Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2897 - 2901 (16-20 February 2015)
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 15 Feb 2015, 21:30 ---I just think of her as Pen-Pen
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Pen2 is a more sympathetic character, though, and he doesn't give a damn about anything.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: swapna on 16 Feb 2015, 02:40 ---She's talking about it an awful lot, though, and to the wrong person.
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Which is an easy conclusion to reach when you aren't the person who is doing it because of an intense personal pain and sense of guilt. Whilst we can criticise Dora's actions (perhaps rightly), remember that this is a story and Jeph has to consider how his characters' emotions and various issues would affect their behaviour. This leaves them doing things that we, from the ivory tower of detached logic and morality, may consider wrong but nonetheless rings true to their characters.
In my view, Jeph is 'hitting' more than 'missing' in believable characterisation in terms of immediate and human responses to personal challenges, even if some readers feel that what they're doing is wrong.
anahata:
--- Quote from: bartman on 16 Feb 2015, 02:17 ---I think it's reasonable to say X is fired for the following reason: $reason because it makes a point to the staff that this happened for a reason, that the rules/policies need to be adhered to, etc.
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You could still do that by saying she was fired for violating the terms of her employments contract/breaking the rules/whatever without being specific. That would underline that the rules are taken seriously, without explicitly giving too much away.
In this case, though, I really think it doesn't matter. By divulging more than strictly necessary Dora hasn't actually done anything illegal, just morally questionable.
And what BenRG said...
Indicible:
--- Quote ---You could still do that by saying she was fired for violating the terms of her employments contract/breaking the rules/whatever without being specific. That would underline that the rules are taken seriously, without explicitly giving too much away.
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Except that if you do not specify which particular clause was not respected, it will lead to speculation. I think Dora is getting more heat than she deserves here. It also stresses to the other employees you can f*** up too much at the CoD, even if you are the boss' best friend.
Her tone, however, may not be the most adequate, here.
Reaver:
--- Quote from: jmucchiello on 15 Feb 2015, 19:44 ---Boo, hiss. Dora should not be suffering second thoughts.
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Yeah, she doesn't need to rationalize OR Justify what she did, Faye deserved to be fired, she came in drunk, LIED about being drunk, then snuck off to drink more >C That's breaking Dora's trust, she was willing to /lie/ to her to just have more booze. :x
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