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Mark and whatshername at CoD
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The Tai Inquisition
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A week of Pintsize and Winslow
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Clairepoclypse
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Swing Girl at CoD
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Marten and Steve go buy Cereal
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Butts
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Purple Monkey Dishwasher
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Jeph surprises us
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Author Topic: WCDT: 2631-2635 (Feb 03 - 07 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread  (Read 42054 times)

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Went for "Clairepocalypse” just because it's such a nice word to say. Would be quite happy to see the swing girl show up at CoD and maybe get a name too.
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I don't think the Tai Inquisition and the Clairepocalypse are mutually incompatible.

A lot of us seem to be expecting the Tai Inquisition. I'll mention that in passing and leave any other jokes just lying there. Pick them up at your own risk.  :-D
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I don't think the Tai Inquisition and the Clairepocalypse are mutually incompatible.

A lot of us seem to be expecting the Tai Inquisition. I'll mention that in passing and leave any other jokes just lying there. Pick them up at your own risk.  :-D

No one expects the Claire Inquisition!  :-P
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I can see all of the above. 

At once. 


Except purple monkey dishwasher, that's just silly! 
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I can see all of the above. 

At once. 


Except purple monkey dishwasher, that's just silly!

The Tequila Bear would never allow it to hone in on its turf.
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As I type this, the Tai Inquisition has 12 votes.

Just sayin'.
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Steve and Cosette having troubles? Dang, they have been together for so long hope it's nothing serious.
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It was a non-fulfilling random hookup, Mark, deal with it.
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At least Steve's using his own bathroom this time!
Steve and Cosette having troubles? Dang, they have been together for so long hope it's nothing serious.
What? No, the joke was that he was about to high five Marten and then Marten didn't deserve it anymore at the last moment so he had to stop.
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It was a non-fulfilling random hookup, Mark, deal with it.

 
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At least Steve's using his own bathroom this time!
Steve and Cosette having troubles? Dang, they have been together for so long hope it's nothing serious.
What? No, the joke was that he was about to high five Marten and then Marten didn't deserve it anymore at the last moment so he had to stop.
So is the "total blueballs" in Steve's line talking about himself or Marten?
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Himself, but not actual blueballs. High five blueballs (hence Marten's response).
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I said Jeph surprises us because I want Marten to wake up at 2:30 in the morning remembering Delilah's name.  Then Pintsize give him a boot to the head or something.
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Looks like Marten associates sex with emotion and feelings. When the emotion is removed he isn't satisfied and feels used. The last part you can argue isn't justified because the engagement was mutual between them, but that is not the end all be all in my opinion.

Reminds of me of an episode of Regular Show (I'm a big fan) where Mordecai is talking to Starla.
"Look, I know how Muscle Man can be. He's annoying, he smells, and he pretty much has no common decency for others, but he's still human, and he has feelings. We all do.  We're just fragile beings looking for someone to share something with. To laugh with. To love."

The latter part of the quote applies to some people and it doesn't for others. I think there would be less hostility here if we all just recognized that that is the kind of guy Marten is and to suspend judgement accordingly.
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Looks like Martin associates sex with emotion and feelings.
Is this strange?
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Looks like Martin associates sex with emotion and feelings.
Is this strange?

Not at all, I am the same way.
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Looks like Martin associates sex with emotion and feelings.
Is this strange?

The feelings or the misspelling?
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Looks like Martin associates sex with emotion and feelings.
Is this strange?

The feelings or the misspelling?

Bleh, I really cannot spell names. I edited the post to correct it, thanks for pointing it out.
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Funnily enough, I was just reading a thread on another forum discussing a similar topic (random hookups vs. actual relationships).  One post really stood out to me:

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And why don't you want a relationship? In all honesty, sex with someone you love, is about a bazillion times better then a hook-up.

It's like comparing a pizza straight out of the oven, crispy, with all the tastes properly distributed to a pizza that has been in the fridge for a week. It will do if you are really hungry, but unless you are high, it will not taste as good as you hoped.
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Ha, dang, I honestly didn't even notice the misspelling, and if I had I would've fixed it in my quote. But no, obviously not the misspelling.

Jazzmaster, I really don't like that post, and not only because cold pizza is awesome (and it totally is).
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Looks like Martin associates sex with emotion and feelings.
Is this strange?

It is something I personally don't understand but that seems to be common. But I think Filliam was just categorizing Marten into that group, not trying to say it was unusual to be in it.
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Woo! Bonus strip with Cosette! I expected this thread was finished last week, but I was wrong. I imagine Cosette went to the bathroom after panel #1, and that the rest of the strip is without Cosette overhearing. That way, Steve can loosen up and talk to Marten as a good bro.

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At least Steve's using his own bathroom this time!
Steve and Cosette having troubles? Dang, they have been together for so long hope it's nothing serious.
What? No, the joke was that he was about to high five Marten and then Marten didn't deserve it anymore at the last moment so he had to stop.

Oh, I took "blue balls" and Marten's joke in the last panel to mean Steve and Cosette haven't had relations for a while...
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Nah, I don't see anything to support that, Steve and Cosette seem fine.
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Nah, I don't see anything to support that, Steve and Cosette seem fine.

To me, a guy won't mention blue balls while looking down in a clearly ashamed look unless there is something to the blue balls...I hope there isn't, but I also don't believe in coincidences.
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Marten has turned down casual sex before, when Sven offered to introduce him to hot no-strings-attached women.
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Nah, I don't see anything to support that, Steve and Cosette seem fine.

To me, a guy won't mention blue balls while looking down in a clearly ashamed look unless there is something to the blue balls...I hope there isn't, but I also don't believe in coincidences.
He's looking at his hand while talking about a high five. I'd say his look is more disappointed than ashamed.
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Steve obviously thinks Marten is stupid because he's got feelings, instead of just being happy for gettin' some. I don't really get the blueballs reference, is it because Marten is not satisfied with the situation?

What are Cosette's thoughts about this? Does she feel sorry for Marten, or does she think he is an idiot? It is what we could call "slutty behavior" by Marten, but a real slut would probably not show feelings afterwards?

EDIT: Can Steve's blueball remark indicate problems between him and Cosette? If so, could Cosette's flashing last week not have been an accident, but a way to get Marten's interest?

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Steve was just about to do a high five. He does not get to do it. Steves compares this to blue balls. Marten then suggests that Steve relieves this by going to the bathroom to high five himself.
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Sure - but it's really quite contrived, not one of Jeph's best by a long way.
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Steve was just about to do a high five. He does not get to do it. Steves compares this to blue balls. Marten then suggests that Steve relieves this by going to the bathroom to high five himself.
Possibly, but open to interpretation. I hope we see Cosette again tomorrow. Too bad if Jeph ends this thread without resolving this issue.

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Steve was just about to do a high five. He does not get to do it. Steves compares this to blue balls. Marten then suggests that Steve relieves this by going to the bathroom to high five himself.

Exactly, plus the implication that Steve is entitled to high five himself because he did "get some" of what Marten didn't i.e. not just the sex, but the meaningful relationship. Marten's obviously a bit jealous - in the last frame he seems to be looking at the bathroom where Cosette is, and maybe wondering what would have happened if he'd been able to take up her earlier invitation which he'd rejected because he was with Dora at the time.
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Sure - but it's really quite contrived, not one of Jeph's best by a long way.

It didn't seem remotely contrived to me. This thread, on the other hand, was a little bemusing TBH.
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For some reason, I suddenly have Faith No More on the brain after reading that last bit of dialogue from Mark... er, Marten.
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Steve was just about to do a high five. He does not get to do it. Steves compares this to blue balls. Marten then suggests that Steve relieves this by going to the bathroom to high five himself.

Exactly, plus the implication that Steve is entitled to high five himself because he did "get some" of what Marten didn't i.e. not just the sex, but the meaningful relationship. Marten's obviously a bit jealous - in the last frame he seems to be looking at the bathroom where Cosette is, and maybe wondering what would have happened if he'd been able to take up her earlier invitation which he'd rejected because he was with Dora at the time.
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It hasn't quite started yet, but sweet Jesus can we please not spend this thread once again overanalysing one night stands. I think we pretty much well established last week that some people like 'em and some people don't.
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I fully expect that in the QCverse there will be more than enough characters who will be sympathetic to Marten's situation and tell him, "hey, nothing wrong with being unsatisfied with a zipless hookup, just recognize it as what it is and don't get hung up on it."   There was a lot of build-up from Dora, Faye and Tai for him to get back on the saddle but they are not inside his head.   Marten is simply facing one of the risks of the model in which you go for the sexual hookup first and then see if you can build a relationship afterwards -- which as far as we can tell he has not found to be a problem before, probably because prior shootdowns happened up front a-la the lieutenant.
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Just came across an old strip (1918) where Steve had second thoughts about Cosette moving in. Perhaps not relevant in this week's discussion, but it is always useful to have all facts at hand.

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Looks like Martin associates sex with emotion and feelings.
Is this strange?
Apparently ? To some people.

I don't really get the blueballs reference, is it because Marten is not satisfied with the situation?
Steve is disappointed about Martens attitude. He wanted him to high five for hooking up. But Martens attitude changes Steves mind and he's "blueballed", i.e. disappointed, now. At least thats how I understood it. I'm not a native english speaker so the whole "blueballs" concept is rather alien to me.

Excellent analysis!
Actually for me it sounds pretty far fetched. Marten is thinking about the situation, thats why he's looking away, and not at Steve.
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It's not a pheromone, of course.  It's that people in a relationship are calmer and more relaxed with the opposite sex, which is much more attractive than the tenseness that comes with sexual frustration. And the longer you are single, the worse it gets as the desperation starts to show. It's like the first time job seekers' vicious circle i.e. can't get a job without experience/can't get experience without a job. 
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Contrived though it may be, the blueballs reference is a callback. (HT MoM)

My archive-fu is weak... anyone wanna help out?
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Contrived though it may be, the blueballs reference is a callback. (HT MoM)

My archive-fu is weak... anyone wanna help out?
There are several. Here is one.

It's not a pheromone, of course.  It's that people in a relationship are calmer and more relaxed with the opposite sex, which is much more attractive than the tenseness that comes with sexual frustration. And the longer you are single, the worse it gets as the desperation starts to show. It's like the first time job seekers' vicious circle i.e. can't get a job without experience/can't get experience without a job. 
Thank you. Now I am really depressed.
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