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WCDT 25-29 Apr 2011 (1911-1915)
The Seldom Killer:
--- Quote from: Odin on 27 Apr 2011, 11:00 ---Simple nervousness doesn't usually result in talking to yourself out loud (panels 1-4) as you try to psyche yourself up to do something (as opposed to, say, thought bubbles).
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Sounds like fairly common outward processor behaviour to me. It's not unreasonable for someone to vocalise something out loud to prevent that sounded better in my head moments. I understand that hearing it out loud helps reduce fear as someone psyches themselves up.
Odin:
--- Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 27 Apr 2011, 11:35 ---
--- Quote from: Odin on 27 Apr 2011, 11:00 ---Simple nervousness doesn't usually result in talking to yourself out loud (panels 1-4) as you try to psyche yourself up to do something (as opposed to, say, thought bubbles).
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Sounds like fairly common outward processor behaviour to me. It's not unreasonable for someone to vocalise something out loud to prevent that sounded better in my head moments. I understand that hearing it out loud helps reduce fear as someone psyches themselves up.
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But then you're leaving "simple nervousness" territory and entering "abject fear/terror".
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: akronnick on 27 Apr 2011, 11:25 ---Dora's couch at Marten's Apartment.
The brown one on the left.
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So it's Dora's couch. That doesn't answer the question of where they are, which would answer the question of up or down. Unless I'm missing something.
Odin:
Read the first two panels again. They're going up because they're arguing about being unable to go around the corner.
Which wouldn't make sense if they were going down the stairs because they're already facing down that way with the couch.
John_Knee:
--- Quote from: Odin on 27 Apr 2011, 06:50 ---
--- Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 27 Apr 2011, 06:30 ---
I didn't know the timeline, but it sure feels like they were dating longer than that and broke up more recently than that. In any case, everyone is different. I do not think that 2 months equals fucked up territory.
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There is a lot of dispute over the timeline (arguments over the starting point being either when Marten hangs out with Dora without Faye around or when they actually date/start fucking, etc.), but the point I was going for is that the relationship moved into "Let's live together!" territory way too fast and the breakup also being pretty soon should mean the relationship shouldn't take that long to get over. Unless it is literally Marten's second "real" relationship.
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Actually, the time line is a lot more simple than that thanks to this http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1907 comic which is on the same day as today's comic. In it Martin comments that "it's been weeks, we've both had plenty of time to chill out". The only thing it can possibly refer to is the breakup night when they last saw each other. For me, "weeks" would be 2-3 weeks (as 4 weeks would probably be referred to as a month).
Interestingly this helps disproves Odin's previous arguments that Martin should stop being a whiney little bitch for not being over Dora on the basis that it has been months since the breakup - I'm paraphrasing Odin's argument as to whether it would be acceptable for Tai to make a move on Dora post break up. We still don't know how long they were together - probably 6 months or more, but not a year - but we know the breakup was "weeks" ago. The question is whether or not 2-3 weeks is plenty of time for someone to get over a relationship that both parties were taking seriously but split up spectacularly rather than die a natural death.
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