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Foreshadowing of The Breakup

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Carl-E:
I think I mentioned this on another thread (it's getting hard to keep track), and if it was this one, please forgive an old man. 

Marten's not going to be able to help Dora through this.  Faye probably isn't goin to be able to, either.  They are  the issue.  No amount of reassurance (as we've seen in here) will make that go away.  Dora needs to sort this out on her own (well, with help, but it can't be from Marten or Faye), and she may never be able to work it out enough that she'll be able to go back to him. 

I started off being blindsided, actually panicking as i realized wha was happening.  Then I thought it could be saved.  I'm pretty sure now that it's dead, Jim.  The more I think about it, the more I realize that the fundamental problem is in the very foundation of the relationship.  You can't plaster over that and expect it to stand. 

^T_T^

someone1074:
Then again, today's strip is pretty promising. At least with regard to her acknowledging the problem.

Superkid11:
Now that I think about it... the purple hair.

It was the perfect foreshadowing. The most blatant one. But we all missed it. Think about it.

TheEvilDog:

--- Quote from: Superkid11 on 23 Nov 2010, 16:23 ---Now that I think about it... the purple hair.

It was the perfect foreshadowing. The most blatant one. But we all missed it. Think about it.

--- End quote ---

Yes, because purple is evil.... Its all so obvious now!

GeoffTheLlama:

--- Quote from: someone1074 on 22 Nov 2010, 09:46 ---You're blind if you can't see that Marten didn't want the relationship to end. Look at his face these last two comics. He's COMPLETELY unhappy right now. Why? Because he did love her. And he wanted to make it work. Dora decided she knew better than the two of them and made the decision for him. One he clearly did not approve of. He wanted to help her through it and she said no.

Your abuser example is the one that makes no sense. Marten isn't remotely relieved that she broke up with him. An abuse victim would be.

--- End quote ---

I agree with everything except the last bit.  I was very close friends my ex years after we were together, and she was in a severely emotionally abusive relationship.  When it ended, he initiated the break-up and she was devastated. She didn't recover for a year and a half, and from what I understand her reaction's not all that uncommon among victims of emotional abuse.

That being said, I'm with you in that I hardly see Marten as being a victim of abuse.  Was Dora sometimes careless about his feelings? Yes. Could she turn into a raving bitch when that happened? God, yes. But the vast majority of the relationship? Whatever insecurities she held, she still made it pretty clear she loved him in a fairly affectionate way, generally meeting him as an equal.  Dora's character is flawed, but so are people.  That doesn't make her occasional trips down Bitch Lane the equivalent of an abusive relationship At. All.

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