Arbitrar Of Quality <tsmtsm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jan 23, 3:35 pm, Don Sample <dsam...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> In article
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>> Arbitrar Of Quality <tsm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > On Jan 22, 5:28 pm, Michael Ikeda <mmik...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > > > On Jan 20, 4:45 pm, "One Bit Shy" <O...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > > > wrote:
>> > > >> "Arbitrar Of Quality" <tsm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > > >> messagenews:09f2d38b-6eaf-44f4-b3a4-e35f9f75efa9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > > >> sg.goog legroups.com...
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>> > > >> > And then the ending, meant to be
>> > > >> > frustrating, inexplicably brings back the Groosalugg
>> > > >> > and tries to convince us that Cordelia has serious
>> > > >> > feelings for a character whose previous ****trayal can
>> > > >> > be described by stealing Scythe's phrase: "a
>> > > >> > caricature of a cartoon."
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>> > > It's not really trying to convince us that Cordelia has
>> > > serious feelings for Groo. As becomes clear in the next
>> > > episode, she doesn't. But she thinks she should and
>> > > actually manages to will herself into believing that she
>> > > does. At least for a while.
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>> > The idea that she would "fool herself" (the character who
>> > prides herself on telling it exactly like she thinks it is?)
>> > from the very beginning still requires her to have
>> > inexplicably seen something in him in Pylea that promotes a
>> > serious love story.
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>> > -AOQ
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>> From a pure beefcake perspective, he didn't look that bad.
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> And if the ***ual attraction had been presented purely from that
> perspective, it would've made more sense.
He's also kind, brave, strong, and completely devoted to her. And he
went against all of his upbringing to help her in Pylea because he
fell in love with her. And while he didn't precisely give up a
throne for her, he did choose her over trying to regain it.
Add all that together and Groo pushes a LOT of the "ideal romantic
fantasy guy" buttons that Cordy's absorbed (by osmosis, if nothing
else) for her entire life. I don't find it at all surprising that
she thinks she's in love with Groo for a while. I'd almost find it
surprising if she didn't.
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Michael Ikeda mmikeda@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Telling a statistician not to use sampling is like telling an
astronomer they can't say there is a moon and stars"
Lynne Billard, past president American Statistical Association
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