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WCDT 15-19 November 2010 (1796-1800)
iduguphergrave:
--- Quote from: kaitco on 15 Nov 2010, 06:38 ---Yay! Is it time for some more Dora-Marten drama already?!
Normally, I side with Marten during these fights since Dora is almost always the one to fly off the handle about something insignificant, but on this round, I do not think I can understand Marten's position here. Even if she did "invade his privacy," why not just roll one's eyes and leave? This time Marten is the one who is completely overreacting.
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I agree, it seems a little childish to just stomp off into your room and slam the door. Then again, Marten's only been this angry a few times in the comic and he's not a hot-tempered person in general; methinks he's not very good at dealing with his anger because it's a somewhat unfamiliar emotion for him.
xerada:
--- Quote from: kaitco on 15 Nov 2010, 06:38 ---Normally, I side with Marten during these fights since Dora is almost always the one to fly off the handle about something insignificant, but on this round, I do not think I can understand Marten's position here. Even if she did "invade his privacy," why not just roll one's eyes and leave? This time Marten is the one who is completely overreacting.
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I disagree with you on that one. Even if you have no problem with your SO invading your privacy like that, it's about not respecting you as a person. If you can say NO as often as you want and your partner doesn't hear you, s/he does not respect you and your decisions.
--- Quote from: kaitco on 15 Nov 2010, 06:38 ---Even though this comic has been around for years, I am beginning to think that Dora and Marten moved in together a little too soon. I imagine the whole span of the comic has been just shy of two years, with Dora and Marten's relationship lasting somewhere around 12-14 months. Adding another year to make the comic span three years with Dora and Marten together for two years still does not strike me as long enough for them to be living together, especially given Marten's original reservations about it (1578). To save the relationship, it may be better if Dora moves out until they are really ready to live together.
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Yeah, that may be true. But given Dora's issues, this may lead to a break-up or something.
westrim:
I should be getting all uppity and start quoting people to respond to in Marten's favor, but I just increased my understanding of the universe a little bit, so I'll sit this one out :angel: . And all the other arguments that occur as we argue over things Jeph has already decided and will draw tomorrow/day after/sometime in the next week.
It amuses me that GOOGLE IT! skipped getting included in the poll with a question about porn. :psyduck:
someone1074:
Two things:
1) Adblock is great. You can add exceptions to adblock, literally by clicking twice on the small button to the upper right corner your firefox window. I have Adblock but I also have every webcomic I frequent as exceptions.
2) Marten's definitely in the right here. While Dora may have been joking around, you would think after enough "No"s, she'd actually listen to him and forget about it. Again, it could have been an innocent mistake on her part (and I bet it will be), but it does speak to a small lack of respect on her part. This is his private collection after all and he has a right to decide who has access to it.
raoullefere:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 15 Nov 2010, 01:31 ---(Lotsa quotes from other folks)
I have to agree with this, I think it's stemming more from Dora's past relationships than anything going on now beytween her and Marten.
She's afraid. Afraid that, because he says he loves her, he's really like the others who've said it in the past. Afraid that there's really some twisted side to him. Afraid that, because of his protestations, there must be something there.
So she goes and looks, and is disappointed when there's no "there" there.
But it's the confusion over Marten's reaction that really shows what's going on. Dora's always been a lot more open sexually than the people around her, and it confuses her that Marten, who's open to her, would have this sticking point. She stepped over a boundary that she didn't see, and doesn't understand the alarms that just went off.
She will, soon enough.
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I agree. More than that, I called this, or parts of it:
--- Quote from: raoullefere on 13 Nov 2010, 08:53 ---Here.
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Time will tell if I'm right about the rest of it.
Jeph, every page of this, no matter how lunatic it gets, is an homage to your ability to touch our imaginations and emotions. I don't think you should read it, but I do think that every page that mounts up counts as a tribute to your abilities.
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