Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 30 August- 3 September 2010
themacnut:
There is an alternative explanation, Tergon;
Marten's walking through the night, angry and frustrated (probably looking so pissed that any would-be muggers decide it's not worth the risk to mess with him :lol:) . He wanders into the park, and for whatever reason (maybe tired from having done a lot of walking) sits down on the bench. Not long afterward, Sven also wanders into the park. Maybe he was also walking down the street, saw Marten in the park (assumes Marten's sitting near a park entrance) and curious as to what he's doing there at that time of night, strolls over and says "What's up?"
Marten, who's been sitting there fuming about Dora's behavior, getting more and more frustrated by the second, at this point can't help himself-at the first sign of someone he knows who appears to give two shits, he just does a complete verbal dump on Sven, ranting about his sister's behavior. Sven, not expecting this explosion of verbal diarrhea, is not sure how to respond to the torrent. So out pops the lame joke about Faye's tits (and yes, I also think he's joking, but I also think it's the response of someone who, like many guys, is not sure how to respond to another guy who's pouring his heart out, which is something not many guys do to other guys in the first place).
Tergon:
...I'll pay that. Very good point.
I still stand by my belief that Sven is not serious, though. And I have no doubt he will Serious Up in the next comic(s).
Schmorgluck:
As I see it, Sven probably asked Marten to tell him what was his problem, and did it in a sincere attempt to listen and be helpful. Then, somewhere along the line, Marten mentionned Faye (barely dressed Faye, at that), and Sven's brain drifted away from the matter at hand, to wander in Fayetasyland, leading to his last panel lines, that I don't think are meant as a joke on his part.
Note that Marten doesn't look at Sven until the last panel. Had he done so, he could have noticed Sven wasn't paying attention anymore.
raoullefere:
--- Quote from: Tergon on 04 Sep 2010, 04:07 ---...I'll pay that. Very good point.
I still stand by my belief that Sven is not serious, though. And I have no doubt he will Serious Up in the next comic(s).
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I will tentatively buy Sven is not serious, but it's still about the creepiest response he could come up with at the moment. There are times for such, but, even if I buy your theory, this isn't one of them, and so far as I know, Sven isn't good enough friends with Marten (unlike, say, Steve) to make it even halfway amusing. Then again, I'm not sure Sven really knows any better. Wil seems to be one of his closest friends, and Wil's not really a person one can learn, for lack of a better word, 'manlaw' from interacting with him. Poetlaw, maybe. (Is there such a thing?)
Schmorgluck:
--- Quote from: raoullefere on 04 Sep 2010, 04:55 ---Poetlaw, maybe. (Is there such a thing?)
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You definitely don't want to know.
And I plusone* you for the creepy part. Sven seems to be exceedingly obsessed. He used to be self-centered, now he seems to be Faye-centered, and it's scary, all things considered.
* Yay! I invented a verb. Assuming I'm the first to invent it, that is.
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