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WCDT: Independence Day Week (4 - 8 July, 1961-1965)
0kamisama:
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--- Quote from: idontunderstand on 05 Jul 2011, 10:09 ---EARFUCK I TELL YOU
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Aural sex, then cookies!
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I bequeath to thee one internet, or if we're out of those I bequeath instead a tapdancing coconut.
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You now have the choice between one internet AND the tapdancing coconut where the lovely BlackJoker is standing... or you can trade it all for... what's in this box!
MrBrightsidex87:
I'm almost ashamed to come out of lurker status for something so trivial, but I have to share some excitement with the interwebs! So, I've been a fan of QC for years now and check it out every day... and have been a Massachusetts transplant for about a year, working and playing in the Northampton area. Tonight's comic is the first time I've recognized inspiration from the town itself! Dora and Jim are totally eating Herrell's ice cream and sitting at the base of the steps of Osaka right across the street!!! I'm pretty pumped considering I did the same thing for my birthday a few weeks ago! Woo!
Is it cold in here?:
Welcome, new person!
What other local landmarks have you spotted?
Is it cold in here?:
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TRVA123:
--- Quote from: Schmorgluck on 05 Jul 2011, 11:46 ---There's something that came to my mind: Dora has been pretty passive in her relationship with Marten – past initiating it, I mean. We haven't seen her doing something for Marten, while we've seen him doing things for her – including, but not limited to, putting up (all right, with more or less tact) with her fits of craziness. The only time when she seemed to do some effort is when she finally decided to move in with Marten and Faye instead of insisting for Marten to move in with her – and even then, one could argue that she just changed her mind instead of making an effort (being able to change one's mind instead of being stubborn out of pride or shit like that is still a good point).
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Dora did spontaneously buy tickets to a concert after hearing Marten talk about the band. [SCRA, which doesn't exist, but should]
I actually think Dora was holding back the majority of her triggers during the relationship. most (maybe as low as half) of the fights she and Marten had were kind of left field (library girl/haircut). Dora's main anxieties were either centered on her relationship/competition with Sven and the Marten/Faye thing. Dora was probably constantly telling herself that her feelings of paranoia about Marten/Faye were groundless [as we, the semi-omniscient audience knew they were] but not everyone has that magic ability to just make insecurities/feeling disappear.
Dora seems unable to trust in a relationship. Which makes sense in the context of asshole previous boyfriends/manwhore brother getting with her friends (behind her back? *pure speculation, no proof*) It was probably very hard for her to deal with Marten going off to band practice, living with Faye, and whatever else he did in his spare time. This might also be why she immediately went and looked at his porn. Marten had something he didn't want her to see, this triggered her, and she went to look at his porn. (and possibly look for other things on his computer he didn't want her to see. *again, pure speculation*)
These hang ups don't excuse the way Dora treated Marten in the relationship/after the relationship. Explanations are not excuses [often excuses are not excuses] But some credit should be given to Dora for really trying to hold back her anxieties.
[Edit- Dora may have been holding back her anxieties, but that doesn't mean that she doesn't still have a ways to go until she will be in a position to have a healthy trusting relationship with someone.]
my, that post meanders a bit... oh well, the chaos of thoughts.
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