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WCDT: 2372-2376 (28 January - 1 February 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
de_la_Nae:
No no, after a minute I realized you had to have done something like that. I just...couldn't not say anything. I live in Indiana (sadly), so did a double-take when I read your post. You know how it is.
Method of Madness:
Where in Indiana? I was in Muncie!
quix0te:
--- Quote from: tinkerbell on 31 Jan 2013, 07:19 ---Is it just me, or is it shocking that Marten first forgot that his dad had sent him a wedding reminder, then had to ask for money for plane tickets, and now has to be told he could drive there after his dad already bought those tickets? Kind of a crappy son if you ask me.
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I had that thought a day or three back. The consensus seemed to be... "No, he's just a ditz!" I've been reading this comic for five years or so, and I'm trying to remember what I found exciting. I think the vulnerability of the original characters, particularly Faye (believe it or not). Now Dora and Marten aren't together and he just seems to have degenerated into a cardboard punchline with no possibility of growth. I mean, statistically, he'd have to catch a break EVENTUALLY. But he seems to be destined to fall off cliffs and have anvils land on him.
Is it cold in here?:
Back before car engines were run by computers, it was common to try to start one, have it bang a couple of times, then stop. Then you'd try again, and the same thing would happen. Eventually it would keep running.
Marten may be like that. Someone kicks his metaphorical backside, he does band things for a while, then it peters out.
I hope the engine catches and he turns his dormant energy to the band, or at least to something.
de_la_Nae:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 01 Feb 2013, 22:13 ---Where in Indiana? I was in Muncie!
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Leetle further south. Bloomington, these days. Don't think I've ever been to Muncie...for some reason a lot of people from southern Indiana, in my anecdotal experience, don't travel further north than here or Indy. Partially for the sake of distances, I assume, but sometimes I wonder if there isn't more to it. Possibly a rural v. urban mindset, even though I'm pretty sure the demographic split isn't *that* different.
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