Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2051-2055; Nov. 7-11, 2011
Lubricus:
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--- Quote from: Lubricus on 11 Nov 2011, 05:57 ---
--- Quote from: Throg on 11 Nov 2011, 05:05 ---...Indian, not black. There is a difference.
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Last time I checked, black was a colour, not a form of ethnicity. :wink:
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Uh... and last time I checked, black is the colour of Padma's hair, not her skin. If you're going to use that line of argument, it's more accurate to call Africans brown than Indians black...
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That's not my point at all, and it wasn't my choice to use the word "black" in the first place, but my point still stands: You shouldn't use a colour to describe someone's ethinicity. It tends to be seen as offensive.
jwhouk:
Secret Wine? What's THAT?
Mogen David. - 0 (0%)
Manichevitz. - 1 (1.6%)
Peach Wine. (She's from Georgia, of course.) - 7 (11.3%)
A grape squeezed into a bottle of Bourbon. - 13 (21%)
That bottle of Grape juice that's been sitting in the back of the fridge forever. - 9 (14.5%)
Everclear with blue food coloring. - 6 (9.7%)
A bottle of red, a bottle of white, whatever fuels your appetite. - 4 (6.5%)
Something she bought from International Exports Ltd. In Milwaukee. - 3 (4.8%) <-- Psst! "I'm looking for a Safe House!"
It's so secret even SHE doesn't know. - 11 (17.7%)
Waffle Wine! - 4 (6.5%)
MOAR BUTTSSSZZZ! - 4 (6.5%)
Total Voters: 62
TheEvilDog:
And then Marten woke up.....
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Lubricus on 11 Nov 2011, 06:20 ---it wasn't my choice to use the word "black" in the first place, but my point still stands: You shouldn't use a colour to describe someone's ethinicity. It tends to be seen as offensive.
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Virtually any term for ethnicity has been or is found offensive in one place or another at some time or another; I have certainly been in situations where "black" was the preferred word for black Africans. In any case, Padma is clearly Indian not African, and there is no useful discussion being had around it, so we can best avoid offence by simply letting it be.
stoutfiles:
--- Quote from: Sylentknight on 11 Nov 2011, 05:51 ---First, Yayy Marten! :-D
Second, someone stated how this Marten+Padma+Elliot dynamic is, I assume, no different than the Marten+Faye+Angus dynamic and I have to say I agree. If Padma doesn't see Elliot as anything other than a friend (Faye+Marten), then that's that. Marten+Padma not getting together won't change the Padma+Elliot dynamic.
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It's not even close. Had Marten consoled Angus on his feelings for Faye, got turned down, and then immediately after Angus made out with her, Marten would have the right to be angry about it.
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--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 11 Nov 2011, 03:51 ---I also have a tough time fathoming why Padma likes Marten at all since she's shown no romantic interest in him until this point. She's talked about herself only until this comic, and she's immediately bored by Marten's pipe dreams when she finally lets him speak. If you're going to hook Marten up with someone, at least set it up to be believable! I have to assume that Padma is very loose when drunk.
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She isn't immediately bored. She's actually not bored at all. She initiates the conversation, asks him questions about it, and then clues Marten into the fact that, hey, I may want to kiss you. If you're bored with someone, you tolerate and either try to divert the conversation elsewhere or excuse yourself.
And yeah, Padma has shown interest in Marten before. On the hike, she invited Marten--not Elliott--over to see the view with her, she wanted to dance with Marten, she immediately invited Marten on the hike in the first place...It just hasn't been overt because she doesn't know Marten as well or as long as the other characters, so it was more of a feeling-out process. She's always liked Marten as a new friend, and she probably didn't realize that Marten was interested until his reaction to her news that she was leaving (her facial expressions in those last two panels are obvious). This is the first time we've seen Padma since then, and its only natural that if they're both interested in each other, they do something about it now.
And if you were paying attention to body language, Jeph has been pairing Padma and Marten off with everybody else on the outside since the plane engine dance comic.
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She's bored at what he's talking about, yes. She just wants to make out because she's drunk and he's looking kind of cute. She may regret this action later.
The fact that she is just now finding out Martens only interest besides going to small businesses means she has never had a real conversation with him, on screen or off. If she actually liked Marten, wouldn't she know something about him beforehand?
Marten is a nice guy, that she knows. All he is to her is an awkward guy that lets her talk about herself and only adds in reassuring comments about everything she says/does. That is what a nice guy goes. Multiple times her personality has been a huge turn off to Marten but he ignores it because he has a high school mindset of "ooh, pretty girl, I'll do/say anything. I'll do all the listening."
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