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[Surgoshan]

Let's face it.  Some people need to be hit in the face with a chair.

[lolwut]

And while she does snark, its not with venom usually. Its her way of showing affection.

abusive boyfriends only hit their girls because they deserve it

The topic poster is not one of those kinds of people.

thanks for the personal, i felt like it wasn't the internet

[Lost Coastlines]

And while she does snark, its not with venom usually. Its her way of showing affection.

abusive boyfriends only hit their girls because they deserve it

The topic poster is not one of those kinds of people.

thanks for the personal, i felt like it wasn't the internet

Yeah . . . because sarcastic ribbing of friends and beating girlfriends are completely analogous situations.

I can see why the characters are friends with her now.  The snide jokes go both ways and she doesn't beat Marten anymore.  When she crosses the line, she apologizes.  Before "The Talk," the Marten-beatings were her way of dealing with her feelings for him that she felt she couldn't act upon.  He was lame to put up with it.  But he liked her and his social life improved significantly since he met her.  And he has no spine.  It was unhealthy for both of them.  In real life it would justify some kind of action, but this is a comic and used in a comedic way.  I'm pretty sure there would never be a punching intern in real life, either.

What was the last seriously objectionable thing that she did?  Tell Wil to ask Penelope about Hemingway?  She got her comeuppance for that.  Dora threatened the college girl with a broadsword but no one's all "why are people friends with Dora?"  People are friends with Dora because she's loyal and aside from Marten-irrationality, she's fun.  The sword-incident would be a big deal in real life, but it's a comic.  I'd imagine the same logic applies with Faye's snarkiness.

[fifthfiend]

Hooray for aspies!

[The Joker]

And while she does snark, its not with venom usually. Its her way of showing affection.

abusive boyfriends only hit their girls because they deserve it

I...hope to God you are being sarcastic. 

[raoullefere]

Marten and Dora are friends with Faye because they enjoy talking with her*. I mean, all those talks where they take a concept like forming an indie supergroup and beat it half to death--that's people having a good time in one another's company. We simply don't see that as much anymore because Jeph's focused on other aspects of their lives right now.

*For that matter, so does Sven.

[Lyrical]

Other than Faye decking Marten for slapping her butt, she doesn't deliberately hit him hard enough to leave bruises or actually hurt him, as far as I can tell.  They're just joking around.  Plus, as Dora mentioned, they had a bit of a BDSM dynamic going on, which involves one person hurting the other in ways that the person getting hurt actively likes and consents to (or them doing so to each other).

[kitschykat]

I've had a best friend for 8+ years similar to Faye. Faye has many redeeming qualities:

1. She's real, yeah she's perpetually annoyed but at least she doesn't try to be someone she isn't. See 2
2. She's funny. Her annoyance and witty banter is the source of much humor
3. She's diverting. She generally avoids talking about superdeep shit, and sometimes that's really awesome.

[Is it cold in here?]

Faye has bruised Marten, though.

[Darke]

Hah. Got to love Jeph's newspost for that comic. "I am pretty certain this is the most risque QC is ever going to get."

How utterly, utterly wrong.

[Siibillam-Law]

Next year it's all extreme porn, and graphic acts of violence.

And he thought the couch sex was risque...

[Cartilage Head]

Questionable Content will be a part of the Slipshine network in a few months.

[Is it cold in here?]

Rapier wit and occasional flashes of self-analysis

[championofkhorne]

Questionable Content will be a part of the Slipshine network in a few months.

one can only hope

[lolwut]

Questionable Content will be a part of the Slipshine network in a few months.

one can only hope

i'm not paying to read qc, so no, i don't hope

[Ivaness]

And while she does snark, its not with venom usually. Its her way of showing affection.

abusive boyfriends only hit their girls because they deserve it

I...hope to God you are being sarcastic. 

I hope so as well.  I know if my fiance ever laid his hands on me, whether I deserved it or not, his ass would be locked up in jail. (As my ex should be, but he isn't.)

To reply on the topic: My best friend is almost exactly like Faye. She has a troubled past, she'd had problems in relationships, she's sarcastic, has hit people...
But she's loyal to her friends, sticks up for them, is very understanding... and her friends know that she loves them.  Everyone in the entire world has their faults.  I'm friends with a ton of assholes, but they have consciences...  This is who Jeph decided that Faye should be. If Faye wasn't in the comic, it would be like there was something missing from it.

This just might be a brand of humor you don't quite grasp.

[championofkhorne]

Questionable Content will be a part of the Slipshine network in a few months.

one can only hope

i'm not paying to read qc, so no, i don't hope

BUT HOPE IS ALL WE HAVE