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I guess what I mean by "evens out" is that Doug returns to the rather happy-go-lucky fella that doesn't talk a reactionary--a really cliche reactionary.
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Huh. I never saw Doug's dialogue/POV as particularly reactionary. But then again, my personal political views are best plotted as a scatter diagram...
[Hmm, guess I should have said . . . that he was acting on a knee-jerk reaction, with little thought and reacting instinctually. Nothing to do with politics.]
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And you just know that if Priss is anywhere near when Doug does his apology, she is going to squeeze as much enjoyment from it as possible.
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That hadn't occurred to me, but yeah, you're right. I'll have to see if I can shoehorn a little more crow-eating in somewhere...
[Looking forward to it. Priss is an expect crow server. You just have to look for the golden robot parts in her trailer to figure that out.]
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Which brings up another point: how well does Doug handle being on the other side of the moral blame game? Apologize and move on or sink to a Piro-esque level of depression?
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A little of the latter at first, then he should shake himself out of it and continue with the former.
["I'm worthless, I'm scum, I'm . . . hey, they actually made a movie version of "Who Plugged Roger Rabbit" here? Awesome.]
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And if he doesn't change his mind about boomer slavery, how does he feel about leaving before anything is done about it? At least, that's what I assume is going to happen . . .
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Well, that's something you'll have to wait and see.
-- Bob
[It's not nice to tease people, you know.]
-murmur
who assumes from the lack of response that you're not willing to preread a really very short work . .. sniff. . . .
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I guess what I mean by "evens out" is that Doug returns to the rather happy-go-lucky fella that doesn't talk a reactionary--a really cliche reactionary.
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Huh. I never saw Doug's dialogue/POV as particularly reactionary. But then again, my personal political views are best plotted as a scatter diagram...
[Hmm, guess I should have said . . . that he was acting on a knee-jerk reaction, with little thought and reacting instinctually. Nothing to do with politics.]
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And you just know that if Priss is anywhere near when Doug does his apology, she is going to squeeze as much enjoyment from it as possible.
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That hadn't occurred to me, but yeah, you're right. I'll have to see if I can shoehorn a little more crow-eating in somewhere...
[Looking forward to it. Priss is an expect crow server. You just have to look for the golden robot parts in her trailer to figure that out.]
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Which brings up another point: how well does Doug handle being on the other side of the moral blame game? Apologize and move on or sink to a Piro-esque level of depression?
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A little of the latter at first, then he should shake himself out of it and continue with the former.
["I'm worthless, I'm scum, I'm . . . hey, they actually made a movie version of "Who Plugged Roger Rabbit" here? Awesome.]
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And if he doesn't change his mind about boomer slavery, how does he feel about leaving before anything is done about it? At least, that's what I assume is going to happen . . .
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Well, that's something you'll have to wait and see.
-- Bob
[It's not nice to tease people, you know.]
-murmur
who assumes from the lack of response that you're not willing to preread a really very short work . .. sniff. . . .