Sis wtf that episode got me crying so much ugh my poor bean looked back

Marty is loyal, helpful, kind and reliable. Marty is also very competitive but at his core wants to be a nice person.

At his best, Marty puts other people’s needs above his own. For example, when Buffy hurts her foot in the marathon, he decides to help her past the finish line despite training for the marathon for a long time.

At his worst, Marty can avoid problems as we see when he doesn’t talk to Buffy for a long time after she rejects him.

Although we don’t have that much of Marty in the show, from what we see, we can see that he does worry about Buffy and wants her to be safe, which is common for 6s. For example, after she hurts her foot, he is always almost nagging her to see a doctor because he doesn’t want her to have permanent damage. He also tries to warn her against doing the marathon before training because he knows there are risks to that.

Marty and Buffy bring out the best in each other and understand each other really well. To begin with, they have a bit of a banter and competitiveness between them as they both want to be the best at track (Buffy more so than Marty…). Marty often forgives Buffy’s antics (like the soaking of his shoes) and gives her the benefit of the doubt. He also is happy for her when she makes the basketball team, even though he doesn’t.

Marty never stopped liking Buffy, but he wanted to give her space because she wasn’t interested at the time. When they start talking again, Marty makes sure to tell her that he has a girlfriend because he doesn’t want to do the wrong thing, even though his girlfriend (and everyone else) can see that he still likes Buffy. 

Marty shows his wing 7 as he is more extroverted and expressive than a 6w5. 

Tri-type: 6w7 - 2w1 - 9w1

Some quotes to describe Marty’s motivations

“We’re halfway there, we’re more than halfway.”

“I’m gonna say, you haven’t eaten a live frog.”

“Do I know you?”

“I never stopped liking you.”