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WCDT: 2882-2886 (26-30 January 2015)
ankhtahr:
Companion AIs as instead of AA sponsors? And May as one? That doesn't sound too impractical actually.
Kinichie:
Faye ain't dead. The fading Beep! Is indicating she is drifting out of consciousness.
Pintsize was probably simply turned off when he offered genuine advice for her to stop, or she wasn't in the mood for another talk like they had a few comics ago. He didn't seem damaged or harmed in any way.
Punching Marten will go down like a bucket of bricks I guess. He was in every panel (bar the EMT one) until she hit him. Her hand alone and not seeing him there in the last two panels may mean she just alienated her best friend with that strike. He's a cool character but everyone has their limits. Imagine someone you were trying to look after punched you in the face. How would you react?
Only Marten and Hannelore (though this depends on where Hanners was at the time) will know Faye is in the hospital. He/They may call the whole group together and share or they may share it only with the main core (Dora, Tai, Marigold?).
She will wake up next to one of the following;
Hannelore - Live in the same building, unlikely she will not know what just transpired fully but still be there for her.
Her Mother/Sister - Emergency Contacts. They'll probably be on their way or already there.
People doubtful to be there when she wakes up:
Dora - Depending on how through with Faye she is. Dora had told her about 10-20ish comics ago No alcohol at work. If she is there it's because she is kicking herself for not seeing the problem beforehand.
Angus - Would be a kick in the stomach. He chose his road he wouldn't come back and then leave again.
Sven - I guess a hospital is a good place as any to put him near Faye right now, but he doesn't do sentiment very well.
I speculate mostly, that's bevause I focus on her only interaction with any other character in this strip and that being The punch. It could be a gag, but if it isn't it may indicate more that this was indeed a suicide attempt and she is angry that Marten stopped her.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: ankhtahr on 26 Jan 2015, 03:40 ---Companion AIs as instead of AA sponsors? And May as one? That doesn't sound too impractical actually.
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Faye would be bitterly resentful of being given a 'keeper'. May would be bitterly resentful at being 'lumbered with a drunk loser'. However, May seems to take her responsibilities quite seriously and, based on the slap-down she gave Marigold for her baseless jealousy, I can imagine her being at least as scary as Hannelore if Faye even hints at falling off the wagon.
Let's face it, Faye wouldn't necessarily respond to kindness but being on the receiving end of a rant about how she's being a selfish shit and only hurting those she loves? She'd listen to that. Besides, trying to hit May would probably be a completely different prospect from hitting Pintsize. Broken knuckles anyone? I also expect that May would have a lot of very, very harsh tales of experience about what happens when you burn your bridges with the world. I could actually see them becoming best of friends.
SeaWoodStage:
--- Quote from: tragic_pizza on 26 Jan 2015, 03:30 ---I think that Jeph has now published the finest non-dialogue comic in webcomic history.
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Yes!
--- Quote from: ASB84 on 26 Jan 2015, 02:07 ---I wasn't sure if the arc would end up going this way, but without wanting to sound ghoulish, I'm glad that it did. I think it's showing way more respect to the characters and the subject matter not to play it for laughs or downplay the severity of the situation.
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I completely agree. This is about as perfect a strip as I could've wished for today, given everything that's happened up to this point. Faye is complicated for me. She is very far from my favourite character, and yet I've never been able to help rooting for her to get her act together and succeed (only to see her muck it up time and time again). I suppose my most common feeling towards her is frustration. All that being said, this strip just feels right - there are several ways it could go, but the crux is that something really serious has happened to her, which I think it had to.
--- Quote from: LilBlueSky on 26 Jan 2015, 01:54 ---Yeah same. I joined the forum a long time ago, but only really started posting today because "GAAAAHHHH!!!"
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Right? QC has been my favourite webcomic almost from when I began reading it, but I've never felt quite so invested in it before. Sometimes you just have to know that there are other people as into something as you are :)
sluthy:
Yeah, May would be a great companion to Faye. She knows what it's like to screw up and try to win back favour, can go toe-to-toe with her in the snark/bitch department, clearly doesn't take any shit and would be more than a physical match for her. Hell, with May keeping her in check she might even be allowed back into CoD (as a junior, not in any senior role obviously). May, Faye and Dale can share a shift so they can keep her in line. Faye and May even rhyme! :-)
Or, maybe a better route for Faye on a personal development level would be to stay away from CoD, maybe in rehab she has time to get stuck into her artwork (although I doubt she'll get access to welding equipment obviously).
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