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Why does Dora need therapy?
O8h7w:
--- Quote from: Welu on 10 Jun 2011, 09:10 ---Another comic where Marten is, of clear non-drunk mind this time, speaking to himself so has no reason to lie about his feelings: http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1891
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Man, did I wait for someone to link that comic while reading this discussion. It really makes it clear what Marten feels about Faye.
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As for Dora needing therapy - we don't really know just how bad her previous relationships were, we just have some hints that they were really, really bad. And we know that that gives her trust issues. Is this a problem? Yes it is, considering she didn't make much progress despite being well aware it threatened her relationship with Marten, which in itself was helpful for her - she did make some progress. Okay, she's got a problem. Does she need a therapist? Yes she does, but does that mean everyone in the same situation would? No.
Someone, like myself for example, could be able to work through it with help from family or close friends. But that needs a lot of effort from both parties. And when the problem involves very close people, that needs an unusual amount of trust and discretion. I happen to have such relations with my father and one of my two brothers.
In Dora's case, Faye and Sven are both too closely involved in the problem, Raven doesn't seem close enough to her and her parents doesn't seem sensible enough. She needs an outside voice, and one educated in the matters doesn't exactly hurt.
questionablecontentfan:
Thank you for linking to that! That further proves the point that Marten still feels something, that Faye is an emotional "ex."
Actually, before I knew the backstory and just read that comic, I thought Marten and Faye were actual exes!
stoutfiles:
Yes, Marten literally says that Dora is Plan B. He likes Plan B...but she's Plan B. Would you be ok with being Plan B?
Elysiana:
To be fair, he never says "plan B". Faye is A because A happened first. Dora is B because B happened second. I don't see anything else in that statement.
O8h7w:
--- Quote from: questionablecontentfan on 10 Jun 2011, 11:14 ---Thank you for linking to that! That further proves the point that Marten still feels something, that Faye is an emotional "ex."
Actually, before I knew the backstory and just read that comic, I thought Marten and Faye were actual exes!
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Well, it proves that he feels something, but more importantly it proves that this something is not a problem, as you suggest. I don't think any human could be feeling "nothing" about anyone they've had any kind of relationship with. That is not human.
--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 10 Jun 2011, 12:56 ---Yes, Marten literally says that Dora is Plan B. He likes Plan B...but she's Plan B. Would you be ok with being Plan B?
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Plans aren't stationary. Dora soon became plan A. They were attracted to each other long before they hooked up, Marten only waited for Faye to open up about her feelings first. He has always cared about others feelings first. Additionally, he doesn't really make plans, does he?
Have you read all the way from the beginning? Faye and Dora popped up in Marten's life in the same week, and that is more than two years back. The relationship between Marten and Dora lasted roughly twice as long as the non-relationship between Faye and Marten.
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