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1300: Am I an awful person?
CycloneChibi:
No, you aren't a bad person.
I've been hoping ever since the "Marten Gets His Hair Cut" drama and the ensuing "Dora Is Incredibly Insecure" manifestation (http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1097) that Marten and Dora would break up. Dora insecurities are suffocating their relationship, evidenced in several occasions that I'm too lazy to look up right now. (The "why don't you go to the movies with your 5 OTHER GIRLFRIENDS" strip comes to mind.)
Dora has some serious insecurities that she needs to work out before she's ready for a relationship. She makes Marten the object of those insecurities, so when something goes wrong, it's easy to blame him. I think the reason I feel so strongly about this is because I've known people like Dora in real life, and the ensuing dysfunctional relationships that follow. They can make it work for a while, but in the end, one party is always feeling smothered, and Marten is just too damn nice for his own good.
Jeph included the "I don't need his APPROVAL to change my HAIR." line to remind us of the OMG DRAMA that came after Marten got his hair cut without Dora's approval. I think this is leading up to confront some of the bullshit that Dora has been dishing out ever since.
I personally hope that it is Marten, not Faye, who calls Dora on said bullshit. We've seen Marten grow a spine before, and I would like to see more of it.
/rant
psion:
I don't know about y'all, but I feel fine waiting for the one strip where Faye tells MArtin that she loves him, that Sven is a buffer fuck, and Dora to walk in just as Martin kisses Faye.
J-cob9000:
--- Quote from: Alex C on 24 Dec 2008, 14:01 ---Man, I was into fat ponies before it was cool.
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Someone needs to take this out of context.
That is all.
And in my opinion, there are too many unfinished plots hanging about, we should finish up those before starting any new ones.
norcekri:
Part of a strip's continuity is that there are always unfinished plot lines hanging about. For instance, as far as we know, there's still an android boyfriend in Hannelore's closet (last seen in #1017). She said she was going to send him back, but ... :|
Have we seen the last of Genevieve (#677), or will she be the turning point in Faye & Sven's relationship? Will Special Agent Alan Turin turn out to be Mr. Right for Hannelore? Will Amanda return to steal Dora from Marten? Will Marten miss his timing with Faye and wind up in a dead-end relationship with Jenny (one appearance in O'Surleys)?
And ... what about Naomi? (That's from The Electric Company, not QC -- hardly an indie reference, but ... )
The strip is trying to shadow reality -- some reality, somewhere -- and is doing a decent job. When was the last time your own life didn't have a lot of unfinished plots? I might have hit a minimum of loose threads at graduation (high school and college both), but that's about it. Think about it: the long-lived TV programs are the ones that leave us with plot threads all over, the continuing dramas. Susan Lucci has been playing the same character on All My Children since ... 1972, maybe? (I looked it up -- it's 1970. 38 years as Erica Kane, at least 10 marriages.) In any case, it's that continuing interest that keep the fans coming back.
Fenriswolf:
I don't want them to split up but I want some more hanging-out-with-friends thanks! I used to love Dora and like Faye, recently they both seem bitchier and it's harder to like them. I've never seen Marten as weak but he's just a bit insipid at the moment. There seems to be little socialising any more and Faye barely seems to live with Marten!
I certainly don't have a problem with the comic at the moment, but when I got addicted and read 2000 comics in a row I loved the characters and was really invested in the storyline. With my increasing apathy toward the main female cast, complete disinterest in Hanners (I don't dislike her I just find her boring most of the time) and equal disinterest in Dora and Marten hanging out in domestic bliss I could handle a change. :-P
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