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Why does Dora need therapy?
Is it cold in here?:
I think I see the point here:
Friendly if firm advice: Marten to Faye, "Just go on a date with him[Angus]"
Disrespectful and arrogant meddling: "I can't believe you're going on a DATE with that creeper"
O8h7w:
--- Quote from: Elysiana on 13 Jun 2011, 13:52 ---For example, in Dora's first meeting with the therapist, she talked for an hour about Sven, then couldn't understand why the therapist didn't talk about her relationships. She has absolutely no idea where her insecurities are stemming from, even though that was an obvious clue to those of us watching from the outside. She's sabotaged her relationship with Marten several times, and he was pretty damn patient with her. That's not to say he hasn't done anything wrong at all, but her attitude has been one of mistrust for a very long time, with no reason to be mistrustful. There's some pretty deep-seated problems there - even Sven pointed that out - and she's not going to work them out on her own, or she would have by now.
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In this comic she comes very close to this subject, but it's hard to tell if she realizes the problem or if she's not anywhere near realizing it. I think there was on more comic where she talked about it, but I don't find it right now.
--- Quote from: tender on 13 Jun 2011, 14:52 ---Besides, it's really tiresome to scroll past the same "I think she should wait longer!" comments; much similar to the "I think Marten should wait longer!" ones when Padma first appeared.
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I have written a few of those. But it's not really about the time aspect, it's that the two haven't met each other since the breakup. I feel they have few loose ends to straighten out before they can go on.
--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 13 Jun 2011, 15:13 ---What horrible things will happen to Dora if she doesn't get help? Will she be alone forever?
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Yes, quite probably. I have a hard to see what kind of partner she would have to find for a relationship to work when she has these insecurities, and I think we have proved she isn't doing anything about it on her own. That is why her friends are right in pushing her, but I can agree Faye isn't exactly doing it in a good way.
Faye is extremely protective about her friends, and she still sees this kind of relationships as threats, potential troublemakers. She has reacted against every date we've ever heard of in the comic, I think. She has reacted badly about quite a few of the fights between Marten and Dora, and she was in rage when they broke up. And she doesn't do things in the most healthy manner, which both she and her therapist knows very well - see when she threats Dora into therapy.
(these points about Faye were also addressed by Blackjoker, and very descriptive by Is it cold in here?, thankyou both)
Back to what could happen to Dora if she ignores her friends requests to do something about it and hooks up with Jim "instead". Well, if it goes really bad she could alienate more or less all of her friends which includes her employees, I don't find it hard to see that ruining her business... or she could simply have yet another problematic relationship, which could easily render her depressed right now.
TheEvilDog:
Everything Blackjoker has just said? I agree with it fully.
jwhouk:
You know something? I just realized a point in favor of those who wonder if Dora's distracted:
No specials.
Go ahead, look back. It's all the way back at 1907, which was the day that Marten finally "re-entered" CoD, only to discover Dora wasn't there (because she was moving). That was the last time we saw any specials on the chalkboard.
Now, you could argue that they had the bean issue later on, but there was nothing on the board back in 1945, when Tai came in to the shop at least a day or two after the bean issue had been resolved.
She's distracted. Either that or she forgot to get chalk.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: O8h7w on 13 Jun 2011, 16:13 ---Faye is extremely protective about her friends, and she still sees this kind of relationships as threats, potential troublemakers. She has reacted against every date we've ever heard of in the comic, I think.
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I had to stop and think about that, but I believe you're right.
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