Not least because it's broadened Momo's mind.
I am hoping May is able to convince Momo that Sven is, in fact, a shithead. She's working on it.
I am hoping May is able to convince Momo that Sven is, in fact, a shithead. She's working on it.People can and do change. And Sven is trying. Mind you, I'm not saying I ever want to see him get together with Momo (and May probably wouldn't stand for it either). Momo's far too innocent, and he's far too... not. But it's wrong to write off his future simply because he was shitty in his past.
If we can agree that May possesses great insight.
May only knows Sven as 'that guy we've seen a few times in the coffee shop that makes Momo all hot and flustered'. I doubt that she knows of his history (or would care much if she did).
May only knows Sven as 'that guy we've seen a few times in the coffee shop that makes Momo all hot and flustered'. I doubt that she knows of his history (or would care much if she did).
She knows he's an asshole, which is really all anyone needs to. She may not know about his history but can sense that he's kind of a scumbag.
May only knows Sven as 'that guy we've seen a few times in the coffee shop that makes Momo all hot and flustered'. I doubt that she knows of his history (or would care much if she did).
She knows he's an asshole, which is really all anyone needs to. She may not know about his history but can sense that he's kind of a scumbag.
A lot of what makes us as readers dislike Sven is while we can see he is making progress he is still incredibly selfish. I agree that he isn't really a bad guy, but that doesn't really make him good yet. He may eventually get there and he seems to want to, he just has a lot of history to grow past.
To be honest, I sympathized with May. I don't agree at all with how she treated Winslow. It was shitty. But I work for 11 dollars an hour at the age of 34 while I watch 21 year olds jet off to Europe, so saying I know how May feels is a bit of an understatement.
I don't really understand being harsh on Tilly. Sure she was annoying, but she was just a kid excited about a possible new job. She didn't have a mean or malicious bone in her body, she was just excited. So I guess I don't understand that either.I can't speak for anyone but myself, but when Tilly arrived, they were supposed to be Hannelore's "personal assistant", and yet they thought it was okay to completely ignore Hannelore's wishes, requests, and even demands that she did not need one. In my opinion, for anyone - but especially a personal assistant - to ignore someone's boundaries like that, for no better reason than "I was instructed to do so," is just plain rude. I suspect that for a lot of readers, that made Tilly (not to mention Beatrice) instantly despicable. Sure, they were excited about a new job for a corporate overlord, but any decent person would have questioned those orders, even if only in their own mind. Once the boundaries were understood and (for the most part) respected, I didn't dislike Tilly nearly as much. I still found their overall personality grating, but at least I could tolerate them.
Eeep! I completely used the wrong pronouns. Sorry, everyone.It's not the fact that you dislike him. You're entitled to your opinion. It's just that you keep bringing it up - or at least it seems that way. It gets old.
I get that Tilly definitely crossed some lines that weren't okay to cross. They should have respected Hannelore's wishes, I get that. But I don't see how they're anywhere near as awful as Sven.
People can be uncomfortable about me disliking Sven. I guess I'm a little mystified as to why anyone is bothered by me not liking him, he's such an irrelevant presence in the comic.
Thank you for going back and fixing the pronouns!
May offered to be Hannelore's bodyguard early on. Momo is friends with her and would make a respectful personal assistant. The dynamics of that would be interesting.
What thread did you mean to post that in?Ackk!
With Faye's luck, Angus will roll back into town with some grandiose speech about how she's the love of his life and he can't live without her and of course a marriage proposal. *eyeroll*
With Faye's luck, Angus will roll back into town with some grandiose speech about how she's the love of his life and he can't live without her and of course a marriage proposal. *eyeroll*
FWIW, a while ago, I plotted out a fanfic where Faye creates some sculpture that ends up in a local art exhibition for one reason or another. It creates enough of an Internet sensation that Angus (in his first big break) is assigned by the show's producers to do a satirical report on the piece and the artist.Wow, that's dark. :)
Angus has to confront Faye and has to confront both his own bitterness at the suddenness of their break-up and at the nature of his 'replacement'. That's even before he has to confront his mixed feelings about being assigned to mock Faye and her big break on a nationally-syndicated comedy show.
FWIW, a while ago, I plotted out a fanfic where Faye creates some sculpture that ends up in a local art exhibition for one reason or another. It creates enough of an Internet sensation that Angus (in his first big break) is assigned by the show's producers to do a satirical report on the piece and the artist.
Angus has to confront Faye and has to confront both his own bitterness at the suddenness of their break-up and at the nature of his 'replacement'. That's even before he has to confront his mixed feelings about being assigned to mock Faye and her big break on a nationally-syndicated comedy show.
These are, I believe separate issues since despite a small interaction Sven and May for the most part have had stories that ddidn't intersect way more than they did.
However, I will add that I actually am not a huge fan of May at all. I don't hate her or even dislike her and her stories are compelling to read. But her awful treatment of Winslow moving from a chassis that kept him essentially home-bound to one that allowed him to live a more engaging life has soured my impression of her, especially her non-apology to his "owner" rather than to him, acknowledging him as person.
I do feel for her plight surrounding her own body but even her chassis that was falling apart was in ways more serviceable that Winslow's and she acted like he was getting a frivolous upgrade due to wealth.
Her crass nature doesn't make her a bad person but after awhile it just gets annoying. I'm still invested in her story but she's not on my top list of wise characters or characters I love to see. I really like her interactions with Faye when she got her face redone. I'd like to see that side of her more, especially earning the money to get it done and less of her yelling at people and making dick jokes. She can still do those things of course but just my references.
Also, I'm not arguing for Sven + Momo. I'd like Sven to get his own arc, separate from what's been going on.
I'm under the impression that Melon may have been depressed (or something) at some point and decided to erase major parts of her knowledge and personality, including the knowledge that she'd even made that decision, and start over. Sort of like a lighter, happier version of suicide.... And, if that actually does turn out to be her 'deal', a decidedly disturbing counterpoint to Bubbles' experience.That sounds like some Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind shit. Particularly
I'm under the impression that Melon may have been depressed (or something) at some point and decided to erase major parts of her knowledge and personality, including the knowledge that she'd even made that decision, and start over. Sort of like a lighter, happier version of suicide.... And, if that actually does turn out to be her 'deal', a decidedly disturbing counterpoint to Bubbles' experience.Your comment kinda makes me wonder if Melon was an earlier - and considerably less successful - "experiment" by Corpse Witch, where she did a little more than simply partition off some memories. So some of the links between the various parts of her mind are unstable... sometimes they work, sometimes they don't, and sometimes they link to the wrong part entirely. Arthur, of course, knows none of this, and just sees her as innocent, naïve, and adorable.
I’d say that May and Momo are friends. Not sort of friends.I'd say that they are, in fact, close friends. Sure, they annoy the crap out of each other, but if it came down to it, I think they'd both risk their lives for the other.
They are two very different people, but it works out.
I’d say that May and Momo are friends. Not sort of friends.
They are two very different people, but it works out.
There's a "Good Cop, Bad Cop" scenario bound to happen IMHO, but in the end that's JJ's decision.
Do you think Momo is that fussy and fastidious?
Do you think Momo is that fussy and fastidious?
She's certainly fussy and over-focussed on propriety and rules. Meanwhile, May just does as she feels and I can't see her being too organised, something that I think would drive a very organised person virtually insane.
Do you think Momo is that fussy and fastidious?
She's certainly fussy and over-focussed on propriety and rules. Meanwhile, May just does as she feels and I can't see her being too organised, something that I think would drive a very organised person virtually insane.
She's certainly fussy and over-focussed on propriety and rules. Meanwhile, May just does as she feels and I can't see her being too organised, something that I think would drive a very organised person virtually insane.
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Yes, she is careful about etiquette.
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Yes, she is careful about etiquette.
What is the etiquette for zapping obnoxious blue robots?
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Yes, she is careful about etiquette.
What is the etiquette for zapping obnoxious blue robots?