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WCDT: 26-29 July 2010 (Post SDCC version; 1716-1720)
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Akima on 26 Jul 2010, 06:40 ---Shoving a stick into someone's chest (looking at it again, it really does look as if it makes contact), or even brandishing it at someone sufficiently vigorously to cause them to rear back as Penelope does, goes well beyond a gesture IMHO.
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I find it sad that people think that such a gesture (even if it makes contact) amounts to anything more than emphasis; something to do with the modern world, I suppose.
Is it cold in here?:
Pennelope thought it was more than emphasis. Look at her physical and verbal reaction. If Claire did not intend that reaction, she would have apologized for alarming Pennelope.
She didn't shrink away like that in 751.
If Claire wants respect, she can damn well get it the old-fashioned way.
Mr_Rose:
--- Quote from: ecstaticjoy on 26 Jul 2010, 07:59 ---Faye looks so cute today!!
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Wait, today Monday or Today comic-time? I mean, both are true, but I was wondering about the specifics.
Karilyn:
--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 26 Jul 2010, 07:38 ---
--- Quote from: Karilyn on 26 Jul 2010, 01:57 ---Actually I didn't realize Dora or Claire were Wiccans. I thought the implication was closer to Claire being a generic traditional witch, as opposed to a neopegan Wiccan. After all, Wiccan's don't hold copywrite to the word witch, and any occultist could call themselves a witch if they want. I've never associated Wiccans with anything other than a fuzzy bunny mentality. All the Wiccans I've ever meet could best be described as marshmallows at best, and at worst fluffy bubbly bimbos. Think like Legally Blonde sorta thing.
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...have you ever actually watched Legally Blonde?
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Unfortunately yes. I was referring to her pink bimbo behavior. Even though she validated herself as a lawyer (through a hilarious stupid, and almost dues-ex plot twist that ended up not using any lawyering skills at all), that still didn't make her any less of a pink obsessed stereotypical blonde bimbo with all the personality of a rock.
Which is more or less how all the wiccans I've yet met seemed to act. Creepy perky if you ask me. It seems to be some sorta fad that is running amuck cause it's "Like I'm like totally a wiccan, cause it's like totally cool to be a white witch! Like Totally!" I don't know if they think they are trying to be like Glinda the Good Witch of the North or what, but it's annoying really.
EDIT: On second thought, maybe comparing them to like that cartoon Totally Spies would've been more accurate than Legally Blonde. Oh well.
HiFranc:
--- Quote from: Binary on 26 Jul 2010, 04:42 ---[...]
I think he was referring to the self-contradiction of Penelope believing in luck, but not in curses. They're BOTH superstitions.
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This reminds me of an interview I heard on the radio a few years ago. The interviewee had studied "lucky" and "unlucky" people. He found that those that were unlucky saw the costs of a situation whereas those that were lucky saw the opportunities. He used some hypothetical examples to see how his subjects would react. The one that was mentioned in the interview I listed to was something to the effect of:
"You go to the bank but the bank gets robbed and you get shot in the arm. How do you feel about that."
Unlucky people said things to the effect of: "Just my luck to go in the bank on the day bank robbers were going to turn up."
Lucky people said things to the effect of: "At least it wasn't my head." One of them even stated, "Great! I can sell my story to the papers and make lots of money!"
I'm pretty sure the programme was BBC Radio 4's Start the Week. A check with a search engine makes me think that the interviewee was Richard Wiseman promoting his, then, new book "The Luck Factor".
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