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WCDT: 2021-2025 (26-30 Sep 2011)
themacnut:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 29 Sep 2011, 19:07 ---Okay, I'm a bit lost - how does "game playing" fit in with the fact that Padma's clueless and Elliot is Mr. Timid when it comes to romance? I'm getting more of a "two ships passing in the night" vibe than I am that Padma's playing a game.
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Some people may be wondering how much of Padma's cluelessness is real and how much of it is an act, at least where Elliot is concerned. I've known people who played "clueless" to avoid dealing directly with other people's romantic or sexual interest in them.
Remember, when Padma concluded that Momo was Marten's robot child, some of us though she was messing with Marten.
Tova:
Would that be that playing a game, though, or would it just be unwillingness to directly approach an awkward topic? I would say the latter (if Padma were indeed not blissfully unaware).
Cornan:
I don't think Padma's playing with anyone. I think she really is just that clueless (I'd be happily surprised to be wrong. I'm not terribly fond of her character as is.) I also don't really feel too harshly about Elliot in this situation either. He definately has gone about things the wrong way but that doesn't make him stupid or a bad person. My hope here is that Marten gives him a gentle nudge to go talk to her but also preps him to realize she may not return his feelings.
The best way I can think to phrase it to someone in Elliot's position is "Hey, at least you'll know and have closure. If she does like you, well, you two can figure it out from there. Yeah I think she's cute and was seeing how things went myself, but if she's leaving soon it sounds like you've got more invested here than me. Good luck, man." or something along those lines.
Edit for clarification:
I'd be happily surprised to find she's not that dense. NOT happily surprised to find that she's actually mucking about with Elliot's feelings. That's just not cool.
FunkyTuba:
Seems like all the TSB people (except Jim) have been deliberately crafted to be unambiguous in their general nature.
I mean Padma's 100% oblivious and 100% straightforward.
Elliot's 100% good-natured and 100% timid, though perhaps he can turn it off at the bar as a bouncer... unless he's successful there merely because of his size.
Rene seems to be 100% unfriendly.
This characterization is somewhat undercut by the fact that we've seen the CoD characters in a _lot_ more situations than the TSB people. Maybe the grey areas just haven't shown themselves?
akronnick:
I don't think the comic has shown any of the TSB characters enough to say they are 100% anything with statistical rigour.
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