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WCDT: 2806-2810 (6th - 10th October 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 05 Oct 2014, 18:29 ---The last time we had a character reach for another's hand like that, it (eventually) ended badly...
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You're right, it was followed by a WEEK OF GUEST STRIPS :psyduck:
Edit: HOLY SHIT SIXTEEN REDTEXT REPLIES
--- Quote from: ankhtahr on 05 Oct 2014, 18:34 ---All the stores are closed, it's 03:34 in the morning
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Do you not have a 7-11/Wawa type store in your country?
Hahaha, one of those redtext replies was this, and another one was someone asking THAT EXACT QUESTION
nosaJay19:
--- Quote from: GarandMarine on 05 Oct 2014, 18:52 ---"So while I'm here... about last night"
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Oh, that's good. That gives me hope that his priority is to keep Claire calm.
RyanW1019:
--- Quote from: Miaboop on 05 Oct 2014, 18:39 ---I made an audible gasp for that last panel.
I don't... What?!
My guess is that Marten knows that nothing would ever happen if he just sat around and didn't do anything, and he has been getting better at taking charge of his life lately. Now the question is how Claire will respond to this. Martens feelings seem pretty clear, I doubt he'd do any of this just to tell her "We can't date/I don't want to date you"
in that case he's an oblivious asshole. But to be faire, he seems happy to be there. Almost drunk...
... with love?
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I'm not sure he's drunk, I think he's just happy. He knows Claire is a genuinely good person, he knows he enjoys her company, and he knows that there is a mutual attraction there. There's not a bunch of emotional baggage/tension like with Faye or Dora, and the relationship didn't immediately escalate to physicality like with Padma. His other relationships (or near-relationships) all started rather abruptly, with very little warning. This is the first relationship Marten's had that started as a friendship and gradually and naturally grew into something more. However, it's not like Marten has spent weeks or months mooning after her or is agonizing over how to proceed with things. He's had time to think about the possibility and approach the situation on his own terms.
So from my perspective, Marten is just happy. He knows he is not at risk emotionally for two reasons: Claire is clearly attracted to him, so the risk of being turned down is unlikely if he doesn't rush things and freak her out. Also, while Marten is clearly attracted to Claire, it doesn't seem to be a "I LOVE YOUUUUUUU PLEASE BE WITH ME" attraction a la Sven with Faye. He knows he would be happy in a relationship, but it seems to me that he would still be happy while not in a relationship, so he doesn't feel the pressure to "get" someone. He also knows that Claire is definitely at risk emotionally right now, and as her friend he wants her to be happy. So he's making his advances politely and openly, trying to make sure there's as little risk of causing a Claire freakout as possible.
I agree though, old Marten would never have handled it like this. That may be why you thought he's acting like he would if he were drunk.
Sorry for the wall of text.
nosaJay19:
--- Quote from: RyanW1019 on 05 Oct 2014, 18:58 ---Sorry for the wall of text.
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Thank you for writing that up. I haven't gone back through the recent strips yet, and you gave a context to this strip that was very well thought out.
T:
And them it was all a dream. (click to show/hide)a precognitive dream
Have anyone noticed that Claire mother got curvier?
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