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WCDT strips 3681 to 3685 (19-23 February 2018)
brightwings00:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 22 Feb 2018, 23:23 ---So, am I the only one that is unaccountably concerned about May unsheathing that knife a little when she got annoyed with Dale? I don't think that she's the sort who will be violent but it does make me wonder if her face was damaged by a sword falling on her or whether she was swinging it around in anger at the way her arm was mucking her around. I'm saying that maybe she has a temper and maybe sometimes it gets the better of her!
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*whispers* ...faaaace meeeeats...
Tova:
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 22 Feb 2018, 20:41 ---It works well, if the other person has self-awareness. Marigold has never shown an inkling of self-awareness. Based on her personality as written so far, I'd be honestly surprised if her reaction wasn't "Dale apologized, therefore everything is good now." And then didn't acknowledge any of her own shortcomings. Even when Momo tried to point out her shortcoming in communicating properly, she deflected it rather than face it. And then, to add in, that no one seems to be addressing that the level of jealousy and how upset she got was not a healthy reaction at all to begin with.
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Well, even if it isn't addressed in the immediate aftermath (which I doubt actually, but it's possible), that's not the end of it. There will be further opportunities for Dale to start a conversation about it in less threatening circumstances.
You're quite focused on the fact that her level of jealousy is not healthy. I mean, do you really need it spelled out in the comic? It's pretty clear that it's not healthy. I don't think simply telling her that is going to solve the problem. A little patience will be required here. As you said yourself, this is a deep issue.
JimC:
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 22 Feb 2018, 19:15 ---Wouldn't an outside perspective offer insight that we might have missed?
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Also think about the quality of the advice frequently offered by humans to humans... I abso-bloody-lutely guarantee that in 100years time social mores and conventions will have changed so much that the average agony aunt advice from today will look just as frigging ridiculous and even dangerous as the advice their predecessors were handing out 100 years ago looks today.
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: JimC on 23 Feb 2018, 02:36 ---
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 22 Feb 2018, 19:15 ---Wouldn't an outside perspective offer insight that we might have missed?
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Also think about the quality of the advice frequently offered by humans to humans... I abso-bloody-lutely guarantee that in 100years time social mores and conventions will have changed so much that the average agony aunt advice from today will look just as frigging ridiculous and even dangerous as the advice their predecessors were handing out 100 years ago looks today.
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Nothing to do with the current topic...
But I LOVE Jim's assertion that he can guarantee we (humans) will all still be around in 100 years time! :)
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BlueFatima:
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 22 Feb 2018, 20:34 ---Like I said, come in apologizing, but you can't just not have the conversation.
Actually, the way Momo and May are addressing it odd entirely to me. Like Momo referred to it as just an issue of miscommunication. Marigold imagining Emily and Dale fucking just because they were laughing when she came in is not a "miscommunication" issue. That is a deeper issue, and it feels bizarre to me that it is being glossed over, even by the person giving her advice.
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I agree. I also think their advice is off the mark. Both of them (mostly Momo, but May is doing it today) have been making it out that Dale is *settling* for Marigold, and that Emily is out of his league. That is *horrible* advice to anyone who has an jealous/insecure partner and/or a jealous/insecure moment. The Gundam suit analogy is not only insensitive, but a lousy analogy. Gundam suits are either imaginary or (in QC's world) very expensive, and are thus unattainable for Marigold to chose from so she can't choose one over Dale (though she implied she would if given the choice). That is possibly not true with Emily and definitely not with other potential girls. Dale *does* really have a choice—if not with Emily then some other "hot" looking girl who could be interested in him. It's not like there aren't, and it's not even impossible that Emily could be interested in him. And "tasty as hell" versus simply "good" is not a great comparison. If you are going that route, you'd need to say apples are your *favorite*—though this advice seems more in character for May (though she's offered decent advice before this point—even in other arcs) than it did when Momo was offering it. Dale needs to make it clear he chose May and what he loves about her. It doesn't hurt to point out why Emily isn't his type as well versus making it all about "I ended up with you."
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