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Let's fix Marigold! (Since we have nothing better to do than meddle)
Mr_Rose:
Now there's an idea; Kosh voice-changer masks. I mean, they have one for nearly everyone else these days....
Kugai:
* Wheeze* Indeed they have *Wheeze*
Is it cold in here?:
I wonder if she had a family situation that was dysfunctional one way or another. Can a vicious "peer" group by itself create self-esteem problems as bad as Marigirl's? It seems more likely that she had self-esteem problems going into school and the merciless attacked where they saw weakness.
raoullefere:
That's what I meant when I said 'that we know of' (somewhere, I know I said it somewhere) about Marigold. She didn't just hatch like this. As for her isolationist tendencies being peer—related, I don't think a peer group can do this all by itself (although the wretched buggers can do a helluva job)— I'd guess an indifferent or a 'you gotta learn to suck it up' sort of parent is needed to help things along. Or, just as bad, an over-sheltering parent. The parental game seems to be rather similar to a tightrope act.
And, freely contradicting myself, I'll add there may be some psychological issue that, combined with the above-mentioned, brought Marigold here.
Really it could be all, some or none of these things. People, they're complected-like, you know? Even the ones who aren't real.
Carl-E:
Soooo many variables here - where to begin?
It depends on a lot of things beyond her self-assuredness when she started school. She may have been well adjusted at home, then early on gotten the reputation as "the kid who eats paste" or some such thing. Merciless teasing can ensue, and depending on how she handles it, it can lead to problems (or not).
Another problem often occurs when you move, especially if it's not at a transition year (in the middle of grade school or high school, for example). You're cast into a tightly knit social group as an outsider. The amount of self confidence you have is immaterial in a case like that.
She may have had a circle of good friends (based on gaming or something) that she hung with which split up when they all went to college, leaving her alone.
While the family life may have contributed to her current state, it isn't the only source of problems like this. Even in a loving, supportive family, there can be oversheltering so that a child winds up immature for his or her age, and essentially becomes disfunctional all on their own!
Edit: Ninja'd by Raoullefere! Curses!
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