Marten's Gambit
quick make something explode!!
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I forget how long I've been reading this comic. Maybe 10 years or so, I think. Part of my morning ritual. A couple months ago I started reading from the beginning, 10 strips per day. I figure it'll take me another couple years to get to where I start recognizing ones that I've already read. I've only got as far as #650 this morning.
I've been through it twice already in its entirety, and was considering starting it again, but in view of recent events......
Hey look, Liz! A Fourier transformed puppy!
https://tenor.com/view/umm-wait-nathan-fillion-gif-4809231
Panel 3 Liz pounding her hind leg on the ground like an agitated hare :) this is delightful (at least to watch from a safe distance). Maybe better if Marten doesn't caffeinate her any further though.
*Attenborough voice* A common sign of aggression in the northern self-deprecating trash gremlin, foot stamping is a warning that this remarkable and elusive creature may be about to bite. The handler cautiously attempts another distraction, remaining wary of the sharply serrated teeth common to many goblin species. Majestic.
Martin - “It’s adorable that you think knowing about the trick will prevent you from falling for it in the future.”
"Okay, l'll level with you. There *is* an experiment; that was just an excuse I made up to distract you from the fact that you added so much sugar that we can't possibly get good data now. I didn't want you to feel bad."
Marten hasn’t yet realised the coffee shop is also a ploy, to distract him. In a town that is a ploy to distract scientists from building doomsday devices in urban centres.
I think Liz is underestimating Marten's creativity here.
Never give away your secrets, Marten.
I wanted to see Marten charging a playing card and throwing it at the coffee machine.
"YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TOLD ME!" Liz said calmly. (edit: stupid site ruining my signature) ~< 3
I feel like Liz is like one of those pigeons that fall into those bucket traps. Like if you provide crumbs of fulfilling discussion or engagement, she'll gladly walk onto the trap even after seeing hundreds of other pigeons fall in before her
*Winslow's ears perk up* https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5256
Martenatos Gambit
I just realized how terribly weird it would be if Liz were disarmed.
I sing of arms and the goblin....
When did Marten get so good at this?
None of this can be as potentially traumatic as his relationship with near-suicidal Faye, IMO. He likes Liz, but she isn't as important to him as Faye.
The Gambit part has me trying to come up with a QC chess set...
Hmmmm. Would it be Humans vs. AI? Northampton vs. Cubetown? QC vs. DoA (all pieces are just BUTTS)?
One .. dude .. hm. Is this the world's most indirect/obtuse and ( elegantly ) weird harem comic?
Goblin Mocha.
Goblin Mecha?
Whatever that stompy angry look Liz is throwing off in panel three is called, it is one of Jeph's favorites.
give your goblin a hug if acceptable
"Ideally I'd be a *different* person." - Surely someone is working on that technology somewhere in Cubetown.
The classic Toon Transfer Helmet. One man, one chicken, cheep yuks.
It's always experiment time somewhere.
And there's always a time experiment somewhen.
I repeat: Martin's gets the best punchlines. 😂😂
Maybe this would be a great time for Marten and Liz to research therapists in the greater Cubetown area.
Hey, guess who just relocated to Cubetown Heights to get away from the weirdos in Noho? That's right, Dr. Corrine Buenvenida! (And her real estate agent really misinformed her about the local weirdo content.)
No no, you said it wrong Marten. It's "Okay then, let's make it *actually* an experiment."
Yeah Martin shouldn't have told her. It would have clicked in her goblin brain later.
As someone who deals with self-hatred every day of his life, Liz is the most relatable character in all of webcomicdom right now.
I feel that and hope you have access to a mental health professional. I did find this video helpful for my self-loathing: https://youtu.be/7-ex2qeAkdc?si=lAK26VOMMeo3RFPq
See, if she stops being distracted, she won't be flying anymore, and will fall.
At least he's not making her a pan-galactic gargle-blaster.