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WCDT: 2878-2882 (19-23 January 2015)
Pilchard123:
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 21 Jan 2015, 02:24 ---If nothing is true, nothing can be right.
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But is everything permitted?
Orkboy:
From a comic-having a dramatic arc perspective rather than a people-having-people-drama perspective, I think the coming story arc revolves around one very important question: Jeph's willingness to ax a core character. The characters who have been put on a bus or simply disappeared from view so far haven't been core characters to the comic, and Faye's ultimate fate largely depends on whether or not Our Benevolent Comic Overlord is ready to make that choice. If he is, then we could very easily see this arc end with Faye gone in one way or another. I don't have any predictions as to the way he would do so, though Bus seems like the cleanest way to make that break.
Another possible long term outcome is what I'm going to call Cast Demotion. I'm sure there's a term for it, but I don't peruse TVTropes, so I don't know it. We might see Faye go from core cast to supporting cast once everything blows over. We've seen Cast Promotions a couple of times, most notably with Claire going from a supporting role to a core cast member almost overnight during the Scritch Event, but other than Cosette kind of fading into the background, we really haven't seen much in the way of characters becoming less vital to the comic.
So, as I see it, we have a few possible long term outcomes, listed in from I feel like is the most probable to the least:
-Salvage, in which Faye's relationship with the other cast members will eventually recover, or at least reach some sort of equilibrium. No guarantee she'll get hired back, though.
-Demotion, with Faye getting a lot less face time, representing how her relationship with her friends has suffered and they just don't spend as much time together. Would probably include her moving out.
-The Bus, probably with Faye either going back south or following Angus. It might end up being a Bus with a return ticket, but a long absence seems likely if she comes back at all.
-The End, with Faye permanently written out, possibly dead.
It all comes down to Jeph's plans for the comic, and which outcomes he's willing to use.
SomeCanadianWeirdo:
It's interesting to see all the posters who think Tai would be upset at Dora firing Faye for drinking. That assumes that Tai sees marijuana and alcohol in the same way. She doesn't have a problem with people drinking, but she might see weed as a more natural and healthy substance than alcohol. And as has already been mentioned she might figure being drunk in a coffee shop is a bigger potential problem than being high in the library, as the former has more potential for risk. As for Dora we have no idea whether she knows that Tai indulges at work or not.
I can't see Faye either killing herself or fatally ODing on booze. It really wouldn't fit in with the feel of QC. Yes, Faye's dad killed himself, but he wasn't an actual participant in the series, and we didn't see his death directly or as it happened.
I suspect we aren't going to see Angus again. I think he's done. Part of the thing about Angus is that he never got developed much past being Faye's love interest. I don't think Jeph ever had the intent for him to be anything but that, and unlike other characters Angus never particularly caught his interest.
osaka:
--- Quote from: Pilchard123 on 22 Jan 2015, 14:22 ---
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 21 Jan 2015, 02:24 ---If nothing is true, nothing can be right.
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But is everything permitted?
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If you're implying that Faye might have hidden blades somewhere I'm moving to another multiverse.
Warning: While you were considering exactly how dangerous a Fayessassin would be (MUCH), there have been two actual responses. You might want to review your post to something meaningful
--- Quote from: Orkboy on 22 Jan 2015, 14:29 ---So, as I see it, we have a few possible long term outcomes, listed in from I feel like is the most probable to the least:
-Salvage, in which Faye's relationship with the other cast members will eventually recover, or at least reach some sort of equilibrium. No guarantee she'll get hired back, though.
-Demotion, with Faye getting a lot less face time, representing how her relationship with her friends has suffered and they just don't spend as much time together. Would probably include her moving out.
-The Bus, probably with Faye either going back south or following Angus. It might end up being a Bus with a return ticket, but a long absence seems likely if she comes back at all.
-The End, with Faye permanently written out, possibly dead.
It all comes down to Jeph's plans for the comic, and which outcomes he's willing to use.
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Considering that Faye appeared on strip 3, I find it hard that any of the last two is possible. It's not like she appeared a couple times and got eaten by an allosaurus.
Orkboy:
Yeah, but this somehow feels bigger than the Marten/Dora breakup, you know? I would understand if Jeph decided it was time to shake the QCverse to its core, and this was his method of doing so.
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