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WCDT: 2882-2886 (26-30 January 2015)
sluthy:
--- Quote from: explicit on 25 Jan 2015, 22:33 ---If she was blackout, how the hell did she punch him? I'm not saying you're wrong, but when most people black out they stay asleep for quite a bit of time.
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She was drifting in and out of consciousness, as per the alternating black panels and action panels.
I hope she's restrained in that bed now. I suspect this will result in a group talk with Faye while she's still in the bed.
explicit:
--- Quote from: LilBlueSky on 25 Jan 2015, 22:35 ---All I can say is that I hope to god she's alright. She isn't just some secondary character. She's THE main character (besides Marty that is). I couldn't breathe from this strip. I am at a loss for words right now.
Note* This is my first time posting in a weekly discussion thread... be kind please?
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NO, FUCK THAT. I mean hi! :D
This one didn't actually make me that emotional, but I think it's because I expected this to happen. Same with the one where Faye got fired.
and OHHHH that makes sense then sluthy.
TRVA123:
--- Quote from: explicit on 25 Jan 2015, 22:33 ---If she was blackout, how the hell did she punch him? I'm not saying you're wrong, but when most people black out they stay asleep for quite a bit of time.
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There's being so drunk that you "blackout" which, at least where I live, means that you do things, but have no memory of them later, or a disjointed memory.
Then there is blacking out, where you go unconscious. related, but used in different ways.
Omega Entity:
--- Quote from: explicit on 25 Jan 2015, 22:33 ---If she was blackout, how the hell did she punch him? I'm not saying you're wrong, but when most people black out they stay asleep for quite a bit of time.
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The silent narrative quite clearly indicates her fading in and out of consciousness. Having personally been in an unconscious state before and riding in an ambulance, I was completely out, but came to long enough to recall one of the EMTs yelling at me (likely to try and get through to me in my half-awake state) to raise my hand if I felt like I was going to throw up. I got my hand probably an inch off the stretcher, then went out again. I remember nothing until waking up at night in the hospital, which was probably another 7 or so hours later, completely unconscious. I will note that I was also vomiting while unconscious, which I gather is a symptom of a pretty serious head injury. Granted, it was for a closed-head injury and not being drunk, but I think the principal still applies.
Also, she has a -lot- of booze in her, and if something triggered a burst of adrenaline in her in a brief moment of consciousness, I can totally see her being capable of lashing out before going under again.
wdfarmer:
--- Quote from: Blackbird on 25 Jan 2015, 22:00 ---Oh wow. This strip.
For another interpretation of the title. "Close to Home" doesn't have to be close to home to Jeph. This is also close to home for Faye. I can't find the strip(s) in question, but I recall Faye talking about how she fell in and out of consciousness after ramming her car into that tree, and it's been heavily implied that Faye was trying to kill herself when she did that. The title may be evoking the tree episode and how Faye has been here before.
Keep in mind too that Angus is the first real relationship that Faye has had since her dad killed himself (her thing with Sven was never a relationship) and losing Angus probably tore off alot of those band-aids from wounds she had convinced herself weren't still bleeding.
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I think you've got it. "Close to home" is referring to her father's suicide, which was really traumatic for Faye. Whether she intended to do so or not, Faye's just come very close to committing suicide herself.
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