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WCDT: 2593-2597 (09-13 December 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread

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J:
just glue some gears on it and call it steampunk...

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFCuE5rHbPA

PthariensFlame:

--- Quote from: bhtooefr on 12 Dec 2013, 05:17 ---Just that that level of immaturity doesn't bode well for a relationship.

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I would agree, but I would also add that she cannot possibly get any better at relationships then she is at the moment without practice.  Even Hanners recognized this, although her motivations for the "date" with Sven were slightly different.  :)

Thrillho:

--- Quote from: blacksinow on 12 Dec 2013, 03:59 ---
--- Quote from: Gareth on 12 Dec 2013, 03:50 ---You guys are really acting like you're all saints who've never said something you regret out of anger in your entire lives. Glad I associate with such clean-cut people.

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On the contrary, if I did something in relation to what Marigold had attempted to pull, I'd EXPECT someone to hold me accountable. But then again, I'd have never made that mistake in the first place. The point of holding someone accountable is an indication that they were wrong and their actions can't be merely excused due to something such as their behavior. You CAN forgive them on the other hand and teach them why they were wrong, provided they want to learn... which is what bothers me about Marigold. I am not confident in her ability in understanding which is socially right or wrong.

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I'm not saying not to hold her accountable, or that she is in the right, or to excuse the behaviour. I am just saying I'd forgive my friends for such things once they apologised, which Marigold will obviously do.


--- Quote from: PthariensFlame on 12 Dec 2013, 05:06 ---Interestingly enough, I can't actually remember doing so.  (I have definitely said things that I later regret, even not that much later, but I don't remember ever doing it out of anger specifically; it's either been fear or a misplaced sense of humor that usually gets me.)  I think this is probably a lot more common then most people suppose; I think a lot of what people think of as "doing something out of anger" is actually much closer to "doing something out of fear".


Heck, this even applies to Marigold here.  I would be hard-pressed to believe that she was actually angry at Momo; she's definitely panicking over her feelings regarding Dale, though, and that's an established reason both for people in general and for her specifically to start acting immaturely.

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Exactly. Anger is not the only reason we would say something we regret, and I'm not saying to just let it slide.

Black Sword:
Marigold might have been raised Catholic, as that is some serious application of guilt.

(Catholic, so not only quite skillful at using guilt, but also takes critical hits from guilt-element attacks!)

Lubricus:

--- Quote from: PthariensFlame on 12 Dec 2013, 05:33 ---
--- Quote from: Satan on 12 Dec 2013, 05:24 ---Wait, isn't the only time MariDad has been in the comic when he was angry about Steampunk? I don't think it's fair to judge him as capricious and violent tempered over that. It's a perfectly sensible reaction to most steampunkery-related shenanigans.

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He was "present" over the phone during the arc when Hannelore and Marigold were in the same house for the night and Hanners caught Mar-Bear red-handed playing with her DS (or the equivalent).  I think that was the first time he actually appeared, to any extent, in the comic, although Marigold had mentioned him before that regarding "pay[ing] taxes and everything!"

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That scene did certainly not paint him as some violently aggressive person. And judging from Marigold's reaction to him when he came shouting about steampunk, he does not frighten her, which he would have if he had ever been violent with her. Anyway, let's keep in mind that he has currently only been used as a supporting figure, and might not be a fully fleshed-out character in Jeph's mind.

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