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WCT (Weekly Comic Thread) May 31-June 4, 2010 (1676-1680)
Schmorgluck:
--- Quote from: laizeohbeets on 01 Jun 2010, 12:15 ---She reminds me a lot of those ~*~wounded souls~*~ who make a big to-do about how they were teased in middle school
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What you improperly call "teasing" has a name. It's "harrassment." I lived it in middle school, and I can tell you it still plays a key role in my issues with interacting with people, my low self-confidence and my compulsive self-destructive tendencies.
What do you think it does to someone to go to school every weekday with in mind this only question "what will they do to me today?" What do you think it does to someone to be deprived from social interaction, to be considered an acceptable target by every fucking stupid "disturbed teenager" who needs a victim to get relief their "existential problems" (or whatever they call it), to have no occasion to take a single breath, to be in fear every fucking moment?
YOU FUCKING INSENSITIVE CLOD!
TAG:
--- Quote from: snubnose on 01 Jun 2010, 15:09 ---
--- Quote from: TAG on 01 Jun 2010, 11:28 ---"No tips for alliance scum." May or may not be real canon, not really selfish just sort of a jerk.
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I think the main issue is really that Marigold lacks social experience. As a result, she's often not aware that its even possible to ever think of others. Or in other words, I wouldnt give her up just yet. She might learn from the example of others.
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So she's a sociopath or severely autistic? I guess I could see that :P
I mean it's not like she grew up on a space station, but she's sure making the one who did look well grounded. The level of social interaction needed to successfully claim delivery pizza and make 20 seconds of small talk about your favorite hobby is so incredibly low.
But I generally excuse this scene as a one-off scene for a joke rather than canon.
--- Quote from: snubnose on 01 Jun 2010, 15:09 ---
--- Quote from: TAG on 01 Jun 2010, 12:55 ---True, but its still Hanners taking an interest / participating in Marigold things with Marigold, rather than Marigold making a real effort to do something with Hanners that Hanners likes.
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Hanners likes cleaning, counting things, and now Anime. So what options does Marigold have, actually, to do something with Hanners that Hanners likes ?
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Well let's see, Hanners like making dolls/crafts, music, wine (and other booze), baking, robots, the zoo, etc., but hey I'm not the one trying to be her friend. Has Marigold even asked? I don't think we've seen a single non-Marigold centric conversation between them. Hell, I mean Hanners grew up on a space station, what kind of proper anime geek isn't geeking out over that?
But other than getting dragged to a couple bars and now this party, Marigold hasn't done anything with Hanners that Marigold wouldn't have otherwise been doing anyway.
I'm sure Marigold will have some "redemption" story, but at this point I really don't care if she's redeemed. I think we've had more genuinely altruistic scenes with Pintsize, and when you're comparing a character's character to Pintsize's, it is never a good sign.
westrim:
*glances around* I can either do my usual thing and make about 20 responses... or I can keep my mouth shut. I think I'll keep my mouth shut. This particular thread of discussion has been Godwined anyway.
...*cough*
So is it just me, or did Angus and Marigold just pass by where Marten's dad proposed to his boyfriend?
Prince of Space:
--- Quote from: snubnose on 01 Jun 2010, 15:09 ---
--- Quote from: Prince of Space on 01 Jun 2010, 07:04 ---I would've liked Marigold to woman up and ask him why she's SO great. She hasn't done anything particularly awesome. I could count on both hands why she's kind of a bother and on one hand why she's awesome. I know she's a fairly recent character, but c'mon Angus. Give us a little insight. Maybe he's just laying it on thick to make her feel better.
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Err lol.
She's so great because she's a freaking attractive young female gamer.
Red brilliants are much more valueable than other kinds of diamonds, despite looking like a rubin, because they are so freaking rare.
So are skilled and dedicated gamers who are (a) attractive (b) young and (c) female.
That doesnt mean I'm her fan, though. I'm still with the Hanners crowd.
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First of all, attractive girl gamers aren't nearly as rare as you think. ; )
Secondly, diamonds(i.e. rare things) are only 'valuable' because certain people put value on them. Like you for instance. You think attractive gamer girls are valuable. The rich guys that come into my coffee shop would rather have a tall, vapid blonde. So, it's all in the eye of the beholder really.
The point I was trying to make is WHY is she such a great person to Angus? His words fall flat if he can't back them up with more than..."Uh...you're a great looking gamer girl!", you know?
Is it cold in here?:
Altruistic Pintsize.
By the time that happened, we'd seen a lot more Pintsize strips than we've seen Marigold strips.
Hey, she provided habitat and food for a rat, doesn't that count for something? :-)
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