Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT January 9-13, 2012 (2096-2100)
Delator:
--- Quote from: haikupoet on 10 Jan 2012, 22:05 ---Okay, so what exactly is wrong with "if she wants to hear from me she'll call"? Isn't that kind of... proper?
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I was basically going to say the same thing. Marten's right to do what he's doing.
Panel 4 irks me. I feel like Faye and Dora aren't looking at the situation from a helpful perspective.
Instead of faulting Marten for perfectly acceptable behavior, maybe Faye should swing by TSB (purely for business purposes, you see) and try to help a guy out.
Dust:
--- Quote from: haikupoet on 10 Jan 2012, 22:05 ---Okay, so what exactly is wrong with "if she wants to hear from me she'll call"? Isn't that kind of... proper?
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Agreed - especially since she's blown him off twice without actually saying what's up. That seems like a strong sign it's over. Faye and Dora are just Charlie Brown'ing him again, for my money.
akronnick:
I don't think it would be creepy for Marten to go to TSB to find out what's going on.
Padma and Marten's relationship went way beyond the point where simply ignoring the other person is acceptable.
Marten deserves an explanation, even if it is only for him to have an opportunity to tell Padma that she has treated him badly and he doesn't want to see her.
If Padma knows what's good for her, she'll talk to Marten before Faye decides that she (or god forbid, Faye and Dora both) needs to pay a visit to TSB.
vsonics:
I'm in the middle on this one.
On one hand, their relationship was casual but it was still a relationship. What Padma is doing is totally the coward's way out, and Marten deserves some answers.
On the other hand, I get where he's coming from - going there could just turn out to be really awkward and uncomfortable, especially if she really did end up just losing interest (which I doubt, but it's a valid fear).
So I think I'm gonna go with: Marten absolutely has the RIGHT to find the girl and demand some answers, but only if he wants to. Faye and Dora - uh, experts though they may be - don't need to be pushing him into anything and I don't think NOT going makes him the least bit passive aggressive. Or even very aggressively passive.
Added: Looking over the comic again, I'm also kind of surprised at just how angry Dora's looking. Obviously they're at a place where they can talk about dating other people, they're friends, and she cares about his happiness and therefore relationship with Padma. But she's looking to be a little TOO invested and clearly is still sore on the "passive" front.
Carl-E:
Yeah, the passive aggressive comment's really out of line. But I think he is being passive to an extet where he's aggressively pursuing passivity. They really aren't the same thing...
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