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WCDT 2051-2055; Nov. 7-11, 2011
raoullefere:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 11 Nov 2011, 03:21 ---As Dora said: "[relationships] don't have to be [complicated]".
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Ahah. Ahahahahahaha. Oh, man…
Looking at both what followed that statement and all the 'fat' posters in this thread… Oh, god, you're killing me!
haikupoet:
Doomed love...
Paranoid:
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--- 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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I would not go that far. That's dangerously close to saying Faye was obligated to give Marten a chance, and I remember a certain someone that held a similar position about Angus with Marigold while I still just lurking here. I'm sure I can't be the only person who remembers the fallout from that. Regardless, as a rule what two consenting adults do together is their own business and nobody elses. However, as a rule other adults around them do not have an obligation be happy about it either, and because Marten and Padma's relationship is pretty much doomed from the start there's no reason to complicate a nice guy's mental state over it.
--- Quote from: Throg on 11 Nov 2011, 04:55 ---Somehow, I think Marten's character would be sad to see Padma go, but mature enough to understand a last-night-in-town, no-strings-attached mentality (if that is what Padma's up to). And Marten seems centered enough not to follow her all the way out to the west coast; that was barely-out-of-college-kid behavior.
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I have to disagree. This is Marten we're talking about, not Steve or (pre-reformed*) Sven. I just can't see Marten doing a one-night stand, at least not without agonizing over it afterwards.
--- Quote from: snubnose on 11 Nov 2011, 04:54 ---
--- Quote from: Paranoid on 11 Nov 2011, 04:48 ---Marten's setting himself up for a huge fall IMHO, [...]
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Possible, but not automatically so. Padma could decide she wants to stay now. Or grandma could die before Padma actually moves. Etc.
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Yes, Padma could change her mind, but honestly should she? Obviously, Padma's ties with her grandmother are very strong. Changing major plans in order to pursue a relationship with a guy she barely knows is hardly the wisest course of action. And right now, her grandmother is still alive (at least to Padma's knowledge, or so I would hope). Making a move on a girl in the hopes that her grandmother will croak in the next couple of days sounds too much like betting on disaster for my tastes. It's one thing if Marten kept things open in case Padma's grandmother did pass away or if Padma changed her mind for other reasons, but right now he's digging himself a hole that he won't be able to get out of on his own without a dose of good (or maybe bad) luck on his side.
Actually, I should probably say that Marten and Padma are digging themselves a hole, as it seems to be a mutual thing there. However, the gods weren't as kind to Padma as they were to Hannelore when it came to giving people the gift of foresight, so I'm hardly surprised that she hasn't thought this through.
*Okay, so maybe Sven is only mostly reformed. :psyduck:
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: Throg on 11 Nov 2011, 04:55 ---These characters are fictional! Not even ink on a page (unless you ordered one of the volumes) -- they're pixels on the Internet! Not! Real!
And yet, I was still thinking "Go Marty!" :lol: :-D :laugh:
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That's your part of the artist/audience dance. Works of art are supposed to engage your emotions.
Wreck Smurfy:
YAAY! A Fling! Flings are fun. Enjoy yourselves and be safe, kids.
Personally I've figured Padma had a thing for Marten for a while, based on how she came to him for comfort/reassurance after she nearly got blown off the cliff. An instinctive move like that is very telling.
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