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WCDT: 2882-2886 (26-30 January 2015)
BenRG:
--- Quote from: eschaton on 25 Jan 2015, 20:59 ---Again, I think it's worthwhile to see what Jeph himself has written on the subject.
http://jephjacques.com/post/11016004407/high-and-dry
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FWIW, it's this essay that makes me think that Jeph will eventually make Faye a teetotaller-by-choice. Like Jeph, she's going to have seen what the bottom looks like and will swear to herself that she'll never look upon it again. She won't be one of those people who actively avoids parties to avoid alcohol, but she'll sit at one side with a soda or sparkling water and try to have a good time nonetheless.
--- Quote from: Kinichie on 26 Jan 2015, 05:05 ---Back in the day, those punches were in jest or response to some form of comment Marten made about her or her body or part of the sexual tension going on at the time. This one wasn't, This one was totally uncalled for. And how many strips has it been since she did that anyway.
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You're assuming that she had much conscious, reasoned control over her actions and impulses at that point. Years of medical science suggest that you're wrong. It is much more likely that she briefly came to, disoriented, frightened and unable to properly process the information being presented to her alcohol-impaired mind by her senses. She panicked, went into full fight-or-flight mode and punched Marten who was likely trying to reassure her or restrain her. She would have punched one of the medical personnel if they'd been there instead of Marten because she wasn't punching Marten, she was punching the unidentifiable figure looming over her and trying to grab her.
McH:
Long time reader and unregistered lurker, here - I finally created an account to contribute a little bit to these threads. Hi all!
With all the Faye drama, it seems to me that there's also room for serious personal growth here. Her psychological problems need another outlet than her substance abuse. With everyone speculating on whether Dora will hire her back, I was just thinking that it's actually good for her to get kicked out. CoD is her safe haven, enabling her to not develop her art and the drinking may also be a haven: it takes her away from confronting her past, but it also shelters her from dealing with the future, facilitating that she remains content to be where she is - after a fashion.
Of course, the relationship with Angus established that she wanted to do more with her sculpting. It seems to me that there's talent and hidden ambition within Faye that currently is not being utilized. Getting fired and this episode might set her on a track to actually start doing something with her life which, in the end, may make her a happier and healthier person. So, coming from that, I sincerely hope she doesn't get rehired at CoD but actually moves forward.
TheRedMaiden:
--- Quote from: Larry of Super Saturn on 26 Jan 2015, 01:24 ---Hey, first time poster here.
Genuinely surprised you missed the crossover in the latest strip. Jeph knows his stuff.
(click to show/hide)
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You. I like you.
eschaton:
I cannot understand the people (even if they dislike Faye) who argue Marten is going to hold a drunken punch (apparently with rather little force) against her.
It's been a long, long time, but I have had friends who when they drank would do pretty bad things. One of them liked to punch people in the balls and threw a printer at my head. Thankfully, he was a rather small/scrawny guy and couldn't actually do much damage. I never blamed him for it personally, and he's still one of my best friends today (thankfully, he cut way back on the drinking - ironically after passing out on the streets of NYC and being taken to the hospital and given a charcoal shake).
Regardless, holding an action your best friend takes against you when highly drunk just seems incredibly petty. Not to mention the comic makes one think she was only conscious for a few seconds at a time - possibly so little time she didn't even process who she was punching.
hedgie:
--- Quote from: McH on 26 Jan 2015, 05:23 ---Long time reader and unregistered lurker, here - I finally created an account to contribute a little bit to these threads. Hi all!
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Welcome.
--- Quote ---Of course, the relationship with Angus established that she wanted to do more with her sculpting. It seems to me that there's talent and hidden ambition within Faye that currently is not being utilized. Getting fired and this episode might set her on a track to actually start doing something with her life which, in the end, may make her a happier and healthier person. So, coming from that, I sincerely hope she doesn't get rehired at CoD but actually moves forward.
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<snippage/> All good points. I think that even if she *does* get her job back, it'll be after a stint in rehab, ||| the mental hospital, and only on an a basis with enough hours to keep her paying her bills, but not enough to be complacent, like was before, or potentially enable a major relapse.
Of course, I'm now speculating on whom will become the new manager at CoD. Dora needs some help running things, and Raven's too much of a ditz, Cosette and Dale are too new, Hanners is also new, but she's also very fastidious, the only drawback is that she has too much trouble asserting herself, unless she goes ballistic, so she's out of the running. That only leaves Pen^2. She's demonstrated herself, but that'd stick her further in *her* rut of not pursuing *her* dreams.
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