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WCDT: 2882-2886 (26-30 January 2015)
Orkboy:
--- Quote from: Oilman on 30 Jan 2015, 00:23 ---Are you seriously suggesting Australia has no problems with immigration ?
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Yeah, all those British convicts showed up and ruined the whole place.
Oilman:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 30 Jan 2015, 00:07 ---@Oilman,
Your problem is that you focus on the overt and miss the subtle. Tai has been fantastic at encouraging Marten to get out of his comfort zone. She is probably one of, if not the most mature character. The fact that the library is so well run that the Trustees are overlooking her... er... eccentricities and the fact she isn't even a student anymore tells you a lot about her professional qualities.
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No, disagree. I know plenty of people who are highly competent prifessionally, but deeply dysfunctional or plain horrible as people
Marten was a good-hearted, under-achieving doormat on day one and still appears to be one
bartman:
--- Quote from: DillyDolly on 29 Jan 2015, 21:18 ---Shitty is pulling Hannelore into it. She has a gazillion anxiety disorders and isn't that close to Faye.
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That could have been done better, no doubt there, though I think Hanners does feel close enough to Faye - she felt close enough to be there waiting for Faye to wake up, with Marten, after all.
--- Quote from: DillyDolly on 29 Jan 2015, 21:18 ---Marten would have made more sense to talk to as he's been very close with both of them and handles this stuff way better.
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But Marten wasn't there, and arguably doesn't need to be involved in CoD business at all. As for texting Faye or marching in there to tell her face to face, those are also inappropriate. Sometimes there just isn't a "good" way to do something, but you still have to do it.
--- Quote from: Oilman on 29 Jan 2015, 23:58 ---I'm afraid she strikes me as one if those characters who are too far off the "caricature" end if the spectrum to be credible as a main character
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I think Tai was a flanderization* of herself to begin with. Not sure that's entirely fair now. I would say her character got rounded out as she got promoted from Marten's boss to full member of the cast with 'dating other cast members' rights.
* http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Flanderization
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Japheree:
--- Quote from: Oilman on 30 Jan 2015, 00:27 ---Marten was a good-hearted, under-achieving doormat on day one and still appears to be one
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A happy one though. Who the hell cares about being an underachiever if you are happy. I was miserable for years as an overachieving stressed out borderline alcoholic. Now I am probably an underachiever (my job certainly doesn't use my qualifications to their full) but I am a whole lot happier.
Life isn't just about achieving stuff. It is more about being fulfilled.
With reference to Dora. She just goes up in my estimation. Did the hard thing but the right thing despite feeling guilty (and didn't go back on it). Also recognised that being overly punitive by denying insurance to Faye would only make the situation worse. I realise that shielding drunks from the consequences of their actions can be a bad thing but I am not convinced Faye is so far down that road that she needed that kind of crap that a huge bill for medical bills would give her.
Oilman:
.... but see Slartibartfast's conversation with Arthur Dent on the subject of being happy. Interestingly enough this is one if the few scenes to appear in all versions of Hitch Hikers Guide, which must prove something?
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