Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT: 2741-2745 (07-11 July 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
quix0te:
Regarding whether protestations of love are manipulative or honest, context is everything.
If I'm in a relationship with somebody where love might have grown as a result, then I can tell that person.
BUT
Nobody just says, "I wanted you to know I love you. Anyway, back to our discussion about tibetan prayer wheels."
"I want you to know I love you" is implicitly one of those folded-up notes from 7th grade saying "I love you. Check a box. [ ] I love you too, and not as a friend [ ] I don't love you, or I love you like a friend or somesuch BS" The subject is forced to respond, either by saying, "REALLY?!? <3 <3 <3 I've loved you too for a while! I can't believe it!" or "Uh. [Insert uncomfortable acknowledgement of weak to nonexistent feelings]"
To say it to somebody you aren't close to and don't spend much time with seems immature to me. I mean, Sven may BE emotionally stunted. I dunno. To pop this without at least acknowledging that he F***ed up but it will never happen again is bad salesmanship or something. I know if I were Faye, my first question would be "If you love me so much, why did you cheat on me? Did you love me less then? How does that work?"
I will say again that Faye's defining characteristic seems to be anger. This, to me, disqualifies her from GF material. Concealing your hostility behind jokes is one of the first jackass tactics. "I was just kidding when I made you feel small" Relationships are hard enough without having a partner whose toolbox has a lot of big hammers.
TRVA123:
Haven't you ever just had the need to tell someone something like that? or at least, had friends who had similar impulses? Yeah, confessing you love someone when you pretty much KNOW there is no way the feeling is reciprocated is a pretty immature thing to do. But I've met many highschool and college age people who did things like this. Especially ones who are grapplling with the feeling of unrequited love for the first time.
Sven seems to be immature when it comes to caring about other people and being considerate of them.
I think he is looking for closure, even if he doesn't get what he wants he will at least know.
I actually do think that Sven is more "in love" with Faye than he was when he was with her. He saw what he had with Faye then as a meaningless fling, once he lost her he realized that he valued her as more than that.
I am NOT saying that this justifies him dumping his feelings on Faye, or that Faye and Sven should be together because of his "super spechul feewings"
But I can see where he is coming from and I can sympathize with his confusion and need for closure.
T:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 08 Jul 2014, 08:43 ---(note that there's only one "T" there)
--- End quote ---
Yes?
iduguphergrave:
I should be mad but I can't stop thinking about how much fun it would be to be a tiny robot.
Loki:
Arguably, Sven didn't cheat on Faye per se, since iirc they never stated they were in an exclusive relationship. In fact, they did not specify their kind of relationship at all, methinks, besides Faye saying "If you sleep with anyone else, I walk".
*walks away while thread explodes behind him*
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version