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WCDT 2922 to 2926 (23-27 March 2015)
Rghfrgl:
--- Quote from: bunnyThor on 23 Mar 2015, 21:19 ---I think that Faye is being a little bit hard on herself. Sure her drinking cost her her job and landed her in the hospital, but on the plus side, it allowed her to hang onto her resolve to let Angus get on the bus and go away
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That wasn't resolve though. She literally just said she didn't go with Angus because she's a coward. That's the opposite of resolve.
--- Quote ---and I think we can all agree that is for the best--especially as it opens the door for Sven, who admittedly still needs a few more life's lessons to knock off some of the rougher edges, but on the whole was a lot more interesting presence in Faye's life and the strip in general.
And, yes, I know some people will disagree strongly, but I am not trolling.
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Yeah, gonna have to disagree on that being for the best. Maybe for the readers sake it's better, since she isn't getting wrote out of the comic that way, but it's absolutely not best for her. Best thing for Faye is moving to new york with Angus. Not so much for the sake of love, but for the sake of moving forward with her life.(I'd say there's love there, but not like 'It's destiny! One true love!' love, which isn't to say they couldn't live their lives together happily)
Of course, NOW it's not so simple as just calling him up. Now she's got shit to work out. Hopefully he'll still be there when she does.
Tova:
--- Quote from: Dark Matter on 23 Mar 2015, 22:18 ---Faye's sentiments are definitely understandable, and are probably inevitable given what's happened, but I think in the long run this kind of self loathing is not going to be helpful for her to recover.
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But she won't get there unless she starts with complete honesty regarding how she sees things right now. And her summary was 100% accurate.
Dark Matter:
--- Quote from: Tova on 23 Mar 2015, 22:59 ---But she won't get there unless she starts with complete honesty regarding how she sees things right now. And her summary was 100% accurate.
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That's definitely true, but I think there's also a difference between recognizing a difficult truth and being overwhelmed or consumed by it. I'm not saying that that's what is happening now, just that it's a possibility if she isn't able to move on from where she is now.
BenRG:
Well, at least she worked up the courage to say something. That was a huge journey of courage all of its own! Overall, it was an accurate one-strip summary. The problems is that she characterised an emotional illness as a character flaw. It is that self-loathing that triggered self-harming behaviour, namely her drinking so heavily. There is probably a chemical or psychological dependence there too from that last comment.
Eventually, Faye is going to have to tackle her crippling insecurity and fear of change. Before then, she's going to have to learn to accept that her past has left emotional scars and that it is this, not any moral failing on her part, that led to the failure of her relationship with Angus. If you don't know the problem, you can't fix it.
That's all for the future. Right now, I think that she 's going to look up and be shocked. There is no contempt, no condemnation and no mockery, only sympathy and understanding.
anahata:
--- Quote from: Dark Matter on 23 Mar 2015, 23:05 ---I think there's also a difference between recognizing a difficult truth and being overwhelmed or consumed by it. I'm not saying that that's what is happening now, just that it's a possibility if she isn't able to move on from where she is now.
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I don't think Faye is one for wallowing in self-pity. She's impulsive and impatient, and she's jumped in to the therapy process with both feet, because she genuinely wants to move on.
To me it seems the greater danger is that she'll soon get angry with herself because she's not feeling better yet. And then do something stupid...
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