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Why did Faye's dad kill himself?

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Eddie 88:
I Searched and couldn't find a recent topic specifically about this. Also, disclaimer: I haven't been actively reading QC for over a year, so if there's been any recent developments that invalidate anything I'm about to say, apologies in advance. I'm currently working my way from the first comic all the way back up to current, so it won't be TOO long.

Anyway, when I first started reading QC years ago and first got to The Talk, I got this weird sort of vibe. Reading through the archive a few years later, I got it again, and just the other day, archive crawling again, I got it again. The Bourbon-in-the-milkshake, Amanda's jealousy, Faye's completely rose-tinted memories. Long story short, I think the reason Faye's dad killed himself was that he was sexually abusing Faye, and was remorseful. He was far too disgusted with himself and ashamed to admit it to anyone (certainly his wife) and try to work through the problem, but on the other hand, he couldn't just stop. In that hopeless situation, he saw only one way out.

And obviously, this theory implies that Faye is repressing her memories. All she remembers is their secret alone time, their "special connection," sans the sexual violation it entailed.

This would explain why Faye has(/had) such intense sexual dysfunction. Because if you think about it, parental suicide shouldn't logically lead to sexual problems. Generic trust issues, yeah, but Faye never really had those; hell, QC starts off with her approaching some random boy and pressganging him into friendship. And verbal sparring aside, she started trusting Dora really quickly, and pretty much every new character since.

One could argue that's either because A) she made a lot of progress really quickly or B) Jeph didn't feel it would be a good authorial choice to have Faye have to be defensive with every single new character he introduces (especially since he introduces a lot of 'em) and then slowly learn to trust them just to portray her character consistantly.

So yeah, Faye's central psychosis has always been sexual intimacy issues. And it doesn't seem like those would logically follow a parental suicide.

So what do you think? Am I way off-base? Did anyone else get this sort of impression from the whole Faye's dad backstory thing? Have there been any recent developments that invalidate any of this? (Don't worry about "spoiling" me if there have been.)

Mr_Rose:
Faye has sexual intimacy issues? Since when?
Hella trust issues specifically centred around the people in her life leaving her, but she's never had a problem with intercourse.
You will notice that Angus deciding a fifteen minute boob fondling was a better use of her break time than anything else didn't faze her, but the slightest hint of him moving away completely discombobulated her.

So yes I think you are way off base.

Zebediah:
Faye doesn't act like a victim of childhood sexual abuse. I've known a few women who were sexually abused as children or teenagers, and in some ways they tend to act more like Hannelore than Faye - they often get extremely freaked out by even a little bit of friendly physical contact. And that's all I'm going to say on the subject for now.

Is it cold in here?:
"Abandonment issues" might be more precise. Fear of emotional closeness was I think why she jumped Sven, thinking that she could use him as a human vibrator without risking emotional attachment (not that it worked).

On the other hand, her response to the prospect of someone being sexually attracted to her even secretly was disproportionate.

In my irrelevant opinion, it's better art if we never find out why David Whitaker shot himself.


--- Quote from: Zebediah, who red-texted me ---they often get extremely freaked out by even a little bit of friendly physical contact.

--- End quote ---

Was there a case where Faye even allowed a little bit of friendly physical contact from Marten while sober?

TinPenguin:
There was the time he slapped her butt.

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