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WCDT strips 4266-70 (18-22 May 2020)
Is it cold in here?:
I think Jeph was ridiculing Faye for it.
There were a lot of well founded complaints on the forum about Faye's assaults on Marten in the early strips. She's improved and this might also have been a callback to remind us she doesn't actually do that any more.
Gus_Smedstad:
To be honest, if this were my real life and not a comic strip, I'd cut Faye out of my life pretty quickly. Too unpleasant to be around no matter how well intentioned she is. Bubbles is such the polar opposite that I've never really understood the attraction. Though no doubt a military background inures you to that kind of thing.
SeaWoodStage:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 19 May 2020, 09:22 ---I think Jeph was ridiculing Faye for it.
There were a lot of well founded complaints on the forum about Faye's assaults on Marten in the early strips. She's improved and this might also have been a callback to remind us she doesn't actually do that any more.
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I think so too. Faye's always been my favourite character, but I haven't been blind to her nonsense over the years, and it always made me cringe when she used violence. Intellectually I could figure why she did, but emotionally it always bothered me.
I actually like that we haven't seen a lot of the most private emotional moments between Faye and Bubbles. (I know we have seen some, but the way they're written now, there's gotta be a lot we don't see). I imagine that their bond may have begun with a mutual understanding of 'going through some hardcore shit and making a real effort to come out the other side', but there's clearly way more to it than that now.
Plus however much you like your partner, however much you fancy them, however much you love them, even - I personally think the most successful and lasting relationships are the ones where you respect each other in addition to all of the above.
immortalfrieza:
--- Quote from: QuestionableIntentions on 19 May 2020, 08:12 ---Ah QC. Where casual violence towards men is perfectly acceptable.
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To be fair, in fiction particularly in comedies women physically and emotionally abusing men for little to no reason has not only been considered perfectly acceptable but even something to be applauded. Its rarely ever treated as the utterly horrific thing is actually is in reality.
badbum61:
welp, THAT was awkward...
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