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WCDT: 2031-2035 (10-14 October 2011)
Wimblesaurus:
--- Quote from: Akima on 11 Oct 2011, 06:54 ---Women don't have any obligation to provide guys with emotional punching-bags, or to act as unpaid therapists.
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See, the opposite isn't true either, but most women do it even more often anyway, and more insidiously to boot.
Carl-E:
So I was just thinking...
Padma's reaction to Marten's "townie drama" indicated that she had been a student at one of North Hampton's several schools. Probably graduated or dropped out, but stayed for the "sweet" job she found at the bakery (pun intended).
And now, she's in the middle of her own "townie drama". It's always a shock when you realize that you've overstayed your student years long enough to make the switch from student to townie.
If Marten were the cruel sort, he could point this out to her (ironically, of course). But it's pretty clear by those baby blues in the penultimate panel (oooh, I love it when I can legitimately use that word) that he empathizes too much for that, and as others have pointed out, may well feel partially responsible.
And, as for Keyser Soze, I prefer John Phillip Soze. :angel:
Celsian:
--- Quote from: Delator on 11 Oct 2011, 02:00 ---Jeez...by phone, Elliot?
I mean, I understand the reasoning...but, just....buh.
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So this.
--- Quote from: Akima on 11 Oct 2011, 06:54 ---
--- Quote from: Paranoid on 11 Oct 2011, 06:26 ---I see no reason why he won't take the time to calm Padma down and assure her that she doesn't have to feel bad for not reciprocating Elliot's feelings.
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Oh yeah, that'll work :roll: - if Padma can turn her feelings on and off like light-switches. For a real person, not so much. How come it's OK for Elliot (the guy who is supposed to care for her) to upset Padma, just to make himself feel better? Women don't have any obligation to provide guys with emotional punching-bags, or to act as unpaid therapists.
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There's two sides to this. Sure if Elliot could see the future he'd know that telling her was a bad choice, but he couldn't. He didn't know how she felt and wasn't sure if his feelings would be reciprocated. Where's the harm in trying? Furthermore what right does Padma have to be upset with herself for NOT being interested? That seems silly to me...
Or better said:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 11 Oct 2011, 08:25 ---And if Padma had said "I knew Elliott was pining for someone, but I never guessed it was me so I kept my feelings to myself - now I can tell him how I feel as well!", would everyone still be saying what a bad thing Marten did? He gave advice; it could have worked out, but it didn't. Sometimes things roll that way.
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DSL:
Well, what the hell.
Not surprised Elliott would have broached the subject with Padma by phone; he's been painfully shy up to now and he's not going to,, as was said earlier in this thread, flip it on and off like a switch. There are any number of reasons why a guy the size of Elliott might be diffident-to-a-fault around people, such as it having been demonstrated to him in the past that a guy his size can hurt or intimidate without meaning to just by moving fast or confidently. That's just speculation, though.
Marten? Yes, he became aware Elliott might be sweet on our cute'n'clueless donut lady. And when Elliott wanted to talk but couldn't broach the subject, our hero (maybe in relief at not being pummelled and realizing he might have let something slip about Faye) drew on his own experiences to give a little friendly advice. I speculate it came from the realization he was the passive one in the Marten-Dora shipwreck. (Unless I'm mistaken, he never actually told Dora in words that he loved her -- that we saw -- until after the Underpants Incident).
But most of the time he means well, does our Marten.
Who hasn't said or done something in good faith only to have it blow up? The reactions of Padma and Marten here lead me to think Jeph means for them both to be read as basically decent people who sometimes get it wrong.
cesariojpn:
One of my old bosses (that I hated) mentioned in a store meeting once that "Relationships on the job was a bad idea." This is a good reason why he was right.
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