I don't like the Dale and Marigold dialogue here at all. It seems like it's hopping through and over steps for the sake of brevity or easy writing or something. How did he start speaking considering she was in a door slamming mood? She accepted his explanation pretty readily for someone so suspicious. And it completely skips over how much of an ass SHE was about WoW, if only for informing her behavior (to expand, I'm not saying it should be mentioned, but that she should be behaving differently based on her previous behavior).
Okay, out with it. I like the idea of the storyline of Dale and Marigold, but the writing and plotting has been not to my liking. It's not cohesive, rife with unexplained skipping and backstepping of chronology and behavior. I like Jeph's writing, but this... this plot was not well written, ever since the peace offering pizza.
Is it me or does Momo look really stoned with the glasses on and her mouth like that?
My suspicion regarding feels is that the neologism is highly subject to personal interpretation and the users meaning, as opposed to having a set and obvious definition. All mentioned definitions have probably been meant by a user at one point or another.
Is it just false modesty?
I wouldn't say it's false. Jeph has a long history of underestimating how much people enjoy his work and care about him. And even if he wasn't modest, reaching 300% of his goal in such a short time is pretty impressive! In any case, I think he just plain and simply understands how important it is to be thankful for the support of his fans.
That was the wrong term to use- I shouldn't morning and type. It's just the way he wrote about it, it seemed like it emphasized doubt that the fanbase would come through ("I had ever dared hope", for example) rather than joy that it was so enthusiastic. He better than any of us can see exactly how many people read him every day and buy his merch.