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WCDT: Strips 2892 to 2896 (9th - 13th February 2015)

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Lubricus:
We still haven't seen Pintsize since Faye's meltdown, have we?

anahata:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 12 Feb 2015, 02:16 ---As for her response to Claire? Claire is Marten's new girlfriend and she doesn't want to be rude and ruin things for him by scaring her off. This isn't like Dora, with whom she had a pre-existing friendship and who understood her quirks. She knows that she needs to tread carefully with Claire for Marten's sake.

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Faye may well feel guilty about rejecting and otherwise mistreating Marten when they first met, despite all of which Marten has been a consistent loyal friend. She owes him a lot of favours, and certainly wouldn't want to mess up Marten's love life by being nasty to Claire.

Anyway, I've always though of Faye as a strong person whose heart's in the right place, despite frequent destructive impulses. Not easy to live with, but not fundamentally evil at all.

Edit: spelling typo

dexeron:

--- Quote from: AprilArcus on 11 Feb 2015, 22:13 ---
--- Quote from: wlewisiii on 11 Feb 2015, 21:59 ---I think I agree with both of them. But I also wonder if Veronica Reed would know as well - given her employment and exposure to a very diverse cross section of humanity?

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This is a surprisingly complicated topic!

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Wow, I never saw that before:

Jeph: "A common mistake people make when writing is to assume that the writer’s intent automatically trumps all other interpretations. That’s not actually how it works. Different interpretations can be just as valid as that of the author, and this can get you into deep trouble if you’re careless."

Yes, OMG, this, yes.

Neko_Ali:
Now, I never went to AA (dealing with my father's alcoholism keeps me from ever having more than one or two drinks at a time, and even then rarely. I don't want to go down the same road as to much of my family) but I did attend Al-Anon for several months. While I did appreciate being able to get out things that I'd kept bottled up for to long to a group that understands, I was very uncomfortable with all of the Higher Power stuff. Sure they keep repeating (way to often) that it doesn't have to be God as your higher power.. it's pretty clear that's what is meant here. I don't like how they work on stripping away both responsibility and agency from the people who go. "You are not at fault for drinking/abusing substances/being around someone who did. And you are powerless to fix things yourself. So just shuck it all and trust in your higher power." uhhh.. No thanks. I may not be responsible for what other people have done, but I sure am responsible for what I do. And things aren't going to get any better if you don't act to make them better. I think that's why so many people I met told how they've been in Al-Anon for years...

phyllis:
I was wondering if Faye still feels a bit guilty over her role in the Dora/Marten break-up. I realise that it wasn't her fault, but she was still a factor, and very aware of that. I wonder if she is specifically making an effort to have a positive instead of a detrimental effect on the Claire/Marten relationship.

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