You don't put it someplace obvious like My Documents/My Pictures...
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.