Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2912 to 2916 (9-13 March 2015)
Boxilar:
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--- Quote from: Boxilar on 12 Mar 2015, 19:45 ---Delurking to say that definitely felt like the end of an era. More than the Dora/Marten break up, or even The Talk, this feels like a seismic shift in where the comic is going. I don't think Faye has any intention of setting foot in CoD again, and if the story follows her and Marten as they move on, we'll probably see less and less of the coffee shop.
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Good thing The Man Himself said that QC wasn't going to end "anytime soon," or I'd be worried that this was the end, or the first of several endings, Peter Jackson/LOTR-style. Of course, that was almost two months ago, and Jeph's definition of "anytime soon" might be different than ours, so prepare your pitchforks and get ready to march, just in case.
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I don't think the pitchforks will be necessary. While Jeph seems to like giving all his characters screen time, the comic has always been about Marten and Faye. Marten's ties to Coffee of Doom have been pretty tenuous since he and Dora split. And Faye just cut all ties.
*deep breath before plunging in*
It's been noted that Marten is a pretty chill dude, and since he and Dora separated and he came to terms with it his chill has reached a Zen level. He and Dora are still friends, and will probably still have contact through Tai, but his main reason for dropping by CoD, before and after his relationship with Dora was that his best friend worked there.
Which brings up Faye. The Pugnacious Peach is about as far from a Zen state as you can get right now. I think she's honest when she tells Dora there's no hard feelings. But Coffee of Doom and Dora are part and parcel of a chain of events where she almost killed herself. Like the car wreck after her dad died, she probably isn't sure herself whether it was intentional or not. Mainly because she simply can't remember. So she has to distance herself and concentrate on getting better, and that means leaving Dora and CoD behind her. It isn't really fair to Dora because she's losing a close friend out of the deal, but then life just sucks sometimes. And while Dora and faye may reconnect down the road at some point, it'll never be the same as it was.
And on that cherry note, I hope we get to see Marten and Faye break out of the holding patterns their lives have been locked in. Marten has a relationship that looks like it has legs, and even if it doesn't, at least he's broken out of orbit and powered up the warp drive. And Faye has been kicked into motion by circumstances that have forced her to change everything about her life. On the up side, she still has Marten, who is pretty damned good at taking care of people he cares about.
I think its going to be interesting.
Aziraphale:
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 12 Mar 2015, 20:16 ---CoD will return...
In
The Secret of the Shrubbery
Coming Soon
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Having failed to obtain said shrubbery or cut down the mightiest tree in the forest with a herring, she's been forced to weld new armor for the Knights Who Say "Ni" before she can continue on her quest.
One of whom will be in her support group.
It will not end well for him (I've said it! Oh, I've said it again!).
Gladstone:
--- Quote from: Boxilar on 12 Mar 2015, 21:07 ---I don't think the pitchforks will be necessary. While Jeph seems to like giving all his characters screen time, the comic has always been about Marten and Faye. Marten's ties to Coffee of Doom have been pretty tenuous since he and Dora split. And Faye just cut all ties.
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And Faye has been kicked into motion by circumstances that have forced her to change everything about her life. On the up side, she still has Marten, who is pretty damned good at taking care of people he cares about.
I think its going to be interesting.
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It's just a weird feeling, is all. Faye has been working at COD since before the comic started (although she probably hadn't been there long at that point), and having her first get fired and then cut all ties to the place is a major change in the strip, more than anything Marten's been through, I think. Even if Jeph has plans to continue QC for another 5-10 years (fingers crossed!), the thought that COD won't be the major setting it once was, after nearly 3000 strips, is quite a big deal. End of an era indeed.
mazzlebeast:
This has been brewing for a while now. Honestly I think Faye has every right to feel hurt. When Faye told Marten why she couldn't date him, Dora swooped in and stole him after two days. Faye let it slide , and when she began drinking heavily Dora wasn't her shoulder, Marten was. BUT when Marten and Dora split, Faye told Dora she needed help, like a true friend. And she made sure Dora did get help. Dora on the other hand has been pulling away from Faye since the split. They hung out together less and less..and when she could have told Faye to get help or else she couldn't come back, or write her up and give her an ultimatum. .she fired her. Now she feels hurt that Faye doesn't apologize or confide in her or..whatever. Maybe she blames Faye for her breakup with Marten still, even if she knows it is crazy . I don't think Faye is a easy person to get along with, and I don't think drinking on the job is alright.. but it just didn't seem like the right thing to do unless there was some underlying reason. Faye had just broken off things with Angus, her first real boyfriend (Sven was more of a sex buddy) and everyone else around her is in a great relationship. She was visibly drowning and her best female friend wrote her off.
Is it cold in here?:
>"bitch"
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