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WCDT: 2882-2886 (26-30 January 2015)
DSL:
Marten's question and the wording thereof is a perfectly reasonable thing to expect from someone who is out of his depth but nonetheless scared and concerned for the well-being of someone for whom he cares. The doctor's respinse is a reasonable thing to expect from someone who knows what the words mean.What I see here is the conflict between the doctor's need to be precise and the roommate/friend/layperson's need for reassurance.
valkygrrl:
For whatever reason, I can't stop dwelling on how that IV reduces Faye to being one handed.
Restraints seem a far more humane option than crippling someone's hand. There's a bazillion other veins available.
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: valkygrrl on 27 Jan 2015, 08:34 ---For whatever reason, I can't stop dwelling on how that IV reduces Faye to being one handed.
Restraints seem a far more humane option than crippling someone's hand. There's a bazillion other veins available.
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......What?
Neko_Ali:
An IV has nothing to do with crippling a hand... It's a needle stuck on with tape. Trust me, you can still use it. You just need to be slightly careful not to pull it out by accident the way I did once. Talk about panicking.
plusorminus:
--- Quote from: sparklemotion on 26 Jan 2015, 18:00 ---
Interesting that you interpret it this way as I don't actually feel this way. I was speculating (something that seems to be okay to do on this forum) that Marten (not me) would consider Dora not calling "a part of the reason" (not the sole reason) that Faye was able to drink herself half to death.
I stand by the reasons for my assumption that Dora didn't call anyone, but hey, I could totally be wrong & I'd have no problem with that.
*Personally* I have no problem with Dora's actions whether or not she called anyone. She's not Faye's keeper & if Dora feels she needs to put number one first, hey, more power to her. Marten, on the other hand, is loyal to & protective of his friends to a fault. At this point in the story, Faye is a lot higher up on his friends list than Dora is & she is in more apparent need of support. Not to mention that, friends or not, Dora is his ex & people aren't always reasonable when interpreting their ex's behavior.
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I can't agree with that. You're basically saying that Marten is a shitlord, and I can't get with that.
Your analysis would hold water IF:
* He and Dora had remained acrimonious after the split
* Dora had in any way expressed jealousy of Padma and/or Claire
* Dora had made Faye "pay" for the breakup by marginalizing her at CoD
* Dora indicated that she blamed Marten solely for the breakup
* Marten indicate that he blamed Dora solely for the breakup
* They hadn't returned, more or less, to the level of friendship they had before they started going out
Then the idea that he would go apeshit on Dora for something she could not foresee or help would at least be plausible.
However, none of the above is the case. Marten and Dora went out. It didn't work out. It was awkward for a while but they talked it out and hugged it out and moved on. There has been NO INDICATION WHATEVER that there is any tension between them. So if Marten does blame Dora for this, then he is a ginormous, passive-aggressive, useless shitlord, and I just don't see that.
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