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WCDT 4-8 April 2011 (1896-1900)
jwhouk:
I am Thunderstruck at the turn this thread has taken. :roll:
LoveJaneAusten:
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--- Quote from: LoveJaneAusten on 07 Apr 2011, 19:13 ---I think it's interesting that Marten only seems to assert himself over Pintsize, who isn't human. In almost all other cases, he's pretty spineless.
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My own guess is that we're seeing some beginning assertion here, Pintsize may have simply hit Martens "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore" button. I think some of it might also just be that Pintsize is also potentially far more dangerous if given too much leeway on anything.
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I don't think there's been any change in Marten's ability to assert himself, actually. He's always been able to get mad and act in his own interests when it comes to Pintsize (see: leaving Pintsize in the freezer, which I think happened in the 500s sometime - help me out here, archive gurus). With people, he's simply incapable of it. I definitely agree that letting Pintsize have his way is far too dangerous, so Marten's assertiveness here seems to be a matter of necessity. I also like the reading of Pintsize as essentially an anthropomorphization of Marten's id.
Wagimawr:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 08 Apr 2011, 13:02 ---I am Thunderstruck at the turn this thread has taken. :roll:
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Down a Highway To Hell? :psyduck:
Is it cold in here?:
Pintsize in the freezer was number 510.
Akima:
--- Quote from: gprimr1 on 07 Apr 2011, 22:39 ---He needs a lesson on not being weird. :) Interesting though, It suggests Hanner's dad is somewhat of a name in robotics.
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Or cybernetics generally. Clinton P Augustus... CPA? Is Jeph trying to tell us something here? Or is it a Star Trek shout-out to the character named after the the Roman emperor who succeeded Augustus? And yes he needs to work on not being weird, as much as I need to work on not over-thinking things.
I think "bought the chassis" should be roughly the equivalent of "drank the Kool-Aid"; accepting the basic structure of something. Or is that too literal?
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