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WCDT 7-11 March 2011 (1876-80)
Odin:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 11 Mar 2011, 23:04 ---Faye notices the gender difference in appearance standards.
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And Jeph's newspost comment is the true explanation for why Marigold rejects the skirt advice out-of-hand!
TheEvilDog:
I'd jokingly suggest plastic surgery as an option, but given Marigold's self-esteem problems, that would just cause more problems in the long run.
And somehow I think Marigold would end up looking like the Bride of Wildenstein.
(seriously, there needs to be an ill/sick emote on here)
bicostp:
--- Quote from: cabbagehut on 11 Mar 2011, 22:49 ---Honestly, I sort of agree. I don't look anything like Marigold, but sometimes... you're just sort of unfortunate-looking. I think the storyline here is that Marigold is voluntarily that way, and she could change it, but she's not in the camp that believes it can be.
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I think the problem is she isn't giving herself enough credit. No she's not a knockout SI model, but she's also not the hideous sideshow attraction she sees herself as. A lot of it probably came from the teasing she received because of her behavior and interests in her school years (you don't get a frog down the back of your shirt for no reason), and was exasperated by being a recluse in college. It's very difficult to break out of that "I'm a hideous idiot nobody actually likes me" mindset.
Of course, being surrounded by other women so skinny they could hide behind a fence post doesn't help much either. She doesn't seem to think there is any difference between "full-figured" and "moo".
e:
--- Quote from: TheEvilDog on 12 Mar 2011, 08:21 --- (seriously, there needs to be an ill/sick emote on here)
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You can borrow this one!
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: bicostp on 12 Mar 2011, 09:27 ---
--- Quote from: TheEvilDog on 12 Mar 2011, 08:21 --- (seriously, there needs to be an ill/sick emote on here)
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You can borrow this one!
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Thank you.
iduguphergrave:
--- Quote from: Andy147 on 12 Mar 2011, 03:52 ---Presumably also a lot of people in Marigold's past have told her she's ugly.
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This is what I'm thinking. She says shes never had a date and if the title of this comic is actually true, the last time she was invited to any kind of social gathering (before meeting Marten and Co., anyway) was in 8th grade. The point is, I think it's safe to assume that people have been telling her, both in words and in actions, that she's ugly and unwanted for a very long time. That kind of treatment takes its toll; what else is she supposed to think when someone sincerely tells her she's pretty? Experience has told her otherwise.
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