it doesn't feel organic at all. It feels more like Dora going out with her because why the hell not?
Exactly. This is a slice of life comic, and sometimes life is like that - doing the wrong thing for the wrong reason.
You misinterpreted what I meant. I meant it feels like Dora was put with Tai just because, not because I believe real life isn't like that. Hope that clarified.
Except that "just because" is often an "organic" motivation for things taking place.
The dynamics of Tai hooking up with Dora, at the base level, don't seem, to me, all that different from Dora hooking up with Marten. Faye and Marten are a thing, they break up, Dora (Faye's boss?) picks up the slack, new relationship. This is the reverse order of same mechanics.
Different people, different circumstances? Well yes, obviously, and it's happening in a shorter span of time. More contrived? Not particularly, no, in that having a limited cast of interacting characters means most things will be contrived on some level simply because of the limitations in place.
There's nothing wrong with disliking the relationship or the arc - we all have our favorites and preferences. As far as the writing goes, though, it's no more or less "believable" than the earlier relationships in the strip from where I sit.