Your comment made me think, about how drunk he was because Dora broke up with him. Or when Faye told him she couldn't be together with him.
Why is that hitting him so hard, and why does he think drinking makes it better? He planned to get drunk. ALONE. (Yes, that makes it worse. If he'd started the emergency burbon with Faye, that would have been totally different).
Coming my own experience, I think that the root of "Drinking It All Away" (or "______ it all away" whatever floats your boat) comes from the fact that when something this impactful happens, it's all you can think about. Now, the gamble is that if you drink enough, it will
probably* be much easier to be distracted away from the pain. But, you are just putting it off for later when you are now hungover
and heartbroken. Marten's reaction was a typically "Macho" way of dealing with his emotions: bottling them up WITH a bottle! It's a crutch we've all seen before with Faye.
*Now, I say "probably" because there is the chance that alcohol will simply jack whatever emotions you are feeling up to %110, as we saw with Marten's bitterness and feelings of being exploited.I think that we all know that getting drunk won't really make us feel better, but sometimes when you hurt enough, being in an altered state all day sounds like a better alternative than having to face the reality of the situation all day. I guess the best way I can put it is: You can't understand it until you've done it, or felt so bad that it seemed like a good decision.
And what I noticed, too: I don't want to sound harsh, but this is what happened: Dora broke up with him. Woo, big deal. Yes, it's depressing, but it's nothing really drastic. -clip-(yes, I'd be angry out too if my mother did this to me, but at least I'd be angry, not moping).
Well, some people deal with situations incredibly different. I think that this is just a case of differing priorities between yourself and Marten. (Oh God, I'm referring to him as if he's real. IT BEGINS.) For Marten, he lost a lover, friend, confidant, and jeopardized a very big part of his social circle, all in one jarring event. As upset as he was about Dora's recurring issues, he was still willing to make up with her. I think that most of all, he's mad at the fact that the relationship was basically ended because "I can't convince Dora that I don't want to bone Faye."
And, he's what less than 72 hours out of said relationship? I think that he's allowed to have a grieving period here!
And as for him "moping" instead of being angry at his mother: some people simply can't! He may be mad at his mom, sure, but maybe he just can't bring himself to be externally mad at her. I know a few people like this. At the end of the day, she's his mom. "I can't be mad at her; she's my mom!" Granted, this is simply a case of me playing Devil's Advocate, but it is a possibility nonetheless.
Blackjoker! You got it! The phrase I was looking for before! Kicking him while he's down. THATS why I felt uncomfortable about today's comic. As funny as this is supposed to be, Veronica HAS to have a plan, otherwise Marten is just being used as a chewtoy. I'm still bracing for Marten's blowup and now I'm hoping for it more than ever. Not because I necessarily want him to yell at his mother, but I need to find out HOW Marten ultimately releases his bottled up emotions.
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Topic: WCDT Year End Edition Dec 27-31, 2010 (1826-1830) (Read 56916 times)