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WCDT 2101-2105 (January 16-20, 2012) - A New Hope
Tova:
The talk that Dora has given Marten is nowhere near as harsh as some people here are making out. Seriously. Marten is not as fragile a petal as all that. He will cope perfectly fine. It will snap him out of his self-imposed bout of victimhood and self-pity.
I also think that some people are overreading (who'd have gussed) Faye's comment that things worked out OK for Marten after moving to be with a girl. Faye was implying nothing about what might have happened otherwise, nor that there was some kind of repeatable cause and effect in motion - just that the choice he made, as it happened, turned out OK (contrary to Marten's implication that it didn't) - that's all. No need to invoke the butterfly effect or assume that she was trying to make some kind of deeper statement.
And why are people getting obsessed with fault and blame again? Today's comic is about nothing of the kind. Blimey. :psyduck:
I find it amazing what other people get out of what is ostensibly the same comic. It does make the forums an interesting place to be, but wow.
One more thing before I hit the sack:
--- Quote from: AnAverageWriter on 16 Jan 2012, 01:00 ---Do we really need to start congratulating people for kicking the strip's Charlie Brown after he's already missed the football?
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He didn't miss the football - he didn't even bloody-well take a kick at it.
I'll resist the temptation to carry on and on now... :roll:
Border Reiver:
--- Quote from: Tova on 16 Jan 2012, 03:00 ---And why are people getting obsessed with fault and blame again? Today's comic is about nothing of the kind. Blimey. :psyduck:
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It's what happens too often here and IRL.
Harlequin:
Why is it Marten's responsibility to be the "decent" one here and why is he being ragged on for not being good guy doormat Marten?
I understand the ideal, but again, when do other people need to start taking responsibility for their own emotions instead of just doing and expecting Marten to forgive them for it?
tjradcliffe:
--- Quote from: Tova on 16 Jan 2012, 03:00 ---He didn't miss the football - he didn't even bloody-well take a kick at it.
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And that's a good thing, because the last time he "took a kick at it" he ended up flat on his back and feeling like a fool, alone on the far side of the country without his guitar. Romantic gestures rarely end well.
One of the tricks to a happy life is knowing when to take a risk and when to not. There was simply no upside for Marten in this case outside of the wildest romantic fantasies. Padma pulled away from him, then decided at the last minute she'd like to see him again before she left.
He decided he'd rather feel badly about not catering to her emotional needs than getting his own heart ripped up. Sounds like a sensible decision to me, and one I wish I'd been more apt to make at his age.
AnAverageWriter:
--- Quote from: Harlequin on 16 Jan 2012, 04:56 ---Why is it Marten's responsibility to be the "decent" one here and why is he being ragged on for not being good guy doormat Marten?
I understand the ideal, but again, when do other people need to start taking responsibility for their own emotions instead of just doing and expecting Marten to forgive them for it?
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Because, at least in this strip, it seems all right for every single female character to beat up on Marten with no repercussions at all. Of course, the lack of repercussions stems from the fact that Marten seems to never defend himself at all, instead choosing to just simply go along with anything being said about him (as we saw him respond to Faye's "owning" in the last strip).
Marten is a doormat. Poor guy.
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