Okay, if any of you actually know me pretty well, you know I have this rather unhealthy habit of getting too involved in the lives of the webcomic characters I follow regularly. In fact, I frequently have to remind myself that these are not real people, that they are not friends I just happen to stalk through a one-way mirror.
With that being said, this latest story arc of Questionable Content is really hitting a nerve with me.
[SPOILERS ALERT although really you should just go and catch up with the storyline if you actually care about these characters.]
The one that just went up in the last hour or so is basically one long monologue from Marten about the fight he just had with Dora, ending with a pervy punchline by Sven. The thing is, everything Marten says about Dora's trust issues could very well have come from me during the last few months of my last relationship, if I had been able to articulate the problem.
In particular:
"Every one of our fights has been about her crazy insecurity. I'm just so tired of having to convince her that yes, I'm ACTUALLY HAPPY WITH HER and I wouldn't rather be dating...someone else."
That was entirely the situation I dealt with. I was fighting with this guy every other day because he was convinced I was cheating on him; he didn't want me to have any time alone or spend time with other friends (not that I really had any other friends by that point). I spent all of my time and energy defending myself against a constant attack that I had done nothing to deserve, and even though it was making my life utterly miserable, I somehow just put up with all of this until it came to the breaking point, when he tried to make me choose between him and my trip abroad.
I guess my point in all of this is I don't really know what to hope for in the Dora/Marten situation. On the one hand, seeing them break up would be like seeing my best friends heartbroken; on the other hand, I don't want Marten to have to put up with the same thing I did, and if it looks like Dora is never going to budge on her position it might be time for him to move on.
OH GOD WHAT AM I DOING THESE ARE FUCKING CARTOON CHARACTERS NOT REAL PEOPLE
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