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WCDT Strips 3601-3605 (30rd October - 3rd November 2017)
BenRG:
I've often said that the remaining character arc for Marten is for him to learn to be proactive about his future and I'm wondering if this is what Jeph is starting rolling now.
Maybe Marten and Claire will have a "frank discussion" that will leave Marten realising (probably after Faye rubbing his face in the fact that Claire is correct) that he has to start plotting a path forwards. This could take a long while to bear fruit but this may be the starting point. I'm hoping for at least one strip where Marten is agonising over it and one of his friends points out to him the irony that he is procrastinating about handling his tendency to procrastinate.
FWIW, I think that it will be an emotional trial for Marten to really move forwards and it will test Claire's own personality and her relationship with him to deal with this constructively.
dutchrvl:
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--- Quote from: michaelbirks on 30 Oct 2017, 05:48 ---Somehow I also got the vibe that Veronica might have been sipping the wine to avoid a natural inclination to hold forth on the relative virtues of tying someone to a chair versus tying them to heavy machinery.
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I had a similar thought, although I pictured her thinking about other equipment in a workshop that might be better suited for such a purpose.
As for the uncluttered dining room and table, I must admit I know people who tend to live in rooms like that. No special hobbies or other activities at home other then TV, eating and napping. A well filled but unread book case appears the be the standard solution. Or a house big enough to have a dining room that is just that. I decided years ago not to move to anything bigger than my present apartment for opposite reasons; I have a certain horror vacui that tends to fill my space with pretty much everything I do. Bigger house just equals more mess...
(and of course there are the economics of drawing; remember Jeff's remark on drawing a fully fleshed out secret bakery?)
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Yeah you're probably right in your reasoning, makes sense not to want to draw too much unless necessary.
By the way, in the comic you linked, I just realized that that guy in the first panel is probably meant to be the initial version of Jim?
snufflebottoms:
I thought Claire was a bit harsh. I mean, Marten was just making conversation that it was bothering him, he was't like lamenting about it. And while yeah his sarcastic comment about being emo might be annoying that's his personality so like don't date him if you don't like it?
But I'm wondering if this set up is leading us to learn something about Claire's personal life.
She really reminds me of a friend of mine. Except my friend's Dad isn't missing and her brother is younger and she isn't trans. But like the bro/sis relationship, the piercings, how she jokes and laughs and how she treats men in a relationship? SPOT ON for the bad and the good.
RMc:
Ah, "emotional labor"...just one more reason Why Men Suck.
shanejayell:
Ah, Marten. It has to be said that of the whole cast, he's probably changed the least.
Good and bad.
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