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WCDT: 2241-45 (30 July-3 August 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Dust:
--- Quote from: Hinterfiend on 30 Jul 2012, 22:14 ---This illustrates my main problem with Tai; she calls Marten a terrible friend despite her trying to hook up with his ex. I don't know of anyone who would be as casual as Marten about all of this so soon after a breakup. It moves him from being easy going into an apathetic pushover.
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Given her "you guys broken up yet?" patience when they were together, I'm surprised Tai even has standards for friendship.
HiFranc:
I'm with Marten on this one. It doesn't matter that it was in a public place, Dora spoke to him because she wanted advice and a confidant. She made the reasonable assumption that anyone who could get through the application process to become an intern would know when to keep their mouth shut (almost every business has secrets and keeping them is something that employees have to be able to do).
However, in these situations it is best to keep both sides at a distance or only be a confidant to one side. Being a confidant to both sides puts Marten in a conflict of interest situation. I can understand the dilemma as:
[*]If you inform one side that you can't advise them because the other person has already come to you, you're breaking confidentiality.
[*]If you advise both sides you're in a conflict of interest situation which can escalate tensions within self and distrust if found out.[/list]
It is an awkward one.
When something like that did happen (a couple I knew broke up and I was friends with both of them), I decided that I would only act as a confidant to the first one to talk to me. When the 2nd person approached me I said something to the effect of:
I would like to help but I feel that I'm in an awkward position because I'm such-and-such's a friend as well.
{edited for grammar}
Dr. ROFLPWN:
...Okay, so we've got overanalysis (normal), love of Emily (agreeable!), standard criticism of Tai (also normal) and a comment that involved stabbing Emily in the face with a soldering iron (highly troubling).
Can I make the polite request that even if it's meant sarcastically/humorously, we don't wish violence on the QC characters except maybe Pintsize? Because it's always kinda creepy.
That being said, oh no, Tai, Marten talked to Dora about the subject all your fucking friends are talking about because your interest in Dora is a matter of public goddamn record :roll: Way to get your jimmies rustled over stupid shit, Tai. Check yoself.
jwhouk:
The man has a point. It's not like there's no one on campus that doesn't know you've got the hots for Dora.
Vilengel:
I think I would react the same way as Tai if somebody tried to lie me. The thing the lie was about doesn't really matter, it is the fact that somebody tried to lie to you. Unless Marten can explain himself to Tai, she's gonna be mad. But I understand why somebody would get annoyed by Tai's attitude.
Also, I agree with the above posters, Emily would be a horribly oblivious person in real life, but oddly enough those kind of characters are funny in fiction... I bet somebody has made a paper about this.
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