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WCDT: 23-27 May 2011 (1931-1935)

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ecstaticjoy:
1932:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

reboundstudent:
Ya know, Tai and Dora hooking up and Marten either giving the seal of approval/not really caring would piss me off for a couple of reasons.

1) I really really don't like the Tai/Dora pairing.
2) Dora has spent the last few comics she's been in being pretty chill, relaxed, and reserved. That's the Dora I really liked... her going back into a hook-up/relationship so soon would mean we're back to Dora's Relationship Issues, even if it's only her getting over them. But come on... dating Marten's boss? Even for someone who is getting to a good place with therapy, this would be a recipe for falling right back off the wagon.
3) I'm glad to see Marten resilient and all, and I certainly am glad to see no whining or drunk JerkAss.... but sometimes it seems like he got over the stage moved on pretty damn fast. Granted, hard to tell strip time, but I'm gathering maybe a few weeks? A month? And even moving on to the point where he can check out other girls and be friendly with Dora, for him to just say "cool whatever" to his boss hooking up with his ex suggest either a huge passage of time, or that he didn't really care in the first place. If you really cared and valued your relationship with an ex, shouldn't some residue of those feelings still be there in the time frame we're talking about?

I say this preparing to get flamed, but it always bothered me that Dora seemed to bare the brunt of the blame for the break-up with her issues, and yet... did Marten really demonstrate very strongly that he cared about her? Sure he liked her, but his love seemed to be of the passive, "why not?" variety. He didn't appear anywhere near as into her as he was with Faye, and it seems that post break-up, he got drunk one night, was kind of a jerk for one day, and then boom, over it.

BlueMark:
Tai is being perfectly obvious about her interest in Dora - to anyone paying attention (which seems to mean Faye and no one else). I'd say she is looking for approval from Marten, but doesn't realize that as a guy Marten is immune to nuance and needs to be asked simply and directly without any circumspection.

A two by four might help. 

Marten is a reasonably smart and sensitive guy, but guys get confused by circumlocutions and indirect questions - they know something else is going on, but have been burned enough times not to even try to guess, so they just go with the most literal interpretation.

Which brings up an interesting observation - Padma seems to be more like a guy in her obliviousness.

Mad Cat:
It's just fun and games until the homicide detectives show up.

Grantzilla:
My disgust(and yes I chose that word very carefully) with Tai's behavior simply stems from 2 points.

1. As Marten's boss and to a lesser extent his friend, I find it borderline tyrannical that she would go after his ex (smoking hot though she may be). It's unprofessional and uncool.

2. If she does indeed claim victory over Las Loins De la Dora,  I'm willing to bet money on the 95% probability that Marten let his bottom lip quiver and walk away with his tail tucked instead of confronting someone on their crappy behavior.

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