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Carl-E:
--- Quote from: Soulsynger on 20 Oct 2011, 08:09 ---@Carl-E:
Hm... if he was a closet alcoholic and made the decision to shoot himself (btw. I was trying to avoid spoilers before, but y'all ruined it :-D) while drunk I think the autopsy guys would have easily found a lot of alcohol in his system. (alcoholics need a much higher dosage to actually be drunk enough to make "drunken decisions" than normal people might, so it would have been easily simply smelled on him).
And if the autopsy revealed him to be a closet alcoholic, I think one way or another Faye would have come to know about the results.
(Damn, English subjunctive is hard.)
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I'm sure you're right. I'm also sure that Faye told the autopsy report since she was really not dealing with it well at all. they may have told her mother, and her mother may have already known - hard to keep something like that from your spouse.
And as others have said, telling Faye that her dad was an alcoholic may not have helped, and may even have hindered her "recovery". Without the safe (and quiet) zone Marten gave her, she may not have made it as far as she did - and all of Sven's body would still have not been found...
Is it cold in here?:
In 591 Fayemom told her flat out that the coroner found nothing unusual in his system, so if there was, she's not just burying the truth but outright lying.
Carl-E:
Mayhaps alcohol wasn't unususal...?
OK, my theory's been disproven.
jwhouk:
The 505 Newspost:
--- Quote ---I don't often use this space to discuss the comic. I prefer to let each strip speak for itself. In the case of Faye's past, though, I am really hoping that each and every one of you will stop and think about all the ramifications of her father's suicide. So here goes. Read the comic before you read this newspost. It'll make more sense that way.
Statistically speaking, most suicidal people do present signs of a depressed state of mind before killing themselves (and a significant number of suicides do not leave a note of any sort). However, everyone is different, and Faye's father (assuming her memory is infallible, which it isn't) was evidently either not manifesting "symptoms" or was extremely good at hiding them, for reasons that presumably went into the grave with him.
Imagine for a moment that the one person in your life you trust utterly and love unconditionally suddenly decides they no longer want to be alive, and follow through on that desire. What would such an awful event do to your psyche? How would it affect your interaction with other people? What if, because that person didn't leave a note explaining WHY they chose to end their life, you will never be able to definitively say that it wasn't your fault somehow? How would you get closure? How would you heal? Would you be ABLE to heal?
This is what has happened to Faye, ladies and gentlemen. As she says in panel three, it ruined her life, and the lives of her immediate family in turn. How do you pick up the pieces?
I'm not sure if I'd be able to. We'll just have to hope Faye can do it.
Suicide does more than end one life. It irrevocably changes (and often ruins) the lives of everyone connected to the person committing the act. So please, if you're feeling suicidal yourself or suspect a friend or loved one is, get help. Suicidology.org is a great resource for learning about the different warning signs of depression and other mental problems and has lots of information and contact numbers where people in crisis can find someone capable to talk to.
My heart goes out to each and every one of you readers who emailed me with stories about friends or loved ones you've lost to suicide.
I know the comic's been pretty dark these past few strips, but I promise that there is light (and humor!) at the end of the tunnel. Some things are obviously going to be different in QC from now on, but that doesn't mean an end to the (hopefully entertaining) jokes and silliness and banter. The vast, vast majority of you all who seem to be enjoying the comic are a tremendous source of happiness for me.
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Akima:
--- Quote from: Soulsynger on 20 Oct 2011, 08:09 ---(Damn, English subjunctive is hard.)
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It is, isn't it? It still trips me up, and I've been working on my English for a long time, in an English-speaking country.
My cultural and religious background is less hostile to suicide than is typical in Australia, or I think in Western countries generally, but it remains a very hard issue. I am doubtful that it is possible to "get help" for all the problems from which suicide might seem an escape. The pain, squalor, and indignity of terminal disease for example, are a great deal to ask people to endure, especially where palliative care is restricted for political reasons.
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