There's an odd symmetry to this breakup. Angus was actively trying to be a good boyfriend as best he could, but honestly, a relationship wasn't the most important thing to him, and his natural self-absorption caused him to miss the warning signs. In contrast, while Faye was arguably putting more into the relationship on a surface level, she was doing so at the expense of her own wants and needs, and stopped being honest with Angus. Both of them are equally at fault in this. That said, both Faye and Angus are going to blame Faye for it not working out.
Cut to Dora trying and failing to console Faye. Then to Faye going to the apartment and Marten's either not there, or Claire's with him. That's 2 of her 3 crisis crutches unavailable, so she falls back on her 3rd: booze. And does anybody want to place bets on who she runs into at a bar?
I think people are getting too into the idea that Marten won't be there for Faye due to Claire. First, he's always there for his friends. Secondly, his relationship with Claire is pretty clearly more at the "feeling good about the future" sort of place, not the "head over heels, can't get you out of my head" sort of place. He'll be able to switch gears to console Faye no problem. Claire should be understanding about it too, given she trusts Marten.
Faye's bigger problem is she's going to look like a giant hypocrite to her friends and get chewed out. Remember how she confronted Dora about ruining a good thing with Marty for absolutely no good reason? Or how she yelled at Marten for just cutting off contact with Padma? She'll be worried that her friends are going to throw this stuff back in her face, because she's already blaming herself for the breakup, not Angus. She's not mad at him at all, she's hating herself.
I'm really hoping Angus and Faye talk after she gets off work.
I think they will talk again, but only after Faye is prodded by one of her friends to do so. She'll want to continue passive-aggressively avoiding the situation until Angus leaves so she can hate/blame herself. Angus will probably make another attempt to initiate contact though. If nothing else, this is shitty closure, and I think Angus would at least want to leave for NYC with his emotional life wrapped up.
yeah, this is definitely a 'lets talk about this tomorrow' situation. a bit of time to cool down, think, & sleep can do wonders for a person's ability to deal with shit.
Look at what Angus said.: "So, what? That's it?" and "Can't we at least try to make this work?" He's very clearly not talking about moving to NYC, but their relationship as a whole. Faye's non-response indicates to him she's given up, even if that wasn't exactly what she meant. He'll make one last volley later on, but Faye basically telegraphed to him that it's over already - and he has the move to NYC to plan.
Poor Angus.
and the f--- is wrong with Faye?
There is nothing holding her back from actually following Angus. She had done that before... moving to different city, different state that is.
or at least see how it works out. not give up just because in next few months angus is going to be away from home often.
no pity for Faye!
A few things.
1. From a comic standpoint, this would break QC, as I've said before
2. She left *nothing* in Georgia. She was basically a shut-in for a few years who had no friends. All she left behind were her mother and sister (neither of which she gets along especially well with) and a whole lot of bad memories of her hometown. Northampton, in contrast, is full of good memories, and contains all her best friends.
3. She's dated Angus maybe something like six months in QC time. She's known her friends up there for years now. Why would she ditch her friends for Angus, when, as noted, there's always a chance your S/O will dump you, but your friends have stuck with you through thick and thin?
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Topic: WCDT: 2811-2815 (13-17 October 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread (Read 182446 times)