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What is Faye's fundamental character?
Carl-E:
Never having a pet could mean allergies in the family.
AnthroPC's were probably expensive when first introduced, and Faye's family may not have been well off enough to get her one.
I wonder if there were some runing around the hospital when she was recuperating, like those therapy animals... cute little AnPC's, there to cheer you up!
...and how many of them wound up dented after being flung across a hospital room?
Is it cold in here?:
AnthroPCs to cheer up hospital patients.
TRVA123:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 04 Sep 2011, 11:30 ---What does it mean that Faye never had a pet or an AnthroPC?
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She might not have wanted the responsibility at that time in her life.
[PURE SPECULATION]
Also, Faye had severe psychological issues concerning trust and abandonment after her father killed himself in front of her. Then she had that car crash, which probably underlined her mortality to her as well as made her think of how her loved ones would feel if she died so soon after her father died.
Moving north allowed her to put some distance between herself and her loved ones, gave her emotional space and an escape from the memories, and maybe she felt that it wouldn't be as terrible for them if she died/got hurt far away, then none of her relatives would find her body or see her die.
If she was thinking in those terms then having a pet or an anthroPC wouldn't make sense. She wasn't looking for companionship of that kind, she didn't want something to depend on her, it would be abandoned if something happened to her.
Even her relationships in North Hampton were distant at first, she insulted everyone to keep them from getting too attached. Then there was that fire in her apartment, maybe it acted as a wake up call to her. She realized she wanted to live and wanted closer friendships. So she moved in with Marten. It was close enough that she could grow a bit, but she could still move out when she had the means and keep the friendship intact.
DSL:
--- Quote from: Spectreofwar on 04 Sep 2011, 00:29 --- ... I see in that instance Faye doing Dora a service as a friend, in the way she feels it would best be taken seriously. Plus, it still suited the comic and set up the punchline.
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I find it worth noting Faye did not insist Dora get back together with, or even reconcile with, Marten, just that Dora (her longest-standing friend in the comic) find help dealing with the issues that torpedoed the relationship in the first place. And Faye did not offer to be the go-between in any Marten-Dora peace treaty; she (rightly) insisted that if Marten had something to say to Dora, he say it himself.
She's no enabler, is the Pugnacious Peach. Hats off to her, at a safe distance.
stoutfiles:
--- Quote from: DSL on 04 Sep 2011, 14:27 ---
--- Quote from: Spectreofwar on 04 Sep 2011, 00:29 --- ... I see in that instance Faye doing Dora a service as a friend, in the way she feels it would best be taken seriously. Plus, it still suited the comic and set up the punchline.
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I find it worth noting Faye did not insist Dora get back together with, or even reconcile with, Marten, just that Dora (her longest-standing friend in the comic) find help dealing with the issues that torpedoed the relationship in the first place. And Faye did not offer to be the go-between in any Marten-Dora peace treaty; she (rightly) insisted that if Marten had something to say to Dora, he say it himself.
She's no enabler, is the Pugnacious Peach. Hats off to her, at a safe distance.
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She's just insisted, through the threat of physical violence, that Dora go to therapy. Then she was incredibly pushy about therapy when Dora wanted to go on a harmless date. She is the definition of an enabler. Faye made her point the first time, now she needs to back off and let Dora make her own decisions like a grown up.
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