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WCDT: 2031-2035 (10-14 October 2011)
grimeyville:
--- Quote from: Paranoid on 12 Oct 2011, 10:58 ---Personally I feel Marten should be the 'noble idiot' here. Hooking up with someone with a timer over her head doesn't sound like something that would appeal to him. If she had genuine feelings for Marten it'd be one thing, but I just don't see that. Now, as previously mentioned she might only be interested in Marten as a friend. However we shouldn't ignore that Marten is infatuated with her, even if he's man enough to put it aside for the sake of Elliot. I don't see any good coming out of this, and that's without Elliot finding out and potentially accusing Marten of some 'Keyser Soze shit'*.
That said, I also remember a QA dump of Jeph's where he lists Marten's happiness as one of the few things he's permanently written out of the script. Which means my bet's on him being the 'self-serving idiot' instead. :laugh:
*Disclaimer: Elliot's feelings for Padma are only an issue (remotely!) because there's already no real reason for Marten to pursue this already given the absence of 'true feelings' from Padma for him. If there was a chance that Padma would abandon her plans to move in order to pursue a long-term relationship with Marten then Elliot would just have to deal with it, just like Marigold had to do for Angus. I'm not saying he should be jumping for joy over the idea, just to be a man and accept that he wasn't what Padma wanted.
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Where's the QA Dump? I'd definitely like to read it, though it sounds pretty sad.
Carl-E:
Grimeyville, check out Jeph's Tumblr.
grimeyville:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 12 Oct 2011, 11:22 ---Grimeyville, check out Jeph's Tumblr.
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Thank you! Read it and wept. Openly. In my office.
Carl-E:
Now, on to what I was going to say before Grimey's question...
I think Padma has won the title "Queen of the Non-Sequiters". This title was long held by my younger daughter, who would come up with some of the most bizarre comments that seemed completely out of the blue until she explained her little-train-of-thought-that-could. It was amazing how fast and far from the conversation her brain would take her...
Oh, the hands thing? Initiated by Concern for Grandma, but I also think it represented a mental pause on Padma's part that allowed her to make the connection between having to leave and enjoying what time she had left. As others mentioned, she doesn't have to deal with Elliot's mess. She can enjoy herself, and decides to give it a go with the nearest opportunity... someone who, through his advice to Elliot, has shown himself to basically be a good guy.
(Stoutflies - yes, I too though the crotch shot was a bit disconcerting, but in Jeph's twitter, he said
--- Quote from: from Jeph's Twitter, about an hour before the comic went up ---man I was gonna make today's comic all fancy looking and good but I'm having an anxiety attack so all I can do is try to finish it :(
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Clearly, it just didn't turn out the way he was thinking.)
Of course, no one will ever convince Steve that Marten didn't have all this planned from the start, but fuck Steve. He needs a reality check. Preferably at the end of a fist. Dope slaps don't work on skulls that thick...
StevenC:
--- Quote from: themacnut on 12 Oct 2011, 09:56 ---
--- Quote from: StevenC on 12 Oct 2011, 09:38 ---May I add to all those nice rhymes about not dating at the workplace that despite that, most relationships start exactly there?
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Which is why there are all those rhymes and rules, bec ause of all the times those relationships go bad and the work environment is poisoned for everyone as a result-who wants to be working around a recently broken-up couple? For that matter, who wants to BE either member of that former couple, having to work with an ex? Yes some people manage to break up amicably, but most don't. Makes for an ugly workplace situation.
As to the comic, it's rather ironic that even though Marten didn't plan things to go the way they did, they are going pretty much EXACTLY the way Steve predicted. Few will believe Marten didn't plan things this way, and Elliot won't be among those few. Marten could be in for a beating after all.
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Well, but apparently even though those rhymes exist, people still try it. And hey, if it works for them, awesome. And relationships can go sour everywhere, not just at work, so yeah. They should watch out because they see each other a lot in a professional environment and stuff, but I don't see why this should be especially discouraged out of all other possibilities.
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