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WCDT: 2011-2015 (12-16 Sep 2011)
LordVaughn:
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--- Quote from: JordanDH on 15 Sep 2011, 09:22 ---I'm going to ignore the big tip that Elliot's into Padma, and say that he's into Marten instead.
SHYAMALAN'D!
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Nah, that's just an ordinary twist.
A shayamalan twist is where it turns out he's her adoptive brother but wants her anyway because though it's weird it's actually not that bad but then they find out they are actually real half-siblings.
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A crazier twist would be that they would have been siblings, but their parents were killed by aliens who copied his parents almost exactly when his mother was pregnant. Bonus points if you know what I'm refrencing.
kent_eh:
I think Marigold would like to have more friends (and might envy others their ability to make friends) but she sees herself as not worthy of other people's friendship.
Which feeds back and re-enforces her self doubts, which eventually ramp up into a self loathing.
Remember Hanners trying to convince Mari that nice people *do* actuallt want to be her friend.
Somebody:
--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 15 Sep 2011, 23:16 ---See Marigold, your robot pet is already making you unhappy with her freedom and free will. It's time House Maid OS 3.1 get uploaded while she's in a low power state.
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That's illegal in Massachusettes...
John_Knee:
--- Quote from: VonKleist on 16 Sep 2011, 06:23 ---
--- Quote from: John_Knee on 16 Sep 2011, 05:16 ---That comment shows a complete understanding of what it is like to be introverted. Introverts don't seek out a large group of friends and the most introverted of people can make do with literately 1-2 close friends and a smallish group of associates that they know and will talk to but wouldn't in the traditional sense call friends. She (Marigold) doesn't have many friends because she hasn't tried to have a bigger group than Momo and Angus, with Hanners maybe joining that close friend status. Everyone else in her mind will be an extension of Angus and if Faye and Angus split up then there is no reason why she would otherwise seek people like Martin out. She may only continue to 'associate' with the rest of the characters of Coffee of Doom as long as Faye and Angus are together. If they did split up, she may still associate with the rest if Hanners joins her close friend group - in which case everyone else will become an extension of Hanners.
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That might have some truth to it, but Iīd like to point out how Marigold is mostly whiny about her social inaptitude and how she enjoyed the evening out at the bar with Marten, Faye etc. She didn't seem to mind socializing then, at least didn't give a sort of "meh, Iīm content with having, say, 2 close friends and thatīs about it"-vibe. I know having lotīs of social interaction isn't for everyone but I was under the impression it suited Marigold fine.
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But a lot of introverts wished they had better social skills even if they don't necessarily look to be in a position where they need to use them. They want to know the protocol so that if forced into a certain social situation, so they would have a rough idea of how they are supposed to act even if it doesn't come natural. If you recall she was pressurised by Momo to go and was all hesitantly about going in. The evening might have gone fine, but it doesn't mean she'd necesarily want to go out like that all the time. Plus she had been drinking despite the evidance she knew little about alcohol. Maybe Marigold needs to drink more in order to 'enjoy' a social evening.
Elysiana:
I do believe this is the first time Marigold has actually pissed me off. And I'm a bit torn, too. I can understand and empathize with her saying she's upset that Momo is suddenly excluding her - she wants to be part of the fun, and she has a hard time making friends. Momo suddenly has the ability to do things she's probably always dreamed of, and yes, that may mean excluding Marigold to some extent, but if Mari has so few friends that just ONE going to do something with someone else is devastating, maybe she needs to rethink how she interacts with people. Marigold sees it as "It's not fair, why does she suddenly get to have friends besides me" but as few friends as Mari has, does Momo have ANY besides Marigold? Momo has ALWAYS been there for Marigold and put up with a lot of her bullshit, including this little "not now" gem.
I think I'm with the guy who mentioned loaning money to a friend to buy a car. While giving something to someone doesn't obligate them to do anything for you, it's kind of rude to exclude them and then TELL them what you did without them, especially when you know they have trouble getting out but want to. Mari's jealous and sulky now, and to some extent it's understandable. She probably wishes there was some magic item that would suddenly make her popular. She feels like she bought that magic item for Momo and now Momo is ungrateful. (Not saying that's how it is, but maybe how Mari perceives it.)
At the same time, Mari's "not now" response makes me want to smack her. "You can only do stuff with me, when I want to do it" is essentially what she's saying, and that's just a nasty, controlling way to act. I wonder if she would treat a human that way, or does she just think it's not fair that a robot should be able to make friends more easily than she can...
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