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WCDT Strips 3101 to 3105 (30th November to 4th December 2015)
TheEvilDog:
And closer to the maelstrom we hurl, closer to the edge of the abyss and to oblivion.
Either that or Tai is going to realise that she's just going around in circles.
We could be getting closer to an ultimatum from our young librarian. Tai or Coffee of Doom. And as much as it saddens me to say, Tai might find herself a very distant second place.
sitnspin:
Tai has no interest in making Dora choose between her and the business. That's not what this conversation is even remotely about. Tai wants Dora to take care of herself and prioritize her own health. How you could interpret this conversation to be about a competition between Tai and the business is beyond me.
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: sitnspin on 03 Dec 2015, 01:42 ---Tai has no interest in making Dora choose between her and the business. That's not what this conversation is even remotely about. Tai wants Dora to take care of herself and prioritize her own health. How you could interpret this conversation to be about a competition between Tai and the business is beyond me.
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Of course Tai is concerned about Dora's health and rightly so, but at the same time one can only spend so much time headbutting a brick wall before realising its not going to budge. Given that the last few times Tai and Dora have appeared in the comic more often than not its has been about Dora's unhealthy work hours and wilful ignoring any suggestion get help of any kind, I can see Tai getting to the limits of her patience. Its not a competition but more an attempt to putting a brake on Dora hurtling towards her self destructive end. Tai outright says that she loves Dora, she wants her to be healthy. Now, if I was in Dora's position, I would smile and say "I love you too". Instead, we see Dora thinking that if she was on medication, she wouldn't have to go to therapy and just spend that time working. Not only did Dora disregard what Tai was saying, she also disregarded Tai saying she loved Dora. Its not healthy, not for Dora, or Tai or their relationship.
sitnspin:
"I love you too" is not the automatic response every time those words are uttered, especially when they are part of a longer sentence. It is not inappropriate when the phrase is spoken followed by "but" to respond to the qualifier rather than the declaration as that is the actual point being put forward.
That being said, putting the brakes on Dora's downward slide doesn't have to, nor should it, involve ultimatums, especially not ones that have nothing to do with the issue at hand. The issue Tai is addressing is Dora's health. She's not complaining that Dora isn't spending enough time with her, which would be the only way a "the ship or me" would make any sense. Even if that was the case, ultimatums are still inherently shitty and manipulative. I don't see Tai doing that.
J:
I agree with you for the most part, however Tai would be fully within her rights if she were to say that she doesn't want to be in a relationship with someone whos behavior is ultimately self-destructive.
I don't think things have gotten anywhere near that point yet, but an early warning would be fair-game.
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