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Yes.

15 (5%)

No, it's not the same.

14 (4.7%)

No, it's even worse.

25 (8.4%)

No, it means Dora's history.

30 (10.1%)

No, because it's going to end different.

19 (6.4%)

No, because there's emergency bourbon.

17 (5.7%)

UBMEOD!

34 (11.4%)

Oh heck, who am I kidding?

4 (1.3%)

(sniff) No, I've just got (sniff) allergies...

31 (10.4%)

This thread is gonna hit 40 pages by tomorrow, isn't it?

109 (36.6%)

Total Members Voted: 237

[Aurjay]

wtf. Marten hopefully will fight for her before this break up becomes too official. I see by his look he was caught off guard but dammit man grow some balls and stand up to her. She is just being vulnerable and making hasty decisions. Talk it out and im sure things could get better.

[HeavyP]

Hmmmm.....28 pages and counting.  While we've had all sorts of fun so far, my niggling thought is that Friday's cliffhanger is still awaiting us.  I lay money that this thread breaks 40 pages by noon tomorrow.

[rebelhunter47]

emotionalism of the the latest strip aside, i really liked the visual perspective of the last two panels.  definitely pulls you in and makes you feel like you're there.

[ElvisRevenge]

Alright bitches and snitches, I'll throw my hat in this ring.

First of all, getting back together at Marten's dad's wedding? GENIUS. GOD DAMN GENIUS.

Secondly, I want to see them shack up with some peoples before. Maybe a drunk, regrettable hookup? Maybe a long-term relationship off the rebound, something to fill the void.

Either way, I'm just along for the ride. FUCK I love this damn comic.

OH and blah blah blah   blah blah blah  

EDIT: And 32 pages at least by the next update.

[Wiregeek]

First of all, getting back together at Marten's dad's wedding? GENIUS. GOD DAMN GENIUS.

Man, I hope you're wrong. I'm boosting for 'nevermore', and something that doesn't get undone.

_my_ ideal QC future has a prominent dead body in it.

[someone1074]

Lol @ Jeph ending it in a way that allows the possibility to still be up in the air. Not commenting on this development until tomorrow's strip, where we'll actually know for sure whether they break up or not.

Very well done. I'm amazed more people didn't comment on that though (think there were all of...four posters who noted it).

[Wiregeek]

Lol @ Jeph ending it in a way that allows the possibility to still be up in the air. Not commenting on this development until tomorrow's strip, where we'll actually know for sure whether they break up or not.

Very well done. I'm amazed more people didn't comment on that though (think there were all of...four posters who noted it).

I'm sure he'll manage to leave us hanging tomorrow, too. Of course, that's the nature of the beast, especially with a person that's living with you. Does Dora have the determination to stick to her course of action through the process of moving out and finding a new place to live?

Find out tomorrow, on Questionable Content, or, As The Robot Faps!

[LeeC]

I'll miss days like this if they do split

[ElvisRevenge]

First of all, getting back together at Marten's dad's wedding? GENIUS. GOD DAMN GENIUS.

Man, I hope you're wrong. I'm boosting for 'nevermore', and something that doesn't get undone.

_my_ ideal QC future has a prominent dead body in it.

Don't get me wrong, if it doesn't happen, I ain't cryin'. And frankly, if it does happen, I hope it doesn't happen for at least a year. But if it does happen, hoshit, how frakking perfect would it be in that scenario?

I'll miss days like this if they do split

How crazy that that was almost 5 years ago to the day?

[akronnick]

Not commenting on this development until tomorrow's strip, where we'll actually know for sure whether they break up or not.

Wanna Bet?

[Odin]

I'm hoping more for Marten continuing to get pissed and call her out on her bullshit reasoning. Dora is full of shit with her reasoning for wanting to break up.

[Melauren]

Now, there's also another possible solution to all of this too...Marten proposes to Dora as a "I don't accept you wanting to break up and to prove it, marry me?"

I wasn't thinking proposal, but... well, ok.  I'm not really all that upset by all this because I was never really feelin' the Marten/Dora relationship, right from kiss numero uno.  Just me, though.  Reading this thread, people are pointing out that Marten IS invested in this relationship, and he really DOES love Dora... and if that's the case, I suddenly fear that Marten is going to break things off with... Faye?

Really, if I was in a year-long relationship with someone and was feeling all the love/lust/codependence that goes along with that, and they tried to break up with me because of a close friendship... I don't know, I wouldn't feel like I should HAVE to end that friendship to salvage the relationship, but I probably would anyway. : /

Yikes.  Don't want to see that happen.

[Janxer]

I'm hoping more for Marten continuing to get pissed and call her out on her bullshit reasoning. Dora is full of shit with her reasoning for wanting to break up.

Really? "This doesn't work because of my personal issues" is a bullshit reason?

[Superkid11]

I'll miss days like this if they do split

^

Wow, I didn't think it'd actually happen. I just figured they'd keep having stupid fights every now and then until it fizzled out/got less stupid.

I'm glad today isn't Friday, gaaah.
inb4 yelling bird tomorrow

[graymouser]

Now, there's also another possible solution to all of this too...Marten proposes to Dora as a "I don't accept you wanting to break up and to prove it, marry me?"

Oh fucking god no.  

Seriously, if that happened and she accepted, that way leads down a road of dysfunction that I do not think I could stomach.  Real people use shit like that, unfortunately, as a way to paper over the massive problems in a relationship.  Unfortunately it has a nasty habit of not resolving them and making them even worse when they finally do explode.

With any luck Marten will be done his relationship with Dora as of today's strip and we just need to see him through a month or so of angst strips before we find out what the "new normal" will be.

[MaxS]

I really can't imagine where QC will evolve from here
Breakup is great way to have less focus on either Marten or Dora but that's  

[someone1074]

I'm sure he'll manage to leave us hanging tomorrow, too.

Wanna Bet?

I forgot we're dealing with the master of Cliffhanger Fridays. Point taken.

[Visible_One]

Not commenting on this development until tomorrow's strip, where we'll actually know for sure whether they break up or not.

Wanna Bet?

I for one would probably put a small chocolate on that, but nothing more valuable; Jeph has a habit of writing nail-biters and this seems like perfect timing for another one.  (Guess I just want to know what happens.) I wouldn't be surprised if the entire next strip was Marten reaction shots, as though we're watching what Dora's just said start to sink in, moment by moment.
And given Jeph's talent, it would be heartbreaking.

Now, there's also another possible solution to all of this too...Marten proposes to Dora as a "I don't accept you wanting to break up and to prove it, marry me?"

I wasn't thinking proposal, but... well, ok.  I'm not really all that upset by all this because I was never really feelin' the Marten/Dora relationship, right from kiss numero uno.  Just me, though.  Reading this thread, people are pointing out that Marten IS invested in this relationship, and he really DOES love Dora... and if that's the case, why do I suddenly fear that Marten is going to break things off with... Faye?

Really, if I was in a year-long relationship with someone and was feeling all the love/lust/codependence that goes along with that, and they tried to break up with me because of a close friendship... I don't know, I wouldn't feel like I should HAVE to end that friendship to salvage the relationship, but I probably would anyway. : /

Yikes.  Don't want to see that happen.

Oh God, I find the thought of Marten ending his (oh so warm and wonderful) friendship with Faye to salve Dora's fears to be absolutely terrifying.

Red text warnings everywhere.

[vforvancouver]

Therapy. I see, in a near future (strip time) a new therapist, one whose surname in Spanish actually makes sense, for Dora. That is all I can say because someone may already suggest it before (28 pages! ).

[Visible_One]

It may make sense, but that may not be an entirely good thing; you wouldn't want it to mean "quack doctor", for example. (Of course I have to throw in a  here; never done that before!)

[Dr. ROFLPWN]

I'll miss days like this if they do split

Man why you gotta bring up that now, I mean fuck, don't, don't bring that cute shit in here.

NO I'M NOT SAD! I just...I just have something in my eye...

_{...something in my heart...;_;}

[GeoffTheLlama]

Running away is NEVER the answer.

Unless you're being chased by a man with a knife.

nah the answer would be a gun.

Or a bigger knife.

What if it's a gunblade, though? Or a bayonnet?

[Dr. ROFLPWN]

Running away is NEVER the answer.

Unless you're being chased by a man with a knife.

nah the answer would be a gun.

Or a bigger knife.

What if it's a gunblade, though? Or a bayonnet?

If it's a gunblade, check to see if you are a character in Final Fantasy VIII. If you are, the answer is to summon Shiva. If you aren't, the answer is laughter and to punch the attacking cosplayer in the nads.

If it's a bayonet, then you should fix your own and have a bayonet duel.

[Banana]

Prediction: Marten and Dora's relationship status is left up in the air as the rest of the year's comics suddenly focus on Pintsize and his quest to truly become full of porn.

[Wiregeek]

Running away is NEVER the answer.

Unless you're being chased by a man with a knife.

nah the answer would be a gun.

Or a bigger knife.

What if it's a gunblade, though? Or a bayonnet?

If it's a gunblade, check to see if you are a character in Final Fantasy VIII. If you are, the answer is to summon Shiva. If you aren't, the answer is laughter and to punch the attacking cosplayer in the nads.

If it's a bayonet, then you should fix your own and have a bayonet duel.

Depends on who you ask. I have a good friend who is convinced that the answer to any sort of conflict is to 'punch them in the face until they stop pissing me off'...

what if they have a gun, I ask.

'punch them more' he replies..   dude reminds me of a taller Mac Nac Feegle.

[Odin]

I'm hoping more for Marten continuing to get pissed and call her out on her bullshit reasoning. Dora is full of shit with her reasoning for wanting to break up.

Really? "This doesn't work because of my personal issues" is a bullshit reason?

As far as Dora goes in the actual strip, it's actually "this doesn't work because I think you still want Faye".

Also: Rise Against's "Savior" is playing on the radio. How appropriate.

EDIT #2: Now' it's Papa Roach's "Scars", ahahahaha.

[Rusty]

First of all, getting back together at Marten's dad's wedding? GENIUS. GOD DAMN GENIUS.

Man, I hope you're wrong. I'm boosting for 'nevermore', and something that doesn't get undone.

_my_ ideal QC future has a prominent dead body in it.

Don't get me wrong, if it doesn't happen, I ain't cryin'. And frankly, if it does happen, I hope it doesn't happen for at least a year. But if it does happen, hoshit, how frakking perfect would it be in that scenario?

I'll miss days like this if they do split

How crazy that that was almost 5 years ago to the day?

Matins sweatshirt certainly shows 5 years fo fading....its not black anymore!

[SleeperCylon]

Dora doesn't really want to break up.  This is preemptive abandonment.

This could be interesting for the strip if they really do break up, but I hope the strip doesn't go in the 'Inevitability' direction with Faye.  Or if it does, I hope it at least does so immediately, and we don't get years of sitcom style 'Will they-won't they' milking of sexual tension.

[graymouser]

Or if it does, I hope it at least does so immediately, and we don't get years of sitcom style 'Will they-won't they' milking of sexual tension.

The thing is, unresolved sexual tension is friggin' storyline gold.  Until you resolve it, which kills your story dead.  (See: Cheers, Moonlighting.)  Which is why I think the long-term arc will go to Faye/Marten but not until Jeph's ready to end the comic.

[westrim]

After reading today's strip, I'm not EVEN going to bother with pages 21-27 of this thread.

You wanna see Marten get some balls? You wanna see him "grow a pair"?

His next word (and so help me Jeph, you don't go this way, you might as well start putting him in a brown t-shirt that says "WELCOME" in big bright letters, because he's a DOORMAT) would be:

"GOOGLE IT"

What I read.

You have learned well, my apprentice.

Or if it does, I hope it at least does so immediately, and we don't get years of sitcom style 'Will they-won't they' milking of sexual tension.

The thing is, unresolved sexual tension is friggin' storyline gold.  Until you resolve it, which kills your story dead.  (See: Cheers, Moonlighting.)  Which is why I think the long-term arc will go to Faye/Marten but not until Jeph's ready to end the comic.

At which point you watch something made in the last 20 years, like Chuck, Eureka, etc. where it gets resolved after 3 or 4 seasons and viewership swells.

Okay, enough responding.

It's psyduck time!  

[Spoom]

Or if it does, I hope it at least does so immediately, and we don't get years of sitcom style 'Will they-won't they' milking of sexual tension.

The thing is, unresolved sexual tension is friggin' storyline gold.  Until you resolve it, which kills your story dead.  (See: Cheers, Moonlighting.)  Which is why I think the long-term arc will go to Faye/Marten but not until Jeph's ready to end the comic.

I disagree with this, I think, for example, OOTS handled the transition between Will They Won't They to an actual relationship between Elan and Haley pretty well.  Now, that said, OOTS had other things to focus on than interpersonal relationships, so I dunno, but I think jeph's a good enough writer to pull it off.  I don't expect to see anything rushed though.

[MarkCorrigan]

   
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Hadn't even started to write.

Ok people, I'm going to come out and say something here. To everyone saying that this is the end and all those saying they will get back together and the fight about how horrible Dora is being as a result of this, and the people saying Dora is just running away without trying to sort things out: You don't know that. I don't know that. Jeph probably does.

You can't know what she's been doing to try and sort herself out. Ok, it's likely she hasn't seen a therapist, but it's entirely possible we've not been seeing some of the stuff she's been doing, and we definitely haven't seen inside her head. While I am of the opinion she could probably do more, it's possible she can't and she really has tried. No one knows what's going to happen, so speculate away, but for all those saying "ZOMG DORA IS EBUL!!!!1" and those saying "NO SHES LETTING HIM DOWN GENTLY!!!1" the answer is you just don't know so chill out and see what happens. Sure, pontificate at length about what you have read into the story arc, but just calm down about this because we don't have all the information.

Yes, I realise this may be seen as hypocritical, but I'm well rested, feeling well again, and I'm not in "rar! Arguments!" mode right now.

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[Wiregeek]

Or if it does, I hope it at least does so immediately, and we don't get years of sitcom style 'Will they-won't they' milking of sexual tension.

The thing is, unresolved sexual tension is friggin' storyline gold.  Until you resolve it, which kills your story dead.  (See: Cheers, Moonlighting.)  Which is why I think the long-term arc will go to Faye/Marten but not until Jeph's ready to end the comic.

I disagree with this, I think, for example, OOTS handled the transition between Will They Won't They to an actual relationship between Elan and Haley pretty well.  Now, that said, OOTS had other things to focus on than interpersonal relationships, so I dunno, but I think jeph's a good enough writer to pull it off.  I don't expect to see anything rushed though.

as an aside, how the hell does OOTS make such wonderful art with freaking stick figures?

So what do we have in QC aside from UST? We've got Pintsize, Momo, Winslow, Neckbeard, the whole AnthroPC crew, Hanners and her Crazy, Steve's job, Tai's DJing career, Employment for Marten, Dora, Faye...  plenty of plot points that Jeph could address, if he doesn't want to keep focused on Marten and Dora. And to put UST back into the hat, we've wooblings of Dale/Marigold, Faye/Angus, Momo/Sven (!)...   And plain old regular sexual tension/relationship drama with Penelope/Will, Steve/Cosette, then there's the ever-popular Pizza Girl..

Wow, anyone who thinks QC is just the Marten and Dora show is ignoring a LOT!


 

[Wiregeek]

you just don't know so chill out and see what happens. Sure, pontificate at length about what you have read into the story arc, but just calm down about this because we don't have all the information.

Yes, I realise this may be seen as hypocritical, but I'm well rested, feeling well again, and I'm not in "rar! Arguments!" mode right now.

Fire up your dick broom and your hypocrisy ray, there, clarence, and keep on with that 'policing what other people have to say' job!

[marsman57]

I am a bit sad to see Marten and Dora have to go through some pain, but I think it is for the best of the series if not the characters themselves. Dora has been in a stale state for a while. I went back a little over 100 comics and besides her last argument with Marten, the only thing she has added to the plot since she cheered up Marigold was being the vehicle for Hannelore and Cosette to get jobs at Coffee of Doom, and Faye added just as much if not more to that plot. I feel that Jeph really wants to write stoires about Tai, Hanners, Marigold, and even the long neglected Steve (through Cosette). He can't really rotate out Marten/Faye/Dora so he is hoping to stir up things a bit and give them fresh plot lines to explore when he isn't able to write about the characters he prefers these days.

This will be really good for Marten as it will give him another chance to become the center of a harem with some nice feints at hooking up with some unexpected characters and maybe even a drama-fest if Faye starts to wonder if Marten is the right guy for her after all or is Angus her true 'like'? Meanwhile, I see Dora in the background having an "opening up" conversation with Faye or even possibly Marigold about what she has been through in the past. We will come out of it all knowing a lot more about both characters and maybe caring more again.

It'd be nice if we could get back to the early Dora in some senses. She was cute, fun, and snarky instead of just kind of a bitch.

[Janxer]

I'm hoping more for Marten continuing to get pissed and call her out on her bullshit reasoning. Dora is full of shit with her reasoning for wanting to break up.

Really? "This doesn't work because of my personal issues" is a bullshit reason?

As far as Dora goes in the actual strip, it's actually "this doesn't work because I think you still want Faye".

As I read it, it was more a case of "I know this isn't true, but that still doesn't help me convince my subconscious because of all my insecurities."

[cannoli]

Prediction (assuming that this is in fact THE BREAKUP):

Marigold will fall for Marten.

He's around, he's available, he's a convenient target for her frustrated fantasies, and she can 'comfort him in his time of need' (see: innumerable fanfics revolving around the concept and leading to Twoo Wuv Fowever, which Marigold would take to heart).

She will then proceed to follow him around to the point of stalking, with offers of homemade cookies/awkward affection/pimply geeksex, while Marten - totally not interested but way too nice a guy to say, BITCH, BACK OFF (the only response extreme enough to derail her burgeoning obsession) will find himself steadily less and less able to deal with the onslaught of misplaced "affection" until he does snap, and yells at her in some generally well-deserved but (to Marigold) devastating display of rejection, at which point she runs off wailing like a banshee, and we get three or four panels of Marten feeling needlessly guilty over the whole thing.

...Not that I'm speaking from experience or anything.  

[MarkCorrigan]

you just don't know so chill out and see what happens. Sure, pontificate at length about what you have read into the story arc, but just calm down about this because we don't have all the information.

Yes, I realise this may be seen as hypocritical, but I'm well rested, feeling well again, and I'm not in "rar! Arguments!" mode right now.

Fire up your dick broom and your hypocrisy ray, there, clarence, and keep on with that 'policing what other people have to say' job!

Why would I police what others have to say?

You can say any nonsense you like, but it's pointless, so why stress out?

[akronnick]

Prediction (assuming that this is in fact THE BREAKUP):

Marigold will fall for Marten.

He's around, he's available, he's a convenient target for her frustrated fantasies, and she can 'comfort him in his time of need' (see: innumerable fanfics revolving around the concept and leading to Twoo Wuv Fowever, which Marigold would take to heart).

She will then proceed to follow him around to the point of stalking, with offers of homemade cookies/awkward affection/pimply geeksex, while Marten - totally not interested but way too nice a guy to say, BITCH, BACK OFF (the only response extreme enough to derail her burgeoning obsession) will find himself steadily less and less able to deal with the onslaught of misplaced "affection" until he does snap, and yells at her in some generally well-deserved but (to Marigold) devastating display of rejection, at which point she runs off wailing like a banshee, and we get three or four panels of Marten feeling needlessly guilty over the whole thing.

...Not that I'm speaking from experience or anything.  

This scenario reeks of plausibility.

[Border Reiver]

Running away is NEVER the answer.

Unless you're being chased by a man with a knife.

nah the answer would be a gun.

Or a bigger knife.

What if it's a gunblade, though? Or a bayonnet?

If it's a gunblade, check to see if you are a character in Final Fantasy VIII. If you are, the answer is to summon Shiva. If you aren't, the answer is laughter and to punch the attacking cosplayer in the nads.

If it's a bayonet, then you should fix your own and have a bayonet duel.

Wrong, if it's a bayonet, then the right answer is still to shoot the guy with the weapon attached to the bayonet.  Fighting fair is for chumps

[akronnick]

...and corpses.

[blindeye]

NOOOOOOOO!!!!! /Vader

*cries*
They made such a great couple... *sniff* They had such amazing dynamic... *sniff*

I hope this is a temporary breakup for the sake of evolving their characters. I trust Jeph and all, but damn. This is tough.

[Soluzar]

Prediction (assuming that this is in fact THE BREAKUP):

Marigold will fall for Marten.

He's around, he's available, he's a convenient target for her frustrated fantasies, and she can 'comfort him in his time of need' (see: innumerable fanfics revolving around the concept and leading to Twoo Wuv Fowever, which Marigold would take to heart).

She will then proceed to follow him around to the point of stalking, with offers of homemade cookies/awkward affection/pimply geeksex, while Marten - totally not interested but way too nice a guy to say, BITCH, BACK OFF (the only response extreme enough to derail her burgeoning obsession) will find himself steadily less and less able to deal with the onslaught of misplaced "affection" until he does snap, and yells at her in some generally well-deserved but (to Marigold) devastating display of rejection, at which point she runs off wailing like a banshee, and we get three or four panels of Marten feeling needlessly guilty over the whole thing.

...Not that I'm speaking from experience or anything.  

That, or... he gives in and lets his dick do the thinking. Pimples or not, Marigold has a pretty nice body. She may not be as slim as the fashion ideal, but nor is Faye. I notice Marten never seemed to object to Faye's extra padding. After they knock boots a few times, Marigold starts to notice that really Marten isn't that into her, he's just going along with it for the sex and to avoid letting her down.

At which point she confronts him about it, in a shy way not an angry way of course. He doesn't confirm it, but his denials are not convincing, and she runs off wailing like a banshee, and and we get three or four days of Marten feeling guilty over the whole thing.

[akronnick]

Marigold isn't experienced enough to be able to tell that Marten wasn't that into her.

She would continue blissfully blind until Marten finally let her go out of guilt or Dora came back.

But Marten would never let it get that far, he'd let her down easy with a "I'm not ready to see anyone" story.

And it would probably be true.

[Rusty]

hm... the marigold storyline could be interesting....


i still vote for a steve/martin cali adventure


hoyl shit, a Trex! 

[sidpatt]

I really do not see any pairings off anytime soon. When people in a social circle who have been together in (at least what seems like) a stable relationship for a long period of time (and a serious one, what with the moving in and whatnot), that gives everyone else pause.

I get that Mar-Bear isn't really in this circle all that much, but Marten's going to have a lot of thinking to do if he walks out the door right now and accepts the breakup, and he's not going to be mentally ready to do anything in the near future.

[TheMusicalVito]

  I'm going to be a celebrity because of my avatar.

[Smoot]

Running away is NEVER the answer.

Unless you're being chased by a man with a knife.

nah the answer would be a gun.

"And if that don't work... use more gun."

[DoubleJ]

Running away is NEVER the answer.

Unless you're being chased by a man with a knife.

nah the answer would be a gun.

"And if that don't work... use more gun."

"I've got the fever... and the only cure... is more gun."

[enigma3d]

Okay.  This actually makes a lot more sense than, "Dora is being a crazy, mood-swinging bitch."  I'd probably be this insecure too if I thought my boyfriend might still be harboring feelings for his (now our) roommate/best friend that he had a crush on and was rejected by very shortly before taking up with me.  I'm not saying she's right, because I think Marten's made it very clear that his attention is square on Dora, but jealousy is rarely rational, and she has, I'm sure, plently niggling at the back of her mind.  For instance, Marten would not move out of the apartment with Faye - Dora had to move in.  From an outsider perspective, this is a guy not willing to move too fast and leave his comfort zone of 'things as they've always been'.  From Dora's perspective, this probably read as, 'Okay, he doesn't want to leave Faye behind.'  Faye is treated by Marten similarly to Dora, in that they are capable of having intimate personal conversations.  Outsiders would see this as a truly good, supportive friendship.  Dora could easily see it as 'treating Faye like me but without the sex.'  And the list goes on and on and on.

The fact of the matter is, Dora is right here; not in her perception that Marten was eventually going to leave her due to unresolved feelings for Faye, because I have a feeling that even if Marten does still feel something for Faye, that's not enough to pull him away from Dora, who's he's built this relationship with.  No, Dora's right in that if she can't get over her insecurity and get her head back in the game, then yes, they need to break up.  It doesn't have to be permanent, but that's up to her and her ability to overcome her security issues.  At the end of the day she's the only one who can learn to get over this; no one, especially not a boyfriend, can teach her to love herself.   That's what the real issue here is - self esteem, leading to insecurity and jealousy.

Say what you will about Dora following past M.O.s of getting out before things have a chance to blossom, but I think her reasoning here is sound (which is probably why Marten has that devastated silence for two panels - not only did she just dump him, but it's difficult to argue with her logic because it's not about his feelings for Faye but how Dora perceives them, which is something he cannot change). I'm just hoping she doesn't actually burn this bridge she's crossed after the fact.

I have nothing more to add to this, it sums up my perception of the matter perfectly.