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Dora,Tai, and Therapy
Madmartigan:
--- Quote from: idontunderstand on 24 Aug 2012, 13:26 ---One thing I'm sort of chewing around is that it may be better for Dora to be with a woman at this point, as that may not trigger her insecurity issues as much as a man much, seeing as her bad experiences seems to have been mainly with men. But, of course, no guarantee for a happy relationship there.
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That's just avoiding the problem entirely, not solving. Can't say I agree with life decisions such as those. She needs to get over her hurdle with men. Many not for romantic purposes in the future, but over the hurdle in general.
And what isn't to say she runs into the same issue with the ladies as well? Then she's stuck up a river with no paddle.
Agreed Emperor Norton. You'd think with the amount of time they've been around, there'd be at least SOME level of attraction to Tai in the romantic sense to even go out on one date. But, as you said, it is a struggle to see beyond Dora being interested because Tai is so heavily pursuing her. There's still that sense of Dora on a pedestal to Tai, Dora treating Tai like a younger sister (dunno if I'll ever get beyond that even if they do last. Just weird), and the regression socially to her seemingly adolescent bi days.
DSL:
--- Quote from: idontunderstand on 24 Aug 2012, 14:01 ---But we can't discuss how Jeph depicts the characters, can we?
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Why not?
In fact, since what we see of the characters (including how we project our own experiences/prejudices &c. onto them) has everything to do with how Jeph depicts them, how can we discuss anything else?
Boxilar:
I agree with the general consensus that Dora is reverting. I floated the idea at the beginning of the week that she hadn't dated girls which was proved wrong by this weeks strips. Reverting to what she did when dating girls is the only plausible explanation for going back to a teenage goth look.
In the bigger picture, I'm worried about what will happen to the larger social circle if Dora/Tai goes out as spectacularly as the majority seems to think it will. The group of friends mostly survived intact after Marten and Dora broke up, but as break ups go, it was fairly amicable. And there was still a period where there was a subtle dance the friends were doing around both Marten and Dora until they reconciled and went back to "friends" status.
In real life, breakups within a circle of friends can cause said circles to implode, forcing people to choose who they are more loyal to out of the pair. There are so many delicate connections that could be shattered here and cause lasting damage to all the people involved.
I really hope Dora is taking this more seriously than she seems to be.
idontunderstand:
--- Quote from: DSL on 24 Aug 2012, 17:08 ---
--- Quote from: idontunderstand on 24 Aug 2012, 14:01 ---But we can't discuss how Jeph depicts the characters, can we?
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Why not?
In fact, since what we see of the characters (including how we project our own experiences/prejudices &c. onto them) has everything to do with how Jeph depicts them, how can we discuss anything else?
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Not too sure what you mean. We can't discuss whether they are a good couple, but we can discuss how they are depicted. What do you mean by depicted? The way they are drawn? I'm honestly confused.
DSL:
Drawn, written (which in a comic includes the drawing) ... everything that influences how we see them. Because that's the only way they exist.
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