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Dora,Tai, and Therapy
Tova:
--- Quote from: dps on 30 Aug 2012, 22:24 ---OTOH, I think that there are other ways that the question might be framed where the distinction does make a difference. If we talk about HOW the characters should behave, or what advice we'd give them if they were someone we knew IRL, we can separate that from what we think Jeph shoud have happen. For example, in the present story arc, I think most of us feel that instead of going on a date with her, Dora should have told Tai something along the lines of, "I'm flattered, and I am attracted to you, but I can't handle a new romantic relationship right now, so if that's what you're looking for, I'm not the person to look for it with". But if we talk about it in terms of what direction Jeph should take the story, it's entirely reasonable to say the he should have Dora go on the date, because it leads to more potentially good story lines going forward (though Dora turning Tai down would not have been completely without storytelling potential).
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Not wanting to go too deeply into a discussion that has already been killed off. But (although I have no idea which question you're referring to in your first sentence quoted above) that's just the separation I had in mind. And as far as I could tell, the OP of this thread was framed very much in the first case you mentioned (how the characters should behave, etc). But DSL stated that was beside the point, and that all that was important was what direction Jeph chooses to take. Whereas I think that, while either conversation is perfectly cromulent, the thread was about the first case, and that this was far from "beside the point".
I hope that clarifies my position for you.
DSL:
--- Quote ---"God ha' mercy! What cannot be racked from words in five centuries? One could wring, methinks, a flood from a damp clout!"
-- William Shakespeare, as depicted by Isaac Asimov in his short story "The Immortal Bard"
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idontunderstand:
DSL, If you don't want to partake in the discussion, you're free to stand aside.
Is it cold in here?:
'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This horse is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e
rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the
bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-HORSE!!
pwhodges:
Who are you parroting there, eh?
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