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Foreshadowing of The Breakup
jwhouk:
Huh.
That would make sense; there's emotional abuse (as in "I HATE YOU") and there's emotional abuse (as in "I don't care about you").
Two parents who were emotionally absent, whether due to drugs or location, or whatever.
Ooh, this could get deep.
EDIT: Oops, I was talking about Dora, not Marten.
Superkid11:
--- Quote from: TheEvilDog on 23 Nov 2010, 16:54 ---
--- 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.
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Yes, because purple is evil.... Its all so obvious now!
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It ruins everything forever.
Olymander:
--- Quote from: Odin on 22 Nov 2010, 07:39 ---Anyone that was actually shocked by the breakup is/was a complete moron.
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Getting in on this a bit late, but this is a bit like saying that anyone who didn't see North Korea's attack coming Tuesday morning (Nov 23, 2010) is/was a complete moron. Don't forget that timing is also a big part of being shocked and surprised. While we've known for almost the entire relationship that Dora has had "issues", I think what really shocked and surprised most of us was the timing. Don't forget that this whole thing started out with shared jokes about female anatomy and masturbation. And then during the course of maybe half a day (and 2-3 strips) we go to a fight and breakup. I honestly think most of the shock is simply how quickly it turned. If there'd been some kind of build-up, some sort of underlying hostility or something between them that led up to this, I think there would have been much less shock. And probably a lot fewer posts in the WCDT.
So, to sum up, was there long-term foreshadowing of the breakup? Certainly, this thread is proof of that. Was there any hint that things were going to bust open and fall apart in (essentially) the blink of an eye? Not at all. I wonder how much of that Marten is suffering, actually. I wonder if part of the reason he's so bitter is that he was so totally blind-sided by this.
Odin:
--- Quote from: Olymander on 24 Nov 2010, 01:08 ---
--- Quote from: Odin on 22 Nov 2010, 07:39 ---Anyone that was actually shocked by the breakup is/was a complete moron.
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Getting in on this a bit late, but this is a bit like saying that anyone who didn't see North Korea's attack coming Tuesday morning (Nov 23, 2010) is/was a complete moron.
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Making that sort of apples and oranges comparison also makes you a complete moron. We're talking about a work of fiction that is as subtle as a monster truck rally when it comes to relationship dynamics, not acts of war between countries that have been hostile to each other for over four decades (though now that I put it that way, yes, you would still be a moron if you were surprised by the attack yesterday morning).
The operative word there is "over", you cannot salvage your stupidity by being pedantic, people.
akronnick:
...six decades?
It's been four decades since they made the movie about that war that inspired the TV show that is all most people know about that war.
Yes, it has been that long
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