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WCDT January 9-13, 2012 (2096-2100)
lepetitfromage:
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--- Quote from: lepetitfromage on 12 Jan 2012, 06:29 ---[ everything he/she said before this ]
No, they absolutely did not give each other the respect and decency that either of them deserved, but we have to look at it at face value- for Padma, this was a last hurrah before she moves a few thousand miles away to deal with some heavy stuff. For Marten....this was a rebound. Plain and simple. They may not have gotten the most out of the situation because of their reactions, but they don't owe each other anything.
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Your kind of level-headed gentleman greatly grinds my gears....
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I'm a she. :-D And I'm sorry I've upset you with my lack of upset.
Umm...
UGH! MARTEN IS SUCH AN IDIOT, HE COULDA HIT THAT AGAIN!
is that better? :-P
Throg:
One comic: two pages: two Author comments: one minor flamewar. :laugh:
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Okay, so both Padma and Marten kinda screwed up. And Marten, at the very least, can recognize the line between doormat, stalker, and prick. In this case with Marten, it's win some, lose some: he *immediately* recognized he'd been a jerk.
But yeah, I don't buy this whole bullsh-- about how "Padma led him on" or is the "instigator" or, in general, zomg sinful backstabbing temptress. Marten and Padma are both consenting adults and that's that. If anything, it's been Marten who's shown more general self-awareness than Padma: although from experience, I know damn well how family illness and mortality can really screw around with ordinary run-of-the-mill social priorities.
Two interesting little sidelights, though:
1) Faye and Dora might *think* they're helping out indie-boy, but as a matter of fact, they weren't.
2) Elliot, of all people, may very well come up and belt Marten into next week. After all that Elliot's done-- his confession, his getting-over-it, his admonition to Marten to not always ascribe the worst to people -- and then Marten was a childish jerk to Padma right at the end there.
El_Flesh:
Maybe Martin is simply expressing regret that it HAS to be this way.
Maybe this is the only thing he feels he can do. Maybe he HAD to answer and give her a chance to explain.
What happens in her answer? "Oh you're not nearly as important as you thought or wanted to be, but guess what? You're good enough for one more fun fling for me before I leave."
So he gave the best answer he could have. He could have gotten supremely pissed at her and she would have deserved it for avoiding him, but as has been said, SHE isn't responsible for what he wants out of the relationship. So. She pretty much as said she never wanted it to go far; so she got what she wanted, all except a good-bye shag. If she didn't want to leave a bad taste in his mouth, then she shouldn't have avoided him for a week.
If, however, she wanted to see if he would care enough try very hard to make things work - to find out if she's more than just an affair to him - then he has failed. Utterly.
The fun part? Only some chix do this, and then surely not every time; so you never know if it's a test until after the fact. You could easily have gone too far and become the creepy dude.
snubnose:
--- Quote from: Throg on 12 Jan 2012, 07:20 ---[...]
2) Elliot, of all people, may very well come up and belt Marten into next week. After all that Elliot's done-- his confession, his getting-over-it, his admonition to Marten to not always ascribe the worst to people -- and then Marten was a childish jerk to Padma right at the end there.
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What the ... ?!?!? I dont get at all why you bring ELLIOT into this. This is between Marten and Padma. Nobody else has any say.
Elliot asked Padma out, she rejected him, end of story.
--- Quote from: El_Flesh on 12 Jan 2012, 07:40 ---Maybe Martin is simply expressing regret that it HAS to be this way. [...]
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No, he says "Why did I do that ?". Thats not expressing regret, thats expressing confusion.
And I dont think he did it for the right reasons, but he did the right thing.
Throg:
--- Quote from: snubnose on 12 Jan 2012, 07:50 ---
--- Quote from: Throg on 12 Jan 2012, 07:20 ---[...]
2) Elliot, of all people, may very well come up and belt Marten into next week. After all that Elliot's done-- his confession, his getting-over-it, his admonition to Marten to not always ascribe the worst to people -- and then Marten was a childish jerk to Padma right at the end there.
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What the ... ?!?!? I dont get at all why you bring ELLIOT into this. This is between Marten and Padma. Nobody else has any say.
Elliot asked Padma out, she rejected him, end of story.
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Elliot may be over it but may also feel somewhat protective towards Padma. Dude, don't get bent outta shape...Jeph will go wherever the heck he wants to go: I'm pretty sure he'll leave us all well-and-truly hanging on Friday.
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