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WCDT strips 3666 to 3670 (29th January to 2nd February 2018)
dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: APersonAmI on 30 Jan 2018, 05:25 ---I also think of Faye as a garbage person because of her frequent and unwarranted violence and threats of violence. I am glad she might possibly to be taking steps that might eventually lead her unto a path that will slowly take her to a place where she has a slight chance of becoming somewhat less likely to do so, but considering she made a threat of physical violence in the last comic, and only just stopped herself from doing so this comic, she is very much still a garbage person.
Also, let me remind you, she didn't stop herself from threatening violence this comic because that would be wrong, or rude, or a violation of her friendship with Bubbles, but because the person she wants to threaten is physically stronger than her.
Let me also remind you that she is displeased that she thus cannot do the wrong, rude violation of her friendship with Bubbles, which is what she actually wanted.
Yeah, saying that she has begun moving away from such behaviours seems to me either naive or disingenuous, and saying that she has already moved away from them is plain wrong.
Verdict: garbage person.
Edited for spelling.
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Honest Question: do you see Faye as a malicious person? If so, perhaps your interpretation of the comic is outside the 2 SD limit.
While I see Faye as a person with some serious flaws (that she has to some extent worked on), I have never interpreted her actions, or threats of violence, as malicious in intent.
Most of her threats of physical violence have been mostly in jest, imo, but YMMV. As far as the threat in the last comic you refer to, I don't know where you are from of course, but where I'm from (Europe+USA) it's really not that uncommon to say something like that when a new SO enters your friend/family-member's life. Said mostly in jest of course, with the undertone of "if you hurt them I may not physically harm you but will be very angry with you", and easily understood as such by the SO. Again, YMMV.
Case:
I'm going to be very, very disappointed with the next poster calling anyone a 'garbage person'. Seriously, there might be tears ...
Jokes aside: Are we doing it again? Already? It's been barely a day since everyone agreed we're fed up with all the negativity and myopia and "Raaaarrrrghhh! I HATE xyz and y'all HAVE to know why, in excrutiating detail!!!"
daphne:
I agree with the poster who said that in real life, Faye would certainly be a garbage person, but this is comic. There is a certain comedic and exaggerated element in faye's behaviour. I don't think the character is to be taken as an example of real-life abusive behaviour.
APersonAmI:
@dutchrvl
I appreciate the polite response. The honest answer is that I don't care if she's malicious or not. She hits people and she threatens people with violence for reasons I would consider flimsy, therefore I don't like her. Whether she does it to hurt others or whether she just doesn't think about the effects of her actions isn't that important to me, emotionally.
On the SO thing - this comic has an arc about a girl on a Vespa beating up exes. Attacking somebody when a relationship goes bad is not remotely unrealistic or comical in the fictional world of QC.
(Nor do I find it unrealistic or comical in the real world, either. Exes frequently get murdered. I don't really find it an absurdist silly statement.)
@daphne
I'm cool with this take on fictional events. I don't get it however. Mainly, because Faye's violence or threats thereof are not exaggerated. People do violence to people a lot. A person doing violence to people for no reason isn't silly absurdism, it is something that happens literally every day. It is common, ordinary, and realistic, and therefore not funny.
Also, even if it wasn't so common in real life, I just don't find violence funny. I am aware that other people find violence comical, and that's cool if no real people are actually getting hurt, but I really, really don't get the appeal.
I guess I'm wierd like that :P
dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: APersonAmI on 30 Jan 2018, 06:53 ---@dutchrvl
I appreciate the polite response. The honest answer is that I don't care if she's malicious or not. She hits people and she threatens people with violence for reasons I would consider flimsy, therefore I don't like her. Whether she does it to hurt others or whether she just doesn't think about the effects of her actions isn't that important to me, emotionally.
On the SO thing - this comic has an arc about a girl on a Vespa beating up exes. Attacking somebody when a relationship goes bad is not remotely unrealistic or comical in the fictional world of QC.
(Nor do I find it unrealistic or comical in the real world, either. Exes frequently get murdered. I don't really find it an absurdist silly statement.)
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Edited out your response to Daphne.
That's of course all well taken, but wouldn't you say that Faye's threat to Evie was clearly in jest? (highlighted by her introducing it with "I'm obligated to...")
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