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WCDT: Independence Day Week (4 - 8 July, 1961-1965)
grimeyville:
--- Quote from: Black Sword on 05 Jul 2011, 11:52 ---Perhaps we should make the solution to forum debates combat by champion, American Gladiator style. Each faction picks a champion, we get elevated platforms, padded beating sticks, and have each champ duke it. The winner is the last combatant still standing, creating the greater concensus!
...until Jeff hypothetically yanks the rug out from underneath the champion the very next day, but the point is, debates get resolved! With spectacle!
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I request water surrounding the platforms.
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: grimeyville on 05 Jul 2011, 11:59 ---
--- Quote from: Black Sword on 05 Jul 2011, 11:52 ---Perhaps we should make the solution to forum debates combat by champion, American Gladiator style. Each faction picks a champion, we get elevated platforms, padded beating sticks, and have each champ duke it. The winner is the last combatant still standing, creating the greater concensus!
...until Jeff hypothetically yanks the rug out from underneath the champion the very next day, but the point is, debates get resolved! With spectacle!
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I request water surrounding the platforms.
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I request pits filled with spikes.... or rabid hamsters....
westrim:
I have looked through this thread since my last post, and now I have a burning desire to start belting put "Respect".
pwhodges:
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--- Quote from: dragontart on 05 Jul 2011, 11:05 ---There's some exhilarating, fine swearing in the post above me.
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Which I have removed; not because of the words, you understand, but because of the unacceptable lack of civility.
This rather fatuous discussion about whether Marten is a "Nice Guy" and whether it matters has been round several times before - and I don't expect anything useful will be added to it this time around. Unfortunately, when only a few people are holding an unpopular view, some people find it harder to avoid making their replies personal. But I do expect people to respect the rules of this place, and I'm not above locking even the WCD thread if that's what it takes to calm people down.
Sylentknight:
I'm a newbie to these forums but not to the comic. And I'm not going to get into the whole fault thing between Dora and Marten. After all, maybe all we've seen is Dora's understanding of her side of the equation, we haven't really seen this deep a analysis come from Marten yet. However, Marten is somewhat too passive. The whole reason he's in that town is because he followed a girl he was in love with, and this same willingness to go with the flow (follow) seems to act as a marker to his own passive behavior.
So what are we looking for here? Jeph has his own plans for Marten and what that future may entail. We can only guess that there may be a plan in the works to strengthen Marten's character somewhere down the road. It may not be something as crazy as the whole other life that Steve lived (the life of a spy/mercenary) but it may be something. It's hard to even remember if Marten has any real dreams. I fear that the passiveness of the character may be working too well and over time he'll become forgettable.
Change and becoming a better person seems to be the one constant theme in this story. I for one am shocked and proud that Hanner's is even present at such a large gathering of people considering her previous level of anxieties and phobias. We can't deny that it was probably Marten's friendship with these other people that helped them take the first steps into changing their lives for the better (remember how Faye was at the beginning, Steve, Hanner's?).
The point I'm making is that it is probably Marten's turn to become better. To somehow find that balance to being the friend he's always been but at the same time become a stronger individual. Considering Marten's age, is working at a college library part-time really what he wants to do for the rest of his life? I for one would have no problem with Marten leaving for awhile and growing as long as the character came back with a great story. It might be interesting to see how the other character's operate without his presence in their lives. Of course whether Jeph sees things that way and how he might go about it is anyone's guess. :|
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