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WCDT: 13-17 Dec 2010 (1816-20)
Carl-E:
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--- Quote ---some fucking people appear to like what Marten said while drunk, and seem to want him to have meant it.
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Why would he not have meant it?
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Why would he have? It's a drunken thought, right up there with "I'll just drive home nstead of calling a cab", and "Gee, those railroad ties look comfy. I'll just lay down for a few". The thoughts of a mind swimmng in booze are not a person's own thoughts. Right, nothing censors them, but that doesn't mean they'd ever even cross his mind sober.
--- Quote ---He likes this chick, open his home to her, helps her out in a lot of ways, and what does he get for his efforts?
Friendship that will fade out when she moves in and starts a family with someone else.
That's what I call paving the way.
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How old are you? I'm guessing not much older than the comic protagonists. I could be wrong, but I'm guessing you haven't had the opportunity to have a good friend start a family and move. You don't lose touch, not with your best friends. And even if you do lose touch for a while, you can easily contact them again, and fall right back into it. Friendship's amazing like that. And they are best friends. It's what he got out of the deal. And what Faye got, as well. Because she couldn't deal with him at the time, and they both moved on.
--- Quote ---She takes advantage of the situation and his feelings towards her. I am not saying she is a cold hearted and calculating bitch, but she is
nevertheless making the best of his attraction towards her. And telling someone "Oh I will always ONLY be your friend, so if you can't
accept this, please let me know. But if you CAN accept it, then fine we'll stay friends" does NOT excuse a chick from taking advantage.
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read these again, and tell me, honestly, that that's what she's saying.
Because it's not.
--- Quote ---Faye should do the right thing and either move out, or else decide Marten is who she wants, and dump her current BF. It's not nice to him,
but at least she could be true to herself and Marten. She seemed to have at least some bit of romantic feelings at an earlier time.
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Maybe moving out is the right thing for her to do. Maybe not, not yet. At some point, yes, she should move out. Or he should. And yes, maybe at some point they will get together. I'm not even sure Jeph knows that one. But not because of a drunken rant at the unfairness of the world. Of course there's been a sexual attracton, there was a lot with many of my old female friends. Doesn't mean we ever acted on it, or that it destroyed our friendships.
--- Quote ---(BTW, I find it best to proceed as if these people were real, and not characters...)
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Not a bad idea. I hope you don't treat your real friends the way you say Marten and faye should treat each other.
Good lord, it took so long to compose this that three other people have adressed parts of your post.
Oh, well.
cuzsis:
--- Quote from: Andy147 on 17 Dec 2010, 01:51 ---
--- Quote from: iduguphergrave on 17 Dec 2010, 01:31 ---In the last panel Marten's reaching back to slip a note into his mother's hand with Sven's address and details about Dora's routine on it. He just didn't want possible witnesses hearing him tell Veronica that he wanted Dora dead; that would make him an accomplice!
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Is this a new rule of the forums - whenever we can't see one of Marten's hands, it's up to no good (groping Faye/plotting murder)?
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Yes, the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. (apologies to Gary Larson)
As it is, this strip is pretty classic; what with the hangover, threats of death, and witty remarks. :-D
Also, not sure if I'm remembering this correctly. But didn't last time we see Marten's mom she also met Dora?
Maybe that was Marten's mom through Dora's starry eyes (since she used to be famous)
And now we're seeing her through Marten's eyes where she's just "Mom".
Dunno. Just thought it was cool! :-D
Border Reiver:
Carl - I thought we agreed not to feed the trolls?
TheEvilDog:
Anyone else thinking we're going to be seeing at least three "Oh Shit!" moments next week?
One from Dora, one from Faye and one from Hanners when she looks up Veronica on wikipedia?
GeoffTheLlama:
--- Quote from: TheEvilDog on 17 Dec 2010, 10:14 ---Anyone else thinking we're going to be seeing at least three "Oh Shit!" moments next week?
One from Dora, one from Faye and one from Hanners when she looks up Veronica on wikipedia?
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What would be great is if they were all in one strip, panel-by-panel...with the last panel just being Veronica saying, "Hello, ladies."
And then there's a four-way battle to the death with the broadsword and Faye's Muay Thai and Hanners' WMDs and...
...wait, what were we talking about?
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