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WCDT 15-19 November 2010 (1796-1800)
peterh:
This thread has ran way out of context, and out of hand. But that was to be expected.
I also hope that, for the sake of his sanity, Jeph can refrain from even opening it.
All we know is that Marten and Dora are in yet another fight, and this time Marten was really pissed off. It's really of no use to get all worked up when someone else disagrees about what YOU think is the underlying cause, who's to blame, and what you want to happen next.
Sure he wasn't his reasonable self, but I think he has ample reason to be angry. He said clearly that he didn't want anyone to investigate into his porn preferences. Dora ignored that and did it anyway.
Also, it's quite clear that Dora cannot handle Marten being angry. She tried to apologise, but she did not do this in the most graceful manner: the "I didn't think it was a big deal" thing. Marten had made it clear that, to him, it WAS a big deal, and Dora would've done herself a favour understanding that breaking that deal would lead to Marten being unreasonable.
We should also realise that, in a fight between lovers, none of the involved parties is "right", and both have to face the consequences of their actions. That is ALL that we are seeing in this week's first two comics.
Does that mean that, as soon as Marten stands up for himself, the relationship cannot work? Might well be. I'd find that very sad. But it's not up to us to decide how this will progress, and that is a Good Thing(TM).
I have to say that I have the feeling that, when Dora dyed her hair purple without asking Marten, and Marten not being overly enthousiastic about that, things started to slide.
HeavyP:
Tomorrow's comic:
We zoom into an unfamiliar-yet-familiar indie coffee shop in California, where a blonde hipster who hasn't been see in 1500-odd strips is working. Her roommate comes to visit her while working, her roommate the ALLOSAURUS. Backstory: Her lessons from Faye having paid off, she punched her way out of his stomach (he got better) and after some wacky adventures that will be covered in flashbacks, they became lovers and roommates. But a shadow darkens the coffee-shop door, and in walks....LORENZO LAMAS. Tune in tomorrow for "The Adventures of Sara and Bob (the Allosaurus)!"
DJ OMiY:
Wow, I never expected the forum to grow quite so rapidly over a day or two's span. Thank god I don't have that much time to spend on the internet or I'd never leave.
I feel that we're finally going to get that Dora/Marten resolution that we were hoping for and never really got back during the Underpants incident. Clearly the drama has gone up to eleven and something's going to happen, especially when we see the reactions of others: Marigold, Hanners, Faye, Sven maybe, and Tai. That may be the most important factor here. Dora might have stomped back off to Coffee of Doom, and we all know that means Faye, who might have the unquestionably greatest/most important reaction, will be one of the first to know.
As regards to my "side," I'm gonna say I'm with Marten, although I'm not a RAEG RAEG RAEG Dora hater. Marten has a definitive and valid reason to be upset, and it was right for him to call her out on that.
Interestingly enough, I have to laud Jeph for his writing of the comic as of late. Very rarely do I care about fictional characters. Although I read plenty of other webcomics, I empathize with the QC cast a lot more than I would other casts. I could tell this as I walked around all day wondering if Marten would continue to stand up for himself or remain crippled by the DoraHyperGuiltAttack. I hope for the former.
... "Thank god. I was worried our entire social circle would implode simply because I wanted to see Marten's goddamn PORN."
pendrake:
12 pages total, 7 pages for comic #1797 alone, & 200+ poll voters...
"Cap'n! The forums! She cannae take much more!"
"I know, Scotty! Reroute server power from to the deflector dish to emit a blushing Hanners-pulse to give us a buffer between-"
"Kep'tin! Yelling Bird decloaking off the port bow! He is firing a salvo of Guest Strips!"
"Brace for imp-"
*EXPLOSION*
Elsewhere...
"Ben...? What's wrong?"
"I felt a great disturbance in The Force... As if millions of fanfics and shippers suddenly cried out in agony and were suddenly silenced... I fear something terrible has happened."
:psyduck:
Mr_Rose:
--- Quote from: HeavyP on 16 Nov 2010, 13:02 ---Tomorrow's comic:
We zoom into an unfamiliar-yet-familiar indie coffee shop in California, where a blonde hipster who hasn't been see in 1500-odd strips is working. Her roommate comes to visit her while working, her roommate the ALLOSAURUS. Backstory: Her lessons from Faye having paid off, she punched her way out of his stomach (he got better) and after some wacky adventures that will be covered in flashbacks, they became lovers and roommates. But a shadow darkens the coffee-shop door, and in walks....LORENZO LAMAS. Tune in tomorrow for "The Adventures of Sara and Bob (the Allosaurus)!"
--- End quote ---
Ah, yes; the Roomies/It's Walky! approach. This also explains the 'rivalry' between Jeph and that Willis guy.
P.S. Bob is also a US Senator in his spare time, having been elected on a platform of "Woo! Yeah!" after getting totally blitzed that one time in Hooters.
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