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WCDT Strips 3251 to 3255 (27th June to 1st July 2016)
TinPenguin:
It's that kind of contrary mood where you continue with a mistake to punish yourself for the mistake...
The last time Faye fell off the wagon, it was in a positive mood, feeling like she'd earned it. This time, she knows full well she's about to fuck up, but she's too angry to care, and making her angrier won't fix that.
Mr. Skawronska:
--- Quote from: gopher on 29 Jun 2016, 00:45 ---This is the self-absorbed, thoroughly unpleasant Faye of yore.
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:: Happily munches popcorn ::
--- Quote from: themacnut on 29 Jun 2016, 07:13 ---However this turns out, one thing is clear; it's going to suck to be Faye for awhile.
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:: Munches more popcorn ::
--- Quote from: Orkboy on 29 Jun 2016, 22:57 ---This might warrant its own thread, but I'm not dedicated enough to the moment of insight for that.
The general behavior of Bubbles makes me believe that Our Benevolent Comic Overlord is good friends with a veteran. The character is a little too accurate. The loss of idealism, the slightly jaded view of the world, the oddly on-the-nose absence of humor, and the blend of fatalism and stoicism is all way too familiar.
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Not all veterans are like this. Some are, but others have different coping mechanisms, like contrariness and dark humor.
--- Quote from: Penquin47 on 30 Jun 2016, 01:26 ---My mom's a doctor. She has a lot of elderly patients. Some of whom have the oxygen tank under one hand and the cigarette in the other.
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This is more common than anyone outside of the medical profession realizes. To the point where it's part of certain training curriculums to illustrate that your patient may not be the only one at the scene:
"You arrive at the scene for shortness of breath. The lady answers the door with a cigarette and an oxygen cannula in her nose. As you begin your assessment, she croaks, 'Oh, it's not for me...it's for Irving...' and points to her husband, also on oxygen, on the couch."
Anyway, it looks like Faye is headed down her dark path. Let's see where it goes THIS time.
gopher:
There is only a certain number of times people will be there for you after a fuck up. Eventually there is no one left.
Kugai:
Faye might not like it, but I think Bubbles being there and not backing down and leaving her to her own devises is exactly the right thing to happen.
themacnut:
--- Quote from: gopher on 30 Jun 2016, 15:16 ---There is only a certain number of times people will be there for you after a fuck up. Eventually there is no one left.
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Which is why addicts' most steadfast "friends" tend to be the people they get drunk or high with regularly. In other words, other addicts.
Marten and Dora used to drink with Faye, but couldn't keep up with her, and probably won't even try anymore since she almost killed herself with alcohol. Not to mention the disapproving looks (and comments) she'll get from them. So if Faye goes back to hard drinking, she'll have to join another social circle of hard drinkers for "friendship".
--- Quote from: Kugai on 30 Jun 2016, 15:38 ---Faye might not like it, but I think Bubbles being there and not backing down and leaving her to her own devises is exactly the right thing to happen.
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Whether Bubble's presence puts her off drinking depends on how determined Faye is to jump off the wagon. She seems pretty determined right now...
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