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WCDT New Year's Week 2012 (Jan. 2-6, 2091-95)
Skewbrow:
Marten, Marten. The lady in your arms is in some kind of a distress, and you are just wearing a goofy grin. Ok, you have an excuse, but please...
May be their discussion will continue in tomorrow's strip?
I hope.
Dr. ROFLPWN:
...I think now I get this more and frankly it's really tragic because you can see exactly how the mistakes got made. I mean, hell, with Marty's history, it's hard to blame him for going "Well, this is going to end sooner rather than later, might as well live in the moment."
So this is Padma trying to tell him "hey, I seriously have relationship-level feelings for you, and if we'd met a year ago maybe I could've asked you to come with me or at least had more time with you and I want to have a future..." and he's just like "Yeah, oh well, let's just have fun! :D"
...I just...shit isn't fair, yo.
VonKleist:
Uh-oh,
sounds like someone´s getting their ass dumped :O
Welu:
I think her question is her showing she's really liking Marten and he's unintentionally brushed her off a bit. As someone who thinks of dancing a second after a serious conversation about her grandmother being sick, this was probably really hard for her to say seriously.
Marten has been freaking out about this too so I think it's kind of unfair to jump to he's being selfish. More oblivious. It's most likely post-coital stupidity. Padma could follow up now with, "No, I'm serious." (which could have been what she might have said in Panel 3?) and that should get his attention, no problem.
Marten's been the one wanting to pursue something with Padma for a while before he even knew she was leaving. Then he started getting signals she wanted something just fun before she left and encouraged to think that by Steve. They've just passed each other on the crossroads, I think.
They're both at blame for not discussing what the hell they're doing before or at the start of getting into this. :psyduck:
Skaltura:
--- Quote from: Dr. ROFLPWN on 02 Jan 2012, 03:07 ---...I think now I get this more and frankly it's really tragic because you can see exactly how the mistakes got made. I mean, hell, with Marty's history, it's hard to blame him for going "Well, this is going to end sooner rather than later, might as well live in the moment."
So this is Padma trying to tell him "hey, I seriously have relationship-level feelings for you, and if we'd met a year ago maybe I could've asked you to come with me or at least had more time with you and I want to have a future..." and he's just like "Yeah, oh well, let's just have fun! :D"
...I just...shit isn't fair, yo.
--- End quote ---
I think what Marten's doing here is - unconsciously - trying to rip this thing apart before it gets too serious, he has convinced himself (with healthy prodding by Steve and his "Yo dude, like, relax and enjoy it while it lasts bro" advice - I am exaggerating, because fuck it, Steve has been a total douchebag in most of his recent appearences) that it will end. And so, this time, Marten Reed will not be follow the girl across the country, he will not passively watch it all go up in flames while this limp metaphorical firehose that he calls a spine curls up in the fetal position. No, this time, Marten Reed will be cool, and since he has no fucking idea what that means and how to do it, he will fuck it up.
Warning: above post is conjectured, cluster-f-bomb ridden, clueless WMG.
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