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WCDT: 2146-50 (19-23 Mar 2012) QC IN SPAAAAAACE... Week NINE?!?!?!?!?

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Throg:
Along the lines of really, really nitpicking:

Was Marigold drunk? // did Mari initiate the kissing, or did Francis?

Francis was definitely leading her to a place to watch the stars and hold hands (and zero-g makeouts). And Mari was definitely nervous about going back to zero-g but definitely wanted to continue.

But it's hard to tell if Mari grabbed Francis and drew him in for a kiss, or if Mari just wanted to stabilize for a bit and Francis leaned in for the kiss. 

For that matter, it seems like Marigold isn't thinking too clearly. She hurls right after a kiss, wipes her mouth, and then leans in for another kiss?  Really?  There's such a thing as a desperate, antisocial, clueless nerd, but for goodness sake she just upchucked in a bright, well-lit, zero-g place -- presumably the remnants of space ham are floating around, in plain sight, pink blobbs of chewed-up goo -- and then she went in for another kiss? 

It seems that if Marigold felt pressure to keep up with Francis, then she might feel she has to 'keep up at all costs', but if she initiated the kiss, it seems she'd be a lot more embarrassed and hesitant to continue.

my overthought $0.02

LTK:
No drunk bubbles, Marigold is just a bit... overzealous.

St.Clair:
A Yiddish word I use often, and which fits the current strip perfectly:
"Oy."

Kenyahp:

--- Quote from: qdanielgrant on 21 Mar 2012, 12:41 ---
I totally get this and I want to Hanners in a relationship too, but that doesn't mean it has to be a relationship with Marten or a heterosexual relationship either. Maybe the best option for her is a Hetero-Asexual relationship. Romance without the physical and sex part. That important part is that no matter what Jeph writes for Hanners is that it must be organic (aka sounds right in his mind for his characters) and hopefully more people will accept that attitude that you said:

"So, I want her to be happy"

Clearly, she is just human and wants to have the same experiences that other people enjoy.

http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2056
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1768
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1659

sidenote: Marbear, I KNOW YOUR PAIN

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Oh, I know. I totally agree. I am just in full on agreement mode today about Hanners. I just think Marten would be the most understanding. But, you know, I kinda really REALLY liked the Hanners-Sven arc. The one you posted, 1768, the panel where they just look at each other always makes me kinda sad.

Heres whats weird for me. Marten is the only character I've never really felt was...real, you know? I can't explain it. But, hes just so nice all the time, maybe thats why. So passive. And I just think Hannelore needs someone passive enough to deal with her anxieties. At the same time, Sven took good care of her that night. So, maybe she needs someone trying to change their life at the same time, too.

You're right. She is human. And, as a human that emphasizes super easily with characters, I want her to also have the same thing we as humans get to enjoy: Physical contact. And, if a hug is all she can do, then, damn, thats her sex and more power to her. So. Maybe thats why I ship Marten. Because hes the only one other then Sven (who, you know, is probably not good for her) that would let her be her that I've seen so far. I am no stranger to changing ships. But, for now, I'm going to fangirl.

(sorry for the long posts, everyone. I will stop, seriously.)

Madmartigan:

--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 20 Mar 2012, 23:28 ---
--- Quote from: Kenyahp on 20 Mar 2012, 21:18 ---I get the awkward and the regression argument, too. But, dammit, I need a guilty pleasure and that guilty pleasure is imagining Hanners being normal enough and strong enough to try a relationship.

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I think Hannelore has some vague thoughts in that direction, and she's on a trajectory that might lead to good things in a future too distant to be visible from here. She has a good heart.

Something you and other new people haven't seen is a history of mistreatment of Hannelore's sexuality on the forum, and the incandescent backlash to it (things got spectacular for a while). Many people here are rubbed raw and may seem to overreact to Hannelore relationship forecasting.

(moderator)
You're doing fine! You're within the rules. You would have heard about it if you weren't.
(/moderator)

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As it is, people on teh intarwebs aren't very mature about much unfortunately.  It's a pitfall of a webcomic guy.  You can get away with a lot more with solid books than stuff online because you don't really have to deal with shit online.  I don't envy Jeph. 

That said.

Hanners is definitely the engine the makes this comic go ever since her introduction.  And whether platonic for good or romantic down the line, the Hanners/Marty dynamic is the most interesting.


Anyway.  I'm more curious about Marbear getting teh bootycall in space and poor Marty being left without right now.

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