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WCDT: 2031-2035 (10-14 October 2011)
Mr. Doctor:
Agree with you, the brocode doesn't apply if the bros aren't even bros.
--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 12 Oct 2011, 05:17 ---While the detailed hands are nice, their uneasiness with the included crotch shot as well as the words "spend as much time with her as I can" while talking about grandma...is a little off-putting. I don't consider myself a dirty person but I double taked at the odd inclusion of this in the strip. Just out of place IMO.
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Awww man not cool and the strip is ruined for me! I did not see that strip in that way the first time :(
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 12 Oct 2011, 06:27 ---Apparently I'm reading this a bit differently from everyone else...
It seems to me that Padma is actually a little bit interested in Marten, at least as a possible fun friend though perhaps no more than that. This makes her reaction to hearing that Marten prompted Elliott to say his bit more significant; and I read the hand-wringing as being conflicted about moving away, partly because she wants to ask Marten out again - as she then manages to get herself to do.
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Sorry to quote all this but I just want to say that it's all I had to say about the strip, thanks.
Throg:
Calling it now: Padma is gonna be like 'wham, bam, thank you ma'am' (or whatever the female->male equivalent is), and Marten's gonna be left totally discombobulated.
iduguphergrave:
Wham, bam, thank you man
Wham, bam, thank you Sam
Wham, bam, thank you my fan
Wham, bam, thank y...ok I can't think of any more :-(
--- Quote from: Mr. Doctor on 12 Oct 2011, 06:50 ---the brocode doesn't apply if the bros aren't even bros.
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Fair enough, but I'm willing to bet that Elliot would see it as a kind of betrayal regardless. It would be all too easy for him to suspect that this was Marten's plan all along.
Near Lurker:
Looking at her posture, it definitely looks like she should be holding a cigarette, especially in the first panel, where she's just taken it out of her mouth. Not sure why Jeph took it out.
wrwight:
For the most part I'm in agreement with pwhodges and Mr. Doctor about what's going down in this comic. I don't think Padma is interested in Marten like romantically, but perhaps just thinks he's cute and fun, and she's leaving soon, so she might as well spend it going out and having fun, and, if she's anything like me, she enjoys hanging out with cute fun people of the opposite gender, even if there is no romantic interest. Then again I have no reason to think she's anything like me.
I also found panel 6 to be out of place, though. I guess I just didn't get it.
Also, I feel the need to clarify my point. I like to think I'm good with words, but then sometimes I'm not. I think Marten told Elliott exactly what he would have told himself. I think Elliott was looking for advice. I think I would have done the same thing in Marten's shoes--BUT, I still think it was a bad idea, because he didn't know Elliott well enough, or he might have been able to foresee the train wreck he was in for. It appears to have turned out alright in the end, though, or maybe I should say that it appears to have turned out alright in the middle. We haven't seen the end of it yet.
Also, whoever said it is exactly right. If Padma had reciprocated (which I'm pretty certain we all knew she wouldn't) I probably wouldn't have even mentioned that Marten is justified in feeling somewhat responsible. He would have been responsible either way, but in one case it would be for awkwardness in a good way, or in the current situation, awkwardness in a bad way. It was just going to be awkward either way, though.
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