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WCDT: 2440-2444 (6-10 May, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread

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bhtooefr:
This isn't a pineapple under the sea, it's a coffee shop under an iron fist.

Kugai:
And the difference is?


Nothing like a bit of exposition to move a plot along.

FunkyTuba:
Since this comic was actually mostly about Faye I think it's useful to go a little deeper there. Her life as she has reconstructed it in Northhampton is way better than it was before in Savannah (dad dying, etc.) so having a stable life that she likes is a pretty major accomplishment for her. She wanted to make her life better and she did it and she has seen little but stagnation from Marten.

What she doesn't see, however, is whatever's going on in the rehearsal space with the 8-string, Whatever went on at his dad's wedding with Claire, the leadership he showed at work... So she might not be privy to the underlying changes that we all see as progress.

Were they being catty? Sure, a little, not much more than his mom was being when she visited. That's all why I think something big-ish is coming up.

Edit: Spelling was hard on small device in a h urry

Throg:
Yeah, I do agree with FunkyTuba about Faye's "progress" being all about reconstructing her psyche and life. If she was having blackout suicidal attempts, and moved onto having tenuous (sex-driven) relationships, and moved onto a more stable relationship, then she's definitely had her journey.

But yeah, Marten is still directionless. It is NOT ENOUGH to be the nice, empowering-to-your-friends, generally good guy that doesn't lift a finger about moving on himself. What is cool at his age (late 20's?) is going to be, existentially, fucking ridiculous in his mid-40's. Wearing ironic t-shirts and the guy behind the desk at the college library? really?

sitnspin:

--- Quote from: Madmartigan on 08 May 2013, 11:17 ---I don't really understand the difference between Faye's contentedness and Marten's. 

--- End quote ---

One major difference is that Marten is NOT content. He has hinted many times and even stated straight out a few times dissatisfaction with where his life is. He has talked about what he would like to do with his life (something involving music) but doesn't do anything to achieve that, not does he seem to have anything particular in mind beyond.

But the point of the conversation in the comic seems to be that Faye's complacency is NOT okay, or at least not ideal. Dora isn't saying that what Faye is doing is good, nor is she saying that what Marten is doing is worse, just that it doesn't work either so don't imitate it. If Faye has any level of self-awareness, which we know she does, she'll know she is in the same boat and will end up exactly the way she said Marten would. Pointing out that someone else's methodologies are flawed does not imply that yours are not.

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