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WCDT: 2811-2815 (13-17 October 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
hakko504:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 14 Oct 2014, 01:32 ---Another good story-telling reason to have Clinton move in with Marigold. We know he has a creepy sort-of-man crush on Hannelore. Who is Marigold's best girl friend? Hannelore! We know that he can't come to see her at Coffee of Doom anymore because Dora has him hosed down when he starts getting creepy. So, it would be an interesting way to see how his feelings and behaviour has developed.
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I've been thinking a bit more, and I don't see any male character moving in with Marigold except Dale. I think Marigold is much more aware now about who she will allow into her life/apartment than when she started living with Angus (when she probably only cared about him not disturbing her gaming). There was a moment of jealousy from Marigold when May returned/appeared in person which could indicate that she wants her man for herself and that she'll insist on having Dale move in with her.
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--- Quote from: hakko504 on 13 Oct 2014, 23:18 ---Faye moves in! This prompted not so much by Marigold but by Claire, who wants Marten for herself and decides to move in with him.
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I don't see it. Claire is pretty conservative and cautious. She's probably super relieved that Marten accepts her for who she is, but she's also inexperienced with relationships and doesn't want to rock the boat just yet. It also doesn't make sense financially: grad school is bloody expensive, and living at your folk's place makes things so much easier. Claire also has good emotional support at home with her Mom, and Clinton if he lives there, too.
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I mostly agree. Though I think that some of the demons that haunted Dora may appear in Claire as well, namely the thoughts about whether Marten have feelings for Faye or not. It's probably easier for Claire to accept them sharing an apartment when Faye is in a relationship, but if that ends then there could be all sorts of trouble sending waves through many relations in the comic.
Another unrelated thought: What has Claire & Marten been doing all day? Eating pancakes should have happened in the morning (or at least not much later than lunchtime). Faye was going to start work at 5pm but she may have decided to go early in order to gossip spread the news to Dora.
BenRG:
So, the scenario could be something like this:
Faye, being Faye, buries her misgivings for now and tries the LDR with Angus. It just happens that this occurs in parallel with Marten and Claire spending a lot of time together in her vicinity. They visit CoD together and spend time at the apartment together. Faye is clear to Marten that Claire is his GF and she has no problem with him bringing Claire over but... seeing them together when Angus is away hurts a lot.
It doesn't help that Angus keeps on putting off their reunion. It is understandable that, whilst he's couch-hopping and trying to settle into the city, it is impractical for her to visit him or for him to visit her. However, it still plays to Faye's insecurities. When she finally visits him, a month later, which will probably be an arc in its own right, it will be the deciding point for their relationship. Either:
* Angus is all over her and can't wait to spend time with her, showing her his new life and... er... showing her how much he missed her;
* He is still preoccupied with his own affairs and the ardour seems to have cooled a little but he is still determined to make the relationship work as best as he can (Faye later tells Dora that it was a 'fun time' but not quite like it was before);
* It is pretty clear that, in the month, the fire has gone out; Northampton (and Faye) are the past. New York and the pretty lady in the apartment opposite his are the present and maybe the future.There are variations but, in the end, I think that what happens will fall into one of those three categories. I am leaning towards option 2 - Faye and Angus keep kicking the can down the road for a while, possibly as far along as the start of winter, before coming to a final decision, positive or negative. That is how it tends to happen in the real world. That would give Jeph time to have Faye confront the opportunity Sven offers her - a consequence-free all-physical affair with him to soothe her loneliness. This would be a good way to illustrate the strength of Faye's commitment to Angus, even in these less-than-ideal circumstances.
I do not find it inconceivable that Faye could end up being put on the bus by moving to New York to live with Angus. Something similar has happened already with Hannelore, who has arguably retreated to being a secondary character whom you only usually see behind the counter at Coffee of Doom. The key to make that a satisfying end to her story would be to write her realistically responding to the effective wrap-up of her life in Northampton and the inevitable weakening of her ties to the people there.
--- Quote from: hakko504 on 14 Oct 2014, 02:07 ---Another unrelated thought: What has Claire & Marten been doing all day? Eating pancakes should have happened in the morning (or at least not much later than lunchtime). Faye was going to start work at 5pm but she may have decided to go early in order to gossip spread the news to Dora.
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Or, Friday's strip was at 5pm; Marten and Claire have spent the day together off-screen doing stereotypical boyfriend/girlfriend things together (maybe someone like Cossette will remark later on that they were being, in their view, 'disgustingly affectionate in a public place'). This means that Faye has had to digest the generally-unsatisfactory conversation with Angus and factor that into her response when Marten and Claire come to CoD.
Skewbrow:
--- Quote from: Platypodes on 13 Oct 2014, 23:14 ---It'd make more sense for Faye to have that epiphany and go to the city to be with Angus and pursue an art career, but I don't think Jeph will want to write Faye out of CoD.
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Ain't that the unfortunate truth. Agree with those saying that this time Angus' timing for a joke was not optimal. Either Faye explodes
... or Angus pulls out a box with a ring from his pocket ...
... or both ...
... not necessarily in that order.
Blackbird:
--- Quote from: hakko504 on 14 Oct 2014, 02:07 ---I've been thinking a bit more, and I don't see any male character moving in with Marigold except Dale.
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This.
In addition to hakko504's point about Marigold's increased socialization, it's not like Angus was just some dude off the street. They went to college together and was probably, in Marigold's view at least, one of the few people who was nice to her back then. Given Marigold's established fear of talking to boys, any male roommate would have to be somebody she knows and gets along with well enough. In the extended main cast, that's pretty much Marten and Dale, and Marten isn't really an option. People have brought up Clinton and Amir, but Marigold's only major interaction with Clinton involved him being creepy to the point that Momo had to shock him and I don't think she's even met Amir. I don't see Marigold agreeing to live with either. Unless it's a new character, it's either Dale or a female.
That said, I'm sticking with Raven randomly reappearing again. I want to see those two interact.
Zebediah:
Marigold and Emily sharing an apartment, for maximum weirdness.
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