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WCDT: 21-25 February 2011 (1866-1870)
JackFaerie:
--- Quote from: CEOIII on 21 Feb 2011, 13:55 ---ONE BREAK, Jeph. Marten runs into an old friend, they have a pleasant, snarky time. Alt-Faye and Marten hit it off. Hell, Marten gets his tax refund, buys a PS3 and starts a league on DC Universe Online with Marigold. SOMETHING. I am REALLY tired of having my mood wrecked every time this comic updates.
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You know, depending on how you look at it, Marten's totally getting a break. If you look at it as "nothing but that any girl he might be into has to fully and immediately reciprocate will do!" then yeah, he's not catching a break. But in terms of positive things happening to him? He just received indication that Padma a) remembers him as a regular customer, b) thinks he's nice enough to call over c) appears to wish to befriend him.
Yeah, she's not offering him her vagina right away, but in my book making a new friend is a plus. If I ran into someone who works at a local coffeeshop at a bar and they were friendly and welcoming and started up a conversation with me and tried to bring me into their friends circle, I would consider that a flattering and very pleasant occurrence regardless of whether romance was involved.
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: Cawigular on 21 Feb 2011, 16:33 ---I'm not sure about Padma and Renee sticking around. Having two characters introduced who are in essence bizzarro versions of protagonists is going to get a little old, unless Jeph has a twist in store for us.
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I'm pretty sure this is the route we're taking. Remember what I said before: we all have our initial opinions of people, and then - as we get to know them, learn more about them and who they are, what they believe, and all that - we find all sorts of new and different ways to hate their guts. :roll:
Seriously, though: think about our current cast of characters. Marten was the mopey emo indie boy. Steve was the "ladies man". Faye was the indie chick. Dora was the goth girl. Do all of these shorthand descriptions still describe our four main characters? I doubt it.
Mojo:
When I was in High School, a couple of friends of mine set off a flashbang grenade during drama class, as part of a skit they were doing. It actually knocked over everyone in the room, and burned the teacher's eyebrows off.
I don't recall for sure, but I don't remember them getting a particularly good grade...
DSL:
I'm already comfortable with the idea Padma is more than simply Dora-with-a-twist, and wonder what nuances Renee will bring; one thing Jeph has NOT written so far is a "simple" character. So I welcome the new wrinkles provided by our new "pretty good" bakery.
That said, one place I hope the story returns to soon is what I see as the center core of the strip: Marten and Faye.
No, I'm not "shipping." But I think (slightly departing from my fellow forumites who say, with some justification, the strip is mostly about Faye) that F-M is the core: Marten-and-Faye as new acquaintances, friends, coulda-been-lovers, roommates, hell-or-high-water friends (The Pugnacious Peach is depicted as the kind of person whom I call "fierce friend") -- but the last time we saw them together, in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Veronica, Marten's mouth had again operated independently of his brain and Faye's expression looked to me a little hurt and sad and resigned to the discovery her flower-pitted true friend is also a bit of a doofus.
Of course, now that I've said that, we'll have a strip this week of Marten and Faye laughing drunkenly together on the couch over Marten's Steve story. Top hats and ushankas will be in evidence, and Hanners will be discovered on the floor behind the couch, wearing a lampshade and being soundly trounced by Pintsize in drunken Scrabble.
jwhouk:
Revelation of the week?
Padma was just kidding about Steve. - 12 (13.6%)
Elliot really has the hots for Renee. - 3 (3.4%)
Renee will go ape$#!+ when she finds out about Faye. - 16 (18.2%)
Cross-neck scar guy is Tai's brother. - 4 (4.5%)
Elliot lives with Padma in an apartment. - 6 (6.8%)
The Faerie Girl is Penelope's sister! - 8 (9.1%)
Elliot has an AnthroPC named Stewie. - 6 (6.8%)
Renee is really Tai's sister. - 3 (3.4%)
Padma is really Tai's sister. - 4 (4.5%)
Steve worked with Renee in the DOKYA. - 8 (9.1%)
MOAR PINTSIZE!!!!!11!!!!!!!! - 7 (8%)
Where's the waffles? - 11 (12.5%)
Total Voters: 88
I don't think I'm gonna change the poll for a few days.
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