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Claire's Crush: Beginnings
ReindeerFlotilla:
We may never know. Which is kinda sad.
Carl-E:
I will always wonder what the content of the spiel he had planned was going to be.
"Look, I really like you as a friend..."
"I'm sorry, I must've been more drink than I thought..."
"I like you, but as your superior at work..."
Anything to let her down gently.
Until he realized he didn't want to let her down...
ReindeerFlotilla:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 30 Oct 2014, 21:55 ---I will always wonder what the content of the spiel he had planned was going to be.
"Look, I really like you as a friend..."
"I'm sorry, I must've been more drink than I thought..."
"I like you, but as your superior at work..."
Anything to let her down gently.
Until he realized he didn't want to let her down...
--- End quote ---
I like to imagine it wasn't like that, but it could have been. It probably should have been, now that I think about--even if it violates my headcanon about Marty. It's a MUCH more interesting reaction.
Dalillama:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 30 Oct 2014, 21:55 ---I will always wonder what the content of the spiel he had planned was going to be.
"Look, I really like you as a friend..."
"I'm sorry, I must've been more drink than I thought..."
"I like you, but as your superior at work..."
Anything to let her down gently.
Until he realized he didn't want to let her down...
--- End quote ---
Nah, I figure it was a long, rambling discourse on how he was attracted to her, but didn't want to make a move because he'd her boss and it would be creepy, and also how he wasn't at all bothered by her being trans*, possibly accompanied by a riff on his family history (much of which she already know), and also all kinds of other baggage that he was and wasn't bringing into things, but decided that it wouldn't help and would offer a huge chance to put his foot in his mouth and fuck things up, so he didn't say it. Which was well-advised of him, honestly.
ReindeerFlotilla:
Ooo! Ooo! Just had a thought.
This is totally reading too much into it, but what if Marten's unconcious attraction was influencing his behavior all the way back at the lake house?
So, Claire would have some, purely physical interest in Steve, but beyond that why would she care if he took himself off to bed? And why would Marten feel the need to tell her?
Then he does a Reed Segue (he takes after Veronica) in to "let's talk about you."
Claire returns the volley smartly with "Let's talk about you," but Marten handles it well with an akido move "The part me you want to discuss includes you!" He breaks Claire's defense and the metaphor.
Claire actually starts with a kind of punishing submission: "Okay, you want to talk about me, well I'm tr--"
Blam FAYE!!!!
Now here's the thing. all of that kinda comes together as A SIGN when you consider how annoyed Marten is with Faye. She's done far worse, and he's pretty much just accepted it. And she was right. It was prime make out space. I hesitate to suggest that his upset stems from Faye hitting too close to home with "get kissy or go back inside." But I feel good about the conjecture that he was upset because he was having a moment with a cute girl, when Faye dumped a tonne of crude on it. Well, maybe not a ton, but a considerable amount.
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