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WCDT 2887-2891 (2-6 February 2015)
MooskiNet:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 04 Feb 2015, 19:54 ---I would like to point out, that this looks like the front door, not the bedroom door. And most places I have lived, the doors are self-locking. Things may not actually be going "too fast" here. Also, there are a few ways that I have looked at Claire's expression in panel 1.
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If that's the case, the doorknob jumped from one side to the other in a single panel. I'm thinking that's his bedroom.
My personal head canon is whatever they're doing, there's no WAY Marten's doing it on the couch.
hedgie:
I'm surprised that he hasn't tried scavangening a faux-leather one around moving day. Much easier to clean for the drunken antics of the cast.
Aziraphale:
--- Quote from: AprilArcus on 04 Feb 2015, 19:27 ---
--- Quote from: Aziraphale on 04 Feb 2015, 19:22 ---we haven't seen anything either explicit or implied that suggests that Claire's giving up any of her agency in this situation.
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I don't think she's being exploited, I'm just saying that I know exactly what is going through Marten's head in that scene and I can barely guess what Claire is thinking or feeling. That feels off.
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As I mentioned earlier, I don't think Marten's slept in a couple of days. I think if we see anything, it's going to be a callback to the post-wedding cuddle and snooze, 'cause Marten's likely so tired that he'll be asleep in no time. I could be wrong, but I get a feeling that's where that's going.
Aziraphale:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 04 Feb 2015, 20:01 ---I'm surprised that he hasn't tried scavangening a faux-leather one around moving day. Much easier to clean for the drunken antics of the cast.
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Either that, or those old-school plastic slipcovers (if you have Italian relatives, you know what I'm talking about).
Carl-E:
I think Marten probably informed Claire (briefly) what was going on when he called her and told her he couldn't make it. I think JWHouk's right, though, that either Marten called to let Claire know he was back, or Claire called to see if he was back yet.
I get the feeling the conversation was more along the lines of,
CLaire: "That must have been difficult for you."
Marten: "Yeah, it was pretty rough."
Claire "I can come over if you want to talk?"
Or maybe she just decided to come over to comfort him. But he needs that now.
And why would he need it now? A good friend is on the edge, was almost over the edge, in fact. But you'll notice that he never gave Faye a hug to comfort her...
Faye established a no-touchy rule early on in their relationship. The one time we've seen them hug was the flower-pits comic. Maybe in their undies, I don't remember (and I'm not up to an archive trawl). But at this point in time, Marten just doesn't feel comfortable comforting Faye physically. Perhaps simply because of the loss of Angus, he thinks it would feel like a "move" to her.
But after the night he just went through, he needs a hug. I'm not suggesting Claire is any kind of substitute for Faye or anything, far from it. And, as another forumite mentioned, after the day (days?) he's just had in the hospital, I imagine he'll be passing out holding onto Claire in pretty short order.
Which, I think, is more what he needs than anything else from her. Just... comfort.
The comic made me weep a bit, by the way. Not squee, just - just tear up a bunch.
But I get emotional easily these days, so take that as you will.
Warning - while you were typing Arizaphale made the same point, only much more succinctly. You may wish to review your post.
Nah, thanks. I'm good.
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