Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2897 - 2901 (16-20 February 2015)
aphanisis81:
I might not be the first to ask this, but I don't have time to read back forum posts:
What's everyone's read on Dora's final line? I think we can read it to ways:
1. Dora is, via rhetorical question, indicating to Penny that she's rationalizing it to herself, not to Penny. To make this reading work, I feel like we need to imagine that the word "you" is in boldface or italics or otherwise emphasized.
2. Dora doesn't even realize that what she's doing is rationalizing. This would be in character, and remarkably similar to her interactions with her therapist. Basically, it would be Dora explicitly revealing something about her own psychological state through her verbalized thought process, yet remaining oblivious to what she's revealing.
I lean toward Option #1, but I'm not certain.
hedgie:
I'm inclined to agree with the idea that she's monologuing with an audience. Pen2 is basically there so she's not just talking to herself.
aphanisis81:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 16 Feb 2015, 06:04 ---I'm inclined to agree with the idea that she's monologuing with an audience. Pen2 is basically there so she's not just talking to herself.
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Monologuing with herself. I like it. Perfect encapsulation of the implications of Option #1.
dexeron:
--- Quote from: cesium133 on 15 Feb 2015, 12:28 ---Claire: So, uh, when I said my dad "left us", what I really mean is he shot himself in front of me...
Marten: Oh no, not this again!
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If Claire didn't already know the Faye backstory (they revealed that to her when they were all on the couch before the "paddling," right?) then this would be the perfect time for her to reveal that her anger at infidelity stems from when her dad left her family...
...because he had another family in secret, with another wife, and even two other daughters! The last Claire heard, he was still living with that other family in Georgia, or whatever it was. She hadn't checked up on him in a long time, because she was so angry. All she knew that he was going by the last name "Whit..." something. Whitman. or Whitacre. Whitaker. That's it. Whitaker.
And then Claire can say: "Marten, why are you looking at me like that?" and then his head explodes. :psyduck:
snubnose:
I think that Dora feels guilty for not giving her friend enough support in times of need.
--- Quote from: swapna on 16 Feb 2015, 02:40 --- [...] especially Penelope who can't stand Faye [...]
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What ? Anyone got any evidence for that ?
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