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WCDT: 2811-2815 (13-17 October 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
FilliamHMuffman:
Very disappointed. This relationship from what I can tell in QC time, is several months old and in real time several years in the making. Poor moment on Faye's part with the lack of support. Knowing that a relationship is no longer going to work sucks, but what sucks even more is having one party completely disconnect from the other and refuse to be an adult about it.
BenRG:
@FilliamHMuffman,
The point to remember is that, in a very real sense, Faye is not an adult. She's a sixteen year old girl in a twenty-six year old woman's body who's just watched her father blow his brains out in front of her. She's made progress over the past 18 or so in-universe months but not that much; certainly not enough to be willing to give up her surrogate family and hometown (or at least that is what she is being asked to do in her darker subconscious) for what is emotionally on a par with a schoolyard love affair.
Carl-E:
Excellent summary.
Signal Firefly:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 17 Oct 2014, 01:41 ---@FilliamHMuffman,
The point to remember is that, in a very real sense, Faye is not an adult. She's a sixteen year old girl in a twenty-six year old woman's body who's just watched her father blow his brains out in front of her. She's made progress over the past 18 or so in-universe months but not that much; certainly not enough to be willing to give up her surrogate family and hometown (or at least that is what she is being asked to do in her darker subconscious) for what is emotionally on a par with a schoolyard love affair.
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Is anyone else deeply disturbed by the concept of "mental age" and this idea that someone isn't an adult if they're emotionally stunted?
HiFranc:
Ben, your summary has given me an idea.
I'm starting to wonder if Marten realises that the thumps she used to give him were the equivalent of playground expressions of interest. If so, then maybe he would be the best person to talk to Angus?
Signal Firefly,
It's a bit of an over simplification but it does explain (mostly) where she is when it comes to relationships. There are differences but one of the reasons we use shortcuts like that is that saves pages of examination.
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