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WCDT Strips 3601-3605 (30rd October - 3rd November 2017)
ChipNoir:
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 30 Oct 2017, 21:18 ---You can kind of see where Marten is coming from though.
He never had the conventional childhood. Parents divorced when he was kid because his dad realised he was gay. Mother is a world famous dominatrix and though Veronica tried to shield him from the more.... esoteric, shall we say, aspects of her career, it did leak through.
Now he's watching his mother begin to become a part of a new family and of course he's going to feel a little left out. It probably doesn't help that he's watching his mother try to be a more "normal" kind of parent than she was with him. I'm not saying Veronica was ever a bad parent, but it seems like she's taking a different tact with Sam than she did with Marten. And yeah, Marten might resent that. Especially when there hasn't been that much interaction between Jim's family and Marten, which might heighten the feelings of alienation. How many times has Jim spent time with Marten?
This definitely feels like its going to become a problem later on.
--- End quote ---
I really would like to see Marten be proactive, and bond with Sam and Jim. Kind of a vicarious "I fucked up, I wanna see this person do better than I did," kinda feeling. Marten has a way of sliding past problems that don't have immediate problems till someone finally calls him out on it, and he's forced into a resolution, for better or worse. Engaging in a relationship with Claire was the first time he's ever proactively made a choice to really change something he felt unhappy with, but it was also extremely spur of the moment. He should be doing a little bit more.
I like where Bubbles/Faye are at right now. I'd love to see Marten take center stage again and really address some of these issues. Practically EVERYONE else is in therapy or support for their issues in this cast, but Marten hasn't remotely considered his own issues could use more help than charming himself into think he can just muddle through stuff. He really does have a problem with trying too hard for the homeostasis that comes easiest to him.
TheEvilDog:
Lets not forget that November begins tomorrow, which traditionally means the Thanksgiving Turkeys are going to have a relationship to react to.
So lets hope that its going to be something positive for the last Thursday in November.
brasca:
Well let's keep in mind there's more effort involved in this than you might think. Marten knows what Veronica used to do so stories about his childhood will require some editing especially when Sam's around.
Shaitan051:
"It's so attractive when a man dodge emotional labour"
I know, right? Almost as attractive as when a woman belittles a man for the emotional stuntedness caused by society's, which includes her, expectations of him.
Yeah, that street goes both ways lady. :grumpypuss:
Dr. ROFLPWN:
"Marten is kind of a fuckboy sometimes"
NOOOOOO, REALLY???
Just SOMETIMES?????
I would NEVER HAVE GUESSED
TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY by this SHOCKING REVELATION
Seriously though, is this the Marten + Consequences plot arc? I'm here for that.
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