Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT: 2878-2882 (19-23 January 2015)
Neko_Ali:
I would respond to those who have been saying that this is Faye getting ready to be sent off on the bus... I don't see it. From a storytelling perspective, it would be horrible after all this setup... And this has started at the VERY least back when Faye found Angus' audition notice for the job in The City. To wrap it all up at this point with 'And Faye got some therapy and started seeing AA and got better' or 'Faye decided to go with Angus after all' would really be cheaping both the story so far, and the very real struggles that alcoholics, the people who care for them and those suffering from serious depression have to go through. There is no quick fast forward button and a quick wrap up in real life, or in good storytelling. No.. I see this as the storyline reaching a dramatic peak in these last couple of weeks. And Faye is about to come crashing down hard, with a lot of collateral damage to her friends and support structure. Because that is how alcoholism really works. I honestly feel that this will keep going on for quite some time now... There won't be any quick or easy solutions to be found.
Kugai:
Which is why I can see this dragging out for a week or three until she finally hits rock bottom and metaporically 'Burns Her Bridges' with everyone, at which point Jeph may send her away for a while (with the odd peak in) while she gets her act together.
Neko_Ali:
I think that would be to clean a resolution though. Once money runs out I could see her heading back to Savannah for a visit with her mother though. That would still seriously impact other members of the cast, especially Marten. Not only would it be a financial burden on him, I really see him as the kind of person who would want to try to 'fix' his friend, and feel bad that he didn't see how bad it was getting for her. And from those who have ever known alcoholics or attended Al-Anon (not AA, but friends and family of alcholics) meetings can tell you, that never goes well.
eschaton:
--- Quote from: Kugai on 22 Jan 2015, 13:35 ---Which is why I can see this dragging out for a week or three until she finally hits rock bottom and metaporically 'Burns Her Bridges' with everyone, at which point Jeph may send her away for a while (with the odd peak in) while she gets her act together.
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Two or three weeks comic time, or our time? Because our time, that's one, possibly two comic days. And once again, I just don't see how Marten is going to get "tired of her shit" after 1-2 days, given she hasn't been giving him any shit at all for years in comic.
DSL:
Plusorminus, you typed a hell of a lot in a hurry. I would say some of the things you cited, in particular the high value she places on stable relationships, in fact point to Claire's *empathy* and surprise those on the forum whom are predicting/hoping for a psychonuclear exchange. Note that once she learned the full(er) story of the Marten-Dora-Tai progression, she backed down from her "homewrecker" accusation. She and Tai appear to get along fine now, the main problem being confetti-intolerance,
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