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WCT: 7-11 June 2010 (1681-1685)
Moxie:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 09 Jun 2010, 10:01 ---Was it really anybody's obligation to tell Marigold that Angus was interested in Faye? She had every right to know that Angus wasn't into her That Way, but that should have been sufficient.
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Yeah, I get that Marigold would have liked to have known that Angus liked Faye and was pursuing her, BUT Angus had already told Marigold he wasn't into a relationship with her and quite frankly, that should have been enough. The fact that she wondered if she could guilt him into liking her showed (to me at least), that Marigold hadn't particularly listened to him. At least finding out this way ensures that she can't ignore it, and has to accept it.
Sure it sucks, but I dunno how convinced I am that she really Liked him versus she liked him solely because he was nice to her.
disaacs:
--- Quote from: HiFranc on 09 Jun 2010, 01:54 ---Marigold seems to be taking it well and it looks like Dora wasn't lying when she said she could handle it. Considering how maternal Dora is (both here and when Hanners was ill), I think she would make a good mother (as much as she likes to deny that she wants one).
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Dora has never said she thinks she would be a bad mother. She has just said that she doesn't want to be a mother. Just because you might be good at something does not automatically mean you want to do it.
Heliphyneau:
--- Quote from: TAG on 09 Jun 2010, 06:15 ---
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 09 Jun 2010, 05:59 ---Either I'm too old or not well versed in things, but what's with the "Call Faye A Nazi" reference in the title?
Only thing I can think of is "Godwin'ed", but that's gotta be the most oblique reference ever.
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I'm pretty sure it is relating to Godwinning in reference to internet drama at the end. As in, if this was the internet, this would turn into a flame war.
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I agree with this interpretation.
And the only thing potentially more crippling/immobilizing to Pintsize than duct tape might be getting trapped in a room with Mieville. We haven't seen the kitty, right? Mieville could be reinacting a Saw movie on Pintsize right now for all we know . . .
Yeah, Marigold is moping, but it'd be unrealistic to expect her to deal with the news any better than she is at this point. Dora's actually being understanding without being condescending, so that's cool. I wonder how well she'll stick to the "I promise I'll be up-front with you from now on" thing -- depending on how much she's told her, it could get intersting if Marigold encounters Sven again (and no, I'm not shipping them).
Now, back to the party, where Winslow accidentally rickrolls everyone!
Thorbard:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 09 Jun 2010, 10:01 ---Was it really anybody's obligation to tell Marigold that Angus was interested in Faye? She had every right to know that Angus wasn't into her That Way, but that should have been sufficient.
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No, but he's not gone the best way about it. He's been trying to avoid the issue entirely while still practically leading her on, particularly with the compliments he was giving during the walk over to the party. The problem wasn't that he complimented her, but the specific compliments could all be easliy interpreted differently to that. Then to find out that the main reason for him not being interested in her (given that she admitted she didn't want a boyfriend, just someone to be nice to her "and stuff") is because he's into some other girl that he hasn't told her about.
If Angus expects her to trust him, he should've been up front about it. Like she said, it wouldn't be any worse than this all was and maybe she wouldn't have embarrassed herself by continuing to flirt with him.
Moxie:
How has he been avoiding the issue? Angus is the one who brought it up - Marigold wanted to avoid it. Angus also apologized for his unknowingly leading her on. Then we also found out that the reason Marigold started liking him was because he was nice to her. Angus has tried to be nice, tried to spare her feelings, and his compliments to me sounded like the standard "pick-you-up" sort of compliments typically heard - "You're so awesome, you need a person to match that awesomeness!" Maybe it wasn't the right way to deal with Marigold, but often there isn't a "right" way anyway, everyone reacts differently. Angus had already told Marigold he wasn't into her that way, so as long as she chose to interpret his niceness as him actually liking her, she chose to remain in denial and, short of Angus ignoring her completely, there probably wasn't anything else he could do.
As far as her embarrassment for continuing to flirt with him - again, she brought that upon herself because she chose not to listen to what Angus was telling her, and instead chose to listen to what she really hoped would happen. Whether or not he told her he was interested in another girl might have made a difference (and maybe even more if he'd told her it was Faye), or it might not have.
Her hurt now also doesn't seem to be so much at Angus not liking her, but at her being out of the loop. Quite frankly, she witnesses many signs of, at least Angus' attraction to Faye, and whether she missed them because she's socially inept or because she didn't want to see them are both good reasons. Also, she's complaining about drama, but she did bring some of it upon herself by choosing to not listen to Angus.
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