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WCDT January 9-13, 2012 (2096-2100)

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innermoppet:
Where is Faye's scar?  :-o

idontunderstand:
C'mon Faye, hug him. Love them the most when they least deserve etc..

Dr. ROFLPWN:

--- Quote from: Torlek on 12 Jan 2012, 22:37 ---
--- Quote from: Dr. ROFLPWN on 12 Jan 2012, 22:06 ---TONIGHT'S FORECAST:

woman-blaming and sexist horseshit

woman-blaming everywhere

*ollies outy*

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Don't forget the Marten-hate. There will be plenty of Marten-hate.

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I find this hilarious because I am like self-appointed chief officer in charge of Marten-hate.

Which isn't really Marten-hate, because I like Marten, but I think that people are really eager to absolve him of all responsibility for the problems in his life, and instead blame them on the women around him! Which is incredibly sexist and stupid! And then I get all schadenfreudey when shit happens to him and it's just this vicious cycle and

The point is

Marten fucked up this time; Padma instigated the problem, yes, but Marten really had the crowning fuck-up here. Instead of be the bigger person, instead of actually being a nice dude, he acted like a prick and now he will reap the prick harvest. I can't really say anything to dump on him, dude dumped on himself. And Faye is rightfully not letting him off.

I recognize Marten is a good dude usually, but the magnitude of one's virtue does not excuse one when one sins. It weighs against it, yes: I'd never call Marten the villain, not even here, and his actions had reasons behind them...but they were wrooooooonnnnnggggg

Dust:
Is it just me, or are a lot of the reactions (in-strip and out) predicated around it being a relationship, when it was (initially) an on-off casual thing?


(I guess that makes them.. casualties. Sorry)

Armadillo:
I think even the noblest person on the planet would get just a wee bit tired of "being the bigger man" when he's the only one ever being said bigger man, and all it's ever done is blown up in his face.

Sometimes people just get fed up with their circumstances, regardless of fault.  

As for "sexism" being at work with those siding with Marten, that's just plain ridiculous.  Who does Marten interact with on a regular basis, and who is in most of his storylines?

1. Faye
2. Dora
3. Hannelore
4. Padma
5. Elliot
6. Steve

So of those six, I'd say only Faye, Dora, and Padma have been "instrumental" in his character development, being that his dating life is his central story.  Most people think Steve's a jerk, but he's in the comic so infrequently as to be not much of a factor.  Remember the Marten/Elliot drama a few weeks back?  The point is, when it comes to drama in the comic with Marten, it's the women who are there.  It's not sexist to put blame on a woman IF A WOMAN DESERVES BLAME.  Automatically absolving Faye/Dora/Padma is no better than automatically absolving Marten, is it?

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