Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCT Jan 19th-23rd
michi-love:
I like Dora's hair more and more each strip, for the record.
And anger is a perfectly reasonable - though obviously not a particularly rational - way to handle insecurities, in real life, and being that QC does seem very realistic (at least in human behavior) it's almost expected that Dora would turn her insecurities about losing Martin in the same way she gained him into something angry.
Angry, silent worrying, or OHMYGODIMUSTBEBYHISSIDEEVERYSECONDOFTHEDAY.
Which sounds most likely for Dora to deal with her issues? She's not the type to be silent, she is NOT that clingy, and even more, she does seem like the quick-tempered type.
Jimor:
Now that I've thought about things for a bit (hey, I'm an editor, it's what I do), I think I have a better idea of what's going on.
Overall, this group of characters is generally quite self-aware of their own flaws. That doesn't mean they have control over their reactions to a situation, just that when they get some time to think things over, they're usually willing to admit what they've done wrong, and even apologize when necessary. Even with the rough handling they toss at each other, there's usually a line they try not to cross.
In this case, I think Dora was expecting Marten to do his usual guilt trip confession so she could rib him about getting hit on, and when he didn't come through, the surprise coupled with the insecurities triggered this reaction. Afterward, she'll likely feel bad and try to make it up to him.
I think my main question is whether Marten will come back with a little bit of spine, which he has every right to do, or whether he'll meekly accept this and maybe even let it fester.
Meanwhile, if things don't quickly blow over, Faye will be seeing cracks in the Marten/Dora relationship, which will complicate her own feelings. I don't know if any of this is what Jeph has planned now that it's happening, but it's very possible that all this is something unexpected building out of what seemed a harmless joke (which often happens in real life too).
Or it all is just a one-off joke and something completely different will happen on Monday. While I like to analyze stories and characters to death (that editor thing again), I also am perfectly willing to enjoy the ride the author is taking me on. When I really want to control where a story zigs or zags, I write my own.
NeverQuiteGoth:
Marten Marten Marten. The correct response (in panel three) is either "Oh, yeah, that." or "I stand by my 'no'."
kaitco:
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--- Quote from: dwibby on 23 Jan 2009, 01:00 ---Or Jeph is forum baiting.
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I doubt he is a fisherman; you mean bating. :wink:
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Nope, he means baiting, as in luring (1) or taunting (2). Bating is what a falcon does trying to get off its perch. Or, I suppose, half of what a human does trying to, well, get off (fapping instead of flapping?). It also means putting shit on a hide to get the hair off, literally, but that's neither here nor somewhere.
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My many apologies. Even the grammar police can occasionally make a false arrest. :oops:
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--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 23 Jan 2009, 19:16 ---
--- Quote from: raoullefere on 23 Jan 2009, 16:49 --- But if she is serious, Dora would hardly be the first person to get nervous about such things, especially since Dora herself believes she pirated Marten away from Faye.
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That belief might make her more likely to get nervous about someone stealing Marten away from her.
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which is what i think is the main source of her agitation. she isnt mad at marten, she isn't mad at random college girl. she feels she stole marten from faye,so in her mind she knows marten can be stolen, so add that knowledge to the guilt she carries for "stealing marten", she is almost expecting marten to get stolen. eye for an eye as it were
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I had not actually considered this earlier, but I this line of thinking seems very true. One of those "skeletons" Dora may be hiding is the fact that she still feels guilty about jumping on Marten as soon as it was clear that Faye was not capable of beginning a relationship with him. There may also be something in the idea that Dora still thinks she is just second best and not really what Marten wanted.
Dora has expressed a real interest in Marten since the comic was still in double digits, but it was not until Faye was "out of the way" and she knew that Marten would not have to actually choose her over Faye that she made her move on him. My vote is still on Dora's insecurities coming to light in that fourth panel, though I am now certain that this whole drama will blow over almost anticlimactically on Monday.
michi-love:
--- Quote from: kaitco on 23 Jan 2009, 22:59 ---though I am now certain that this whole drama will blow over almost anticlimactically on Monday.
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... That would probably piss 99.9% of readers off.
I know I would be very upset. All that build-up, and then "... Oh, well, it was just a joke. And Faye's blood joke? She just doesn't want to mop up the spilled coffee!"
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