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WCDT: 2882-2886 (26-30 January 2015)
Kugai:
Probably on Medical Leave :D
Kelamin:
--- Quote from: DonInKansas on 25 Jan 2015, 21:13 ---Where's the Punching Intern when you need him?
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I was thinking the same thing though he might be the punching Dr instead of the punching intern by now
Kugai:
But that would make him House.
Neko_Ali:
--- Quote from: eschaton on 25 Jan 2015, 20:59 ---
--- Quote from: TheEvilDog on 25 Jan 2015, 19:14 ---Prediction for this week: Faye wakes up, shrugs off Marten's concerns, possibly even snapping at him. She paints Dora in a negative light and goes to look for another job aka goes to the nearest dive. During the week, Faye drinks some more and possibly decks someone. Faye either ends up arrested or in hospital to pump her stomach.
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Again, I think it's worthwhile to see what Jeph himself has written on the subject.
http://jephjacques.com/post/11016004407/high-and-dry
Jeph didn't "hit bottom". He didn't fuck up his strip or alienate every single person in his life before he wised up. He just had a really bad experience from drinking, and realized he had to stop.
Obviously Faye could fall a lot further than Jeph did. But the question would remain - why bother putting one of his characters through that much additional pain and anguish?
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'Hitting rock bottom' is something that has come up a lot in the last week or so, for obvious reasons. That point is not 'when you're living on the street, bumming/stealing to get a cheap bottle of rotgut'. It's different for everyone, but it usually means something has opened up your eyes to just how screwed up your life is and brought you to the realization that you either need to change, or you're going to wind up dying in a place you don't want to be. Possibly sooner than later depending on the circumstances. So you don't have to lose everything... The shock of losing her job and then having to be hauled to the hospital could be enough to shock Faye. Or she could try to crawl right back into the bottle when she is released. Either way, harder times are coming for her, and the rest of the cast.
As far as Marten getting punched and the EMTs looking surprised... by the looks of it, they were just wheeling her into the hospital, hence the 'triage' sign. She's clearly been drifting in an out of consciousness. She may have been restrained from the ride over and got loose. Or they may have just been surprised she was able to move. Most likely though they were just trying to move to keep her calm and get Marten out of flailing range.
SRRRRRRRR:
I'm glad this strip was posted. For the horror that is involved of a friend going to the hospital, it is funny as hell to see it from the point of view of the person who isn't quite sure about what's happening. I laughed about a fictional character going to the hospital and it was more for the silent reactions than anything else.
I seriously can't get over this emoticon, either. :clairedoge:
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