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WCDT Strips 3256-3260 (4-8 July 2016)
sitnspin:
I don't see her as being jealous or territorial, just overprotective. That's a trait I can identify with. I tend to be fiercely protective of my friends too, especially the more vulnerable ones. The organizing things for her part less so, I barely have my own shit together let alone someone else's.
cesium133:
--- Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 08 Jul 2016, 22:25 ---Like Sal and Marcie in that other webcomic. (the one about butts)
--- End quote ---
All webcomics are about butts.
blue5:
Being careful is a good trait, but being there to help them when they fall is almost as important as before the fall. If they don't make mistakes they never learn.
Except relationships, its terrible to meddle or interfere at any stage. Theat is between the 2 partners to solve, no one else.
Larm Hargraven:
Like everyone else is saying, Renee may just want to make sure Brun is being independent as soon as possible. Which, hey, is great, but the process of doing so is all wrong. Everyone in defense is stating that Brun waking at 2pm is a bit late and Renee simply wants to get her moving, but the glaring problem is that Renee had to have snuck in and altered Brun's alarm clock without her knowing. This is a high-noon tale of Manipulation 101, conscious of the fact or not.
A better way Renee could have gone about this is asking the night before for Brun to wake up so they can prepare for the day, but that didn't go. On that, in less than 30 seconds she's dropping three MAJOR tasks on Brun without warning. Finding a job is already one doozy to accomplish, but before that she has to apply for the unemployment paperwork AND a new apartment at the same time. Renee, even if unaware of Brun's 'routine,' isn't going to help a whole lot. Now this is a fictional world, Jeph could have Brun be appreciative of it all, which can happen in real life, too. But I'm inclined to believe that in the real world, with someone like Brun, they'd be pretty unhappy to have all of this happening without warning. We saw how she reacted to the unexpected burning of her work and home, so thrusting a new sleep schedule and those three tasks might shut her down, too.
Again, Renee may be acting out of kindness in her heart, but her way of going about it is the problem. I've had people help me before through this manner and it's a really crummy feeling because you feel tricked by this person, but can't be mad because 'they're trying to help.' At the same time, you then also feel down because you think people have to lie to get you moving, which is the opposite of the fact.
And even with all that pushed aside and bundled under the excuse of 'Renee and Brun are friends, this is normal.' I want to point out that, again, Bruns whole life burned to the ground pretty recently still. The recovery process is a step-by-step thing and starting one day, out of nowhere, without a heads up, to get to starting on rebuilding your WHOLE life in one morning is ridiculously daunting and requires a little bit of narcissism or selfishness to not realize it's daunting to someone.
Is it cold in here?:
I think Renee is in the wrong and for the same reasons you mentioned, but there are people who process loss by plunging themselves totally into high-energy practical repair work.
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