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akronnick:
--- Quote from: raoullefere on 08 Feb 2010, 15:23 ---That last bit is exactly why I said on last week's WTC that I hoped Tai was joking. Even so, it's a bad joke. And if it's not a joke…well, I already know Marten is more forbearing than I.
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I don't think that Tai meant that she wants Dora to break up with Marten so she can be with her, even joking.
I think she meant that she wants someone like Dora, who is as interested in her as Dora is in Marten. And she is dissatisfied that no one in the circle of people she has been dating/fooling around with is willing to commit to her.
Face it, finding out someone is attracted to you and you specifically is a huge turn on.
raoullefere:
Then she should've said that. Easy enough to do instead of sounding like you want someone's relationship to end (for the second time, as I recall—that other one was plotting and scheming, but again, I hope it was meant as a joke). This sounds way too much like "Jessie's Girl," except the narrator in that keeps his mouth shut about his intentions. The fact that Tai didn't think enough to realize her comments might be taken well says volumes about her.
As for the other, Tai's got some changing and distancing to do if she wants that. Anyone who's looking for commitment and knew her would probably not have Tai high on their prospects list, if for no other reason than the fear they'd never be enough.
--- Quote from: Jeans on 08 Feb 2010, 15:30 ---is that how you guys flirt? sulk and tell the person that you wish they would go out with you?
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Any way you can get the idea planted in her head, you take. So, when she has a fight with Marten, she remembers.
Sorry. I realize that I'm making Tai out to be far more Machiavellian than she has the attention span to be. Maybe.
Is it cold in here?:
Tai was clearly flirting in the earlier strip (I don't know the number) in which she said she wanted to sleep with Dora.
Dora is at least willing to play with the idea on a theoretical level, even though she's monogamous: 776, and 1394, unless that was purely maternal.
jwhouk:
Going through the archives (especially the "photocopier" arc), I have to think Marten sees Tai as a "competitor" for his GF. As much as Dora gets insecure about Marten's feelings towards other girls (Faye in particular, others like Cosette and the "four girlfriends from high school" in general), Marten gets that way towards Tai. Of course, being the "inept Indie boy" that he is, he feels like it's only inevitable that she'd leave him for some girl.
akronnick:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 08 Feb 2010, 17:50 ---Tai was clearly flirting in the earlier strip (I don't know the number) in which she said she wanted to sleep with Dora.
Dora is at least willing to play with the idea on a theoretical level, even though she's monogamous: 776, and 1394, unless that was purely maternal.
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When Tai said that she was coming from an environment where the typical response for asking to sleep with someone's girlfriend involves an immediate cellphone conversation that goes something like this: "Honey, you know that thing we were talking about, Tai's totally into it! Get over here, Quick!"
Now she's finding that she is unsatisfied by that kind of lifestyle, and is seeking advice from people she trusts, and probably the people she knows best who have found happiness in a different lifestyle.
I also do not believe that Marten feels threatened by Tai. He did feel a little uncomfortable when Dora wanted to see Tai's new piercing, but that's pushing anyone's boundaries. How many straight ladies would be OK with their man checking out another girl's vulva, even if they were all close friends and everyone was secure that no one wanted to change anyone's relationship status? (man that situation is hard to describe without sounding like an inconsiderate, hetero-normative douchebag, or an attorney!)
My point is, I can't see Tai being in anyway serious about wanting Dora to give up Marten for her, and Marten is totally secure in the knowledge that Tai would never actually take Dora away from him, and all three of them are aware that Tai's flirtation with Dora is nothing more than her way of showing friendly (rather than romantic) affection.
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