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WCDT 2051-2055; Nov. 7-11, 2011
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: 'Jeph Jacques' ---Probably the most common strip suggestion I recieve is "Marten is making out/having sex with Faye/Dora/Raven/Whoever, but then in panel four he wakes up and OMG IT WAS ALL A DREAM!" I will never do this, I promise.
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Though he hasn't totally avoided Marten having fun in a dream; not his dream, though (but wearing almost the same teeshirt).
HiFranc:
--- 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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I don't know -- considering he's nothing more than a new regular there was no reason to invite him to go walking with them, to go dancing with them, etc (and she did hold on to Marten after she almost got blown off the cliff). The clues have been there. She doesn't seem that self aware so may not even realise she wanted him that way.
However, I don't think that it's going to last. My assessment of Padma is that she's on the rebound from the (imminent) ending of her relationship with that city (sorry I can't remember the name). Marten just happened to be likeable and arrived around the time that she had to face moving out. I suspect also, subconsciously, she likes Marten's story becuase, like her, their current home is their adopted home.
cesariojpn:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 11 Nov 2011, 18:47 ---
--- Quote from: bhtooefr on 11 Nov 2011, 16:46 ---http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=577
I'd check the newspost on that comic, before considering "just a dream" plotlines - it seems to be in a serious tone. (Unlike the "Marten's happiness" being written out of QC - that may be a joke.)
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For those of us too lazy:
--- Quote from: 'Jeph Jacques' ---Probably the most common strip suggestion I recieve is "Marten is making out/having sex with Faye/Dora/Raven/Whoever, but then in panel four he wakes up and OMG IT WAS ALL A DREAM!" I will never do this, I promise.
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So I can propose that Pintsize is running a simulation of this event? Hey, if a world can have sentient robots......why not advanced CGI/Virtual reality?
Sidhekin:
--- Quote from: Black Sword on 11 Nov 2011, 13:20 ---Ethnically impossible. Amir is an Arabic/Hebraic name, Padma is distinctly Sanskrit, related to the lotus flower and an aspect of the Hindu Great Goddess
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Not that I see this happening, but ...
Ethnicity is not quite as static as that.
I've known a Tamil who took an Arabic name upon converting. He gave me the impression it was not all that uncommon.
I could easily see two branches of the same family ending up with different ethnicities – particularly a family from the Indian subcontinent. Plenty of ethnicities to choose from. 8-)
kent_eh:
--- Quote from: Sidhekin on 12 Nov 2011, 04:55 ---
--- Quote from: Black Sword on 11 Nov 2011, 13:20 ---Ethnically impossible. Amir is an Arabic/Hebraic name, Padma is distinctly Sanskrit, related to the lotus flower and an aspect of the Hindu Great Goddess
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Not that I see this happening, but ...
Ethnicity is not quite as static as that.
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I guess I don't put as much importance on "this ethnicity would never be nice to that ethnicity" as some people.
*shrug*
It would be a total comedic cliché if they were cousins or something, but Jeph's sense of comedy is clearly different than mine.
And funnier too.
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