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WCDT 2907-2911 (2nd - 6th March 2015)

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Nepiophage:

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--- Quote from: Gladstone on 01 Mar 2015, 13:06 ---Nat's been written out of the strip, according to this.

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In that same sentence, he said he wrote out any chance at happiness for Marten. Since Jeph obviously changed his mind about that, there is a possibility that some of the minor characters would come back from their bus trip.

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How do we know that Marten & Claire's relationship is going to be happy? It's only a few days old.

CaptainFish:
I feel like the real crux of this conversastion is panel 3. Tai makes a bare emotional statement, that she cares about Dora and is worried about her after making those decisions. Dora responds in the worst way someone can respond to an emotional statement: by dismissing the person's feelings. "Well, don't," basically tells Tai that she's wrong for feeling worried and thus wrong for caring that deeply about Dora. That's why Tai responds so drastically in panel 4. She's pleading for Dora to give her any sort of emotional connection.

The way I see it, Dora doesn't really want to explore the emotions behind her pragmatic decisions, because she worries they'll be in opposition to what she sees as correct choices. I think that would've worked as a response to Tai. I don't think she was looking for a specific answer, in fact I think panel 3 would've been the end of it had Dora said almost anything else. Instead she dismissed Tai's feelings to avoid thinking about her own. That's not okay! She should've at least said she appreicates Tai's concern.

This strip stands out in relief to the earlier strip where Claire asks Marten to expound on what his feelings are being in a relationship with a trans person. It's a strip I didn't get at the time, because Marten's positive emotions are shown in every interaction. Marten could've responded defensively in that vein saying, "don't I seem like I enjoy our relationship," but instead he just acknowledges Claire's need for some discussion and talks about his feelings explicitly. Communication!

One could argue that Tai's inquiry was about Dora's life and thus less worthy of a response than Claire's question about their relationship. However, I think both interactions stem from caring about the other partner and wanting to make sure they're okay. Maybe Tai doesn't deserve to critique Dora's choices, but she certainly deserves to know how she's feeling about them.

[i lost this post once so this version might be worse than the original, imagine it's 14% better than how it appears]

BenRG:
Just an additional point. I think that today's strip is a direct sequel, in terms of Dora's character, to strip 2897.

Bottom line, Dora is building up pressure in her Guilt Boiler and I think that her snapping at Tai was the safety valve whilstling its warning. The question is, will it be enough to prevent another, more damaging explosion?

Traptin:

--- Quote from: ysth on 04 Mar 2015, 03:26 ---
--- Quote from: Traptin on 04 Mar 2015, 03:08 ---I didn't know what "goatse'd" and "goatse" were. So I googled pictures. Oh my God my eyes can't unsee can't unsee Noooooooooooooooo

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To be fair, I am but only 20 years old. So now I will be in that estimated 100% when I am 30.


--- Quote from: Zebediah on 04 Mar 2015, 04:49 ---
--- Quote from: Consilium on 04 Mar 2015, 03:49 ---I feel like "diet coke and mentos" and "gaping orifice" are two very different kinds of discovery.

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One sincerely hopes so. Because the combination of diet coke, mentos and a gaping orifice is just not something I want to ever see.  :psyduck:

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That can be arranged!

dexeron:

--- Quote from: Zebediah on 03 Mar 2015, 09:47 ---Pintsize has not yet met May. I suspect she could match him crude joke for crude joke.

This would inevitably end with the two of them on the sofa with a USB cable connecting the two of them, exchanging hot packets all night long.

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I so badly misread that, and just had this weird image of May and Pintsize chilling, eating really terrible deathfood.

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