked my job. This is a specific scenario where the prior girlfriend is all three at once and there's something squiffy about the timing of his relationship with her and his flirting with me.
jwhouk:
What else happened in the Big Oven Explosion of '98?
Much Property Damage. - 8 (10.4%)
Cruellers coated the countryside. - 3 (3.9%)
Custard and Jelly fillings EVERYWHERE. - 6 (7.8%)
No proof that Faye was anywhere nearby. - 13 (16.9%)
There was much sorrow amongst Bakery fans. - 5 (6.5%)
Ed lost a big toe in the explosion, too. - 4 (5.2%)
The worst thing? The wafflemaker was destroyed! - 13 (16.9%)
Vladek took over his old shop in NoHam. - 7 (9.1%)
Pintsize didn't do it - he wasn't even built yet. - 2 (2.6%)
Hanners' mom, however... - 16 (20.8%)
Total Voters: 77
EDIT: Please don't yell at me because of one of the new poll options, okay? It was the only thing I could think of that was similar-yet-different.
leahneedsanap:
--- Quote from: parvles on 10 Feb 2011, 18:18 ---I don't know, I think I would be kind of bothered by that. If my boyfriend's last girlfriend was someone who looked and talked like me, had the same attitude as I did, and worked the same job, it would be weird. Especially having had him tell me already that at the end of the relationship he had decided that his ex was a crazy bitch. For someone who is working on trust and opening up and needing to take things slow, knowing how much anger he had towards his ex and how similar you are to her is a little scary.
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I have actually had this happen to me. A guy I was dating had previously dated a girl that I knew that looked EXACTLY like me--like, to the point that when she started going to my school people started asking me why I never mentioned I had a little sister (I didn't). Only in that situation (and possibly in this one?) he had a thing for me long before she was around, and she was, in some ways, him settling for an alternate me. Which is pretty creepy in hindsight, but I didn't know that when we started dating, and was actually resistant to dating him because I thought the reverse was true--that he was substituting me because he couldn't have her. I hope that turns out NOT to be Faye's situation, because my ex turned out to be a total creepface in a myriad of awful ways, but I'm just saying, when it happens, it does feel a little weird and puts you on the defensive about the authenticity of someone's feelings. Especially when you don't have any contrasting cases of other people they've dated to reduce the sketch factor.
But the more we talk about this, the more I feel like Faye might get a little taste of Dora's anxiety right after she started dating Marten--and by putting it in that context, it might actually make it easier for her to be like, "this is actually not a big deal and I'm not going to let it get me down," because she's seen where that road goes.
DSL:
Might be interesting if, upon noting Faye's relationship insecurity, *Dora* calls her on it. Dramedic tension ensues.
My guess is, the immediate crisis resolves within a strip or two, but the issue manifests later.
As to the comment about Hannelore being the most mentally healthy character in the strip in terms of being aware of her issues/problems and facing them ... yeah, I wanna go along with that because she's still my favorite character. I kinda hope Jeph brings back one of his occasional hints that Hanners is consciously and a little devilishly messin' with the others minds.
akronnick:
Allow me to be the first to say "D'AAAWWWWWWW!!!!!"
Before all of the Angus haters lose their shit!
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