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WCDT: 2811-2815 (13-17 October 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Method of Madness:
Let's hope not.
eschaton:
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 13 Oct 2014, 12:37 ---It depends. I have a friend who's been in a long-distance relationship (North Carolina and Vermont) for several years now, and they seem to be making it work. So it can be done.
My one long-distance relationship probably lasted longer than it would have if we'd lived closer together - the distance made it easier to ignore some of the problems.
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There's been studies which suggest that there are some major pluses to long-distance relationships. For one thing, it's been found they stay in the "passionate" phase for much longer - partners don't become bored and start taking their significant other for granted. Absence really does make the heart grow fonder in some cases.
Still, the question is not do long-distance relationships ever work, it's will a LTR work for Faye and Angus. I still think the answer here is no.
Ustrello:
--- Quote from: GarandMarine on 13 Oct 2014, 17:16 ---
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 12 Oct 2014, 20:08 ---Sven's done some shitty things, but do you really think "take advantage of a drunk person" is a low he'd sink to?
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Yes.
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Unless jeph wants to take the comic to a whole new level of social commentary I can't see sven doing that or maybe at the most backing out at the last possible second
ReindeerFlotilla:
First: Welcome, Endellion! Pull up a chair, have some coffee.
Second: Marten tends to be a good barometer of the reasonable-ness of most opinions that don't involve Marten. Dora is overreacting. On the other hand, the fact that Marten accepts her position says it's not an extreme overreaction. He can see where she's going, but some doubts.
That's not to suggest her overreaction doesn't make sense to her. Sven is the villain in the strip. The fact that he's not actually a terrible person is a sign of how little villainy anyone in Northhampton gets up to.
What he did was selfish and Dora has every right to be upset about it. If one assumes that Cosette gave a fairly complete description of Sven's run in with Steve, she knows just how selfish her brother is being.
There's a showdown coming over this. It may or may not be a situation that retroactively justifies Dora's reaction.
greywolfe:
--- Quote from: aphanisis81 on 13 Oct 2014, 07:36 ---
To be fair, I don't know if Gareth is equating "taking advantage" with "sexual assault." But it does seem like splitting hairs to say, in this case, that there's a big difference. If the issue is that booze interfered with the legitimacy of her consent, then there's really no difference at all.
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What a load of crap.
Can I turn this around and say that since he was drunk as well, was she not taking advantage of HIM and reducing his capacity for consent?
What this world is turning into, with the lack of personal responsibility and anti-male diatribe, makes me sick :-(
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