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WCDT: 2878-2882 (19-23 January 2015)
Gladstone:
--- Quote from: cesium133 on 19 Jan 2015, 17:14 ---Now I sort of want to see Penny's reaction when she finds out Faye's been fired. There will be celebrations...
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Not just Penny, either. Coffee of Doom's sales go through the roof as word spreads around town that "The mean one is gone!" Faye sobers up out of spite, enacts convoluted scheme to get hired back, hijinks ensue.
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--- Quote from: Gladstone on 18 Jan 2015, 12:33 ---Well, shit.
I'm not sure I want to watch this play out one-strip-a-day in real time. Maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to take a few weeks off and come back when there's a small backlog...
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We are wathcing a drama unfolding in extremely slow motion from our point of view. This is not necessarily bad, as it gives time for us to think and discuss possible outcomes. But I agree, it is frustrating at times. However, it would be even more frustrating taking a few weeks off, knowing that something important might have happened in QC.
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I responded to this earlier, right before the comic went up, and then my curiosity got the best of me. Self-imposed QC blackout lasted <5 minutes. Still not sure I want to watch all this happen one day at a time, but not sure I can actually stay away for 1-4 weeks to get appropriate distance. It's been a while since I reread the entire comic, so I could always distract myself with that, but I doubt that'll take me more than a few days...
Blackbird:
--- Quote from: Gladstone on 19 Jan 2015, 17:50 ---Not just Penny, either. Coffee of Doom's sales go through the roof as word spreads around town that "The mean one is gone!" Faye sobers up out of spite, enacts convoluted scheme to get hired back, hijinks ensue.
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Or CoD's sales plummet as word spreads around town that "the mean one is gone". Faye sobers up out of a sense of duty to the community, enacts convoluted scheme to get hired back, hijinks ensue.
I think both are equally likely.
sluthy:
--- Quote from: Gladstone on 19 Jan 2015, 17:50 ---Coffee of Doom's sales go through the roof as word spreads around town that "The mean one is gone!"
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But isn't that the whole appeal of Coffee Of Doom? Spite with a side order of coffee? I remember people were lining up to get abused by Faye et al after that gossip mag write-up. Business might actually suffer for her absence.
--- Quote from: hedgie on 19 Jan 2015, 17:38 --- Her firing might only be temporary, but it's at least there for a warning.
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Is it? Given her attitude to Sven ("that's it, too far, he's out of my life forever") Dora might hold a grudge and not take Faye on as an employee again even after she sobers up. Although that's unlikely since they are (hopefully) still friends and she's paying half her other friend/ex-boyfriend's rent.
--- Quote from: hedgie on 19 Jan 2015, 17:38 ---I hope that Marten is now setting-up folding chairs in their flat for an intervention.
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Given that his only inclination of a problem existing was "isn't it a little early to be drinking?" the day before, and the fact that he's now got a date tonight, I'd suggest he won't be home until very late/the next morning and Faye will be a wreck. That is unless Dora gives him/Tai a heads-up text or call right now.
jwhouk:
...Did someone just hear a huge shoe drop in Central Massachusetts?
Jazzmaster:
I honestly see this as a great opportunity for Faye to wake up and get her shit together. Since the start of the comic she's been knocking people around and doing/saying whatever she damn well pleases, because people continued to put up with her shit without ever really calling her out on it. She physically abused people, mouthed off to everybody including her own boss. Hell, she got a boyfriend who somehow loved her jaded attitude, and was even encouraged to treat customers badly at work. People either put up with every single one of her personality quirks, or they put a positive spin on it.
Now, FINALLY, she crossed the line and is going to have to deal with the consequences. Yeah, she has problems, but so do the rest of us. Tough shit, you still get held to the same standard as the rest of us even if you have "baggage", as most of us do.
I wonder what's going to happen now, with Marten and Claire potentially becoming more serious and Faye being unable to make her half of the rent. Time will tell....
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