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WCDT: 2485-2489 (8-12 July, 2013)
A_Polite_Noise:
I am also severely disappointed with Marigold, but not surprised, and I'm less "done" with the storyline because things like this are where drama and tension come from, sillyhead=P My guess is what will happen next is some confrontation in which Dale will be all "What happened?" and Mari will immediately go on the offensive (in her case, more like "go on the 'being defensive'"), and Dale will blow up at her and explain that she's not some picked on "geek" in their relationship: they both play games, and her self-consciousness and self-loathing has led to her preemptively attacking and mocking and showing disdain towards Dale; he's going to explain that she isn't being bullied; SHE IS THE BULLY. And I think that this confrontation will be good for Marigold, and will give us some insight into more depth and emotion in Dale. Either that or nothing will change. Or some other thing will happen. DEFINITELY one of those three things: What I said, nothing, or something else will happen.
Loki:
--- Quote from: ElvisRevenge on 12 Jul 2013, 07:22 ---If it's just because he's on the opposite side in a video game...
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I thought we had established in this thread it was not.
Edit: I wish I could upvote the post above me.
Method of Madness:
Wait, what? I thought it was established that it was.
--- Quote from: A_Polite_Noise on 12 Jul 2013, 08:54 ---Dale will blow up at her
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I honestly can't see this happening. Ever.
A_Polite_Noise:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 12 Jul 2013, 09:01 ---Wait, what? I thought it was established that it was.
--- Quote from: A_Polite_Noise on 12 Jul 2013, 08:54 ---Dale will blow up at her
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I honestly can't see this happening. Ever.
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I think it will because its exactly how that quiet persona thing works in stories: they are quiet, calm, collected, reserved...ever bit of mockery or disdain Mari has thrown at Dale he's taken with a calm and collected face. His reactions are always minimal, and he retorts, as if it doesn't bother him. That's EXACTLY the sort of character who (if you intend to develop them at all) you make suddenly snap and lose their cool. And I don't think he'll blow up at her out of NOWHERE, but rather that when Marigold goes on some self-righteous and self-pitying attack about what a jerk HE is for leaving, he'll be so insulted and so flabbergasted by how oblivious she is to her own misguided and misplaced anger that he'll pull a, "No, YOU aren't gonna yell, I'M gonna yell! Here's why you are being TOTALLY UNFAIR!" sorta thing and she'll be all "...!", and then she'll feel bad, which would otherwise cause her to close off MORE and avoid social interaction MORE, except Momo will help and more calmly say, "He's kind of right, but you didn't mean to be mean" and then Mari will apologize and then Dale will make a Horde character and they'll be BFF. Or something.
Game and Watch Forever:
While I agree we're pretty much set up for Dale to give Marigold a wake up call of some sort, I can more easily see Dale listening to a couple panels of yelling and then when she's done, he briefly says something along the lines of "you say all this, but you've been the one being a jerk the entire time" and then just leaving her to let the words sink in until she takes the foot out of her mouth and finds it in her to apologize.
But yeah, I see us just getting a glimpse of him being annoyed at the very least... but I'm not so sure about full-blown yelling/anger.
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