Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT strips 3681 to 3685 (19-23 February 2018)
Gyrre:
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--- Quote from: ckridge on 23 Feb 2018, 04:56 ---The robots are acting as Hopalong Freud here.
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My wife compares their emotional and dramatic role to that of servants in 17th century French plays.
I was so in awe of her nerdhood that I didn't ask what she meant.
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Aww. Bragging on his wife. Sweetest damned thing.
But I wish you had asked. Are the servants more rational because less emotional because less refined and sensitive?
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It could also be a development of the 'clever slave' trope from Ancient Roman and Greek plays.
Tova:
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 24 Feb 2018, 08:08 ---I am honestly baffled that "hey, check your emotions and try and make sure that they aren't controlling you" is getting blowback.
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Sorry, didn't mean for my comment to be interpreted that way. I said I may be misinterpreting, and now I've read your further comments, I believe I was. Thanks for explaining.
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 24 Feb 2018, 07:16 ---Do people really think that becoming incredibly noticeably angry because your boyfriend is laughing at something an attractive female coworker said to him, at work, isn't a problem that needs to be worked on?
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Of course people don't think that.
Seriously, I think that we are substantially in agreement. Sorry if I have been unclear on that point. Our only difference, really, is that I am confident that Marigold's jealousy issue (more fundamentally her self esteem issue) will be addressed in due course.
--- Quote from: Emperor Norton on 24 Feb 2018, 09:40 ---When she is made aware of how what she is doing is affecting others, she tends to do the right thing, she just doesn't tend to think from other people's perspective at all. And no one seems to be helping her see how what she is doing is affecting others.
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I'm talking out of my backside, so I could be wrong, but my feeling is that this is something that can occur with insecure and introverted people. I have a tendency to be that way myself - it's something I've had to work on. Maybe that's why I empathise with Marigold.
This is where communication comes into play. Sorry to come back to it. Just remember communication isn't just expressing yourself properly. It's also listening. This, and leaving the conversation until calm (which she's already doing), is the best way for her to manage her emotions IMO.
Interesting. Someone awhile ago was asking why Jeph doesn't show why he likes Marigold so much. Instead all we see are these flaws. Doesn't make sense, right? Well, if it wasn't obvious before, maybe it is now that he's given her an exaggerated overbite and comment that he's "made her cuter".
She is his favourite because of her flaws.
Oenone:
Right, but I'm wondering if part of the reason she’s caught up in that set of feels is because Momo is reinforcing it.
Momo is like, “heck yeah Dale WOULD rather be with Emily, but she is unattainable, like a Mecha. It’s silly to be jealous of that.” Instead of “Dale actively pursued you for ages, has gone out of his way to be interested in the same things as you, and has been patient when you’ve been awkward. What would he have to do to prove he wants to be with you? Where are your insecurities coming from?”
Because Momo has been so good at getting Marigold to talk about feelings before, I feel like this convo as is reveals that Momo doesn’t necessarily believe Marigold is a catch on her own, and that Dale is in some way settling.
ETA: ...y’all my phone just posted this and I think I wrote it last night.... idk if that makes it a derail or a rerail lol
Tova:
--- Quote from: Oenone on 24 Feb 2018, 17:13 ---Momo is like, “heck yeah Dale WOULD rather be with Emily, but she is unattainable, like a Mecha. It’s silly to be jealous of that.”
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I've already mentioned that I disagree with this interpretation, so I won't go over it again. I'll just refer you to my previous comment on this topic (re: apples and oranges).
Oenone:
Found it! I see what you’re saying. I disagree tho, because introducing the Mecha element made it more like different gradations of apples re quality and accessibility. Either way, I’m sure it’ll make for great story — I’m curious what Momo and May will recount to each other during their inevitable WTF!Humans check in.
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