Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT January 9-13, 2012 (2096-2100)
Welu:
--- Quote from: akronnick on 13 Jan 2012, 00:17 ---Or when he remembers to draw it, which is only when it's important to the plot, which hasn't been for a while now.
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I'd agree that's a reason to justify when the scar is forgotten but it's definitely shown times when it's not relevant to the plot.
Here's a couple:
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=425 to http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=430
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1851 to http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1854 Just the first panel
That's just times I remembered off the top of my head. In between the last two it's missing here but you could argue she's lying different or different perspective.
I know there's a lot more serious discussion going on here but I chose to pick out the comment I had a response where I knew exactly what I thought about it. :psyduck:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 13 Jan 2012, 02:51 ---I have sympathy with them both, but also would like to knock their heads together...
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This basically sums up what I think.
TinPenguin:
Faye has a scar? :psyduck:
jurialmunkey:
Long time lurker, first time poster etc. etc. etc.
In regards to: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2091
I think Tova was on the right track.
Apologies if this line of thinking has already been posted.
I think Padma was looking for validation of her feelings that they were "meant to be" so to speak. Some sort of indication that they had the sort of connection where they could intuit what the other was thinking. This was really the only thing that truly could pull Padma away from leaving (imagine if she decided to stay if it was nothing more than a fling and her grandmother suddenly got very ill again) - some sort of indication that Marten was "the one". Marten's flippant response was not the reaction she had played out in her head - his response changed her mindset from "star crossed lovers" to "oh, I guess I'm just a fling". . Marten, on the other hand, was simply trying to play it cool and not appear overly clingy when he knows that she has to leave.
Basically, it was a scenario where they were both waiting for the other to profess their love. Neither of them did out of trying not to put pressure on the other and confusion over the situation. This would be the classic trope in the Wedding Singer where Adam Sandler rushes to the airport, jumps on the plane, and, with the help of Billy Idol, professes his undying love through song to Drew Barrymore. Tropes are cliché because they're effective plot devices.
But, as life is not like tv, instead we have Marten being passive aggressive...
Napoleon_Blownapart:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 13 Jan 2012, 03:31 ---Marten lied to Padma as an un-thought-out act of petty revenge which he immediately regretted, but then did nothing to put right - and the next day looked for reassurance, which he didn't get. He threw away the chance of a final night of (bitter-sweet) fun. This was not "standing up for himself". He was stupid; understandably so, but still stupid.
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Lied? If Marten decided that hanging around in his apartment wallowing in self pity was a better use of his time, then he didn't "lie". But I'll gladly grant you the premise that Marten lied. Because I see it differently:
Marten told an innocuous lie as a way of separating himself from Padma without resorting to throwing out raw emotion and possible nastiness, after being upset with her for severing all contact after they both were having an amazing time together. He then immediately questioned his judgement, and the next day looked for a second opinion on his actions. He took the right steps to guard himself against further pain and chose not to waste his time pursuing some kind of closure (which is always an illusion anyway). He was intelligent, but demonstrated the understandable flaw of second-guessing himself.
Soulsynger:
--- Quote from: jurialmunkey on 13 Jan 2012, 04:27 ---Long time lurker, first time poster etc. etc. etc.
In regards to: http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2091
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But, as life is not like tv, instead we have Marten being passive aggressive...
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Good first, nice and clean.
But thats a LOT of assumptions especially as to the emotional state of Padma. Getting the image of being "star-crossed lovers" in your head normally takes more time than they've had.
And even if she has it stuck up there, she should be much more emotionally and romantically experienced than to manouver Marten into a forced confession like that... at least, judging from the way she handled the Elliot-situation and the beginning of the Marten-fling she should be....
(I love assumptions btw.)
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