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Why does Dora need therapy?
Carl-E:
You're hired.
Torlek:
--- Quote from: Blackjoker on 10 Jun 2011, 19:24 ---3) In vino veritas is essentially a lie flavored with truth. Alcohol makes you less inhibited, so yes you might not use your mental filter as much as you would normally and will instead just say what comes to mind. However, it also means that you aren't thinking about things as often and your thought process is rather clouded. Presumably if you think that a drunken person is totally truthful then when they sing atonally and often badly and say how great they sound their thoughts would be the same sober? Martens commentary was anger and bitterness, he had been dumped by Dora after she violated boundaries and got self righteous when he pointed out that her actions were unfair and rude. He was angry because he felt like he had been a nice guy and yet fate kept kicking him in the junk, he was angry because Dora chose her own insecurities over him, and Faye happened to be the target next to him and she was yelled at both for some of his own inner frustration with her, some of his anger at that time at the female half of the human race, and yeah there was probably some feeling for her still lingering but I don't think it exists the way it used to.
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I've found that in vino veritas functions on a curve. To a point, maybe three or four shots depending on the person, the alcohol lowers your mental filters but leaves most of the rest of your mental faculties intact. Beyond that, like after the whole bottle of bourbon which is where Marten was, there's no rhyme or reason to your thoughts anymore. Marten propositioning Faye wasn't an indication of lingering feelings. It was a bitter man who was drunk beyond all sensibility saying, "Hey, I'll bang Faye and that'll teach that bitch Dora." Had Hanners walked in, it would have been, "Hey, I'll bang Hanners." Had Cosette walked in it would've been, "Hey, I'll bang Cosette." Remember, drink giveth the desire though it taketh away the ability.
cyro:
Due to the lack of significant definition regarding Dora's "bad relationships" I think it's damn near impossible to comment as to how therapy-worthy they are.
All we have is Sven's explaination, which in itself may be incomplete, and Doras own reference which she may be holding back still, especially if things where particularly bad.
From the information given, well it depends a lot on the person, but I wouldn't have thought it would result in therapy.
jwhouk:
BlackJoker essentially said what I was thinking, but I do have one thing to throw out: It is interesting that her first session with her therapist consisted of about 48 minutes talking about her brother. That means something, I'd reckon.
Carl-E:
It means her issues/insecurities probably go waaaaaay back beyond her dating career to her upbringing.
So they're pretty deep seated.
So she's going to need some help with them, since they affect her life. And that help can't come from people who are close, because so many of the people close to her are at the root of the problem.
...and that's why she needs therapy.
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