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WCDT: 2776-2780 (25-29 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
hedgie:
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Keeps it true to life, IMHO. Honestly, now: when's the last time you overheard someone's drama* and said, "Well, that's a perfectly rational thing to get irrationally worked up over!"
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Sadly, my total refusal to deal with such shite has had a negative effect on my employment status lately. By not getting into drama, I basically have ignored most former cow-orkers, and only listened to bosses when they were giving orders. It doesn't do one well when it comes to "networking" (apparently, there's some sort that doesn't require Cat-5 or wireless).
Tova:
--- Quote from: dsvella on 27 Aug 2014, 23:54 ---To the various people arguing about the supposed divine / infernal nature of cats...
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Wait. Supposed?
Loki:
--- Quote from: TheEvilDog on 27 Aug 2014, 12:10 ---Bah! Cat cultists everywhere. You've all been brainwashed by those flagitious felines!
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasma_gondii
Sleep well.
ASB84:
I think Dora's latest take on the matter is more measured and realistic. I can certainly relate: over the past couple of years, I've had to distance myself, and eventually cut myself off from, someone who used to be a close friend, but in recent times has become a very nasty and petty person who has treated me rather poorly (and in retrospect, was doing that for years before their nastiness really become apparent). So yeah, I can sympathise with Dora...though I would hope that she's spoken to Sven or intends to tell him that she's done with him, and to keep his distance. That's what I did, though it took for a while for the message to sink in. Hopefully - for the sake of a fictional character! - Sven will have more respect for his sister than my former friend did for me.
Having said that though, the arc still bugs me a little. Not because what Sven did with Faye wasn't a bad idea (it was), not because his attitude after being told where to go was out of line (it was), and not because Dora doesn't have the right to distance herself from her brother because she's sick of his crap (she does). It's not even the notion that Dora might be overreacting to second/third hand news (she arguably is, but she's not completely off-base, either).
Again, it's more that it seems like Sven's more redeemable traits have been overlooked/ret-conned out of existence in order to facilitate the current arc. That's why I'm hoping this arc does get a decent run and is explored a bit from both sides rather than being pushed aside, say, for a week of Marigold grossing out Hanners or wacky May hi-jinks.
I guess I want to know whether Sven's previous acts that have shown him to not be a completely terrible person were genuine, and that this is just him handling a situation badly because of his own baggage, or whether it's a case of nope, that was an all act, he truly is an irredeemable jerk. I'm kind of hoping it's the former, as I think the latter is sort of an easy way out, and definitely strips some complexity from the character, for the sake of having an antagonist in the current arc.
Still, if I'm thinking about it that much, connecting to the characters and feeling intrigued...well, I do like that. Good fiction should be able to elicit a response like that. I'm just hoping the twists and turns, and ultimately the conclusion of the story, will offer a satisfying payoff.
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: ASB84 on 28 Aug 2014, 03:11 ---I guess I want to know whether Sven's previous acts that have shown him to not be a completely terrible person were genuine, and that this is just him handling a situation badly because of his own baggage, or whether it's a case of nope, that was an all act, he truly is an irredeemable jerk. I'm kind of hoping it's the former, as I think the latter is sort of an easy way out, and definitely strips some complexity from the character, for the sake of having an antagonist in the current arc.
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I have to agree with you on this one - that is, I'm thinking it's the first option.
He has a long way to grow, though.
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