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WCDT 29 Nov-3 Dec (1806-1810)
themacnut:
--- Quote from: Near Lurker on 01 Dec 2010, 23:33 ---The fact is, Dora is Faye's boss and friend. Marten is Faye's roommate and, right now, and honestly for quite a long time, closest friend. Marten and Dora can't keep apart forever, any more than they could back at comic 75-100.
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Sure they can. All it takes is for Marten to stay out of Coffee of Doom, and Dora to not go anywhere near Marten and Faye's apartment. It would be like Faye never introduced them.
TRVA123:
--- Quote from: themacnut on 01 Dec 2010, 23:05 ---As far as Marten being friends with Dora again goes, let's not forget his previous ex who he moved across the country to be with. When she showed up in the coffee shop, Marten didn't even want to talk to her. Far as I could tell from Marten's description, that breakup wasn't particularly nasty either, but Marten wanted nothing to do with the girl when he had the chance to talk to her.
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I think that Martin's breakup w/ previous ex was nasty. Even though it may not have involved tons of friends and a shared living situation, he MOVED ACROSS THE COUNTRY for her. It sounds like the relationship tanked not long after that. Martin had to be head over heels for that girl to do something like that, and I imagine that he was crushed.
Just because Martin's got a pretty philosophical way of dealing with everything doesn't mean that it wasn't nasty for him. I can completely understand why he would want to avoid her now. At the same time, it doesn't seem as though they have a shared friend group on this coast, so there's no motivation to keep the friendship going.
With Dora there's a shared friend group and a break up that I don't see being half as bad as Martin's previous one. We, the readers, took it pretty hard, and it's the biggest breakup there's been on QC, but in terms of real-world breakups this isn't that bad. I think there's a good chance that Martin and Dora will rekindle their friendship after they give each other some space to grow and move on.
tHEfOOL:
i wnat a degree in squirrel fighting! WHERE CAN I GET ONE?!!
Justin Alexander:
--- Quote from: Delator on 01 Dec 2010, 23:32 ---I love this comic, I really do...but the vast majority of the dramatic resolution to these latest developments is happening off-panel, and we're not getting much in the way of actual details. The other characters have been informed, and we're just supposed to accept that and move on.
This is somewhat disappointing,as there was a lot of potential there...Dora/Sven, Marten//Dora, Dora/Faye, Hanners, Marten/Tai. Some of that might still happen, but it won't be the immedeate reaction, it'll be follow-up. Which is fine...but I just feel like a good opportunity for characterization has simply been ignored.
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Rookie storytelling mistake: You think there's a bunch of character development to be found there, but there really isn't because that conversation can only tell you two things. (1) Is the friend supportive? (2) Is the friend a douche?
It is, in fact, the follow-up conversations that allow characters to start giving their opinions on what's happening and in which we can see how Dora and Marten are being affected by it.
Now, there's a lot of pathos to be found in those moments. But those are empty calories in the fiction writer's diet, and I'm glad Jeph is smart enough to step over them and get to the interesting stuff sooner rather than later.
Dr. ROFLPWN:
--- Quote from: tHEfOOL on 02 Dec 2010, 00:13 ---i wnat a degree in squirrel fighting! WHERE CAN I GET ONE?!!
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I hear ITT Tech is doing those these days!
Also: Its, you are the hero of this thread.
QUESTIONABLE COMBAT (with squirrels)
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