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75 (29.6%)

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Jeph hates fat people.

56 (22.1%)

Total Members Voted: 110

[Shadic]

Penelope seems reasonably stable.

She's one of my favorite characters, actually. Partially because of how she ended up working there.

And I think that Dora is going to settle down before too long. Especially if she ends up having a real conversation with Penelope.

[Border Reiver]

Dora may have to talk with Pen, if only because there's no one left.  Maybe now we can find out why Penelope is the "bitterest girl on Earth", as well as calming Dora down so that she and Marten can work things out.

[Border Reiver]

Not sure if Jeph would want to write on-screen poly anyway...

Nah, that would violate the monogamy clause of the Marten/Dora relationship.  Which both of them agree with.

[Surgoshan]

Does that also mean that Marten's *never* going to pee on Dora?  Darn.

[frullic]

please, no more watersport references...

[bunnyThor]

Are you implying that watersport references have jumped the shark?

[Doug S. Machina]

 :rimshot: (b'dum, tish.)

For terrible puns we're we're imposing waterboarding.

[Surgoshan]

And now it's torture.

[mayfly]

Actually, it'll probably be revealed that Marten is still feeling things for Faye, and it's confusing him.  That'll be the source of the comic's drama, I'm calling it.

I totally see that. I'm calling it too.

To answer the original question, I don't think they will last forever, but a while longer at least. Although who knows what Monday's comic will bring!

[bicostp]

Actually, it'll probably be revealed that Marten is still feeling things for Faye, and it's confusing him.  That'll be the source of the comic's drama, I'm calling it.

I totally see that. I'm calling it too.

I'll see your "Marten is still feeling things for Faye" and raise "That feeling is probably mutual".

They might last a couple more months (real time), but they're heading into rough seas. I can see next week going 3 ways:

1. Dora gets even more pissed off at Marten's drunken attempt at patching things up. Messy breakup soon to follow.
2. She's as drunk and remorseful as he is, "I'm sorry" "No, I'm sorry" for a while. Possibly a make-up, but they don't get back to where they were.
3. We get to see what happened at the CoD while they were at the bar, possibly learning where her insecurities came from.

[Radien]

I hope no one has mentioned this before, but I can't help but think about how Jeph said that QC had only spanned about 6 months in story time (maybe pushing 9 months by now?).

My point?  Well, usually it takes longer than that for a couple to decide to get married. And since the Dora/Marten relationship only started a little while ago in the greater scheme of things, they have a long way to go before they decide to do it. (Not to mention that neither one of them seems to even desire marriage to anyone until further notice)

So, it'd be a huge commitment for Jeph to develop this relationship long enough to lead to something like that. And would it be worth it?  It'd take awhile to know for sure, and by awhile I mean at least a year in real time, if not two or more. I expect there will be more drama before that, of the relationship-ending kind, even, although I have enough confidence in Jeph to expect that it won't end up looking like a season of Friends. (in this case, I mean a breakup and subsequent hookups with the sole purpose of convincing the reader that the two "always loved eachother" )

[JOHN]

So, seeing as any one who's caught up knows, dora and martin broke up. however, i think jeph should bring back padma. have a padma-marten relationship

[Masterpiece]

Wow, what a Necro.

Would people PLEASE stop calling him Martin, I'm starting to develop a pet peeve.

[KOK]

What we need is a character named Martin. Then people will have to spell Marten correctly.

[Redball]

So, seeing as any one who's caught up knows, dora and martin broke up. however, i think jeph should bring back padma. have a padma-marten relationship

The post suggests you haven't yet read the rules, particularly the one against shipping. Among other things, the guy who owns the site, who hosts the forum for us, really dislikes anyone suggesting where he should take his characters. The post also suggests you haven't looked at the Public Spelling Announcement. Please read the rules, look around the forum to see what people are writing, how they're reacting, and get a feeling for the atmosphere here.

[Is it cold in here?]

Come to think of it, there's no clear reason for this thread to be open.

[Method of Madness]

I agree.