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WCDT: 2811-2815 (13-17 October 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Aziraphale:
--- Quote from: Stoon on 14 Oct 2014, 16:28 ---Unfortunately, Faye hasn't been helpful in the building up to this situation. She's been outwardly the supportive girlfriend while not vocalizing her own desires and concerns. This has enabled Angus to being self-centred and not concerning himself with others in his life. "If Faye says nothing is wrong and this is good, why I shouldn't believe her?"
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Which is why a blowup -- which is what this seems to be building towards -- makes it a bit more difficult to feel sorry for Faye. It's one thing for one of us to say there are cues Angus should be catching here; we're on the outside looking in. But people aren't mind readers, and stepping outside your situation to "read" that is also something easier said than done. I think she's genuinely trying to be a supportive friend and girlfriend, but there are plenty of ways that she could've stated her concerns and still been supportive. You can encourage someone else's dreams without being a doormat yourself, and Faye hasn't really done that. She's going to end up resenting him (if she doesn't already), likely not realizing that she shares some of the responsibility too.
Is it cold in here?:
Why people were disturbed by Angus's early appearances.
AprilArcus:
--- Quote from: plusorminus on 14 Oct 2014, 16:17 ---Angus pushed the envelope. Faye wasn't into it and he was being a tiny bit of a creeper. Dale, likewise was being a tiny bit of a creeper to Marigold and they are boning every five seconds. Yet the women who exhibited behavior similar to this were not afforded that same luxury.
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Yeah it's really impossible to imagine Jeph doing something like, I don't know, portraying a female character engaged in domestic abuse against a physically weaker target for 500 strips and playing it off as a slapstick, odd-couple gag because haha gender reversal is funny. That would basically be a different comic!
Aziraphale:
--- Quote from: AprilArcus on 14 Oct 2014, 17:11 ---
--- Quote from: plusorminus on 14 Oct 2014, 16:17 ---Angus pushed the envelope. Faye wasn't into it and he was being a tiny bit of a creeper. Dale, likewise was being a tiny bit of a creeper to Marigold and they are boning every five seconds. Yet the women who exhibited behavior similar to this were not afforded that same luxury.
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Yeah it's really impossible to imagine Jeph doing something like, I don't know, portraying a female character engaged in domestic abuse against a physically weaker target for 500 strips and playing it off as a slapstick, odd-couple gag because haha gender reversal is funny. That would basically be a different comic!
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Good points, as usual.
I gotta ask, though -- how in the hell do you pull so many strips together so quickly? I've read this thing back to front more than once and I still struggle to find the strips I want to use as examples.
AprilArcus:
Haha, I just clicked through the first 500 strips looking for stars and pain lines. It stopped being such a thing after The Talk, except for the very memorable incident during the breakup arc. I basically read the strip for Claire, so I have all of her appearances down, and I have 1300-1800 on speed dial right now since I'm working on that part of the timeline.
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