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WCDT 15-19 November 2010 (1796-1800)
Lychee:
Ok, I made an account on here just so I could comment..
I skipped a bunch of middle pages so I don't know if anyone has pointed this out already, but in http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1795 third panel, Marten is making a joke about what his porn collection COULD be. This would automatically lead me to assume that he's comfortable with discussing the issue and that it's really not a big deal to him, otherwise he wouldn't have made it so lighthearted. I think that if Marten had said something like, "no seriously guys, this is making me uncomfortable", Dora would have clearly understood that he would be angry if she were to do what she did, and probably wouldn't have done so. For me, it's really a case of mixed messages on Marten's part.
TRVA123:
As much flak as I think I may get for saying this, I really hope that Dora and Martin break up. Not because I dislike Dora, nor because I ship Martin and someone else, but because I think that they enable each other. They need some serious time apart to sift through things and examine themselves, what they want, and where they need to go.
I don't think that this spat will break them up -although I hope it does, bring on the character development!- but their relationship feels kind of like a ticking bomb at this point.
CatJuggling:
Ha! First time poster came by after the drama in today comic, wondering what other fans thought but you guys are just insane! :wink:
Oh, and they're so not breaking up, but Dora flubbed this one. Hard to fault Marten for his reaction. This is so very not like the underwear incident. That was a percieved indescretion breaking a mutual understanding of "Don't mess around with other people." This is a blatant disregard for expressley stated "Don't touch my stuff."
Emperor Norton:
As a point on the veracity of the claim that her apology seems insincere... Notice that her line "I just didn't think it was that big a deal!" ends with an exclamation point.
Yeah... I don't think sincere apologies have those...
I'm serious though. I've been through this. There is always that moment where shit comes out that shouldn't because you've been holding it in. I see myself in Marten, and my wife in Dora here. Not the same issues, but the same thing happening in an argument because we are both too pissed to think straight. Its painful to watch to people, even fictional people, go through something I'm so familiar with.
But it doesn't mean they can't work through it. It doesn't mean they don't love each other. They both have some problems they need to work through. Everybody does.
CatJuggling:
--- Quote from: Lychee on 15 Nov 2010, 21:18 ---Ok, I made an account on here just so I could comment..
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Ha! Me too!
--- Quote from: Lychee on 15 Nov 2010, 21:18 ---
I skipped a bunch of middle pages so I don't know if anyone has pointed this out already, but in http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1795 third panel, Marten is making a joke about what his porn collection COULD be. This would automatically lead me to assume that he's comfortable with discussing the issue and that it's really not a big deal to him, otherwise he wouldn't have made it so lighthearted. I think that if Marten had said something like, "no seriously guys, this is making me uncomfortable", Dora would have clearly understood that he would be angry if she were to do what she did, and probably wouldn't have done so. For me, it's really a case of mixed messages on Marten's part.
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No, that wasn't a joke, that was a bluff. Totally different. His stuttering both before and after indicate he was uncomfortable with the subject. The bluff was a desperate attempt to disuade them. Of course, the idiot was bluffing Faye and Dora, which he should have known wouldn't work. Hanners and Mari, maybe, but not Faye and Dora.
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