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Three-Point Perspective (Patreon)

Published:
2023-03-02 03:12:18
Imported:
2026-06

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he's very threatenable

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Miyaa

That’s the Pintsize we know.

Izzy Omega

As if Claire wouldn't threaten him first...

Shawn K. Younkin

Faye will definitely englibben you later Bubbles.... count on it!!

R L

I mean, yeah, it would TOTALLY work.

Sean Kinlin

Ah, "englibben" - a perfectly cromulent word.

allanfranta

"in the long run, we are all dead" said Keynes.

Sean Kinlin

Really, Bubbles is making a stronger statement than Faye's paraphrase. She's saying that Marten might be better off making this move than staying in Noho.

Michael Boettger

Bubbles makes a good point. Marten has progressed from the new guy/outsider at the beginning of the strip, to practically being a townie. A change of scenery would force him to reinvent himself. He'll have an polestar, in the person of Claire, who has gently pushed him to take actions, will provide him to better himself.

Zig Justice

I am adding "englibbenation" and its various permutations to my lexicon

Hawkeye

Why do I all of a sudden want to be threatened by Bubbles. This is not where I thought my life would go

Alacrity Fitzhugh

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Grace Serenity

Bubbles already threatened Marten when they first met!

Elf Sternberg

Somewhere in eternity, Keynes is cursing himself for ever saying that because it's been so misused for so many years.

Bill Silvia

It's possible that Cubetown has some sort of "lifestyle intertial dampeners" that will return Marten to his comfort zone. However, knowing Cubetown, they will literally dampen him, which will take him out of his comfort zone again.

Leticia Sparkman

You know, why is everyone so concerned with Marten not being comfortable? No one seems to be telling Hanners to go get a real job and make a difference in the world, or telling Tai to stop cruising through so stoned she leaves her job to her underlings. Claire's looking at a really stressful job that would undoubtedly extend way past 40 hours a week. Would it really be so terrible for Marten to be her house-spouse? (With or without the rings, yes.)

JD

englibben is my new favourite word. but also I love Bubs for pointing out that this might be a good thing for Marty

Carl Fink

I don't know about that. Marten is the guy who beat the crap out of a Shaolin monk when he got pissed.

Inahc

I'm expecting marten to open coffee of doom 2.0 over there, given the lack of coffee options in cube town. ...or I was, until someone downthread pointed out Claire's gonna be so busy she could probably use a house-spouse. :) ... He could always open the coffee shop *after* she's put out the really big fires?

Bill Silvia

Hanners has made massive strides in dealing with her OCD, and Tai graduated college and got engaged. I don't think either of them are in a position where they'll look back in 20 years and feel like they wasted their twenties.

Asthmatic Space Gimp

They're utterly demolishing boundaries of the English language here and it's wonderful. Wordsmithery at its finest. 🤘

Diptych

Hanners also travelled the world, worked with exotic animals, and generally had exciting adventures. Plus, she was already financially secure. Maybe it's a consequence of having aged past Marten in the course of reading the comic, but I'm worrying about his career progression and ensuring he gets enough savings that he doesn't wipe them out every time he buys a guitar.

Andrew L Butula

Also, Hanners could probably be the CEO of an evil transnational megacorporation in a few weeks if she put her mind to it.

Mandy Hoskins

I love everybody here, but idk how I feel about their concerns here. What's the big worry? Marten has a loving relationship, a wonderful support system, a steady and reliable job with which he can support himself - what's so wrong with that? I've kind of reached a settled, comfortable point in my life too. I mean, granted, I just bought my first house last year, but I feel like I'm good to coast for a while, you know? I don't need to be climbing for anything, I'm set. I often find myself reciting Faye's line from a long time ago "is contentment the same thing as complacency", but I'm like, meh, so what if it is. I'm doing great. I guess the concern is that by moving, Marten would lose the support system and the job. But I think he'd get another. Doing.. something on cubetown. And he and Claire are good at communication so if she was unhappy with him, she'd definitely tell him. I'm not worried. He'll be alright.

Bagge

Totally going to find a way to use 'englibben' in everyday conversation

kaitou

Faye now has to disenglibbenize her englibbenization Bubble's nonenglibbened, uh, where was I?

Diptych

To perspect differently englibbens the comfortablest Marten.

Sean Kinlin

Or wordsmifery in this town.

Joseph Bonnar

I will englibben my meatloaf with a dash of ketchup!

Joseph Bonnar

It's the thought of her in spiked heels that does it, Hawkeye.

Yelling Bird

Bubbles can threaten me anytime! Or Faye. You know, whichever is available.

enchantedsleeper

Hanners did in fact get a real job at Coffee of Doom, but I'm not sure about Tai. Does she still work at Smif? 🤔

OldGoat

But you'd enjoy it, so it wouldn't be any fun to watch.

enchantedsleeper

It's a fair point (although Cubetown sure is... a place as far as new starts go)

Michele Williams

wordfuckery is a much better term lol. Jeph's in good company, though. A regular modern-day Shakespeare

mammalsounds

I feel like Bubbs offering Marten a gentle, sincere assessment (as pictured above) is going to be roughly equivalent to a full-on Naval warship broadside. He has no armor rating for ordnance of this grade or classification.

Miyaa

@Inahc • Maybe I’m misreading things, but have we seen anything from Marten that shows he wants to be the kind of small business owner that Dora is? To me, it’s more likely that Cubetown finds a niche for Marten to do than he finds something for himself.

David Paul

I agree. While we have no idea what happened during the timeskip, Marten seems to be in a pretty good place, and (after MUCH archive trawling), is still currently employed at the library, so would 1) have at least one reference and 2) have transferrable skills and experience. This may or may not end up being Claire's time to shine, but that would not really dim Marten's story by any means.

Nutjob

This guy doesn't know about The Great Librarian War

Abhayakara

Englibben is a perfectly cromulent word.

David F

How long has Jeph been waiting for the perfect moment to deploy "englibben"?

Kenneth

I think we may miss that Cubetown may be a good place for Marten. If our initial glimpses of it are any indication, Cubetown's dysfunction is not entirely a result of disorganization. It may actually be a collection of genius lacking a means of meaningful support. Just like Elizabeth gravitated to Marten, so too would others. Marten's history demonstrates that he is exceptional (maybe unintentionally) of building communities. Claire may build a structure, but Marten can build community just by being himself. I actually don't see him as being uncomfortable there, because he'll be doing the same thing he's always done naturally.

Todd Ellner

Englibben is the focus word Ms. Marvel uses to become more convincing and sharpen her repartee

allanfranta

He was being glib, I'm sure. Also he was mostly right, but like Cassandra, nobody listens.

panpolypuff

Claire realizes that Cubetown needs library assistants, tech crews, structure enforcement, and a coffee shop, and then the entire cast moves there. Done.

Captain Button

And a bakery, don't forget the bakery.

Hugh Eckert

Marten has been a source of good and a reliable friend, as well as being content. Why should he look back on this as being "wasted"?

Hugh Eckert

Faye and Pintsize both don't seem to grant Marten any agency in this matter. Maybe they should stop handwringing about it and trust him. I think Bubbles's statement may be closer to the truth, and that (facetious as it may sound) Faye's paraphrase may be true as well. Though I'm also impatient with the idea that there's some kind of absolute value to "getting pushed out of your comfort zone". I also have to wonder whether there's a certain amount of jealousy (or at least projection) here from characters like Faye who are having to struggle...

William Burns

Then after a two-year run, Cubetown accidentally triggers a powerful AI that thanks everyone for their work, gives all of them a generous severance package, and takes over the island. The entire cast moves to Atlanta.

Christopher Beer

Random thought: should he still be called "Pintsize"? Now that he has a human sized chassis that name doesn't really seem appropriate anymore.

Doc Gumby

Now Pintsize refers to his good taste and moral sense...

Yelling Bird

It doesn't need to be fun for YOU. :)

Some Ed

@Diptych: to be fair, there exist some really ridiculously expensive guitars out there. If I were a betting person, I'd be willing to bet that there exists one that's outside of my price range. Come to think of it, probably most of the guitars out there which are actively the favorite guitar of a still performing world renowned guitarist is way past my net worth. That said, Marten bought a specific type of guitar, not one that was currently owned by someone who considered it a prized possession and loved.

Some Ed

I like that you thought the English language had boundaries that its users as a collective group recognize.

Some Ed

@David Paul: Why would Marten need any references? He dates The Librarian. That's good enough to get basically any job he wants in Cubetown.

Leak

Still less sketchy than the fappening.

Robert Heinig

Who ever said the name refers to... 🙊

JD

‘Cromulent’ 😫👌🏼👌🏼 please also enjoy inbreathiate.

Mad Marie

That’s right before my doppelgänger is introduced!

Mad Marie

Mary Wordsworth was William’s Wordswife.

Mad Marie

The Englibbrarian

Ursus Ridens

Eighteen-and-something years, I'm sure.

Ursus Ridens

Can we get the alt-Northampton fairy and Pizza Girl, too?

David Paul

I thought the bakery was to be kept secret?

JourneymanWizard

There is a lot of assumption that living a chill life "not BEING GRATE or GOOSING TEH CAPITALIST DREAM" is inherently bad. To be, to be non-detrimental, to enhance your community: that is a very good life. Anything** else is luck and/or propaganda. ** considered "better". Less is still a good life, but perhaps mental illness? Circumstance? Other terrible sh*t? To strive to be better is noble, to persist is still an endeavor. Even the 'broken' are a benefit to us all, and we will all be better for doing what we can.

Fart Captor

I really want to be inside of that hoodie with Bubbles 🥺

Elrod

What bakery?

Mark

That hadn't occurred to me, but you could be right.

Solomon Garland

Honestly... she's not wrong. It might be awful, but he might find something very satisfying to pursue up there

David Paul

@Some Ed: A valid argument. @Nutjob: Sorry, no. I was distracted by all the reaction videos to the MommyMilkers/Burger Oni collaboration stream...

David Paul

Faye usually occupies that space. Are you sure you want to tell her to scooch over?

Leak

@Ursus: you mean he had to ask "englibben" for consent to use it after he originally came up with it for the very first strip?