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Poll: Do you see Marten and Dora's relationship lasting?
Rocketman:
--- Quote from: raoullefere on 13 Feb 2008, 20:40 ---Dunno. Do you salivate as you read it?
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Depends if Black Cat is in that issue.
BoisterousFanboy:
I don't see them lasting which is not to say they won't last for a long time I just don't see them staying together and getting married, etc.
Their relationship wasn't born out of the most ideal of circumstances and there's still unresolved emotional issues between Faye and Marty. Of course he still has some residual feelings for Faye, you can't just switch them off because you got shot down.
Although someone mentioned it earlier, it would seriously mess with the dynamic of the characters because their lives revolve around each other so much. They would have to have a fairly decent, amicable breakup that allowed them to be friends or at least tolerate each other well enough. Which would mean no cheating took place or anything of a highly volatile nature.. unless Faye's gonna get a new job and Dora becames a seriously minor character.
I think they'll be together a while but somethin' will happen to stir it up.
Scruffy:
With the current relevations, it's possible that they will stick together with Faye, potentially being off the market.
frullic:
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Edit: Department of Gender Studies: I think we have to ultimately admit men and women don't think and feel alike. I've always been all for equality, but sometimes Truth trumps our most fervent wishes. Just another case in point:
Male: "Dora just bitched about Marten having girlfriends ten years ago on the other side of the fucking continent. Insecurity is one thing, this is fucking possession."
Female: "u've got to admit, it would be really awkward for a minute after hearing that your boyfriend still has some feelings for a girl he dated before. Who wants their boyfriend to be thinking about past loves? It's not something to fight over, but it IS something that might give a girl a sad feeling in her heart for a few seconds."
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I wouldn't have made my post and case if the men in the relationships I know of broke up with their girlfriends when their girlfriends had insecurities. The guy in the relationship understands the insecurity, and most of them try to help the girl get over it. I've seen it cause small fights, but all relationships have small fights. It's normal. My post wasn't just about how the female feels about it - if the guy left the girl for being insecure at times, then I wouldn't have any case at all. Besides, the guys I know get insecure at times, too. That kind of breaks the whole male/female perspective thing. Looking in, one might think, "OH MY GOD insecurities they're going to break up," but in a real-life relationship, it just doesn't usually work like that, unless the insecurities are getting out of hand.
Still, a story and real-life are two different things. If Jeph allows them to have short fights and small insecurities, and yet doesn't make them break up over it, it's pretty realistic. If they do break up, then there are 3 possibilities: they're not realistic characters, they're not very good at holding relationships together and compromising, or maybe Dora will have gotten worse by that time. Dora's instances don't seem out-of-hand to me, they seem pretty normal for that stage of relationship.
Like I said, I'm going off of relationships I see around me, including my own. (Well, I'm long distance, so I guess I have a better reason to be temporarily insecure. I won't be much at all once I move in with him in a few months, but that's an entirely different story.) EVERYONE fights a little bit. It's totally natural. If they were married, it would be a little odd for Dora to be acting like this - but they're not married, they're in the "I like you - I love you - I want to be with you" sort of stage. Fighting and insecurities are COMMON in relationships like that. I've seen this in practically every long-term successful relationship around me - people have insecurities and people fight. It's NATURAL.
If Dora gets worse or more often, that might pose a problem. But I've only seen a few instances every so often, and in real life, that's kind of normal.
I hope I'm getting my point across well. Geh. Sorry, people. Maybe I'm just ranting and not making much sense. I hope I am.
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you make total sense.
a couple that doesn't have little arguments and fights over insecurities is a couple doomed to fail. part of developing trust is allowing yourself to be vulnerable and allowing your partner to be vulnerable. without doing that, how would anyone know what their partner's limits are? how would anyone be able to HELP their partner strengthen without knowing about where they squeak and crack?
of course, marten and dora's conflict was waaaayyyyy too perfect. i wish all my arguments could fit in 4-5 panels :laugh:
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Right you are but remember: It's a webcomic. It's part of the Internet. All that is internet works under a few rules. One of which is:
If it is too good to be true, then it is too good to be true.
Also there is another fact to ponder: nowadays there are no more couples that last a lifetime. I think a couple is lucky if they get past a year.
So I guess we should wait and see.
Manix:
This may sound like me starting a fight, but I assure you it's not.
I can't help but wonder how many people here really don't see Marten/Dora lasting, and how many people are really just still pining over Marty/Faye, and expressing what they hope will ha[ppen in the hope of mentally convincing Jeph to go that route.
As for the Spiderman thing above.
I knew I made the right choice when I stopped reading most major american comics. Jeeze! I knew that Quesade hated the fact that Peter actually grew up and got married, but this...what the hell is this!?
This is almost up there with DC's caving to H.E.A.T.'s demands in terms of bad/stupid decisions.
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