Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT: 2882-2886 (26-30 January 2015)
emilygrrl:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 25 Jan 2015, 10:28 ---Would it be surprising if Claire came over, helped with the clean up, didn't bat an eye - and then explained to Marten that she had to help mom do this with her (philandering) dad frequently when she was growing up?
...It would explain somethings, personally.
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It seems to me that Claire would find it triggering (bringing up old, unpleasant memories) and refuse to do so. Perhaps it would become a source of tension between Claire and Marten, or perhaps in good ol' Martin fashion, be totally understanding toward Claire and profusely apologize.
KevxD:
I'm not sure Marten will invite/allow Claire over to help, as he won't want to embarrass Faye by letting Claire see her in such a state.
Indeed he mightn't even explain why he had to cut off the date properly for the above reason, which would certainly cause problems.
DSL:
Claire has certainly established (Jeph has established for her) a pattern of reacting negatively initially, then backing off as she understands the situation a little better. I'm still voting for empathy on her part, in the long run.
rschill:
--- Quote from: KevxD on 25 Jan 2015, 11:45 ---I'm not sure Marten will invite/allow Claire over to help, as he won't want to embarrass Faye by letting Claire see her in such a state.
Indeed he mightn't even explain why he had to cut off the date properly for the above reason, which would certainly cause problems.
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Covering for her would be a form of enabling. I think Marten knows better than to do that.
ReindeerFlotilla:
Not covering for her would be kind of a dick move at this point.
EVERYTHING we have seen up to now suggests that no one noticed Faye's slide into the bottle (Keep in mind, it's be less than a week!)
Marten has barely enough actual info to put it together. All he really knows for sure is that something probably upset Faye to an extreme degree (thus Pintsize's status) and she drank herself out because of it.
He doesn't know her reasons. to go broadcasting it to everyone he knows would be pretty disrespectful of her privacy. (This is the kind of issue that comes up when you are rooming with someone.)
All that said, people often do step over the line out of anger or exasperation. I could see Marten telling Claire because he (reasonably) feels put upon by the mess. But Enabling? To be doing that, he'd have to know what the problem is, and frankly there's little evidence that the problem is what everyone in these forums thinks it is.
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