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BenRG:
My predictions for the rest of this arc (at the moment) go something like this:

* Marten's going to call everyone in; Dora will take some convincing to listen because, at first, she won't want to hear anything about Faye;
* Marten and Dora are going to have a screaming argument over whose fault this is and end up crying in each other's arms;
* I'm sticking with my 'hospital waiting room scene';
* When Faye wakes up, we're going to have a few light-hearted strips. She's going to wonder why her vision is blurry ("You haven't got your glasses on.") and may briefly fake amnesia just to freak out her friends ("That's nice but... who are you guys?");
* Marten or Dora will call Faye's mother;
* Faye probably won't be in hospital long but it will still be longer than she wants ("Marty! You've got to get me out of this place!");
* When she gets home, Faye is going to hug Pintsize and beg for his forgiveness; in a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming, he'll ask for her forgiveness for not stopping her; this will lead to a general break-down and a teary group-hug.In the longer term, the doctors are going to tell Faye that she has to stay on the wagon or find a new liver. She'll probably end up in AA and the whole experience will change her considerably. She'll still be Faye but she'll have moments of sad reflectiveness and be a bit less spontaneous.

jwhouk:
Warning: While you were getting ready to post, the following things happened:[*] The sheer number of posters broke Tapatalk, causing it to crash.
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You may wish to revise your plans at discussing the comic until, say, next month?

Wait, I don't even HAVE the "red text" warnings activated!  :psyduck:

Larry of Super Saturn:
Hey, first time poster here.

Genuinely surprised you missed the crossover in the latest strip. Jeph knows his stuff.

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Omega Entity:

--- Quote from: bhtooefr on 26 Jan 2015, 01:07 ---Even if we don't put much significance in Faye punching Marten... what if Marten (or Dora) does?

And, yes, I know that Faye had a history of casual violence especially against Marten, but...

--- End quote ---
Honestly, I don't think Faye's mind would be together enough to even know what she was doing, herself. So, -she- might even be the one to place significance on the punch, possibly moreso than anyone else. It might also be something that, upon hearing about it, would help convince her that she really does need help, if she's punching her friends, meaning to or not.

I referred back to when I had my ambulance ride. In that brief moment when I was semi-conscious, I had no idea what the hell was going on, only that I was trying to obey the commands that were being given to me. With Faye being drunk, and with her natural disposition, it could have been a visceral fear response as much as anything else.

I highly doubt she had any conscious thought of what she was doing or what was going on, especially considering how utterly loaded she is/was, and how little she was seeing of the big picture considering how brief her periods of semi-consciousness - and it -is- semi-consciousness; there's no such thing as snapping to clear lucidity from out cold, and the panels pretty much indicate that she's barely coming to the surface before dipping under again. Otherwise, she'd be registering speech, and we'd be seeing the speech bubbles since we're looking at things from her perspective right now.


--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 26 Jan 2015, 01:13 ---As for the "doing the right thing by calling 911 rather than chatting with his girlfriend", until he checked on her, he probably didn't realize how serious it was, and... just, I get a little tired of the forum acting like every character has to do the PERFECT thing in every single situation, or there is some blame to throw around. Its understandable. He's a 20-something, and his group of friends drinks regularly. Someone passed out having thrown up is probably NOT something that new to him. Should he have checked first then called 911, then called Claire? Probably, but its understandable and not worth the scorn being thrown at him over it.

--- End quote ---

Honestly, I read it more as a 'here we go again' expression from Martin, as he gets some quick damage control out of the way before addressing the problem at hand. He was standing over her right by the couch, so it'd be pretty obvious she was breathing. If they're breathing, they're good for the moment.

LilBlueSky:
My opinion is that Faye will go to rehab but won't go without a fight. I see Dora slapping her and telling her that she's going to die if she doesn't stop.

I too see the need for a new liver.

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