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Ho boy. Time for ethnic-doppleganger Dora.

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anabatica:

--- Quote from: Tetrinity on 17 Feb 2011, 04:57 ---I think it's a bit hard to call at the moment; it seems more like "oh hey, I know those guys and she's waving me over, I should go say hi".

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This is exactly what I said. Marten's a friendly guy, if he sees someone he knows he'll smile in recognition and go over and chat. It doesn't mean he wants to jump Padma's bones. Especially coming across someone in a casual context that you've only previously known in a professional context (i.e. buying coffee from them) can induce a surprised/pleased reaction. There's a possibility that there may be a romantic arc emerging from this, but it will only be with strong urging from Steve and very overt approaches from Padma or Renee.

Is it cold in here?:
(moderator) urges calm about Indian names lest the conversation turn into a violation of the civility rule.(/moderator)

Akima:

--- Quote from: Justin Alexander on 17 Feb 2011, 11:21 ---Padme is also a name from India. You should probably try educating yourself before throwing around insults.
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Getting a person's name wrong deliberately (which I'm assuming nobody has done here) is an intentional insult. Getting a person's name wrong accidentally is still slightly insulting, and should simply be acknowledged as a mistake to be avoided in the future, rather than excusing or justifying it by reference to a fantasy character or anything else.

I don't think JackFaerie's point was that Padme was or was not an Indian name, but that it was wrong to misspell Padma's name and then excuse or justify that by reference to a Star Wars character created in Hollywood who has no connection to India, the planet Earth, our galaxy, or even reality.

horsefish:

--- Quote from: anabatica on 17 Feb 2011, 12:10 ---
--- Quote from: Tetrinity on 17 Feb 2011, 04:57 ---I think it's a bit hard to call at the moment; it seems more like "oh hey, I know those guys and she's waving me over, I should go say hi".

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This is exactly what I said. Marten's a friendly guy, if he sees someone he knows he'll smile in recognition and go over and chat. It doesn't mean he wants to jump Padma's bones. Especially coming across someone in a casual context that you've only previously known in a professional context (i.e. buying coffee from them) can induce a surprised/pleased reaction. There's a possibility that there may be a romantic arc emerging from this, but it will only be with strong urging from Steve and very overt approaches from Padma or Renee.

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IMHO Marten's demeanor, facial expression and haste implies a little bit more than "oh hey, I know those guys," as does Steve's final comment. He doesn't just seem pleased that she is calling him over, he seems THRILLED.  I mean, this is the King of Meh we're talking about.

And If there is going to be a war between the people who want to keep flogging the doppelganger thing and people (like most on this particular thread) who think entirely too much is being made of Dora/Padma similarities, I stand firmly with the latter.  Though I give CEOIII (?) all due props for coining PseuDora.  It was an interesting theory when Padma first showed up, but I think it's time to put it on the shelf.  And take it back down if Jeph really does make her just like Dora.

bicostp:
There are similarities between Dora and Padma that are based in fact. They both own small businesses, they're both tall and lanky, both have friends as employees, both their given names end in the letter 'A', and they're both women.

At this point everything else is speculation at best and fan projection at worst.

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