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WCDT Strips 3251 to 3255 (27th June to 1st July 2016)
mad hands murphy:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 30 Jun 2016, 23:07 ---As I suspected, this is mostly about Faye beating herself up over her mistakes; some genuine and some which exist only in her low self-esteem psyche. She does make mistakes, of course, because she's human and humans tend to do that (irritating as that is). However, she's eventually going to have to learn that the best way to handle this is to try to change yourself rather than seek oblivion for a few hours and then carry right on doing it.
I'm pretty sure that trying to explain her thinking process to Bubbles is going to rip the blinders off for Faye and she's simply not going to be able to face getting drunk simply because she can't explain her feelings to her friend without sounding like an idiot. I'm still betting that this arc will end with her in tears and Bubbles hugging her.
From Jeph's notes on this comic, it appears that he thinks of Bubbles speaking in a firm, stentorian voice that makes profanity sound vaguely ridiculous. I'm glad that I'm not the only one whose mental voice for her is like that! :-D
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Nah she's just re-learning that you can't go home again.
It's not any mistake she made it's just like like she said, Mom turned her room into guest bedroom. That shit'll get you if you don't see it coming.
swapna:
I hope Faye realises soon that while things are different, she profited from the change most of all. Her Job is so much better for her, more interesting and better paid; no need for emergency burbon when you're bored in the evening. CW might be manipulative and mean, but she's at least as good a boss as Dora - even better when one considers she has yet to do anything hilariously shitty like firing someone over hugging their boyfriend.
Also, Bubbles tactic is funny and effective at the same time. I wonder where she learned that :D
St.Clair:
--- Quote from: mad hands murphy on 30 Jun 2016, 23:51 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 30 Jun 2016, 23:07 ---As I suspected, this is mostly about Faye beating herself up over her mistakes; some genuine and some which exist only in her low self-esteem psyche. She does make mistakes, of course, because she's human and humans tend to do that (irritating as that is). However, she's eventually going to have to learn that the best way to handle this is to try to change yourself rather than seek oblivion for a few hours and then carry right on doing it.
I'm pretty sure that trying to explain her thinking process to Bubbles is going to rip the blinders off for Faye and she's simply not going to be able to face getting drunk simply because she can't explain her feelings to her friend without sounding like an idiot. I'm still betting that this arc will end with her in tears and Bubbles hugging her.
From Jeph's notes on this comic, it appears that he thinks of Bubbles speaking in a firm, stentorian voice that makes profanity sound vaguely ridiculous. I'm glad that I'm not the only one whose mental voice for her is like that! :-D
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Nah she's just re-learning that you can't go home again.
It's not any mistake she made it's just like like she said, Mom turned her room into guest bedroom. That shit'll get you if you don't see it coming.
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Well, she also seems to be questioning whether her influence was more negative than positive, and unhappy that, whichever it was, it's gone now - that she "matters" less, that the mark she's left (and perhaps her ability to affect the world going forward) has diminished.
A really nasty cocktail of self-doubt and feeling insignificant and powerless. Serve over ice in an highball glass straight from the bottle, glug glug glug.
I will also note that pointing out how ridiculously, selfishly, immaturely etc one is behaving - not by lecturing or moralizing, simply by holding up a mirror and letting them observe themselves - can be very effective, if one can withstand the blows that will likely come from the embarrassed person trying to get you to stop.
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: mad hands murphy on 29 Jun 2016, 22:41 ---She should just stop her.
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No she shouldn't. That'll make everything worse.
Quitting doesn't work if it's for someone else. You have to quit for you.
gopher:
Kind of hoping Faye has a moment of clarity and realises what a terrible person she is and then strives to improve.
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