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WCDT: 2776-2780 (25-29 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: Bob of the South on 26 Aug 2014, 12:06 --- Honestly, I think recent events have made me realize that the main trio of characters (Marten, Faye, and Dora) are capable of forgiving themselves and each other of everything while condemning others for much less. It's understandable among friends, but annoyingly cliquish.
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One of the most insightful posts in the history of the comic section.
Somnus Eternus:
--- Quote from: Smallest on 26 Aug 2014, 10:32 ---
--- Quote from: Somnus Eternus on 26 Aug 2014, 05:45 ---
--- Quote from: Socky on 26 Aug 2014, 05:43 ---Why would Dora tell this to Marten, probably Faye's closest friend, in CoD while Faye's there and tell him not to tell her?
Why tell Marten at all?
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Because Marten is also her good friend and is likely to provide a more level-headed response than Faye is.
I also strongly disagree with this idea that people are throwing around that Sven hitting on Faye is none of Dora's business, and Dora cutting Sven out of her life is none of Faye's. They're not just coworkers - they're also close friends. In that sense, of course something like that would be the business of the other, in the sense that they'd each be concerned about the other's well being. It's not to say that either are obligated to share that information with the other, but let's not pretend that either situation wouldn't have an impact on the other person.
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I agree with the second part of your post, but regarding Marten- still, why at CoD, in front of Faye, and then ask for it to be secret? If she's going to keep it a secret (see below), she should have waited for Faye's break or talked to Marten aside or something, although those would have interfered with her fake happy thing.
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Oh, I actually have a really good answer for that. It's because I completely missed the bolded part of your post and was responding just to the "Why tell Marten at all?" part. Sorry about that! Yeah, that was weird timing on Dora's part.
DSL:
We had Dorapocalypse. What'll we call this one? Svenageddon(outahere)?
aphanisis81:
--- Quote from: Chelicerate on 26 Aug 2014, 12:20 ---
--- Quote from: aphanisis81 on 26 Aug 2014, 11:53 ---I don't even find the highly-sitcomish hiding-in-the-bathroom arc to be that horrible an indicator of Sven's character. Sure, he was cheating on a girl, but come on, that's a thing that happens. And there was no indication that he and Genevieve were more than a pretty casual hookup.
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Cheating isn't just 'a thing that happens'. It is an active action, to be taken responsibility for. Additionally, you, too, don't know that they WEREN'T more than a casual hookup. You're jumping to just as many conclusions.
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Well, actually, later strips established that Sven had never been in a serious relationship, so "casual hook-up" is probably pretty on the mark. And yes, of course, it's an active action that a good person takes responsibility for. But it's also not a sign of toxicity. And more to the point, I'm pretty sure my sister doesn't hold it against me that, eight years ago, I cheated on someone she'd never even met.
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--- Quote from: aphanisis81 on 26 Aug 2014, 11:53 ---If one person comes off like a lunatic in that arc, it's Faye. Especially her line "You should apologize to people you've genuinely hurt, like Genevieve"...I feel like Sven's proper response to that would have been "Um, you have no idea what my situation with Genevieve was like. If you want me to feel bad for getting your former Man-Bitch who's now railing my sister involved, fine. But you're in no position to judge what happened with G."
And then she goes along to the hospital just to throw in a few more insults and muttered acrimony. Pretty lame.
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So expecting people to minimize the harm they've evidently done to others is now 'coming off as a lunatic'. Hokay.
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The point here is that none of it was Faye's business, and this particular epoch of the comic was Faye in full-on self-righteous mode.
aphanisis81:
Man, I just can't figure out how to properly format quoted text. I'm sure y'all can see which part is mine and which part is Chelicerate's, but still. Mods, help!
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