Wow, these past two comics actually compelled me to register just so I could talk about this latest Dora/Marten explosion.
I generally try to be as impartial as possible whenever drama happens between characters and try to understand where both parties are coming from. As such whenever stuff like this happens I can usually see both points of view. This time though, try as I might, I just can't understand the logic behind Dora's stance. Marten has a completely valid point. Granted, Dora has some major issues which have been discussed a lot. But nevertheless, that doesn't exonerate her from being a bitch, and no matter how you swing it the bottom line is that Dora started this. Whether it was a "big deal" or not, Dora blatantly disregarded Marten's wishes, which was a total lack of respect on her part.
Dora has put Marten on a ridiculously high pedestal and holds him to all these crazy standards and yet feels that she should be able to do whatever she wants without any consequences. And why? Because she feels that because she has these issues, she is somehow not accountable for her actions. Marten had every right to be angry. And as someone before me mentioned, the fact that she didn't give Marten some time to cool down before trying to talk about it didn't help matters at all. One of the biggest rules regarding fights in any serious relationship is that they need to be discussed with a level head, and that simply cannot be done fresh from an explosive argument. So not only was Marten still very steamed from his confrontation with Dora, she decided that they needed to talk about it absolutely right then. That probably made Marten feel like she was apologizing out of necessity rather than being genuine about it.
Was Marten out of line with his "I'm sick of your apologies" line? Perhaps. But Dora crossed that line first by calling him a pedantic prick, absolutely refusing to look at it from his point of view, and completely ignoring a valid point. I hate to jump on a bandwagon here, but Dora is undeniably being a bitch. And as usual, Marten has been made out to be the bad guy. She needs some sense knocked* into her.
*Not in the physical sense of the word.