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WCDT: 13th-17th June (1946-1950)
Tova:
--- Quote from: Blyss on 13 Jun 2011, 11:30 ---I'm really disappointed in how Dora's characterization is progressing. The personality type is not one I care for at all.
Let's see, I can't date you (Marten) anymore because of my issues. However, I can date this other guy (Jim) or whoever else, if they ask, because, you know, it's just a date.
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I daresay that Dora is, at least by now, primarily attributing her previous breakup to its external circumstances (i.e. "too soon after Marten's pursuit of Faye played itself out") and less so on her own deeply-entrenched issues. So she doesn't see any issue in dating someone entirely different. Even though there is a risk of Dora failing to find a healthy relationship, and, on top of that, a risk of Jim's own relationship baggage triggering just the same reactions that led to her previous breakup.
Basically, she is shying away from her problems, which is a fairly human thing to do, so I'm not going to hate her for that. She's attending therapy because she was told she had to, not because of any kind of motivation on Dora's part to resolve her problems. I don't think it works that way (I daresay her therapist is aware of the situation as well).
But hey, this might all work out for the best. If this date is the start of something that ends in tears, it might lead to Dora gaining a genuine desire to sort herself out.
edit: minor clarification
Delator:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 13 Jun 2011, 00:52 ---I note that Dora is comparing Jim with a revisionist view of her past:
--- Quote ---No pussyfooting around the issue, no stupid drama. It's a refreshing change of pace.
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The way I read that, it sounds as if, in her mind, Dora is already turning the blame for the failure of her last relationship onto Marten...
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--- Quote from: mike837go on 13 Jun 2011, 05:05 ---Just to throw some fresh excrement into the rotary impeller...
I quite miffed that Jeph didn't choose to explore a fresh kind of relationship. Tai has been pining for Dora since BEFORE she and Marten broke up.
Hopefully, this fling with Jim will fail quickly and we can see more unique possibilites?
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...guys, TAI is the one doing the pussyfooting. *snicker*
That statement of Dora's likely had nothing at all to do with Marten.
Cartagia:
--- Quote from: mike837go on 13 Jun 2011, 05:05 ---
I quite miffed that Jeph didn't choose to explore a fresh kind of relationship. Tai has been pining for Dora since BEFORE she and Marten broke up.
Hopefully, this fling with Jim will fail quickly and we can see more unique possibilites?
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Dora, a highly independent, "in the scene," girl who has dated Alpha male goth assholes and Marten going on a date with an older, apparently well-to-do and successful business man is not unique?
Also, she didn't ask him. He asked her. That's not her rebounding and ignoring her issues, that is her seeing someone wholly different than anyone she has ever shown interest in (as far as we know), show interest in her. The first thing she says on their date could very well be "I'm not really looking for anything, I just thought a date would be a nice change of pace after [THE BREAKUP]."
Also, does anyone else feel that Faye has been overstepping her bounds at work a bit too often lately? I personally will not be surprised if she loses her job soon. And her reaction to Jim has nothing to do with Jim. It has to do with her knowing that Dora isn't ready for another relationship. That, and she is a proxy for defending Marten's honor. ("My friend isn't good enough, but this guy is?")
Near Lurker:
Marten... get over yourself. Sheesh.
Tai... suck it up. You've got a damn harem, and 200 strips ago you were talking about how you'd never date an ex of a man you knew. You'll get over it.
LeeC:
Damn, guess marten's not over her yet.
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