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WCDT: 2776-2780 (25-29 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
CaptainFish:
I feel like despite any specifics Dora is misattributing, Sven's intent matches up with what Dora perceived that intent to be.
Sven seems like he's still in a good position to become a better person with help, though. I hope she at least takes that chance on him.
FunkyTuba:
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--- Quote from: FunkyTuba on 25 Aug 2014, 07:34 ---It's the "I've got a secret" parade followed by smugly talking about it that smells like shitstorm seed crystals to me.
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I'm not so sure about the first thing. Faye's there. She could just not want to be all "Hey, so Cosette told me that my brother told Steve he wanted you to run away with him and to hell with Angus. Discuss?"
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I think that if that were the case then she would have been embarrassed/shut down about it... not coyly inviting discussion (Am I? How interesting! [...] La La laaaaaa)
--- Quote from: plusorminus on 25 Aug 2014, 09:24 ---My concern is the belief that somehow Dora orchestrated all of this to get attention focused on her when she's actually not the one who instigated this.
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I don't think anyone's accusing her of having instigated it, but she's never been shy about using such situations in the past when they come up.
I can forgive an initial overboard reaction (red eyes) but she's definitely responsible for what she chooses to do in public (dancing back to her office while singing like she's the Secret Fairy and announcing this to Marten in that way (panel 1 happy star greeting, presumably in public, followed by exclamation pointed statements of that same secret)).
On a separate note: I think it shows the quality of the comic that these characters seem so real that we can psychoanalyze them even though they all came out of Jeph's head.
Orkboy:
Wow. I'm more impressed with the responses than I am with the comic. Here's my take on it, though:
Wait for it.
If Dora had started hitting Sven with a broom handle or something while yelling at him, everyone here would be cool with it. BUT! because she's instead decided to distance herself from him, avoid the implied ultra-violence most of us were expecting, and just not wade into the shitstorm, about 50% of the readers have decided that she is the Wicked Witch of the Coffeehouse. I'm more interested in what this tells me about the readers than what this tells me about the characters.
Consider yourselves observed, Attenborough-style.
jwhouk:
Three pages, and it's only Monday. Impressive.
This week, I suspect, will be like watching a car wreck on the highway as it's unfolding in front of you. You'd like to turn away, but you just can't help but watch.
Smallest:
--- Quote from: Orkboy on 25 Aug 2014, 11:47 ---If Dora had started hitting Sven with a broom handle or something while yelling at him, everyone here would be cool with it. BUT! because she's instead decided to distance herself from him, avoid the implied ultra-violence most of us were expecting, and just not wade into the shitstorm, about 50% of the readers have decided that she is the Wicked Witch of the Coffeehouse. I'm more interested in what this tells me about the readers than what this tells me about the characters.
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I don't know if I'd be as likely to comment on it, but I'd be terrified if that happened. The comic has been continuously moving toward less absurd and less violent (other than hitting Pintsize, and part because Faye's gotten therapy, but I think it's also that as the comic's more realistic, pain-slapstick doesn't fit so much), and that would be too weird and sudden.
Of course, while I might not comment in horror right when it happened, I would if after the next couple strips that got pushed aside instead of the characters treating it as an assault and possibly taking legal action.
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