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WCDT: 2636-2640 (Feb 10 - 14 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Jazzmaster:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 14 Feb 2014, 08:08 ---I dunno... I'm not getting so much whining here as Marten trying to sort out his feelings on the whole hook up. This is apparently the first time he's done something like this, and it clearly isn't what he was expecting it to be.
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As somebody who got his heart broken on v-day, I can tell you that's exactly what it is.
aliensporebomb:
--- Quote from: Drunken Old Man on 16 Feb 2014, 00:14 ---Long time reader, first time poster here.
Honestly, I'm beginning to worry about Marten. He's not happy and hasn't been for some time. He's becoming increasingly bitter about his life. We've already seen that bitterness move him to act out of character (refusing to see Padma for the last time) and now we've seen that sex with people he doesn't really care about won't help..not that we really though it would.
If things don't start looking up for him soon, I would not be surprised to see him consider returning home to California. Faye would be upset but she really doesn't NEED him anymore: she took what she learned stringing him along and used it to make a functional relationship of her own. Same goes for Dora.
He's made the lives of almost everyone around him better but his own is still right where it was in Comic #1...except for a more satisfying job and a buttload more people to get drunk with. That's not enough.
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I hate to agree but this post makes WAY too much sense. Although, looking back with the 20/20 hindsight of time I wasn't far off from Marten: stuck in the mud somehow. It took a while to get out of the mud but I managed to get out. Marten will be able to as well if he doesn't wallow in emo wallowness for too long. He went into that party chomping at the bit for action and when he got it he found it wasn't what he wanted after all. Lesson learned, painfully so. Move on.
Is it cold in here?:
Welcome, insightful new person!
Marten's friends agree. Dora said he's too passive and The Pugnacious Peach told him he's wasting his life.
The obvious way forward is to pursue his music. There's a less obvious one that could be more fun and has the benefit of introducing a new character.
What if he goes back to the adoption service and gets a second AnthroPC?
He needs a friend like Momo to interfere in his life as Momo did in Marigold's.
There would be endless openings for comedy as the new robot interacted with Pintsize.
Drunken Old Man:
--- Quote ---What if he goes back to the adoption service and gets a second AnthroPC?
He needs a friend like Momo to interfere in his life as Momo did in Marigold's.
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How sad would that be? That Marten has done so much for the people around him but, in order to get help with his own life, he'd need to get a robot?
I would certainly hate for Marten to move back to Cali (it would be a shark-jumping moment, I'm sure) but maybe his considering it would let his friends know just how bad things have gotten for him and motivate them to DO SOMETHING about it.
Besides advise him to engage in meaningless hook-ups.
Barmymoo:
How bad have things got for him lately, exactly? I don't quite see what everyone's talking about - Marten seems fairly content. He doesn't have a girlfriend, sure, but he has friends he cares about, a job he doesn't hate, and music he is passionate about. Where are the comics that are making people talk like he's on the verge of a breakdown?
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