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WCDT: 2411-2415 (25-29 March, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Masterpiece:
Loki is truly a master of words and has reassured me in my choice of avatar pictures.
Bluesummers:
--- Quote from: Loki on 28 Mar 2013, 14:43 ---<WORDS WORDS WORDS>
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^This.
I am currently boarding my SHIP. (:emotrex:) I will send you one cannonball if my voyage goes as planned, two cannonballs if I am keelhauled.
Valdís:
--- Quote from: Masterpiece on 28 Mar 2013, 14:54 ---Loki is truly a master of words and has reassured me in my choice of avatar pictures.
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Once again a hapless mortal foolishly trusts the silver tongue of Loki. This won't end well.
Shogouki:
--- Quote from: Truec on 28 Mar 2013, 14:46 ---I must respectfully disagree. If Jeph's been trying to set up anything between Marigold and Dale, it was done poorly, as all he's accomplished is to make Dale look like a creepy stalkerish douchebag who can't see Marigold in a public place without immediately jumping down her throat, whereas Marigold, for the most part, only responds once he's already in her face. It's less tsun-tsun and more "I don't like you and want you to go away".
On the other hand, I can easily see Dale being interested in Marigold, but he's interested in the "oh wow a girl with the same interests as me exists this is amazing and I will immediately begin courting her by being annoying" way that I'm told many male gamers actually do, but that I still relegate to fiction written by people who aren't gamers, or want to pretend they're a better class of gamer, or are embarrassed about being gamers, because real people do not act like that. So pretty much the exact feelings I had about Marigold until Jeph fleshed her out and made her interesting.
Dammit, he's doing it again! He's set up a character for me to hate and then he's going to make him interesting and nuanced with a backstory and interactions with other interesting characters! Damn you Jeph Jacques, why am I not allowed to hate your characters?
"Warning - while you were typing..."
Blargh! Truec smash puny forum software!
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I got the feeling that Dale himself isn't really aware that he's attracted to her, or at least can't consciously admit that. And as someone else pointed earlier that sometimes kids who like each other will pick on each other not knowing how to express their affection. To me this really seems like a likely possibility if Dale is anywhere as inexperienced in human interaction as Marigold is. This is something that I've noticed in people who are introverted or simply immature when it comes to relationships, that they often react in very childish ways and that seems very possible to me in this situation.
That said, I do think he came across as quite creepy in that strip but I still get the feeling that there is no malicious intent. Though this opinion is coming from an introverted guy who doesn't get out much so my perspective is pretty limited in some ways.
Shogouki:
--- Quote from: Bluesummers on 28 Mar 2013, 15:05 ---
--- Quote from: Loki on 28 Mar 2013, 14:43 ---<WORDS WORDS WORDS>
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^This.
I am currently boarding my SHIP. (:emotrex:) I will send you one cannonball if my voyage goes as planned, two cannonballs if I am keelhauled.
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That sounds pretty impressive to be able to do anything if you're keelhauled! :laugh:
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