Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT: 21-25 February 2011 (1866-1870)
westrim:
Jeez, what's with the sudden bust of Hannelore dislike? Unless there's a large stock of socially stunted space babies I don't know of, she isn't like anyone in real life - that's why she's amusing. She isn't constantly naive - often she's the most insightful character in the comic. It is a tool that Jeph uses occasionally, but just because a car has a sunroof doesn't mean it's defined by it. Same with the freakouts- there's been what, 5 over the course of the strip? 10, at the absolute most? And the ones that I recall are all for understandable things, like getting touched too much or inadvertently hitting on the boyfriend of a very insecure person. Most of the rest of the time she's a very non self centered person and constantly pushing herself to be better and more social, and the worst thing to do to someone like that is rebuff them and encourage their isolation just because you find them to be awkward.
Doc, remember that until a couple strips before the bar (at which point it timeskipped at least a couple weeks), every comic since the breakup had been within a week of the breakup. There was even a big conversation about Marten's mom and her behavior (which I refuse to go back to) because while it had been a month and a half realtime, it was only two days later comic time.
At any rate, I don't recall Marten showing up to any gatherings asking "why am I here?" unless he was dragged into going. He's usually a pretty mellow, optimistic guy, and I think with all the hubbub since the breakup people are forgetting that. Go binge on a string of comics in the 1000s to remember how happy everything normally is.
But yes, please don't conflate the forum's behavior and attitude over the last couple months with the characters behavior and attitude, either during that span or the life of the comic. That way be :psyduck: and :evil:.
Dr. ROFLPWN:
You're right, you're right. I am even now reconciling with the handle, and I may have overstated/projected (whoooooops) the "Marten type" for effect. I'm just frustrated. What I really want is to see Marten move forward and gain a new conflict, a new storyline, etc. And I think it's good to see Jeph moving towards what could potentially be one.
westrim:
--- Quote from: Dr. ROFLPWN on 26 Feb 2011, 04:57 ---You're right, you're right. I am even now reconciling with the handle, and I may have overstated/projected (whoooooops) the "Marten type" for effect. I'm just frustrated. What I really want is to see Marten move forward and gain a new conflict, a new storyline, etc. And I think it's good to see Jeph moving towards what could potentially be one.
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It's okay, it happens to the best of us, and certainly to me. And I agree that the sooner there's no more angst concerning Dora, the better.
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: Dr. ROFLPWN on 26 Feb 2011, 04:57 ---You're right, you're right. I am even now reconciling with the handle
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That just sounds wrong...
TheEvilDog:
At this point, I'd actually rather one of the other main characters in some sort of conflict, either from the fallout of the breakup or from their own misadventures.
For example, we all know Dora is "fine" after the breakup, though there are hints that she expects her friends to be abusive towards her, to blame her, etc, and how we expect her to be in therapy. But what if she was confronted with the idea that Marten was getting his coffee from one of her rivals, or that they were getting friendly? Would we see Dora sighing to herself and saying that Marten has moved on, or would we get a typical Dora reaction where she sees something, gets the wrong end of the stick and ends up having to apologise to everyone in the building? Needless to say, thats just one scenario, but there are other possibilities.
It would be kind of interesting to see how the others might react in those situations, but then again, it's Jeph's comic, we're just along for the ride.
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