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Post by jayne on Oct 18, 2010 2:19:29 GMT
In this one, Annie cheats on a paper Does this mean she's a strange odd kid who will end up in prison some day? Is there some terrible future in store for her because she cheats?? Now, imagine Winsbury cheated in exactly the same way. Do you imagine the same dire fate for him? NOW, remember back in school.... did you ever cheat? You seem to be implying that I've got some sort of double-standard here. I don't really appreciate that implication, because it is false. If Winsbury were the protagonist and were doing all of these things that Annie has done, I'd be saying the same things about him. You also seem to be implying that I think Annie is some strange odd kid who will end up in prison. That's also false, as "Annie is a sociopath" is an assumption for the sake of argument based on your theory that she did all these things despite knowing they were wrong. As an aside, there are plenty of sociopaths who reach the top levels of power in government and finance (as the last two years have shown), so it's not really valid to assume that just because someone is a sociopath they'll end up in prison. Furthermore, no, I never cheated in school. I did but that's not important. I'm not implying you have a double standard, I'm asking if you have a double standard.
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Post by hal9000 on Oct 18, 2010 2:24:07 GMT
You seem to be implying that I've got some sort of double-standard here. I don't really appreciate that implication, because it is false. If Winsbury were the protagonist and were doing all of these things that Annie has done, I'd be saying the same things about him. You also seem to be implying that I think Annie is some strange odd kid who will end up in prison. That's also false, as "Annie is a sociopath" is an assumption for the sake of argument based on your theory that she did all these things despite knowing they were wrong. As an aside, there are plenty of sociopaths who reach the top levels of power in government and finance (as the last two years have shown), so it's not really valid to assume that just because someone is a sociopath they'll end up in prison. Furthermore, no, I never cheated in school. I did but that's not important. I'm not implying you have a double standard, I'm asking if you have a double standard. Well, like I said before, I don't. Why'd you ask it if it wasn't important?
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Post by jayne on Oct 18, 2010 2:32:42 GMT
I did but that's not important. I'm not implying you have a double standard, I'm asking if you have a double standard. Well, like I said before, I don't. Why'd you ask it if it wasn't important? Since Annie knocked Winsbury down after Winsbury stole the ball and pushed Kat (which I consider pretty equal crimes and right up there with a 12 year old pulling his sister's hair) but to some, this means Annie has social problems, I believe people are holding Annie to a higher standard than the rest of the kids. Annie cheats, which I think is just to show Tom isn't writing Annie to be a perfect person... just an average kid in remarkable situations... and I wanted to see if the reaction to her cheating would be more severe than if Winsbury cheated. That would show there is a different standard being applied here. I asked if you cheated because I consider that a normal thing that every kid does at some point, like lying or stealing candy. Oh and I admitted I cheated because it would be really rude to ask you without admitting I have.
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Post by tropico on Oct 18, 2010 3:31:57 GMT
Emotionally stunted she might be, but Annie's far from the only person who would react to PDA like that. In fact, she's being pretty nice about it, considering. I know plenty of people who would immediately either leave or unload some of their uncomfortable-ness on the offending parties.
I mean, why are they even annoyed at her? What were they expecting her to do exactly? Giggle and coo and clap her hands at them while they stand there gazing into each other's eyes? The phrase "get a room" exists for a reason. She's being nicer than she needs to be by just letting them be.
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Post by warrl on Oct 18, 2010 6:11:13 GMT
I mean, why are they even annoyed at her? What were they expecting her to do exactly? Giggle and coo and clap her hands at them while they stand there gazing into each other's eyes? The phrase "get a room" exists for a reason. She's being nicer than she needs to be by just letting them be. Well, it would seem appropriate to cheer George's major step toward mastering her teleportation...
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Post by Goatmon on Oct 18, 2010 6:22:47 GMT
Emotionally stunted she might be, but Annie's far from the only person who would react to PDA like that. In fact, she's being pretty nice about it, considering. I know plenty of people who would immediately either leave or unload some of their uncomfortable-ness on the offending parties. I mean, why are they even annoyed at her? What were they expecting her to do exactly? Giggle and coo and clap her hands at them while they stand there gazing into each other's eyes? The phrase "get a room" exists for a reason. She's being nicer than she needs to be by just letting them be. They're annoyed because Parley just confessed her feelings to Andrew, and the two of them have, without even saying it directly, become much more than friends. Whereas Annie, just like her father, is too wrapped up in the mission to think about small talk. Well, it would seem appropriate to cheer George's major step toward mastering her teleportation... Is that what they're calling it, now? Yeah, I'm sure Andrew's going to be helping her "master her teleportation" quite a lot in the near future.
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Post by ferrusdominus on Oct 18, 2010 6:59:03 GMT
She's very much like her father at moments like these.
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Post by Elaienar on Oct 18, 2010 22:29:04 GMT
She's very much like her father at moments like these. That's exactly what I was thinking. From what we've seen of Surma I'd bet she'd be acting more like Kat in this situation, whereas Anthony would probably be all like "I have matters Jeanne to attend to." The biggest difference, I think, is that Antimony intends to include the others in her plans; her dad seems to be a much much more solitary person.
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Post by todd on Oct 18, 2010 23:33:34 GMT
With all the talk about Anthony being so cold and remote, I can see why many readers have speculated that someone else is Annie's father....
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Post by jayne on Oct 18, 2010 23:48:14 GMT
This one makes me think there's more to Anthony than we've seen so far...In the first panel, he's watching his future wife walk away. Viewed in that light, he might be pining for her even then but she likes James... if you were Anthony, competing against James would seem pretty rough. I wouldn't be surprised if his coldness is because he can't stand Eglamore but Eglamore is so full of himself, he never even noticed.
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