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WCDT strips 4146-4150 (2nd to 6th December 2019)
MrNumbers:
What's the over-under Claire just wants his job but doesn't want to feel guilty for taking it?
immortalfrieza:
First time I've ever felt compelled to actually post about these comics, though I love them.
Apparently (and I'm hoping somebody in the cast comes along and reminds Marten of this) Marten has forgotten his actual dream job. You know, the part where he's in a band and actually makes and plays music. No surprise considering the comic hasn't brought up Deathmole or anything else related to the one actual ambition Marten has ever possessed for years now.
I personally would love to see Marten go on down that path for real for once. Marten doesn't have to become some super rockstar, just a local musician doing the occasional gig here and there. It would also be a good excuse to get Marten and the rest of the cast out of Northampton every so often.
Also, I agree with nearly everybody else here that this is definitely Claire being her usual manipulative self and pushing people into things that she shouldn't, whether she has her own ulterior motives for it or not. I like all of the cast and would be sad to see any of them leave, Claire included, but they all have their little annoying behaviors (Okay, maybe not Hanners) and this one is Claire's.
MrNumbers:
Re: "Claire being her usual manipulative self"
I mean okay but Marten is cripplingly passive to the degree that he has become a background character in his own comic. Marten's working a job he's ridiculously underqualified for, that he lucked into, that he doesn't feel super strongly about. But because he doesn't hate it, odds are high he wouldn't do anything to change that situation until he began to hate it, or he was fired.
Wild to me the pushback she's getting in here from just... the absolute most basic kind of future planning for someone she's committed to. I stan Claire.
snufflebottoms:
Marten can be perfectly happy working at the library. Not everyone needs to turn what they think is fun into a career.
Edit: If Claire doesn't want to date someone who lacks strong career ambitions maybe Marten isn't for her tho. I mean doesn't make either of the wrong.
Is it cold in here?:
Welcome, new person!
I was expecting Marten to mention Deathmole when Claire asked her question. The drummer is back in town, Sven could be vocalist, and it would fulfill him.
I wonder if he doesn't think of it as likely to produce enough income to be an answer to a question about a "job".
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