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WCDT 15-19 November 2010 (1796-1800)
Soluzar:
--- Quote from: sirisaacnuton on 16 Nov 2010, 22:02 ---That was quite a ways back, before any of the most recent shenanigans, and he definitely looks unhappy. The fact that he's laying in the exact same pose and everything as Faye in the next panel might speak to what they're pining about. But I don't think Marten has been lying all this time. Maybe holding a candle, possibly without being honest with himself about it. He hasn't been just playing Dora or leading her own, but yeah, I think there's been something there all along.
Now as to whether Faye would reciprocate at this point, who knows?
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I'm pretty sure that if he has been carrying a torch for Faye all this time, it has been somewhat subconscious. He probably allowed himself to believe he was happy with Dora for most of the time. If you can't be with the one you love, then love the one you're with and all that... I really do doubt Faye would reciprocate right now, as much as I really, really want her to. I don't know if there was ever a window of opportunity for Marten, even if he had been available. Angus really did enjoy a perfect storm with regards to Faye's willingness.
--- Quote from: peterh on 16 Nov 2010, 22:08 ---I think that, at this point in time in the QC-world, Marten/Faye would be The Mother Of Awkward. Also, I think QC would jump the shark big time if that would happen now. Bitterness would ensue.
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Awkward? Well... Dora left it two days after Faye officially called time on her pseudo-courtship with Marten, so I dunno... turnabout is fair play? She always knew that there was history, and Faye was there first. Dora did just storm out saying "Well, I guess that's it then!"
As for whether the comic would jump the shark at that point, I can only say that I disagree. Marten and Faye would have to take a back seat for a while, in favour of other characters, but I don't see it the same way you do.... because I'm a die-hard Fayten shipper.
Bitterness would be a result, sure. Can't avoid that. There seems to be plenty right now anyway.
Dr. ROFLPWN:
--- Quote from: Soluzar on 16 Nov 2010, 21:54 ---
--- Quote from: bicostp on 16 Nov 2010, 20:17 ---You don't put it someplace obvious like My Documents/My Pictures...
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Why not? That might have been true when I was younger, or when I used a shared computer... but not anymore. There are two people who might ever use this computer, me and my girlfriend. She knows I watch porn, and isn't really interested in checking out what I watch. I don't see any reason not to keep it in a folder clearly marked "porn". You know, just like I keep my other files in folders clearly marked with the contents.
Today's strip has left me with decidedly mixed feelings. On the one hand, I'm glad that Marten went to see Faye about this since she's his best friend. On the other, I'm sort of worried that Marten seems to have accepted the idea that he will reconcile with Dora no matter what. That would appear to spell disaster for my agenda. I don't even care if there's some chance they could work out their issues and have an uneventful (I did not say happy...) relationship. I just want them to split up so Marten has the chance to pursue a relationship with someone who deserves him.
I'm also a bit cross with myself for letting this comic matter so damn much. The format limits the pace of plot development such that it could be weeks or even months before I really get to know how this turns out, and I'm already on the edge of my seat. I don't particularly want to live in perpetual squeaky bum time for the next month while this resolves... in some ways I'd really like to be distracted from it for a good long while until the crisis is over.
You see, despite everything I said earlier about having accepted that Marten/Faye (Fayten? Martye?) is probably a pairing we'll never see, I can't help but allow myself a glimmer of hope. Damned if I can understand why this should be so important to me. I would like to imagine QC as a great romantic comedy, in which the One True Pairing go through many trials and tribulations before finally being allowed their blissful moment of union, but increasingly I realise that QC is more just one big long exercise in Ship Tease and Will They Or Won't They.
I have nothing against Angus as a character. He's a reasonably nice guy, and he's probably good for Faye... but she has such a connection with Marten that her relationship with Angus seems a trifle shallow by comparison. The thing about Toto is surely a red herring - they have that one thing, does that really stack up against everything that Faye and Marten have? The same could be said (only far more so) about Marten and Dora.
I can't help being a Fayten shipper. It's what really kept me reading the comic... Marten and Faye both as friends and as a potential pairing. Other characters have grown on me, but I still see it as being their story.
HOLY SHIT 12 NEW REPLIES WHILE TYPING. :psyduck:
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No. You know what? I'm in support of this. Let's see Marten get "his girl". Let's see Marten do that, Jeph. I want to see this now.
But--one caveat--I want to see it fail. I want him to try now, just when she's finally making progress, when she's moved on and is with an honestly good person. I want their potential sexual relationship revealed for the nightmare it will be. This is going to be some Lament Configuration shit. I want to see the drama go full trainwreck.
And I know you don't care about people's opinions, Jeph, but I also know you got a drive for realism and you aren't about to give people their fairy tale ending. Hell no.
So I put down my dickbroom. Let's see the Fayten. Let's see the rotten apple that the shippers hang their hopes and dreams on.
dilbert719:
--- Quote from: Kazukagii on 16 Nov 2010, 21:17 ---Faye: "Bitter much?"
Marten: "Yeah... yeah, I am."
Keep on truckin' Marten. 8-)
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Stupid as it is, I've never been happier for Marten than at that moment. If there's going to be anything positive coming from this moment, it's that Marten's coming to accept that he can't just bottle up whatever he's feeling, and that he actually is permitted to have negative emotions, and express them with some measure of selfishness. Everyone else does, and anyone who doesn't at least give themselves that much credit is going to be a carpet forever. (No, I don't see myself in Marten at all. Why do you ask? :wink:)
--- Quote from: Kazukagii on 16 Nov 2010, 22:06 ---
--- Quote from: rje on 16 Nov 2010, 21:59 ---Also I keep envisioning this COP-esque escalating fight on Sven's front porch with Dona in a tube top and bike shorts and Marten sporting a non-ironic mullet-trucker-cap.
And it's amusing me way way more than it should.
::Marten on the ground being cuffed:: Y'ALL AIN'T FIT!
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Listen up Jeph, I would pay you cash money for this to happen in the comic. CASH MONEY! Think about it.
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The only way this works for me is if Marten swings by the bar and picks up Jimbo for backup first.
0kamisama:
Emergency Bourbon makes another appearance!
Looks like Sven should be able to talk some sense into Dora, but it's a crap shoot, seeing as how Dora has mentioned that her jealousy of Sven was a big thorn in her side, growing up.
It might help smooth things over, it might bring further and further dramasaurs into the pack.
akronnick:
--- Quote from: Dr. ROFLPWN on 16 Nov 2010, 22:12 ---No. You know what? I'm in support of this. Let's see Marten get "his girl". Let's see Marten do that, Jeph. I want to see this now.
But--one caveat--I want to see it fail. I want him to try now, just when she's finally making progress, when she's moved on and is with an honestly good person. I want their potential sexual relationship revealed for the nightmare it will be. This is going to be some Lament Configuration shit. I want to see the drama go full trainwreck.
And I know you don't care about people's opinions, Jeph, but I also know you got a drive for realism and you aren't about to give people their fairy tale ending. Hell no.
So I put down my dickbroom. Let's see the Fayten. Let's see the rotten apple that the shippers hang their hopes and dreams on.
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That is quite possible as a matter of fact.
Thurs: Marten goes to Svens to talk to Dora but Sven won't let him.
Fri: Marten and Dora talk and may break up, cliffhanger
Mon: Marten and Dora verify the break up.
Tues: Marten heads home to find Faye and a mostly empty bottle of the Hobo
Wed: Marten finishes the bottle and Faye takes him. Next week's WCT thread hits 25 pages.
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