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WCDT: 2882-2886 (26-30 January 2015)
SomeCanadianWeirdo:
I suspect the punch was more a case of Faye thrashing around and Marten thinking he could help calm her down, only to get punched because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Faye dying seems exceedingly unlikely, if only for the fact half the readership would probably take off if she does. But a "near death experience" sequence wouldn't surprise me.
swapna:
--- Quote from: bears! on 25 Jan 2015, 19:59 ---I spent the weekend re-reading the comic from the beginning, and I'm amazed at how much Jeph's art and writing has progressed. This story is so much more powerful than even strip 500 (which was a punch to the gut in its own right). The look of concerned love on Marten's face in the first panel is so obvious and masterfully done.
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I can't say how much I agree with this. The art has gotten so much better, you won't believe it's the same artist.
I must say, even if you read the strips from a few months ago to now - you can tell that he didn't have the whole 'saying a lot without words' thing that well yet, but this one is really good.
--- Quote from: bears! on 25 Jan 2015, 19:59 ---I don't think she's dead. (Fuck, I hope she's not dead.) My hope is that this storyline will lead to a "Faye goes to AA" plotline (that possibly features Jimbo and/or Steve). Not dead Faye. That would be too terribly sad.
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Don't think so either. QC-Universe is slice-of-life and slapstick, and I don't think it's 'death-of-main-character'-serious
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--- Quote from: swapna on 25 Jan 2015, 19:38 ---third - she punched Marten, apparently. Not great, but it explains her drifting off into unconsciousness; it means they're not only treating her alcohol poisoning through the IV line, they also gave her a rather strong sedative (Nobody wants to deal with a violent drunk person)
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Not sure how sedatives would interact with the alcohol in her system, though. Not saying you're wrong, I just know that there are mixtures that are dangerous and should never ever be done (alcohol and tylenol, alcohol and xanax, etc).
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Yeah, but they're at the hospital and they know what they're doing. And they have access to all kinds of good drugs ;)
On Faye being violent: She's black-out drunk at the moment. Drunk/Drugged people are violent, often enough, especially if they are violent even when sober.
7 replies? I really have to type faster.
emmyelf:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 25 Jan 2015, 20:27 ---Faye shocked the EMT with that punch. I would have expected EMTs to be nearly impossible to shock.
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You know I agree! The first time I had to go to the hospital for my seizures was when I was 13. We were stopped at the side of the road because it had happened while my mom was driving and she thought I had died. The EMTs came, and noticed I was coming around. They told her that I would be in a postictal state, (when the brain recovers basically) and that I might be unpredictable. I was fine (apparently) until they tried to put the IV in me, at which point I tried to attack them. My 13 year old self was no match for them, but they were not surprised. My mom was actually a bit surprised at how calm they were.
Perhaps it was WHO she hit, rather than the fact that she did it that surprised them.
sluthy:
I think the next strip will be another silent one, with Marten nervously sitting in the waiting room, in the same position in each frame as the hospital moves on around him and more friends (Dora, Hanners, Angus?) join his side in varying states of worry.
Is it cold in here?:
It's a direct and predictable result of her own unforced choices, but I feel a bit of compassion for someone who's going to wake up in a hospital with no good idea how she got there and possibly in restraints.
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