I really feel for Victor and Martin because I think if they could let go of those expectations and subsequent disappointments they would really rather like each other and as a combined team they would be a force to be reckoned with.

Oh, definitely. And it might be a good thing, in a way, that they don't get along... Otherwise it would be Fitzgeralds taking over the world :)

BTW, how do you do your quotes in italics?

Very easy, just a matter of inserting a bit of HTML code. At the beginning of the phrase you want italicized, enter < i > (minus the spaces), and at the end of the passage enter < / i > (again minus the spaces). If you want bold, underlined, or strike-through text, simply substitute in b, u, or strike (respectively) for the i.