Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2887-2891 (2-6 February 2015)
Zalder:
--- Quote from: DrClef on 05 Feb 2015, 21:33 ---Welp. They're frick fracking.
Kinda wish they weren't. :| Marten's not in a good headspace to be banging right now.
--- End quote ---
You know people handle stuff differently. Just because Marten is ready to pursue sexy times with Claire doesn't mean he's not thinking about the shit storm that just happened, it just means that he's not letting that dominate his thoughts right now. I think there was a time when a mopey Marten would have had no interest in make outs at this point, but he's come a long way.
ManateeGag:
Long time reader, first time poster, etc...
I would not have expected anything less from Marten. Claire is really nervous about being accepted and she found the right person to do that. I'm just glad her brother didn't screw things up for her.
Aziraphale:
Thoughts at random:
* Not that I'd have expected this to be played for laughs, I'm glad that Jeph sqeeeeee -- ahem, squeezed -- some emotional heft into this one, between Claire's vulnerability and trust, and Marten's bleary-eyed acceptance.
* Speaking of XKCD, if the last panel had been Marten's room as a ball pit, that would've been just about perfect.
* What's up with Marten's face in a couple of those panels? Those are faces Marty Feldman would look at and go, "What the fuck?"
* I'll say it again: Claire is simply adorable.
--- Quote from: Truec on 05 Feb 2015, 21:32 ---You forgot this one:
--- Quote ---M: Damn, you are really freckly!
--- End quote ---
--- End quote ---
After Marten's "modification" of Dora's tattoo, I wonder if he might try something similar with Claire's freckles. I can just picture Monday's strip showing the two of them talking at the library... Emily walks over and wonders why Claire has Orion on one shoulder and Ursa Major on the other. :claireface:
Warning: While you were typing, eleventy billion new posts were posted. You may wish to... oh, never mind.
hedgie:
It's "connect the dots". Then again, Claire has a *lot* of being mottled.
DrClef:
--- Quote from: Zalder on 05 Feb 2015, 21:53 ---
--- Quote from: DrClef on 05 Feb 2015, 21:33 ---Welp. They're frick fracking.
Kinda wish they weren't. :| Marten's not in a good headspace to be banging right now.
--- End quote ---
You know people handle stuff differently. Just because Marten is ready to pursue sexy times with Claire doesn't mean he's not thinking about the shit storm that just happened, it just means that he's not letting that dominate his thoughts right now. I think there was a time when a mopey Marten would have had no interest in make outs at this point, but he's come a long way.
--- End quote ---
That does kinda bug me too. I mean, Marten has done a complete turnaround of personality from mopey, somewhat self-centered, and socially awkward to this suave guy who knows exactly what to say and do in his new relationship to make her swoon and feel comfortable, and the only real change seems to be that he's now dating Claire. As happy as I was to see Marten and Claire get together, at this point this is less feeling like a genuine relationship between the two characters, and more like something I would have seen on fanfiction.net.
I mean, the reason why I wanted to see Marten and Claire date was for the happy chuckles I could get out of seeing the perpetual foot-in-mouther Marten stumble his way towards happiness with the pun queen herself. This is way too smooth. Has no roughness or character to it.
But that's just my opinion.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version