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WCDT: 2878-2882 (19-23 January 2015)
FunkyTuba:
Pissed Dora is pissed. I've lost track of which chance this is for Faye, but I could definitely see Dora interpreting this as "one chance too many", even if just on a whim or because Faye's being indifferent to the responsibility Dora has trusted her with.
aphanisis81:
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--- Quote from: aphanisis81 on 19 Jan 2015, 04:30 ---I just noticed the title of today's comic. Probably a joke reference to Faye's piss poor attempt at deception, but perhaps some foreshadowing as well. The question is, will she be hospital-bound after this because of violence committed by Dora or because of some tragic drunken accident (i.e. "accident")?
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If Dora carried out an assault that put Faye in hospital, she'd be shortly after put in jail.
Does that sound likely?
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Apparently I need a "This Comment Was Meant Figuratively" button. How many times have characters in this comic (usually Faye) threatened severe bodily harm? I assume Faye also doesn't actually know a good place for ditching bodies and wasn't actually going to break Clinton's arms and face, because facetiousness.
Neko_Ali:
It is certainly one of those times when it's hard to be the boss of your friends. Friend Dora would very much like it if Faye wasn't hurting so much and would like to help her friend. Boss Dora is just tired of this shit.
aphanisis81:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 19 Jan 2015, 11:04 ---It is certainly one of those times when it's hard to be the boss of your friends. Friend Dora would very much like it if Faye wasn't hurting so much and would like to help her friend. Boss Dora is just tired of this shit.
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That's as perfect and succinct a summary of the situation as one could write, I think.
And it made me realize something I'd never really thought about before: the tension between Dora and Faye being best friends AND boss/employee has been at the center of a LOT of storylines.
ReindeerFlotilla:
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--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 19 Jan 2015, 10:46 ---Realism is not the order of the day. If Jeph think it would make a good punchline, it's going to happen.
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Except that considering how close this particular storyline hits home for Jeph, I doubt there's going to be any real "punchline".
There's a lot that Questionable Content will make jokes about, but there are certain topics that are treated completely seriously and I would wager that Faye's descent into alcoholism is one of them.
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You're projecting yourself on to Jeph.
Richard Prior was, among other things, injured in a fire which was related to his drug problem--He described the incident in a show as mixing full fat milk with skim milk and "when I dipped the cookie in, the shit blew up!" He also did bits on all aspects of his drug problems.
A humorist's greatest "weapon" for maintaining advantage over the audience is the realization that anything can be a punch line. Anything.
Whether you get away with it boils down to how you craft the punchline and the awareness of the audience. There are jokes that the majority would have laughed out five years ago, but today seem hurtful and in bad taste.
The end of Fight Club is basically a punchline. Punching up at corporate America as the shining edifices of their power--skyscrapers--topple at the hands of radical idealists. People liked it.
It wouldn't have worked so well if it had come out in 2002 rather than 1999. Something about actual skyscrapers toppling at the hands of radical idealists takes the satisfaction out of the fantasy.
I think Jeph may have even written a rape joke, once.
It's not that I think you're wrong about what he will do. I don't know Jeph's mind at all. But it's mistake to reason that he had a hard time, so he's going to be utterly serious. He's already told jokes about very bad parts of drinking problems. There's no knowing where he draws the line, unless he comes in here and tells us.
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