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WCDT Strips 4316-4320 (27-31 July 2020)
Baz_Yat:
I second the comment that the last panel needs an electrical sound effect and THAT orchestral score.
I also second the many comments that May needs help.
Is it cold in here?:
Jeph is a good enough writer that he's not going to paint one party in a breakup as having done everything right.
For people who have joined since, the "Dorapocalypse" refers to the worst flame war I have seen since starting on Usenet in 1983, which came THAT close to getting the forum shut down. The current moderation team has the charter of making sure it never happens again.
Tyr:
--- Quote from: Farideh on 29 Jul 2020, 18:37 ---Oh May.
OF COURSE there are other people that need the money. OF COURSE there are other people that are more deserving. That doesn't automatically make you unworthy, though!
I second the opinions above: May needs a therapist, pronto.
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I agree that May needs therapy pronto... because she's finally in a space where she'll actually maybe actually internalize some things. She's been blowing off the group therapy while still attending the sessions, she's slowly been inching towards a moment, and it just happened. There's something a therapist can hold up and say "While Generosity is a GOOD impulse, in this case it is fueled by your self-hatred. You are allowed to be kind to yourself."
or, y'know... whatever an actual licensed therapist would say there.
Sorflakne:
--- Quote from: de_la_Nae on 29 Jul 2020, 04:04 ---Sometimes I wonder how many of the fans of this comic are the working poor.
Maybe as someone who's spent most of her life in, among, and as one, communication styles like May strike me as a lot less 'crass', which sometimes seems to be the cardinal sin of whether someone is allowable to this crowd, see Pintsize, Yelling Bird, May, etc. Since violence and repression doesn't seem to bug the majority of the fans the majority of the time over the years, see Faye, Emily, Bubbles, Momo, Marten, so on and so forth.
disclaimer: this is something i've mostly kept to myself for years now, though a couple others around here know I've mused about it. This thread isn't all to blame for any means, of me bringing it up. Just.... thinking out loud, of a sorts.
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I like May because she doesn't beat around the bush and isn't afraid to speak her mind. She has a code of ethics and morality which has been largely consistent over the years, and much as she doesn't want to admit it, she cares about her friends and wants the best for them. I don't see her as crass, I just see her as someone who has looser filters.
Gnabberwocky:
She needs a therapist who can talk back to her. I get the feeling that May wouldn't be kind to someone who was deeply analyzing her feelings (see 3579), at least not in the traditional warm-and-fuzzy sense. Any therapist dealing with her would have to be quick-witted and very, very good at their job.
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