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WCDT: 2776-2780 (25-29 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread

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Tova:

--- Quote from: Chelicerate on 26 Aug 2014, 01:11 ---Also: Threats of physical violence amongst friends do not necessitate a willingness to actually use that violence. Hell, they don't even seem to even THREATEN it much anymore. Why is everyone jumping to those conclusions?

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I don't know, but I find myself asking that question every week, when someone inevitably remarks 'wow, x is really going to punch y after that,' or something along those lines. I can only assume they are speaking metaphorically, but even so, it is still a bit head scratching.

My theory is that at least part of this is due to the static nature of comics. What is for one character a passing moment of irritation is, for the reader, a day or perhaps even an eternity of anger building up to some kind of overly dramatic conclusion.

Also... projection? Around here? Surely not.  :mrgreen:

creatureshock:

--- Quote from: plusorminus on 26 Aug 2014, 00:39 ---Also? Faye needs to keep her hands to herself. If Dora annoys her, then Faye has every right to quit and find work elsewhere. Threatening to or actually striking someone doesn't solve everything. Dora is not making Faye responsible. She would have come into the shop guns blazing telling Faye "OMFG that's it, I'm done with Sven after what he's done to you."

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Lets see... Faye has a history of violence, though Marten is really the only one she has ever been violent with.  Again, Faye nor Sven have talked to Dora about this, and she is trying like a 5 year old hiding something from her mom to keep Faye from finding out about it.  I'd say Faye has every right to be pissed off, and this being a comic strip she will go off about it.  I know Faye has grown a lot, probably grown the most of any character in the comic, but people don't change 100%.  Once a violent nutter (and I respect that about her) always a violent nutter.

creatureshock:

--- Quote from: plusorminus on 26 Aug 2014, 00:56 ---Faye right now is in love with a guy who may get an offer he cannot refuse and leave her, and Faye is still working through her abandonment issues. Sven is aware of Faye's issues. At first I thought maybe he wasn't and then I realized he was because of the advice he gave Dora in going after Marten. Faye has admitted to Dora being unsure and scared about what may happen with her and Angus. And now a guy that she probably had been starting to fall for before he had drunken, mediocre sex with a woman he never saw again, and who devastated Faye with that action, is popping up at this crucial time and telling her he is in love with her and wants to be with her.

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Does Sven even know about Angus getting the offer?  At least did he before he confessed to Faye that he might be in love with her?

creatureshock:

--- Quote from: Nyithra on 26 Aug 2014, 01:23 ---After reading through more discussion, I can see how this might affect Dora more in certain ways, perhaps not directly, but seeing a friend in stressful situations can also be stressful for oneself in an empathetic sort of way, and witnessing (however indirectly) somebody being an asshole and making that situation MORE stressful is just plain anger inducing. This still seems like a heat of the moment thing though. It seems like she wants to 'punish' Sven for his actions, but she doesn't want to tell him that she's punishing him. It's not very logical from an objective standpoint, but under a lot of anger and stress, cutting off the SOURCE of that anger and stress might seem logical in that moment.

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The biggest problem I have with this is that Faye is being left out.  She had her talk with Marten, got it out of her system, and she has moved on.  I feel like Dora is just doing whatever the devil she wants to and be damned anyone else's feeling. 

sitnspin:
Again, I ask, what does Faye have to be angry about? Dora made a decision about her relationship with her brother. How does that negatively affect Faye? I know you are determined to blame Dora for something, anything, but I fail to see any rational basis for Faye to care what Dora does in relation to her own family.

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