Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT: 2882-2886 (26-30 January 2015)
Oenone:
--- Quote from: Interlude on 31 Jan 2015, 10:27 ---I'm wondering if there is an opportunity here for Dora and Sven to come together. He IS her big brother, and I imagine that Dora is going to have a hard time talking to most of the other QC characters at the moment. I don't know if he even realizes that she has decided to cut him out of her life. Maybe it's just because I'm very close to my siblings, but I would want to step in and reassure my sister that she did the right thing, it's not her fault, etc. I think his stepping up and being there for Dora, at this moment, would be a big character growth moment for both of them-- although, it would depend on Dora's reaction, as well.
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I would love that. It'd be so awesome for Dora to not succeed in pushing someone away, and it'd be great for Sven to be there for someone even when it's difficult for him
Aziraphale:
--- Quote from: Oenone on 31 Jan 2015, 17:46 ---
--- Quote from: Interlude on 31 Jan 2015, 10:27 ---I'm wondering if there is an opportunity here for Dora and Sven to come together. He IS her big brother, and I imagine that Dora is going to have a hard time talking to most of the other QC characters at the moment. I don't know if he even realizes that she has decided to cut him out of her life. Maybe it's just because I'm very close to my siblings, but I would want to step in and reassure my sister that she did the right thing, it's not her fault, etc. I think his stepping up and being there for Dora, at this moment, would be a big character growth moment for both of them-- although, it would depend on Dora's reaction, as well.
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I would love that. It'd be so awesome for Dora to not succeed in pushing someone away, and it'd be great for Sven to be there for someone even when it's difficult for him
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As an added benefit, it could also result in Sven being a bit less self-absorbed around Faye.
GhostlyJorg:
I just registered to note, what I haven't seen discussed in this thread (or maybe I missed it).
Fayed *has* in fact been drinking at work before.
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=642
The current bout is just the latest, - where she happened to get caught.
emilygrrl:
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 31 Jan 2015, 11:34 ---Honestly, the only real issue I've had with Dora about this was not texting/calling Marten to give him a heads up that something was wrong. She didn't need to go into details, just that Marten probably needed to check in on her.
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Do we know she didn't?
As I interpret it, Faye snuck into the broom closet where she got caught by Dora pretty early in the day. It looked like they either hadn't opened it yet or there were no customers. Otherwise I don't think the fight would have occurred out in the CoD storefront. Faye presumably went home shortly after leaving (perhaps stopping at a liquor store along the way?), and started drinking more. Based on all that, I would guesstimate that she passed out no later than noon, and that's being generous.
When Marten got home to find Faye, she was pretty much pickled. The nurse said as much to Marten afterward. Which means Marten must have found Faye not too long after she passed out. If Marten hadn't found her until after the end of his shift (at the earliest around 4), Faye probably would have been dead by then. Thus, something had to prompt Marten to go home early from his shift — Dora calling him at the library, probably.
Aziraphale:
--- Quote from: Wildroses on 30 Jan 2015, 21:22 ---I'm certainly thinking of way way way in the future, but at some point Faye is going to have to start looking for a new job. Do you think she could get one at the Secret Bakery? It'd drag a few more characters we don't see much of back into the strip. I wouldn't mind seeing Elliot again.
But I don't think Faye is going to be in a position to go job hunting for a long time in real and comic. We're probably going to get several months Faye doing some soul searching and the cast reacting to the firing and hospital incidents for ages. I'm betting that in real time we are due for several months of strips in which Faye is in hospital.
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I'd mentioned something to this effect in last week's thread (or maybe earlier in this week's -- I'm not going to trawl 20+ pages to find it), but A: I think you're right about it being a while in comic time before Faye's job hunting, during which time (if she gets serious about getting her act together and there's a rapprochement with Dora) she may end up back at CoD, and B: the more I think about it, the more I doubt Jeph will plunk her down at TSB, since those characters seem to have run their course/served their purpose. We haven't even seen Jim -- with whom Dora does business and is still on good terms -- or Sam in ages, and Jim might also think twice about hiring Faye or having her around his daughter, given the circumstances of her firing. Not that I'd mind seeing her there... I liked the characters, and having Elliot back for a bit would be cool.
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 30 Jan 2015, 07:59 ---One of the arguments that Faye and Angus were having later on were about how much she was drinking/how often she was drunk. We've seen her drinking a lot more since she found out about Angus' possible job in the city. She's always drunk a lot, but the idea that Angus might be leaving really got to her, starting a downward spiral. Once she actually broke up with him, it became a near vertical ice slope covered in grease right into getting fired and landing in the hospital.
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I was trying to place one of their arguments in the timeline, and for some reason reading this reminded me when it was: one of their arguments over her drinking was part of what precipitated the Hannerpocalypse.
--- Quote from: emilygrrl on 31 Jan 2015, 20:51 ---
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 31 Jan 2015, 11:34 ---Honestly, the only real issue I've had with Dora about this was not texting/calling Marten to give him a heads up that something was wrong. She didn't need to go into details, just that Marten probably needed to check in on her.
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Do we know she didn't?
As I interpret it, Faye snuck into the broom closet where she got caught by Dora pretty early in the day. It looked like they either hadn't opened it yet or there were no customers. Otherwise I don't think the fight would have occurred out in the CoD storefront. Faye presumably went home shortly after leaving (perhaps stopping at a liquor store along the way?), and started drinking more. Based on all that, I would guesstimate that she passed out no later than noon, and that's being generous.
When Marten got home to find Faye, she was pretty much pickled. The nurse said as much to Marten afterward. Which means Marten must have found Faye not too long after she passed out. If Marten hadn't found her until after the end of his shift (at the earliest around 4), Faye probably would have been dead by then. Thus, something had to prompt Marten to go home early from his shift — Dora calling him at the library, probably.
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The only reason I don't think it happened like that is that Marten would -- I'm guessing -- have given Claire a heads-up about cancelling for the night before heading back home. She also may not have gone head-first into the bottle right away... could've been a situation where the longer she sat at home and thought, the more depressed/angry she got and the more she drank. Maybe this gets cleared up next week... or not. We'll find out soon enough.
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