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WCDT: 2001-2005 (29 Aug-2 Sept 2011)

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bramblepatch:

--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 01 Sep 2011, 14:55 ---Electricity is a HUGE expense...not to mention the air conditioning for the amount of heat she must be giving off.  She is most definitely an expense.

You can't buy love?  Marigold just did, she bought her a chassis that must have been at least 20k.  I don't remember Momo giving her tons of hugs and telling Marigold how much she loved her before that.

The LEAST Momo could do is work out a way to pay her back, not because she has to, but because she should.  A good friend does not take a huge gift and not repay it, Momo was ready to get a job and buy it herself so she still better be willing to do the same after Marigold bit the bullet for her.

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... are you seriously suggesting that Momo did not love Marigold before this? We're talking about the same AnthroPC, right? The one that has hung around in lousy living conditions, looking out for Marigold's physical and mental well-being to the best of her doll-sized ability and trying to help her to break out of her shell? It was explicitly stated in the description on page 1996 that "Purchase of an AI is not a binding contract- either party is free to terminate the relationship at any time, and the transaction agent will refund the contract fee." Momo could have left Marigold to drown in dirty laundry and pocky packaging at any point, and she didn't, despite clearly being irritated by Marigold's behavior. She was also hardly on a convenient scale for hugs, but Momo has always been fairly physically affectionate for an AnthroPC - particularly in her habit of riding on Mari's shoulder or piggyback, whereas Pintsize and Winslow mostly seem to walk if they go out in public at all. I'm not surprised she's graduated to hugs now that her arms reach all the way around.

I never said that Momo didn't intend to reimburse Marigold, I was just pointing out that she could pay her back with interest and still feel indebted.

(And I'd estimate somewhere in the range of $1K - $5K for the chassis; it may be higher end but it's still an off-the-shelf model they got at the mall.)


--- Quote from: CompSarge on 01 Sep 2011, 20:59 ---Taking the topic to a different vein, I think it's kind of interesting how Momo has become so much more of a "main character" than the other AnthroPC's. Almost every comic featuring Marigold has featured Momo, and in all of them Momo has acted much more human than Winslow or Pintsize have towards their respective owners. It's much easier (for me, at least) to forget that Momo is actually an AnthroPC and just think that she's a tiny human.

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I think it's partly the differences in the dynamics between the different AnthroPCs and their owners - in a lot of ways, Marigold has needed Momo to be more human than, say, Marten has needed Pintsize to be or Hannelore has needed Winslow to be. Marten regards Pintsize more as a pet than as a friend or companion (which seems to suit Pintsize just fine, in part because of the utter lack of accountability their relationship places on the AnthroPC. Hanners depends a little more on Winslow for friendship, but at the same time, being around people is not always enjoyable or restful for Hanners and the last thing she needs is another human running around her apartment, even a tiny robo-human. But Marigold craves human contact without being quite sure how to go about getting it, and it's strongly implied that before she crossed paths with the rest of the cast, Momo was Marigold's social life.

questionablecontentfan:
Marigold wanted to make Momo happy because Momo makes her happy. Momo has sometimes been the only one who was there for Marigold when things got shitty. She dealt with Marigold's issues like nobody else. Marigold cares about Momo a lot, and Momo cares about her. Neither one of them want to be separated from the other. Momo made Marigold's life better, Marigold wanted to do the same for Momo.

I was also touched by how Momo offered to cook Marigold meals. She even offered to make Marigold a sandwich (and probably did make sandwiches) while she was still doll sized.

I can't believe anyone would hate on Momo, no offense. She's one character I've never had any qualms with.

bramblepatch:
I think that to a certain extent, Momo is struggling with the fact that she really can't repay Marigold in kind. Momo expresses a wish for a new chassis, and Marigold goes out and buys one for her in a grand extravagant gesture. Marigold expresses a wish for a new body, and Momo... can't really do anything about it except to offer to help her eat healthier. And has to consider that Marigold's generosity is at least partly seated in her own dissatisfaction with her body. It's kind of a sad position to be in.

questionablecontentfan:
I don't think it's about Marigold disliking her body. She really wanted to do this for Momo. I do dislike that she chose to sour the moment by mentioning how she dislikes her body.

See! There are times Marigold drives me nuts. lol.

Marigold is very curvy, but she's not fat at all. If she were a real person, she wouldn't be that overweight, just curvy and...luscious. lol. I think a lot of her issues are low self esteem... *sigh*

Stating the obvious. Momo is right about one thing, Marigold does need to eat healthier and exercise. Eating pocky and beef jerky all day...blecch! And exercise can help with depression. I hope Marigold starts taking steps to improve her life. I'd like to see her happy.

Kugai:
Marigold, despite her intelligence, has has self-esteem issues since the day she was first introduced to us QCF

She has improved some since then, especially with everything that happened during and after The Drunken Kiss Incident (as I call it), but she still has some way to go.

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