Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT: 2001-2005 (29 Aug-2 Sept 2011)
questionablecontentfan:
I don't agree with what you've said, any of it, but thank you for your thoughts.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: Akima on 30 Aug 2011, 17:11 ---Life is suffering.
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Life is to a large extent what we make of it. Remember that obnoxious preachy slogan from driver's ed, "You're not in traffic, you are traffic"? Our actions add to and subtract from the total of the world's suffering. Angus spared Marigold a huge chunk of suffering by not taking advantage of her.
People who didn't take suffering as inevitable have, among other things, eradicated smallpox, eliminating three million agonized deaths every year.
questionablecontentfan:
I think it's just bullshit that Marigold got to choose between what actually happened, and Angus having sex with her and then dumping her cold. How about loving her?
I don't agree with the whole "oh, she only liked him because he was nice" crap. Maybe she just felt backed into a corner and said that because she wasn't thinking clearly. Angus almost wanted to hear her say her feelings weren't genuine to make himself feel better about rejecting her.
And so what if she doesn't say anything or act like she has a broken heart? Who knows what's going on inside of her? I have a broken heart, and if you observed my external actions, you'd never know it, because I don't speak of it to anyone, and I have to go on acting like everything's fine, when it's not.
What makes you think Marigold couldn't be doing the same?
Carl-E:
Good lord, are we reading the same comic?
--- Quote from: questionablecontentfan on 30 Aug 2011, 20:17 ---I think it's just bullshit that Marigold got to choose between what actually happened, and Angus having sex with her and then dumping her cold. How about loving her?
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You mean aside friom pulling a 180 in his character? He'd been flirting with Faye, a verbally sassy woman, matching wits with her, because that's what he found attractive. Aside from breast size, there's little Marigold and Faye have in common. She's not his type, and despite the fact that people can be happy with someone who's "atypical" for them, (Sven vis-a-vis Faye, who's not blonde), there were other issues as well - after knowing her for years, he simply wasn't interested in her that way. If he were, he probably would've suggested it (or done something himself about it) by then. She had a crush, it happens, and he was honest with her about hte way he felt (something too few peopl are).
I need to say at this point that I'm not trying to change youropinion of the characters, but rather trying to get you to realize that you're ignoring a lot of well established context with your statements. You seem to ignore the facts at your convenience, as several people have pointed out, and then you brush them off with a "thanks for your opinion, but I disagree..."
It's getting really annoying, especially since this is not the first time it's happened.
But it's also pretty obvious that you've read the comic with an extraordinarily jaundiced eye. You may want to try going back through it as though it were a work of fiction, rather than commentary on your own personal state of affairs (yes, I remember the last time you did this, and how you equated Faye with the mean girls who picked/pick on you).
--- Quote ---I don't agree with the whole "oh, she only liked him because he was nice" crap. Maybe she just felt backed into a corner and said that because she wasn't thinking clearly. Angus almost wanted to hear her say her feelings weren't genuine to make himself feel better about rejecting her.
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We only have what the characters say as a basis for what they feel. What Marigold said seemed honest to me, and I doubt she was saying it just to make Angus happy!
--- Quote ---And so what if she doesn't say anything or act like she has a broken heart? Who knows what's going on inside of her? I have a broken heart, and if you observed my external actions, you'd never know it, because I don't speak of it to anyone, and I have to go on acting like everything's fine, when it's not.
What makes you think Marigold couldn't be doing the same?
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Her actions (and reactions) at the party. "I am okay"
Look, I can understand how you feel about the people who've been bitches to you and your friends, and how you could see a great deal of that in Faye. But they are people too, possibly very flawed people, but people nonetheless. Holding hatred like that isn't healthy.
Remember, living well is the best revenge. Pursue what you love, and find some peace.
Before you become the one who's a completely bitter, hateful bitch to everyone you know.
westrim:
So how about that chassis, people! Man, that is a fine, fine chassis that Momo has now- lean and tall with a strong frame, strong hands, strong twintails, vibrant colors, lots of thrust and good response times, and young and fresh too!...
I am completely failing to change the topic of discussion and sounding creepy, aren't I?
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