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WCDT: 2882-2886 (26-30 January 2015)
swapna:
--- Quote from: bhtooefr on 29 Jan 2015, 04:41 ---Two critical differences between Dora and Claire.
Claire is on medication for her anxiety.
Claire also doesn't have a string of abusive and manipulative ex-boyfriends to set up the expectation that Marten will hurt her.
Also, does Claire know Faye's backstory? Because if she doesn't, and she learns it, that could be interesting - both Claire and Faye's fathers aren't in their lives (for very different reasons, but...)
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Good points - although Claire being on medication doesn't seem like a great help; we talked in length about Claire's various triggers and how bad she seems at communicating them. While Dora is still bad at communicating her feelings, she's miles ahead of Claire.
BenRG:
Just a sudden thought: Faye says that this is "the stupidest fuckin' thing I ever done". We know that she was in a serious car accident once regarding which she said she doesn't think she consciously aimed at the tree. Is that a confession that her drinking herself into hospital was a conscious attempt at serious self-harm?
Lurkomatic3000:
First post here. Long time reader and lurker. This dang arc...
I didn't have an account to contribute to the title discussion on "Close to Home", and while I agree there are many readings of the title, I interpreted as a reference to the phrase "hitting close to home". This would apply primarily to Faye and Jeph; Faye having been in the hospital and losing consciousness due to self-destruction before, and Jeph (as other commenters noted) for his wake-up call regarding alcohol.
I think this must be the case, as it looks like Faye has just had her revelation. Panel 3 killed me. I never hated Faye, but she was never my favourite character either - but in this strip, I just...forgave her.
--- Quote from: Isyrion on 28 Jan 2015, 19:49 ---Welp.......I think Faye just bounced off the bottom...
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I love this so much I may have found my signature on day 1. What an oddly inspirational phrase.
(Also, I think Claire and Marten will be an extremely supportive unit.)
--- Quote from: BenRG on 29 Jan 2015, 04:56 ---Just a sudden thought: Faye says that this is "the stupidest fuckin' thing I ever done". We know that she was in a serious car accident once regarding which she said she doesn't think she consciously aimed at the tree. Is that a confession that this was a conscious attempt at serious self-harm?
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I would have thought the opposite. If both were conscious attempts they'd both be equally "stupid" - but this time it was almost definitely conscious, as she (seemingly) switched off Pintsize. I think the car crash will always be ambiguous, as it happened before the events of the comic, but this time Faye is *aware* of what she's done and that she needs to make a change, and is surrounded by friends to help her through it.
I have high hopes :-)
osaka:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 29 Jan 2015, 04:56 ---Just a sudden thought: Faye says that this is "the stupidest fuckin' thing I ever done". We know that she was in a serious car accident once regarding which she said she doesn't think she consciously aimed at the tree. Is that a confession that this was a conscious attempt at serious self-harm?
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You might be on to something there as always you magnificent bastard. Although I read it more on the lines of "Oh god I threw everything I had out the window in like 5 minutes because I'm a dumbfuck". Or something like that. Not necessarily for self-destruction
Delirious Lab:
Look like we're being set up for the typical "Friday comis relief" strip tomorrow...
Personally, I'd like to see the Pintsize equivalent of Faye's intermittent blackout sequence from earlier this week:
Black screen... Panicked Winslow... Black screen... examined by Marigold... black screen... trying to grab Momo's behind... black screen... being punched by May... black screen... hand plugged to some kind of device... black screen...
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