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Is anyone else...
AbsentiaFall:
It seems like every other character in QC has some control over their own destiny. Marten is the only character that the plot happens to, as opposed to driving the plot. Refresh me if I'm wrong, but the only decisions I remember Marten taking a big part in would be buying a guitar and deciding to quit his job (only to be fired right away to make the point moot) So...if anything...I'm just hoping he'll finally take initiative and start driving his own story. It wouldn't be a moment too soon, what with the comic almost past 2,000 strips....
jwhouk:
I'm sorry, but when it comes to this strip, I'm a strong believer in predestination. ;)
Carl-E:
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--- Quote from: AbsentiaFall on 22 Jun 2011, 23:40 ---It seems like every other character in QC has some control over their own destiny.
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Yeah, it's not like they'd get shanghaied into changing jobs against their will... :-)
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To be fair, Pen-el-ope came back on her own. She says she had no choice, but she could've sought employment elsewhere...
Something must've been attractive about working at CoD. Probably the insubordination benefits.
stoutfiles:
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--- Quote from: NotAwesomeAnymore on 21 Jun 2011, 10:56 ---Also, am I correct in saying people measure how crap Marten's life is by counting up little consecutive misfortunes? Because when I'm sad I don't usually go, "First I was late for class and now I hit my head and my friend was so mean to me two weeks ago and I did so badly on that physics test last month..."
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Completing missing the point.
Its been 8 months or so since the break up, but for Marten its been about a month or so, give or take a week or two. So in that time he's had to deal with the breakup, his mother visiting and her actions. He's had to deal with realising that Tai, his boss and friend, was circling his ex (not that she needed his permission to ask Dora out). His best friend has a serious boyfriend, and I'm sure that when that happens and you're newly single, yeah, you might feel a little depressed about yourself. We also can't forget various incidents involving Hanners, Pintsize and Steve's ass and a little too much information. Thats pretty much one thing after another in a very short amount of time. If things like that happened to us, one after another in quick succession, we might rage, shout, punch a couch (Damn bastards!), some might break down, cry and let that emotion out and some might just laugh at the absurdity of it all.
Marten's mechanism is to sit down, mutter under his breath and leave it at that. So which is the healthier one? Or rather, whats the most damaging to Marten?
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Are we concluding that Marten needs therapy?
pwhodges:
Not really. He might well benefit from it (as many of us could), but equally, he'll probably get along well enough without it (as most of us do). Trying to say more than that is probably a waste of time.
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