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WCDT: 2357-2361 (7-11 January 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Mr_Rose:
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--- Quote from: K1dmor on 07 Jan 2013, 20:38 ---He's a jerk, you're a jerk, we're jerking... wait, what?
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No, I don't agree here. Gonna quote Ohf since he said it best:
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--- Quote from: DeusExLibris on 07 Jan 2013, 20:56 ---... and sustain their mutual antipathy.
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I wouldn't say the antipathy is mutual. To the contrary, I feel Dale has a lot of respect for Marigold's gamer skills. I wouldn't say he's having a crush for her (not yet :wink: ) but he does appreciate her being a tough opponent. Of course he's aware of her antipathy towards him and of her awkwardness, and he's making the occasional fun of it—but he avoids actually hurting or offending her. I guess we're in for some interesting development between these two.
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Basically... To me: The only one kind of a jerk is Marigold. She'll learn with time I guess. I trust Hanners on this one.
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Oh indeed, Mari was rather jerkish when she denied him a tip for being alliance scum. Even if he is alliance scum.
It's what happened after, when he jumped straight to cyber-stalking (and a little of the regular kind too) that's the real issue I think, but you're right; thats not being a jerk per se: it's deep into asshole creeper territory.
DeusExLibris:
--- Quote from: Mr. Doctor on 08 Jan 2013, 10:30 ---
--- Quote from: K1dmor on 07 Jan 2013, 20:38 ---He's a jerk, you're a jerk, we're jerking... wait, what?
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No, I don't agree here. Gonna quote Ohf since he said it best:
--- Quote from: Ohf on 08 Jan 2013, 01:04 ---
--- Quote from: DeusExLibris on 07 Jan 2013, 20:56 ---... and sustain their mutual antipathy.
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I wouldn't say the antipathy is mutual. To the contrary, I feel Dale has a lot of respect for Marigold's gamer skills. I wouldn't say he's having a crush for her (not yet :wink: ) but he does appreciate her being a tough opponent. Of course he's aware of her antipathy towards him and of her awkwardness, and he's making the occasional fun of it—but he avoids actually hurting or offending her. I guess we're in for some interesting development between these two.
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Basically... To me: The only one kind of a jerk is Marigold. She'll learn with time I guess. I trust Hanners on this one.
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I guess we have a difference of interpretation here. I have a hard time looking a comic like http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1895 and not concluding that Dale is deliberately trying to antagonize Marigold. Then there's the fact that he changed servers so that he could stalk her. If I was in Marigold's shoes, and a guy I barely knew did that I'd feel kind of creeped out.
Anyhow, I'm not saying that Marigold hasn't been a jerk. I'm just saying that *to her* (and to me) Dale has been a bigger jerk.
ink slinger:
Marigold and Dale will forever torment one another and call each other jerks...until they don't. Because there's a fine line between hate and lust. But I'm not one to 'ship and I kind of doubt that Jeph would actually put them together anyway.
de_la_Nae:
I don't mean to be white-knighting for Dale here (the Alliance scum!), but I've gotta be honest, I sort of see what you're saying about the stalking angle but...then again I don't.
Maybe I'm misremembering the circumstances, but first
Real Life meetings: They seemed mostly happenstance. He took the time to do some trash-talking, which is a little jerky, but I'm hard-pressed to see any stalking here, barring further evidence.
Online: He did mention that he had friends on her server when she told him what it was, didn't he? And yeah he did move servers with challenging her as a goal, from my time in MMOs that doesn't...maybe I'm simply inured to it, but that doesn't seem to carry as much of a stalking/creepy stigma to me as I think it is to others. People changed servers all the time for new challenges, seek out new social scenes (or escape old ones). Mind I don't think a lot of people I knew did it for the chance to take a shot at a particular player, though I do remember people changing factions partially so they could have a go at some of their former allies they weren't fond of.
However I spent years in those things, and then went on to play EVE here and there, so maybe I'm just a bad person. D;
Oh also Jeph will keep acting like Dale and Marigold will get together, then at the last second Dale will start going with Claire. But it'll be fine because after a short sulk at getting figuratively kicked in the face again, Marigold will find herself in a love/lust triangle with Sven and Amir, which will be a little stressful but still pretty cool once she eventually conquers the challenge.
Dora will attempt to kick Sven's ass, but will be lovingly hugged out of her HULK SMASH by Tai. D'awws all around, and Pintsize discovers the true meaning of Boxing Day.
Mr. Doctor:
Not seeing that much of a stalker/creeper on him either. Specially because he already played on the same servers as her. Meh, different opinions and stuff.
--- Quote from: DeusExLibris on 08 Jan 2013, 10:43 ---I have a hard time looking a comic like http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1895 and not concluding that Dale is deliberately trying to antagonize Marigold.
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He's doing it just for the lulz because Mari takes it way too seriously sometimes. Granted, he could have been a tad less close but still... It's more like teasing.
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