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WDCT 10-14 January 2011 (1836-1840)
tomart:
Re: Marten + Marigold...?
I haven't sensed any attraction, but AnAverageWriter made some good points.
Marten and Dora don't actually have much in common, either.
Marigold once said she just wants a boy who would be nice to her; Marten is that personified.
And she is similar in body type to Faye, whom he yearned for long time.*
Perhaps in Real Life, such a pairing would match two nice people (I'm not too different from Marten, and I would love someone like Marigold.) But the Alphagirl - Passiveboy drama wouldn't be there for a comic.
*Perhaps Dora was actually correct all along, that he went along with her as rebound (and good sex) and some mysterious spark (or just confidence, ambition, stuff like that) she wanted was missing. So she broke up with him, but without telling him the real reason.
Border Reiver:
--- Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 11 Jan 2011, 08:40 ---
--- Quote from: Border Reiver on 11 Jan 2011, 08:25 ---
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 11 Jan 2011, 06:23 ---"On January 11, Sven Bianchi was asked to remove himself from his place of residence. That request came from his sister. Deep down, he knew she was right, but he also knew that someday, he would return to her (since she had all his Pavement CD's). With nowhere else to go, he appeared at the home of his friend, Marten Reed. Sometime earlier, Reed's girlfriend had left him - ironically, the same woman who kicked Bianchi out of his own house. Can two scorned men share an apartment without driving each other crazy?"
(Cue theme from "The Odd Couple")
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First the A-Team reference, now the Odd Couple, if we're going for 70s/early 80s TV can we somehow get original recipe BSG? I miss Lorne Greene.
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I kind of regret the A-Team silliness I started and I'll probably regret this but I'll round out the trifecta by suggesting that Marten, fed up with his chew-toy status decides to hit the road like an emo-Michael Knight using Pintsize as the computer behind a porn obsessed sweary Kit.
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Never regret the silliness - it is what separates us from the (insert name of something non-silly here)
Boomslang:
--- Quote from: TheEvilDog on 11 Jan 2011, 09:35 ---Last time I saw Jimbo in the comic was during the Con Marten and Dora went to, unless I've missed something...
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Ah. I got confused. Tai and bad writing were involved in both places.
In any case, yeah, he and sven aren't buddies. But there are a finite number of bars in this town, and Jimbo spends a lot of time in them from what we've seen. Another one of the 'not impossible, just not likely' things.
cuzsis:
--- Quote from: Delator on 11 Jan 2011, 03:15 ---I don't know who I dislike more at this point...Dora for locking Sven out of his own place, or Sven for letting her.
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Agreed.
Why is it any of Dora's business to hate Sven for thinking of Marten's mom as hot in a casual conversational way?
Isn't this *his* apartment she's crashing in?
She thought VV was hot too, is she jealous of her brother's opinion somehow?
Wasn't this the same type of irrational jealous behavior that screwed her relationship with Marten in the first place?
But no, nevermind all that. She's just going to lock him out of his own apartment for having the same opinion she does.
/obviously I didn't find today's comic very funny. Maybe I'm looking at it from the wrong end or something.
tomart:
cuzsis, i'm offended by her behavior, too
but i think maybe all the reasons you list are WHY she overreacted, and why it's "funny": he just casually brought up all the crap that's bothering her, all at once, in one offhand comment.
this was better, and more succinct, than watching her scream and rant. I trust Sven can find a comfy place to sleep, maybe not alone, maybe just hang out with Veronica... That would pay Dora back, n'est-ce pas?
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