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Does Marten have goals?
Carl-E:
The only time in the strip this question was raised by our protagonist was here. And Tai pretty much quelched that, at least for a while.
Aside from that, there have been a few sighs, but those may well have been for other reasons.
Part of all this may well be that Marten is (was?), at least partially, a stand in for Jeph. A man who started doing something online that he liked as a hobby, and wound up falling into a career. Sure, he has goals - improving his art, especially - but as far as a career, he's admitted that he's as surprised as anyone at what he does for a living.
People say that life just happens to Marten, and in some ways, Jeph's life "just happened" to him. He's writing what he knows.
And it's been working, too. Look at us all...
tomart:
"Even if you and Dora didn't work out, you're still surrounded by people who care about you. Hannelore, Tai, Faye, Steve... even Pintsize. In his own weird way. You've built a nice little life for yourself here, and that's not something to be taken for granted." :Veronica, his mother, 1836
Perceptive, Carl.
Maybe Jeph has an ambitious arc in store for Marten; maybe this is like ChicagoTed's year or two off after college, to "find himself", whatever.
Jeph IS good at surprising us; that's one of the things that keep us coming back.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: tomart on 10 May 2011, 14:07 ---That sounds like Ayn Rand's definition.
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Aristotle. Actually, now that I look it up it should be "along lines of excellence".
celticgeek:
Marten has music goals: Marten band goals.
Is it cold in here?:
Well spotted.
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