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WCDT Strips 3506 to 3510 (19 June to 23 June 2017)

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swapna:
I think the last strip and his reaction has more to do with the situation he's in - he is in emotional turmoil: thinking about Padma, maybe some suppressed anger at Renee or Claire (he clearly is sarcastic in the first panel).

With Dora, he really tried - he reassured Dora all the time, and apologised to her for not telling her that someone hit on him, and always took her seriously. He never got jealous when she flirted with Tai, even though they were obviously attracted. The one time where he actually got angry about her jealousy he didn't show his anger, but took a walk to calm down and then reassured her and tried to address the issue as friendly and fair as he could. I'm not sure what else he could have done, because the things she wanted from him are clearly unhealthy; distance himself from his female friends, especially Faye? Let her control his appearance (haircut, beard)? Be even more of a pushover when it comes to his boundaries?

Compare with Corsette and Steve - he got insecure and jealous, and she immediately called him out on his behaviour and then made fun of him.

DSL:
Also underscored is one of Marten's basic traits: Does middlin'-to-well at handling other people's various issues, not so much his own. Physician, heal thyself and all that.

Tova:
Indeed, that's not just Marten.  8-)

TheEvilDog:

--- Quote from: Tova on 22 Jun 2017, 06:07 ---Indeed, that's not just Marten.  8-)

--- End quote ---

But he is the most prominent example in the comic now. Several of the other characters that have acknowledged their own issues have at least tried to do something about them. Faye has been in therapy, as have Dora. Hanners keeps pushing her own boundaries in her own way. Even Bubbles has entered into a state of quasi-tabula rasa, accepting her past and moving forward in her life post-skate park.

But Marten is still in more or less the same mindset now as he was at the beginning of the comic. He might have a better job than before, he's had varying degrees of success in his relationships but at the end of the day Marten has his issues and has done nothing to deal with them save for becoming more passive aggressive at times.

shanejayell:
But if Marten dealt with his issues, where would new plots come from?

 :-P

Other than it becoming 'The Brun and Clinton' hour, along with 'The Faye/Bubbles show.'

 :-D

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