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

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quix0te:

--- Quote from: NilsO on 28 Aug 2014, 06:10 ---In real life, things just happen without necessarily being planned. But in QC, I guess things (mostly) happens for a reason, as part of some long term story line or character development. I am just struggling to understand the purpose of the current arc. Sven is portrayed as way more self-centered and socially inept than before, and Dora's reaction is strange, to say the least.

This could be part of Jeph's plan to get rid of Sven (and Angus?) permanently, but I have the feeling this is not the case. There is bound to be some shakeup in the Faye/Marten/Dora department. I guess Tai (and Emily?) will also be involved soon. Veronica and Hanners may be called upon to re-install order.

Has Marten's change of deodorant some deeper significance? Dora is sensitive to odors, and has earlier commented on Tai smelling like Marten, because Tai (and Faye) borrowed Marten's deodorant.

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I don't really bother trying to second guess Jeph any more.  I usually ask, "What would I do if this were my plot?" but then I remember, "Pintsize would have never occurred to me and would by now have been relegated to the most minor of characters."  I suspect he's just throwing spaghetti at the wall on a bi-weekly basis, and whatever seems to stick hangs around.  It seems pretty apparent that this is supposed to be a bad idea on Dora's part "I don't feel good about this"..."Don't tell Faye.." but how that will manifest itself is unclear.  The most logical outcome is that she and Sven become estranged over this, and its one of those family things where two people don't talk without any clear idea why after the first year.  But thats not a very explosive plot.  She could alienate her parents "What did Sven do?"  "He slept with one of my friends, and then a few months later told her he loved her when she had a boyfriend."    "..... all that then?" but thats similarly yawntastic.  From there its likely we'll have a Dora/Faye or Dora/Tai fireworks display, possibly with somebody mad at Marten because... well, Marten spelled backwards IS Job.

TRVA123:

--- Quote from: anahata on 28 Aug 2014, 11:51 ---Faye's relationship with Sven was a few nights in bed with him, purely physical attraction and any chance of mutual respect  and trust blown out of the water by Sven's fling with someone else; Dora has had sibling rivalry and jealousy over Sven getting everything too easily for the whole of her life.

And while she could just be snarky and sarcastic about Sven's latest conquest of some random woman, it's different when he's apparently messing irresponsibly with somebody who's a good friend of hers.

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Strictly speaking, Faye and Sven were sleeping together for a few months. They had a "one night stand" on Hanner's Birthday, They began banging semi regularly from when Faye tried to sabotage Will and Penolope (1191) until Sven slept with that country singer. (1334) In that time, the season changes to winter, Dora grows her hair out, Sven has an intern, Will goes on a journey of self discovery, etc.. I think they were together for at least three months, maybe more, judging by how long Dora's hair grew.

I do think Dora has a huge sibling complex, and while cutting Sven out of her life doesn't really make any sense in the Sven deliberately makes things difficult for Dora sense, it does make sense in terns of the energy that Dora wastes thinking about Sven and comparing her life to his. However, I'm not sure cutting Sven out of her life will stop Dora from comparing herself to him constantly.

cesium133:
Who's going to be the first to Google that? (Not me.)

TheEvilDog:
Staying away from Google!

ankhtahr:
Don't know if Google knows about my innocence, but my results were mostly about actual hot dogs.

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