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What is Marigold's fundamental character?

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DSL:
Attempting to be fair to all involved (and we know how that will work) ... the perceptions of Marigold and Faye about which everyone's arguing are in the main those of one forumite who, because of things she's stated and implied (and we've inferred) in her posts, identifies much more strongly with Marigold than with, well, just about anyone or anything else in the comic. And I suspect there has been a Faye, or a Faye-nalog, in the forumite's own life, one who has done considerable damage, perceived or real. I don't think there's much question the forumite's responses to her fellow forumites remind one of Marigold at her most extreme. Lord knows I've started to type out a few replies to the forumite and, that thought catching me, deleted them instead of hitting "post." Even so, I managed to catch at least one stray lightning bolt. Oh well.

Hey, Mari reminds me of some aspects of myself in my teens and twenties (except the part about being female; I'm not female) and the winces she evinces are those of self-recognition. I never had a Faye in my life -- that is to say, some who combines abuse with fierce loyal protectiveness -- unless you count my sister in some of her finer moments. You learn to love it, at least if it's a real person and a blood relation.

I started reading QC when Faye was, in the main, playful with flashes of mean-spiritedness, and I have to admit her present single-note dourness is a bit of a disappointment, but that may be a function of her being relegated to the background in the last couple of arcs. (It seemed to start almost exactly when Veronica told her she and Marten would be a "terrible couple.") But I console myself with two thoughts: I'm not seeing the whiny-manipulative side of her that would make me want to slap the pixels off her ink-line layer, and ... none of this is real. I can banish it at any time by the simple act of closing my laptop.

Is it cold in here?:
People are the most themselves when interacting with family, Momo is emotionally speaking family, and we get a pretty good impression of Marigirl from the way she treats Momo.

jwhouk:
The difference between Marigold and Faye is that we are aware of Faye's "deep dark issue". Marigold, AFAWK, doesn't have some similar issue - other than the little things we've heard from her about being teased and her social awkwardness.

On the plus side, she has grown a lot since she was introduced. Her room isn't the pigsty that it was when Marty and Dora brought Pintsize over to be repaired, and she is definitely caring more about her appearance (thanks, Dora).

...As an aside: I wonder if Dora and Marigold went out bra shopping like she suggested they should, back during the YouTube party?

Spectreofwar:
Wow, what a conversation...

Let's see...

Personally, I would describe Marigold as a shut-in because that's how she strikes me, even after what growth she has had. I identify with her (even as a guy, 'cause let's face it, bullies target both genders), but to the extent that she's taken it? That's being a bit too comfortable in the hole you're in. I knew a guy at my old workplace actually, who was his own kind of shut-in; he had a few friends, but he was THE MOST self-deprecating person I've ever met. He would NEVER hear of how he's got a lot to offer, and despite his own opinion wasn't a bad looking guy, but the thing of it is no matter how many of us (co-workers and friends alike) tried to get him out, have fun, put a smile on his face, it wouldn't take because in the end he didn't want to get out of his rut. He had been miserable for so long it was just too familiar, and somehow he was just more comfortable being miserable. He wasn't a bad guy at all; in fact, the guy was a total sweetheart to people every chance he got, but there are reasons we're not still really friends.

I see a LOT of similarities between him and Marigold. She didn't want to get "better" until people started involving themselves with her, and so far we stillo haven't seen much in the way of her propelling herself to do new things and involve herself. If the QC cast left her to her own devices to involve herself with them, do you think she'd do anything?

Given their perks and quirks together, I can quite easily say I'd rather have Faye as a friend than Marigold. Faye's good characteristics outweigh Marigold's for someone like me, even though I could go toe-to-toe with our respective bullied upbringing. For her sake I'd like to see her take the steps she needs to to come out of her shell, by her own power alone and because she wants to.

questionablecontentfan:
What Marigold said to Tai could have had a lot of meanings. Yeah, Mari's not into girls, but also, let's not forget that Tai hits on pretty much every woman in their group of friends. I pretend that Mari meant "I'm not desperate enough to go for someone who hits on every girl, like you." Even though I know she meant she wasn't desperate enough to make out with another girl, which was mean, but she was just being honest.

She also took her pants off and practically tried to grope Mari, that doesn't leave the best impression.

Mari is one of those totally straight girls that I'd always be hoping and hoping would...be with a girl. lol. But not Tai.

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