Jeph commentary at the bottom of the strip:
"God damnit you two "
Most recently, during the last blow-up he had with Dora. Only the wrong person encountered it.
Yeah, that’s right. :smack:
Yeah well, even when he does get mad he quickly rolls over onto his back, so let’s see how long this lasts.
I’m not really 100% with Marten on this one. I can understand him being pissed about this but it’s partly his own fault. Check back on what was actually said in 1795. Dora said right in front of him that she was going to look at his porn stash. Marten was sort of unhappy about it but he never really told her not to.
No, she said she was going to ask Pintsize. Marten knows that’s not where his stash is. Pintsize is a (semi-)autonomous person/thing to ask about Marten’s habits. But getting on his computer is a HUGE violation.
Yeah, I don’t think Marten has an ironclad case against Dora, although if I were him I would have been angry also (if I were him I would have dumped her crazy ass a long time ago and kicked out Faye). Although he didn’t specifically say, “Don’t look for my porn” he did say he thought some things should be private and Dora pretty much ignored him.
I can almost see this ending with Marten’s apologizing to Dora, which would be ridiculous.
ARGH. I wish they would break up already! Failing that, I hope Marten stands his ground this time.
I predict Dora will apologize and try to make amends by offering Marten a totally lewd sex act couched in some hipster lingo like “Rusty Trombone”. Marten, of course, will find this shockingly forward, charming and although slightly disgusting, is what he loves about Dora so he will crumple like a cheap suit.
I could totally see Marten apologizing profusely to Dora and then going into the bathroom to remove whatever tiny nutsack he has remaining in order to hand it over to her.
Huh. Wasn’t expecting another Martin/Dora-plot bit for another 500 strips or so.
Checking your sweetie’s browser history is not acceptable, but a) she did it right in front of him, and b) someone as sexually open as Dora could easily not see the problem. And telling someone ‘don’t look there, you might not like what you see’ is like putting a negligee on whatever you’re asking them not to look at.
I’m definitely getting the ‘fighting over nothing vibe’ from this. She was being insensitive and pushy, but he was being (uncharacteristically) passive-aggressive. That’s a big change from their previous fights, which were all about Dora’s trust issues and tendency to lash out when scared.
Or, maybe I’m just being negative. This might be an opportunity for Dora to demonstrate applied crazy-reduction . . . but for the first time, their fight wasn’t really about her issues.
Though, I’m still not agreeing the ‘Dora’s domineering/Martin’s a doormat’ argument . . .
And did anyone else think Dora’s face looked kinda off in panel 2?
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Dora seemed genuinely disappointed Martin’s porn stash was so vanilla. Would not be a good thing if that complaint were that to pop out in an argument later . . .
New strip up. Marten’s going, going, going…
…annnd there goes his nutsack.
Holy crap, an early strip!
Also . . . holy crap! That was quick.
The problem is that he’s usually just passive-passive so Dora didn’t spot the agressive part.
If it leads to Dora hooking up with Tai, I’m in favor of this break-up proceeding.
I wonder what he’s going to do to beg for her forgiveness. Hopefully we don’t get 100 strips of him crying or whatever.
Huh. I guess in Dora’s world, if she apologizes, that means Marten has to STFU and say everything’s OK.
Especially considering that her apology was of the “I’m sorry that you took offense at my innocuous behavior” variety.
She started off her apology the wrong way. Her attitude seems to hint that she’s apologizing in a sort of “why the fuck are you having a cow, you’re being unreasonable” way. In her shoes I’d strike a more conciliatory note.
ETA: or, what MilTan said.
Yeah, noticed Marten’s line was “…sick of your apologies”. Plural. When you find yourself genuinely needing to apologize all the time, you need to look at your interpersonal skills.