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WCDT 2887-2891 (2-6 February 2015)
ASB84:
Conservation of detail means we're coming into the conversation part of the way through. It's likely that the possibility of removing all the booze from the apartment was brought up and agreed upon prior to the part of the conversation we're privy to.
--- Quote from: DillyDolly on 02 Feb 2015, 20:51 ---Yeah, this kind of thing is why I felt it was really lousy for Dora to even task her to talk to Faye about the insurance to begin with. Faye has always been a temperamental type of person. I'm sure coming off drinking doesn't make her any more pleasant—though it was a surprise how compliant she was with everyone who was helping her at the hospital.
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I don't know about that. Her reaction to Hanners passing on Dora's message was at worst delivered a bit sarcastically. What made Faye snap at Hanners wasn't the delivery of Dora's message about the insurance, but Hanners pushing the issue of her being able to get her job back, which seems like a conversation that likely would've happened regardless.
--- Quote from: Oenone on 02 Feb 2015, 22:57 ---I think capping off the "we quit!" moment for Dora was the strip a few days later, when Faye suggests hiring Dale because he looks like a wimp. I thought the Wtf?? Moment for Dora then was that Faye legit didn't care how much her coworkers disliked working with her.
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Good point, I'd forgotten about that.
katsmeat:
--- Quote from: Arancaytar on 03 Feb 2015, 03:09 ---with Marigold!
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So a plot roughly similar to Heinlein's ''All You Zombies'', involving time-travel and Beatice Chatham being the future Marigold (perhaps with the help of cosmetic surgery).
Meh.... I've heard worse.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: katsmeat on 03 Feb 2015, 03:25 ---
--- Quote from: Arancaytar on 03 Feb 2015, 03:09 ---with Marigold!
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So a plot roughly similar to Heinlein's ''All You Zombies'', involving time-travel and Beatice Chatham being the future Marigold (perhaps with the help of cosmetic surgery).
Meh.... I've heard worse.
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FWIW, my headcanon has long been that Hannelore is Beatrice's clone with genetic and cybernetic upgrades to make her 'perfect'. Unfortunately, neither Dr E-C nor Ms C considered whether this tinkering would have unplanned consequences on how the child's brain would develop; Hannelore's menagerie of mental health issues is the direct result.
I have got a fan-fiction semi-planned out in my head where it turns out that Hannelore could, potentially, be a sort of super-woman given her combined 'Woman-plus' genetics and 'The Bionic Woman' upgrades but she simply isn't that sort of personality. She may have the potential strength to bench-press an SUV but she would never want to cause a fuss by doing something like that. Besides, the underside of cars are dirty; she wouldn't want to touch that! :laugh:
WareWolf:
Faye has a long way to go. One of the hardest moments in recovery is the one where you realize that even though you're not drinking, your problems are still there, including the one where you're still kind of fucked up and need to work on that.
Jays:
I'm not the biggest fan of Faye either, but I'm a little perplexed by the hate from the last few panels.
Maybe it's the sort of friends I have myself (sarcastic and a little cynical :) ) but I saw absolutely nothing wrong with the conversation in the newest one. If anything, Faye seemed a bit gentler than usual ("Not like I didn't deserve it" instead of something more sarcastic or bitter.)
And frankly, Hanners tearing up irritated me a bit too. It's not about HER, it's about Faye, and when you're struggling to come to grips with something, the last thing you need is someone trying to set that back.
(Disclosure: I just lost my job of 17 years when the company closed our office. People from the other local offices, many of whom were sort-of friends of mine, would come in and say "We're so SORRY" and maybe get a little teary and it drove me NUTS. One, this isn't about you, you're not losing your job; two, we're all coming to grips with this ourselves, and when you come in and just remind us how YOU still have a job and how awful it all is, you really don't help. Unfair, maybe, but true.
I try, far more than Faye seems to, to be a kind, patient, empathetic person. And yet, I was right there with Faye on that last statement. (Although I probably would have kept it internal. Probably.) She doesn't need to have to reassure sad Hanners, she has her own shit to deal with.
I know many people love Hanners and hate Faye, and it's really coming across strong here. And I don't see why.
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