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WCDT 2056-2060; Nov. 14-18, 2011
Carl-E:
He's a skinny, slightly "olde" indie guy working in the library of an all-women college. Every straight girl on campus who spent any time in the library at all would be hitting on him!
cesariojpn:
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--- Quote from: Andy147 on 17 Nov 2011, 17:03 ---And this "whole stream of beautiful women..." - that'll be Dora, Padma, .... er.... (OK, Cosette asked him out - *while he was in a relationship*).
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Tai expressed envy over Marten's ability to get coeds hitting on him.
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I thought she was envious that he could snag hot girls period?
danuis:
Do you know what I see? Marten just broke up. Padma is leaving. They had fun, got drunk. What mental transactions happened led to this, which shouldn't be a big surprise. HELL, Padma may be having the same reaction he is, or just cruising along, which both are fine. She is suffering a bit to - no one likes to uproot themselves and leave, even for a good cause, there is still a sag. They were down, had fun, then had sex, and we have just started to see one side of the fallout. Marten feels terrible - that's his character. He might even go to angsty mode for a week or month of comics, ut then he'll find out, hey, it wasn't bad, and what made it happen and be fine with it. We must wait, and see, not name call. :angel:
Soulsynger:
--- Quote from: ihaveavoice on 17 Nov 2011, 13:13 ---[ ... ] I've never had that specific kind of fun but I still know that it doesn't have some sort of magical tainting effect on a woman's value as a person, regardless of how much she has or with whom.
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Oooph... compare that point of view with that of the general public opinion about girls that do one-night-stands. Prepare to be surprised.
I hope we're all done condemning either Marten or Padma now and can - after today's comic - finally go back to being utterly clueless - yet again - about anything going on in the comic character's heads. :-D
(Or move on to blaming Angus for going away leaving Faye to spend her emotionally distressed extrovertism on getting Padma and Marten on a sofa together...or better yet, lets blame Dora for breaking up with Marten because of insecurities!)
Please don't hit me... again.
FunkyTuba:
It amuses me to see cries of "poor Marten" and "how could she" here. I think they miss the point.
He's in his early-mid 20s. He's somewhat inexperienced, having had two relationships and one 1-night stand (that I remember... any archivists want to show a significant difference in his depth of relationship experience? I'm happy to amend).
I say he's due for some more formative experiences, some of which he will enjoy, some of which will hurt him, some both, but all of which will Develop His Character.
It's interesting not as a question of what things are "good" or "bad" to happen to him but rather what *will* happen to him and how he will react. The "What do you want.. A cheeseburger, then a haircut" speech to me signaled him moving to a place of being ready to venture out and have these kinds of experiences. He happened across an attractive, liberated, somewhat clueless, but unapologetically sexually aggressive person and found himself able to work the situation in ways he might not have been capable of before.
He needs stuff like Padma to happen to him so he can gain perspective (read: grow up). I encourage the "poor Marten" crowd to enjoy the journey here, not try to second-guess the destination or the roads being chosen. Of course, then traffic on the forums would drop to nothing... maybe we can get idug to post more caption contests.
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