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WCDT: 2021-2025 (26-30 Sep 2011)
Tova:
--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 26 Sep 2011, 20:53 ---"A drunk man's words are a drunk man's thoughts."
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Fixed that for you.
Anyway, the forum has discussed it back and forth. We know your opinion (a confusing one from someone who also believes that he is still getting over Dora) and you know ours. But none of it has any bearing on an entirely different comic containing a line which was obviously put there for comedic purposes, and which you've interpreted the way you have because you have brought the "truth" that you took away from a totally different comic to colour your interpretation of this one.
Is it cold in here?:
Faye has moved on.
vsonics:
Whether Marten is harboring deep rooted feelings for Faye and lying to himself and everyone else or not, I don't think that his comment today can be considered sincere. Elliot may be one scary dude and being pulled off by him may be way disconcerting, but does anyone seriously think he's gonna hurt Marten? Including Marten?
I took it as a joke, in which "Faye" was pretty much interchangeable with "my mom." Except that the company there knows Faye. And it gave a much better lead in to his clarification two panels later. In which he wasn't back tracking to hide feelings but only making it clear to the baker lady he's pretty into that he is totally single and ready to mingle.
Plus it's actually a joke that way.
stoutfiles:
--- Quote from: Tova on 26 Sep 2011, 21:29 ---
--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 26 Sep 2011, 20:53 ---"A drunk man's words are a drunk man's thoughts."
--- End quote ---
Fixed that for you.
Anyway, the forum has discussed it back and forth. We know your opinion (a confusing one from someone who also believes that he is still getting over Dora) and you know ours. But none of it has any bearing on an entirely different comic containing a line which was obviously put there for comedic purposes, and which you've interpreted the way you have because you have brought the "truth" that you took away from a totally different comic to colour your interpretation of this one.
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It's not that confusing. Marten has no goals in life and what little effort he puts into things it's towards finding a girl, any girl. He'd probably take Dora back at this point even after everything. Faye, no doubt he would date her. Padma is good looking and, well that's about it for Marten, but good enough. I mean, if your Marten, what other reason is there to get up in the morning? His job still isn't great, most of his friends are dating so he's a third wheel, he's making no effort to break free of the work/coffee/bar cycle other than replacing coffee with pastries.
I don't see how Marten trying to force himself io his friend and being knocked out is humorous at all, just eye-opening. Not everything in QC is funny, there is character development.
Please dont quote me if you're going to change my words, that's rude. While you and some others might not agree that drunk people are more likely to say what's on their mind truthfully, I don't. I will continue to use that comic until I feel Marten has moved on completely from her...both today's strip and the booty insult strip are begging to differ.
Tova:
I'm not confused. And not every word spoken in QC is character development, either.
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