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WCT: 2216-2220 (25-29 June 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
V1:
MileSB: Had you made that post just after Marten's relationship with Dora, I think you would have had more of a point, but lately things have been a little more "grab what comes" to put it bluntly. Marten didn't really think through things with Padma, she was just available and he made his move (a highly opportunistic one, given her position of leaving and her vague emotional vunrablity etc) and he tried to randomly score with LT Potter without even knowing her first name! He may not be a Sven style manwhore at this point, but given his recent behaviour, his protests do ring a little hollow. Perhaps I was overstating my case, and you're quite right that Fayes's phrasing is probably what put Marten on the defensive, but I kind of think that given the high priority Marten has recently given to just enjoying the moment rather than the longevity of the relationship, I think Faye's point kind of cuts through a good deal of Marten's crap.
Also, while a good portion of the main characters dialogue and lives are about relationships, they do explore other issues a good deal, and I prefer the comic to be multi-faceted. As John Green famously said "If you spend your life singularly obsessed with romantic love, you're gonna miss out on a lot of what's fun about being a person, ...also you're gonna have to spend a lot of money on diamonds."
LTK:
--- Quote from: V1 on 26 Jun 2012, 04:50 ---There is a kind of inherent contradiction, I would almost say hypocrisy with what Marten said today in panel 3. Since comic one, one of his primary concerns with almost all his female interactions has been about the possibility of romantic connection. From Faye to Dora to Padma to even smaller short term characters like LT Potter. So it's kind of odd for him to protest now that people are assuming he's always looking for the next girl, given that...he always has been.
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Small difference. None of those women were part of his job. None of those women were people he had responsibility over. I think he considers his function as a library employee to be more important than looking to get laid, which is not a bad thing at all.
--- Quote from: Border Reiver on 26 Jun 2012, 05:01 ---But I want to know what happened to precipitate the Pintsize throw.
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My guess: Boredom.
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: akronnick on 26 Jun 2012, 00:27 ---OK. Now I'm pretty sure Jeph's just fucking with us now. Characters in the comic are engaging in the same kind of childish matchmaking that is so notorious in the forums? That can't be a coincidence!
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QFT.
DSL:
Faye's mellowing. She threw Pintsize at the sofa instead of the wall.
So. QC fandom, which includes QC Forum fandom, has an opportunity here.
Who will write the rules, set up the leagues, arrange the team photos for AnPC Tossing?
I see it as an amalgamation of cornhole and caber-tossing, just to make it transatlantic. Points for distance, velocity, accuracy for starters; refinements limited only by the imagination of the fandom.
This could be the next quidditch or 43-man Squamish. Possibly even Calvinball. Or, depending on how creative we want to get, Fizzbin.
jwhouk:
And how will our Redheaded Intern Claire figure into the further story?
Love interest. Marten. Has it written all over it. 2 (3.4%)
Love interest. TAI. So there (NYAHHHH) 5 (8.5%)
Goofy gamer gal who bests Marigold. 1 (1.7%)
Somehow, she shares a hobby with Hannelore. 3 (5.1%)
She wants confidence lessons from Faye! 4 (6.8%)
She wants physics lessons from Raven! 1 (1.7%)
She ends up taking over for Tai in the library! 2 (3.4%)
It'll develop naturally. It works out better that way. 15 (25.4%)
Emily's cooler. ;) 21 (35.6%)
Insert mandatory meme option here (waffles, spathe ham, etc.) 5 (8.5%)
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