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WCDT: 2549-2553 (7 October - 11 October, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
westrim:
--- Quote from: no one special on 10 Oct 2013, 00:59 ---a) too much is being made about Faye's "abuse". It's not abuse. Its just who she is.
b) Faye's fears about things being different are very real. I've seen it happen time and again. Someone gets promoted, and all of a sudden the relationship changes. He/she doesn't have the same rapport with his or her coworkers that they used to, you don't joke around as much, and it's just not the same. That promotion definitely has the potential to wreck some friendships. If I were Faye, I would have told Dora that I would accept the additional responsibility and pay raise, but without the official title. The title just changes the dynamic way too much.
Though, to be fair, the power to set schedules might be enough to foment that dynamic shift, title or no.
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And who Faye is is abusive. Thanks to Comedic Sociopathy it goes okay and we laugh at it, and it's mostly low grade and verbal, but it doesn't change that reality. Even characters have called her out on it. It was one of the reasons for her therapy if I recall correctly.
What friendships? Two of her three now subordinates immediately attempted to quit when she leveled up, and the third probably isn't that into petty workplace power dynamics.
Akima:
--- Quote from: Tova on 09 Oct 2013, 19:34 ---And Marten speaks truth to power. :-D
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Heh. Yes.
Speaking of which... On Faye's abuse, how horrible Tai is etc.: Parody? Exaggeration? Who needs it?
Storel:
Ooh, burn! Good one, Marty! :laugh:
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: no one special on 10 Oct 2013, 00:59 ---a) too much is being made about Faye's "abuse". It's not abuse. Its just who she is.
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Plenty of real abusers have hidden behind that defense.
Faye, though, I think Raven is right: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=838
Neko_Ali:
Yes, but unlike the kitty in Raven's example Faye understands English and can change her ways if she's called out on it. She's pretty much past due to be seriously called out, not just by Marten or someone like that. Letting it slide because 'that's just the way she is' isn't an excuse, and it doesn't help her really. Now that she is a manager, things do change. A co-worker can get by giving someone hard times because if it gets to bad, the one taking it can always go to the boss to talk about it. Well, now Faye is 'the boss', so that doesn't fly anymore.
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