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WCDT 2101-2105 (January 16-20, 2012) - A New Hope
Milesb:
--- Quote from: Kugai on 16 Jan 2012, 12:00 ---I definitely think Faye gave Marten the proverbial kick he needed at this stage.
Not that I'm saying Padma isn't without fault here, but I get the feeling that our little Indian Dora Clone has her own issues - probably just as bad as Dora - But Marten sometimes gets my goat as he acts like such a passive milquetoast sometimes. He really should have taken the high ground and confronted Padma about the whole thing rather than letting it fizzle like this. Sometimes I wonder if he squeaks and likes cheese the way he acts.
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I personally think the fact that everyone kicks Marten regardless of if he's down or up is part of the reason he's so passive. And he'd still be getting a kicking for being a jerk to her if he had indeed taken the high ground. That's the point, quite often no matter what he does, he loses. I pity him.
themacnut:
In Faye's defense, she probably would have yelled at Padma if she'd been around (though I'm surprised Faye didn't go to tSB after Marten mentioned Padma wasn't returning his calls-maybe she actually though Marten could and should handle it), but since she's long gone, only Marten's around to catch the Wrath of Faye, too bad for him.
Still, it would serve Faye right if Marten decided to shake things up and take a chance by following Padma back to CA. I highly doubt she'll take his calls now, he'll have to go out there if he really wants to talk to her.
--- Quote from: Milesb on 16 Jan 2012, 12:14 ---I personally think the fact that everyone kicks Marten regardless of if he's down or up is part of the reason he's so passive. And he'd still be getting a kicking for being a jerk to her if he had indeed taken the high ground. That's the point, quite often no matter what he does, he loses. I pity him.
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Yeah I'm starting to agree with you-looks like Jeph meant it when he said he was writing out any possibility of happiness for Marten in this comic. Which of course means any attempt of his to reach Padma will most likely also end in abject failure.
NotAwesomeAnymore:
I am actually wondering how many kicks in the pants Marten needs... He's had several and is still in the same rut. I'm not sure what this means needs to happen. But one more kick and I'll probs join the Marten's-life-is-unfair party.
Overkillengine:
--- Quote from: Overkillengine on 16 Jan 2012, 12:30 ---
--- Quote from: Milesb on 16 Jan 2012, 12:14 ---
--- Quote from: Kugai on 16 Jan 2012, 12:00 ---I definitely think Faye gave Marten the proverbial kick he needed at this stage.
Not that I'm saying Padma isn't without fault here, but I get the feeling that our little Indian Dora Clone has her own issues - probably just as bad as Dora - But Marten sometimes gets my goat as he acts like such a passive milquetoast sometimes. He really should have taken the high ground and confronted Padma about the whole thing rather than letting it fizzle like this. Sometimes I wonder if he squeaks and likes cheese the way he acts.
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I personally think the fact that everyone kicks Marten regardless of if he's down or up is part of the reason he's so passive. And he'd still be getting a kicking for being a jerk to her if he had indeed taken the high ground. That's the point, quite often no matter what he does, he loses. I pity him.
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I'm not sure it isn't the other way around and the reason everyone kicks him is that he is so passive that they just trying to get him to do something.
Edit: I'd pity him more, but a good chunk of the disasters that hit him are formed of his own actions and inactions.
Milesb:
--- Quote from: Overkillengine on 16 Jan 2012, 12:32 ---I'm not sure it isn't the other way around and the reason everyone kicks him is that he is so passive that they just trying to get him to do something.
Edit: I'd pity him more, but a good chunk of the disasters that hit him are formed of his own actions and inactions.
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You have a good point, but at some point someone has to stop and ask themselves if their actions - kicking him, as we seem to have termed it - have ever actually helped him. Marten has no control over other's actions, so it's not down to him if they do it or not.
I also agree he's not very good at dealing with situations in his life. It comes back down to the fact he bottles things up, because every time he does try and do something, people kick him. He tends to only act in such situations when he's very emotionally wound up, because then he can't bottle it - that's definitely a recipe for disaster.
He actually kind of needs therapy.
Edit: Or one day he's going to snap.
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