Posts Tagged ‘Donna’
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Sometimes this happens to me (except I usually feel a bit bad about it) where I’m sarcastic or joking beyond reason, and the person I’m speaking with takes me seriously. Unfortunately, my instinct is to keep pushing the joke/sarcasm, which only makes me feel worse when they (usually) still don’t get it.
Bruno has no problem with this. :)
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It always makes me laugh when emotional or romantic moments are interrupted by things which end up seeming ridiculously out of place: cars honking, knocking over a box of cereal, fire alarms. In this instance, it’s also gross because cats are simply cats.
Man, breakups always suck, almost more-so when you still both deeply care about each other. I did find this a good opportunity to slip in a little more depth to Donna’s character. That she also has a history of depression, and has managed to leave it mostly behind.
Even I have to work to read some of these strips, but they do make sense. And the idea that some of us act obsessively rather than logically, and others see the logic of the situation but act in denial of it.
Which is kind of what separates Bruno from many (most?) written characters. Generally characters are written to not be self-aware, written to be victims of their own nature. She’s very aware of her nature, and is a victim of her not being able to act in a way that makes herself happy as a result.
I was told this once after a breakup. To be honest, I do (or did), and so it was honest. But things like that are still difficult to experience.
This sequence totally weirds me out. Which was part of the point. It is disturbing the stories we hang onto, and it is an awfully difficult thing to get through.
