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Why did Faye's dad kill himself?

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Storel:

--- Quote from: Eddie 88 on 10 Jun 2013, 01:20 ---More evidence of Faye's sexual dysfunction -- she's always just had a generally negative, pessimistic attitude towards sex. Can't find the comic, but in one Faye and Marten talk about all the great stuff about being older, and Faye goes, "Yeah yeah, get the typical male example of sex out of the way." Maybe it was Faye and Dora.

Anytime sex is brought up, Faye always exhibits a really negative attitude. Especially compared to someone like Raven (who's probably the most psychologically healthy of the cast), who has a really positive view of sex.

Even nudity, even in a presumably-platonic setting, is upsetting for Faye...
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=997

Not to mention her unhealthy body image, always complaining about her weight and such. You could potentially frame the sex and nudity stuff as a type of trust issue brough on by her father's suicide, but you can't really make the logical leap from parental suicide to negative body-image. The leap from sexual abuse to negative body-image is much shorter and more logical.
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Hmm. You're making some very interesting points here...


--- Quote from: Eddie 88 on 10 Jun 2013, 01:20 ---
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 09 Jun 2013, 12:44 ---He did it for his daughter's sake, to spare her the embarrassment of having a breakdown and years of being emotionally crippled for no good reason.

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Lol, well that backfired.
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I think you missed IICIH's point (see the emphasized part). IICIH is implying that Faye's father knew Fay was about to have a breakdown and be emotionally crippled for years, and he didn't want that to happen to her for no good reason. So he committed suicide to give her a good reason...  :roll:

Is it cold in here?:
Yes, that's what I meant.

Yet another factette to toss in the soup is that she managed a physical relationship (Sven) before she could handle attachment. That could be used as an argument either way.

DrBear:

--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 09 Jun 2013, 21:56 ---There's now a "Dysfunctional Families" thread in Relate containing the posts about forumgoers's own families of origin, where discussions of same should continue.

Back on topic, I was just afflicted by a mental picture of Faye somehow crossing into the real world and confronting Jeph: "Hello. My name is Faye Whitaker. You killed my father. Prepared to die."

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Actually, I could see this as a guest comic. WILLIS! MILHOLLAND! FRONT AND CENTER!

Mr_Rose:
Here's an answer: he didn't kill himself. He's actually the director of the DoKYA and what Faye saw was an acephalic clone being controlled by an AI. Steve knows of Director Whitaker of course, but either hasn't made the connection (does he even know about Faye's story?) or has been sworn to secrecy. As for why? Plausible deniability; who better to head up an ultra-secret paramilitary organisation than a dead man?

Masterpiece:
This is now my head cannon.

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