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Should Dora go out with Jim?
questionablecontentfan:
I can be like Faye in some ways, but I'm nowhere near as relentless as she is, and I do it only to people who deserve it.
I mean I can recall times when I've been mean, but I've definitely been the victim of other people's meanness more than I've been the one being mean.
I can't help but wonder what would have happened if Marten had been like "No, I barely know you...but I can give you the number to a homeless shelter."
sumi:
I... can't... resist!
Sorry, I have a habit of throwing myself in between - and never get out of the middle without some bruises here and there. The people here are not trying to convince you to love Faye. They are just trying to let you see the other side. "Hate" is a pretty strong word. People can understand why you dislike Faye. They probably even agree with you to a small degree. But they can't understand the hatred. So they are distinctly trying to "defend" Faye. That happens when people have really strong opinions. Like, when my boyfriend is fighting (verbally) with someone... I will try to get between them... And I would tell my boyfriend "what the other one really wants to say is THIS... you have to understand him a little!" and maybe a few minutes later i would talk to the other one, telling him "what the other guy really meant is THIS... you have to understand him a little!" (I usually won't tell right at the beginning that "the other guy" is my boyfriend - mostly that hardens the opinion right at the beginning) And there I am in the middle... so my boyfriend is telling me "you are ALWAYS taking the other side" and the other guy is telling me "i CAN'T understand, why you are defending such a dig!" aw I can't help it! (And yeah - this did happen quite a lot)
Basically that's what's happening here. Nobody really trys to defend Faye. None trys to change your opinion to the opposite. They just want to soften it a little. Cause there are no purely "good" people an "evil" people.
And then, i wanted to hit you for this comment:
--- Quote from: questionablecontentfan on 25 Jun 2011, 17:31 ---I can be like Faye in some ways, but I'm nowhere near as relentless as she is, and I do it only to people who deserve it.
--- End quote ---
Did you ever listen to the people you apparently hate most? That's mainly the reason they use to pick on people. "If they just behaved differently I wouldn't", "If she didn't do this and that I wouldn't" "If she wasn't so shut in I wouldn't" "If she didn't always overreact" They just measure who "deserves" it. "yeah, but I only do that to the REALLY EVIL ones" Of course... "If she wasn't so mean to everyone I wouldn't" It's the same... at least for the people who are picked on.
Anyway... Hi, I'm new here :) I only found QC a few months ago, but I read through all the strips in the last few weeks!
I think it IS a little early for Dora to meet Jim. On the other hand, if she said no, that would have meant "definitely" no, because it was rather spontaneous and there is no "i need some more time". Either a date or the opportunity is gone. So in my opinion it's okay ;) Anyway I'm really looking forward to the next strips. It's kind of hard if you can read 100 a day if you want and now have to settle down for one a day :cry:
sumi
wrwight:
That was quite a first post. Fairly well put though. I know what you mean about the reading all at once, then suddenly stuck with only 5 a week, including guest strips, etc.
I had kind of wanted to say something about that comment as well, but instead I just left that connection in my head, and decided it wasn't worth arguing about. After all, the comic character aren't even real.
I would disagree with one thing. I think if Dora had responded "I just got out of a fairly serious relationship, and I'm not sure if I'm ready to go out," or however that would best be put, I think it would have left the option open for the future. I'm kind of glad she agreed to it though, because so far Jim is becoming one of my favorite new characters, just from an entertainment perspective, and we wouldn't necessarily have gotten to see this side of him (or much of him at all) had this story arc not come about.
Wedley:
Hmmm...
This thread has taken a really interesting turn! I mean that in a purely anthropological sense.
pwhodges:
This thread is becoming a little too much about the forumites themselves, rather than the QC characters; it has also got largely off the subject of its title. So I'm closing it now; there will surely be plenty more to discuss shortly.
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