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WCDT: 2878-2882 (19-23 January 2015)

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ReindeerFlotilla:
I think HannahRose has is basically right when she says Faye is a terrible person. But then most people are terrible people, and there's a little something wrong with just about every character's relationship decisions up to now, except Dale and Marigold, really. And with them it's not making good choices, it's the fact that explicitly don't know any better. There's no such thing as good choices in a first relationship.

But Faye really has ridden a remarkable wave of tolerance. And it seems less than likely that the wave is over, unless Jeph means to put Dora on a bus.

Which he might. It's toot early to tell what's actually happening here.

I'm amused, as I said before, by the emotion mostly because it all about treating the characters as real people. I use that tactic all the time, myself. It's the first stage of analysis. But it's not the last.

Speaking as a writer, for every action a character should face and equal an opposite punishment. There are so many ways main characters can make the right choice right now and have it blow up spectacularly, that it's not even funny. And the best part is, it doesn't matter how you define "right."

There's literally nothing Dora could do here that couldn't go horribly wrong, because there's nothing anyone can do in any situation that couldn't go horribly wrong. Even doing nothing can have negative consequences.

In the real world, a writer can't actually make every choice a character makes backfire, especially in an open ended story. Right now, it's too early to say whether Dora's choice here is actually critical to Dora's story. If it's not, then this is just a case of Faye's choice backfiring on her. Dora's just the messenger.

The fact is, Dora's best choice--and know this from watching a lot of alcoholics--is to fire Faye. No amount of support will make a change if Faye really is an alcoholic at this point and if she isn't the shock ought to open her eyes. But "best" and "right" are not always the same thing. Sometimes the only way to see which is which is to make a choice and see what happens.

MrNumbers:

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Alright, all of this.

I'm going to say: No further comment until I see tomorrow's strip. Dora's explanation and Faye's reaction.

Then I'll be comfortable making a further arse of myself.

Doc:
Next: pregnancy!
And fire.

plusorminus:
Beyond the Dora stuff, I'm actually intrigued as to how this will affect Claire and Marten. I'll admit to being dense as hell in some cases, so I was unaware that Claire was crushing on Marten until the bar night out. However, Claire was given the "rundown" of Marten and Faye's situation via Pintsize. I have no idea if she had any romantic feelings toward Marten at that time.

She does now, however, and she is known to be a bit of a stickler for protocol in the workplace and a bit of pedant. I really wonder what would happen if Marten takes Faye's part in this. I could see Claire seriously side-eyeing a person who would try to excuse and justify someone coming into work drunk and putting others at risk. It might cause her to think over what Pintsize told her and start questioning whether Marten is fully committed to dating her or if he still harbors feelings for Faye subconsciously hoping things might work out someday, and hey, Faye is single now ...

Akima:
Well, things just got real. As a boss, I think Dora did the right thing. It also illustrates that being boss is difficult to combine with being friends. And to anyone thinking that Dora should have cut Faye slack because she's a friend, I'd point out that the obligations of friendship cut both ways. It is not honouring friendship to turn up to work drunk at a business owned by your friend.

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