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WCDT 20-24 June (1951-1955)
Schmorgluck:
Teehee, looks like I've grown some immunity to TVTropes: I only rapidly checked out type B (well, I checked the various types for comparison) on the page then closed it right away. I'm proud.
I don't quite agree, though. I'm in the impression that Marten is quite able to force himself into a relatively serene state, with the prospect of making it genuine in the long run, through some kind of autosuggestion. We've seen him doing it before, like when he reacted to Faye having told right away to Angus the story about her father's suicide. He was upset at first, but overcame it for the sake of Faye. I don't think he simply had changed feelings based on Faye's explanations, said explanations rather gave him leverage to set aside his initial emotions as irrational, and view the situation more positively. So, it's a bit of a facade, but there's more to it.
Have none of you ever forced a smile on your face, only to find out it actually made you feel better? Granted, it doesn't work everytime (and neither does Marten always pull it out successfully), but it can work for realz.
Cybit:
--- Quote from: Schmorgluck on 20 Jun 2011, 12:26 ---Teehee, looks like I've grown some immunity to TVTropes: I only rapidly checked out type B (well, I checked the various types for comparison) on the page then closed it right away. I'm proud.
I don't quite agree, though. I'm in the impression that Marten is quite able to force himself into a relatively serene state, with the prospect of making it genuine in the long run, through some kind of autosuggestion. We've seen him doing it before, like when he reacted to Faye having told right away to Angus the story about her father's suicide. He was upset at first, but overcame it for the sake of Faye. I don't think he simply had changed feelings based on Faye's explanations, said explanations rather gave him leverage to set aside his initial emotions as irrational, and view the situation more positively. So, it's a bit of a facade, but there's more to it.
Have none of you ever forced a smile on your face, only to find out it actually made you feel better? Granted, it doesn't work everytime (and neither does Marten always pull it out successfully), but it can work for realz.
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I'm doing this currently in my own life with a situation with a lady friend (one of my best friends except we have feelings for each other, insert bad soap opera stuff here where she is too scared to see where it goes, etc etc), and I'll be darned, but it works pretty effectively. The situation, when I think about it, kills me slowly inside, but I just try to think of other stuff and force myself into serenity, and then let time work its magic.
Kugai:
I wouldn't if I were you Marten
She'll only break your shoulder.
Blood-Tree:
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--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 20 Jun 2011, 04:22 ---Marten's in less than half of all strips? Crazy, I never would've realized that.
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In the specified ranges. Overall is different.
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Wow... this is really illuminating:
* Faye is the all time leading points scorer
* Pizza Girl only has 4 appearances and Jimbo only has 12, whereas Lydia has 18 and Ellen has 62
* The number of Pintsize appearances per 500 strips has dropped from 120 to 38
* Penelope, Tai and Marigold combined have fewer appearances that Hanners
I had always assumed that the central character was Marten but actually QC is really a duopoly.
All my preconceptions have been defeated.
By Math.
pwhodges:
Lots of good stuff in the wiki - though, like in many wikis, you do have to poke around to find some of it.
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