Re: Nerd Boy, episode 255

"llizard" <lli...@NOPOLLUTIONwildmail.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> In article <ai14cu$10t7jl$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de>, "Joaquim
> G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote:
> >"llizard" <lli...@NOPOLLUTIONwildmail.com> skrev i meddelandet
> >news:jjq...@4ax.com
[SNIP!]
> >> Note that in this version, Mandy's eyes are open, showing that she is
> >> her usual uncaring self.
> >
> >"Uncaring"? Remember NB6? http://nerdboy.xepher.net/nbbrowse.php?strip=6
> >When Mandy sabotages the robot? How exactly is that "uncaring"..? :\
> >That's one of the most character defining moments in the strip, IMO.
> .
>          ___         !/\
>        _/   |     ---@@^^,
>       |_____| gasp! / \/ >
>         ---  ==         >      I'm expected to remember back to
>       [_ejm_]        __>,^     the beginnings of the strip!!???!!!!
>        |   |        //| |      (I haven't read #6 since last year)
>
> But now that I'm reminded:  Arrrghhhhhhh - English... it's SO
> inadequate! (I'd ask you why you didn't read my mind, if I had any
> mind left to read.)
>
> Of course what I mean is "careless". I see Mandy as a selfish
> opportunist with a vague sort of conscience. Whatever amuses her is
> what she does. But she likes to take the easy way. If someone stands
> up to her, she'll leave - her vague conscience telling her not to hurt
> anyone. (But of course, she's YOUR character. I may be misreading her
> entirely.)

Not entirely, actually I think you're more or less spot on; you're just
missing an important detail. Like I said in another post somewhere around
these parts, there's a reason Mandy hasn't already left Nerd Boy, never to
come back. She does have feelings, even though she might be good at hiding
them most of the time. Even though I might not have actively intended to
do so at the time of writing, I think now that this moment was a good place
to let them shine through.

This is the first time Nerd Boy has ever said anything directly hurtful to
Mandy. They were friends. How is a person supposed to react?

Whew, I should write a rant about this. I apparently have a lot more to
say about it than I thought.

Did anyone see my new rants section, btw? :D
http://nerdboy.xepher.net/rants.php

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