Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 23-27 August 2010 (1736-1740)
zagraf:
I'm a little puzzled by all this talk of "favourite Toto songs." I have nothing against the band. It's just that I can remember when "Africa" and "Rosanna" first came out, and AFAIK those are the only Toto songs the average person would even have heard of, then or now. Angus, Faye and Marten might as well have used Naked Eyes, a-ha or Falco songs as a compatibility litmus test (unless, in the latter two cases, the strip were set in Norway or Germany, respectively).
tinkerbell:
--- Quote from: Arancaytar on 26 Aug 2010, 00:07 ---Are they going to break up over a Toto song? :P
--- End quote ---
If they do, it seems like one of those times when the awful reason to break up compounds and makes Marten do something really douchey. He can send her a text message in that weird shorthand people use for messaging. It would go a little something like this: we shd break up it's not me btw it's u. toto rlz
Anyway, if Marten is feeling depressed about his relationship over a Toto song perhaps they need to shake things up a bit. As I understand it, it is normal for couples to feel a little bit off when they first move in together as the mystery is completely gone after that. The way he is acting it is almost like he is wondering whether things would be better with Faye, but at least we know that if he does try to go down that road, Angus already chose the right song.
Tergon:
While I'm aware that arguing against fanboy paranoia is like trying to hold back the ocean with a broom made entirely of dicks, I'd point out that Marten cannot be using the same yardstick to test his relationship with Dora. Why? Because he HAS NO GODDAMN IDEA WHAT FAYE WAS TALKING ABOUT. He then promptly asked his girlfriend a confusing cryptic question, and the sleepy lady in focus responded that she dislikes toto and was grumpy at being woken up for that. In other words, a perfectly reasonable situation with a perfectly reasonable response, even with Marten's reaction of feeling a bit sad at being grumped at.
THIS IS ALL PERFECTLY RATIONAL AND SENSIBLE.
That being said, fanboy paranoia is what it is and this is gonna snowball. And this is Jeph writing, who just loves him some hella-hella drama. Therefore, I cast aside my useless dick-broom, and I let the ocean come.
Near Lurker:
Wait, did this turn into a plot point?
Lupercal:
Cue a conversation with a bearded Steve at some point?
Marten is always playing the "nice guy" role I guess. Meaning that when it comes to Faye being happy, he's happy, but I'm guessing still not quite over the fact that she's dating. Toto is now the yardstick at which one measures everything about the other person. Marten does get trampled on, but he also takes music seriously.
He's in a shitter of a situation really; he's now getting what Faye got a good few years ago when Marty + Dora started dating.
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