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WCDT strips 4146-4150 (2nd to 6th December 2019)

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Marco:

--- Quote from: jwhouk on 03 Dec 2019, 04:09 ---I guess I'm too long-term of a reader to not immediately think of 1795.

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If it leads to 1812, I'm OK with it.

Wingy:

--- Quote from: BenRG on 03 Dec 2019, 04:57 ---Take that as you will; this is just my feeling.

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My immediate reaction was: "So long Marten and Claire."  I infer she's got a job offer somewhere, hasn't told Marten yet, and is looking for a good way to tell him to get ready to pack up, 'cause she's going.  If Marten gets excited about going to school for instrument repair or whatever, and there's a school near Claire's new job, then it's *his* idea to move and Claire isn't in the position of saying "move if you want to be with me.". 

If Marten goes along with Claire, then the storyline can split in two with visits back and forth ala' Faye going home or Hanners and Station.
If he doesn't go along with Claire, then it's Padma all over again, freeing Marten to bring in some new characters.

pwhodges:
Without something changing, Marten - the strip's original character - will continue to slide into background irrelevance.  Jeph may feel he doesn't want to let that happen.

Technetium:
Yeah, I saw this coming a long time ago. They have never really been a good match as far as ambition and life plans are concerned. There are actually two conflicts that are coming up here. The first, which everyone has caught on to, is that Claire is ambitious about what she wants to do for a career, and she doesn't understand that Marten isn't. The second conflict is that Claire believes higher education is essential to pursuing career goals, because it was for her. I think, in Marten's case, even if he were to pursue becoming a repairman of musical instruments, he would balk at going to school for it.

I had a similar conflict with an ex years ago, and I think it was a part of why we broke up. She had a master's degree. I had only a 2-year degree. She used to tell me that I "have to" go back to college, it was not acceptable for me not to have a better degree.

MrNumbers:
Marten's only happy with his life when he doesn't look down. This is a good development and good for him.

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