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WCDT: 2816-2820 (20-24 October 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
ASB84:
--- Quote from: Krald on 19 Oct 2014, 21:09 ---So after looking back through the comics i figured out why i dislike the tai/dora ship... tai was like all about getting in dora's pants like 80 strips after the break up, so like, days in comic time? You just don't jump on your friends ex like that, specially in a damn collage town where their are many fish in the sea
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That's bugged me too, but at the end of the day, I figured that Marten's OK with it, so that's what really matters in-universe.
Half Empty Coffee Cup:
--- Quote from: ASB84 on 20 Oct 2014, 00:57 ---
--- Quote from: Krald on 19 Oct 2014, 21:09 ---So after looking back through the comics i figured out why i dislike the tai/dora ship... tai was like all about getting in dora's pants like 80 strips after the break up, so like, days in comic time? You just don't jump on your friends ex like that, specially in a damn collage town where their are many fish in the sea
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That's bugged me too, but at the end of the day, I figured that Marten's OK with it, so that's what really matters in-universe.
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If Marten were any chiller, he'd need resuscitation. Dude practically oozes reasonable thoughts. Like the thought that it really isn't up to him whether or not someone gets together with his ex or to judge someone for it, regardless of how soon it is.
Emperor Norton:
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 19 Oct 2014, 21:51 ---In a perfect world. Equal right, equal responsibility, everyone doing the right thing.
It's not a perfect world, even in the QCverse. If it were, this situation wouldn't have happened.
Angus has less of crippling burden, therefore greater resources. If he wants a continuing relationship with Faye, that means he--as the party with more resources--has to take on more work.
A healthy relationship is not what they have. If they want a healthy relationship, their options are A) The healthiest person carries the load until the other can should some of it. B) Both parties wait until both parties have equal carrying capacity.
B is a bad choice, something Marty and Dora realized.
In the real world, no relationship is equal. A truly healthy relationship is one where both partners have sufficient opportunity to play to their strengths. Each supports the other in turn, as life throws complications at them. Who is supporting who might change so fast neither knows who's hold who up. Or one partner might end up under the load for years.
Faye's damage is extensive. Angus's isn't. His options are to support Faye in getting better, or admit he can't do that. It's not fair, but neither is life.
Of course, that calculus may be moot. Marten was ready to shoulder that burden for Dora. Dora didn't allow it. Nothing says Faye is going to do give Angus the chance. After all, it isn't fair.
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You should check out the word you used. This post isn't necessarily incorrect, but the word you used before is ONUS. As in, the duty, the responsibility. He may have to put more work into this to get the relationship to work, but its not in any way his DUTY to do so. Even if the relationship continues, its not his duty to be perfect, while excusing her flaws because of trauma.
Trauma is an explanation, not an excuse.
We should all work to be sympathetic and understanding, but people still need to be held accountable for their shit. And that goes for whether someone has trauma or not. And that doesn't mean being a dick to them, or yelling at them, but pointing out when they are being unfair isn't going to far. Being upset with them hurting you is not going to far.
And that still comes to the simple fact: Angus can do zero to fix this until Faye is at least ready to talk to him about it. Literally nothing. So the idea that its all on him is absurd. If she doesn't want to listen, doesn't want to talk, anything he does can only make it worse.
aphanisis81:
--- Quote from: ASB84 on 19 Oct 2014, 05:10 ---I have to say, my enjoyment of the bros' appearances is disproportionate to their prominence/importance to the strip. Love that library gag.
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Agreed! The library strip, and also the one at the Horrible Revelation where they're just waiting with bated breath for Angus to say the word, are brilliant. Their presence is especially incongruous since they're clearly UMass students (and I'm not just stereotyping, one of them wears either a UMass cap or hoodie), and they're hanging out in Northampton - sometimes even at the Smith/Smif library - which is a highly inconvenient 10 mile drive from Amherst, and also one of the most bro-free places in New England.
aphanisis81:
--- Quote from: Lubricus on 19 Oct 2014, 23:40 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 19 Oct 2014, 23:31 ---Now, is it me or was Marten humming a cheerful tune as he entered?
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If it was you, which tune was it? :-D
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The theme to the old Andy Griffith Show, obvi.
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