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Faye and Angus: LTR?

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bunnyThor:
I have no problem seeing anyone attracted to Faye. She's spunky and sassy and witty and curvy.

I had no problem seeing what Faye liked in Marten. He's loyal and patient and bright and treated her like a goddamned queen. And I had no problem seeing what Faye found attractive in Sven. There was spirited give-and-take from someone who could call her on her bullshit and vice versa. (Plus the sex appeal that apparently emanates from him, even when he doesn't want it to.)

But Angus? As far as I can tell, he's just a pre-existing male character who was available and unentangled. So far as I can tell, his chief selling points are that he's an okay guy who is attracted to her and is unthreatening. He's Marten II: The Rushed-To-Theaters Sequel. He's been in, or been referred to in, 120-130 strips now and yet we know little about him, and what little we do know has been thoroughly boring. (Compare this to his recently introduced roommate, Marigold, who is one of the breakout stars of the strip.)

To sum up, Angus brings nothing to the table. But if you don't believe me, I have a reading list for you.

(Page numbers in parentheses are when Angus is off-screen, but being mentioned.)

Maybe-Angus?:
375, 710

Early Angus:
767, (769), 779-780, 783-784, (785), (790), 853, (854), 898-900, 1121-1124, (1144)

Current Angus:
1363, 1368-1369, 1371, 1373, 1384-1391 (1390), 1393, (1394), 1410, 1419, 1422-1423, 1425-1429, (1431), 1441, (1444), 1445, 1448, 1471, 1475-1476, 1487, 1491, 1494-1495, 1501-1502, 1504-1505, 1531, 1533-1536, 1558-1560, (1561), (1563-1564), (1571), 1573, 1583, 1590, 1597-1601, 1613, 1615, 1617, 1621, 1623-1637 (1627) (1629), (1639), 1642, 1663-1665, (1667), (1669), 1673, 1675-1687, 1689-1693, 1702, (1703-1704), 1723-1725, 1731-1735.

If anyone is enterprising enough to use this data to make a link list, more power to you.

P.S., considering what we now know about Angus's "housemates", 1363 seems to be some sort of continuity error.

tomart:

--- Quote from: bunnyThor on 21 Aug 2010, 12:31 --- 1363 seems to be some sort of continuity error.

--- End quote ---

"Continuity error" ... I love that phrase; it suggests flagrant cause/effect disparities, unacceptable distortions in the space-time continuum; the breakdown of reality as we've known and loved it.*

In support of your theory, Jeph's note below 1363 includes:
"I am completely exhausted and this has been an awful week so apologies if the comic is not up to usual standards. I am too tired to be certain."

* such as:  the Republican propaganda machine's SUCCESS in blaming Obama for our poverty, after Bush's 8 years of robbing us blind.

raoullefere:
I disagree, bunnyThor.

We know about as much about Angus as we know about Wil, Penny, or, honestly, about Marigold.
Things we know:
His occupation
His ability to think fast, even in distress (the Poe-bathroom ref)
He's persistent, and backs it up by…
Taking risks
He's pretty even-tempered (good quality for a straw-man) but…
He's very hard on himself, and tends to lash out at such times.
He's good at catching onto verbal nuance, but tends to focus on the words themselves and not the person.
Non-verbal cues often fly right over his head.
He cares about other people and is willing to stand up for them, even at personal cost

I'm not going to make an exhaustive list, but I can come up with a couple of differences between Martin and Angus without really trying
Marten sucks at risk-taking.
He seems much more passive.
Marten is rarely all that hard on himself (to be fair, he's the same as for others)
I'm willing to bet Marten is much less 'shockable' than Angus, due to his upbringing.

Edit: Was in a nasty mood this morning. No need to carry it here, though.

HiFranc:
I see them staying together for the long term.  They have the same sense of humour so that's going to help bind them.

bunnyThor:

--- Quote from: HiFranc on 22 Aug 2010, 02:38 ---I see them staying together for the long term.  They have the same sense of humour so that's going to help bind them.

--- End quote ---

They better have a great sense of humor, because when Faye discovers that Angus doesn't have the supernatural ladypart pleasing powers as Sven did, they'll have to either laugh or cry.

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