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My favourite artist for their other works is Monica. The only complaint I have about Phuzzy is the lack of merch.
If that's arrogance then I guess almost everyone I know (myself included) are rocking Apollo Creed levels on the ego scale...
And Lexxy didn't come off as cocky or whatever to me. Just confident really. I think some things are just "lost in translation" if you will. I didn't think Lexxy meant "oh some of my comics went viral because I am so awesome" but more a "well some comics went viral so I must be doing something right I guess". Then again I don't get the hate some people show. Disagreeing? Sure. But there is some hate out there. Usually when I disagree with a strip searcher I try to make it clear that I like that person (because I really do like all of them so far) and that it is just this simple thing that I disagree with. And try to explain why in a normal manner. I hope that came through in my posts lol.
Time to get Maki a white cat to gently stroke as he maniacally giggles.
Let me relay something that Lexxy posted:
All the artists come across (to me) as incredibly positive, upbeat, caring people - the kind of qualities you'd look for in a friend.
Folks that come in here and diss on 'em? Well, based solely on what I know of them, I'd probably make an excuse to leave the room.
This makes sense as a general rule, but in this case I don't think it would work that way. If Lexxy gets popped in the next elimination, who would wind up pegged as even a slightly off-white hat, much less the villain?
-Monica and Katie are literally impossible to envision in this way. I try to look at them as black hats and all I see is parody versions of themselves.
-Abby is a chop-busting sass hero now.
-Maki is the Pineapple God.
-Tavis...
Maybe Tavis, if only by default. But unless something changes, we don't really see anything like that from him. It's not like he has some mildly villainous characteristics that are only being ignored because some people are losing their shit over Lexxy.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go watch Abby call Mike's butt a sassmouth one more time.
Because the dynamic between the contestants is COMPLETELY different! Nobody's actually not here to make friends, everyone gets along
hell, the "schemer" of the group didn't actually do much scheming from a metagame standpoint and stopped after a whole 2 days
there's no animosity to draw off of
the new way to wrap it all up after ripping someone a new one.
Yes, there's not enough conjecture in this post good sir.
Seriously, even if I didn't like some of the Artists I would never specify. None of them are bad or have terrible personalities. Art that I don't care for? Yeah. Senses of humor that don't click with me? Yep... But they're all great likable people.
Plus even I initially disliked Abby, but after watching this from the start that's no longer the case since you get to know these people kind of.
I think that at this point if you're going to like/dislike Lexxy (or other contestants) you'll just interpret what they say/do in a negative way, but for the sake of argument it's a bit of a stretch to say she was pompous here.
As for her skipping an elimination round you're assuming that she would have a) not won immunity after returning a winner and b) would have been picked again after winning the previous elimination round. Neither of those events can be said to occur with certainty. You can't change the past, especially being that you have absolutely no control over the show's events. Even then, this show isn't really a competition in the sense that the majority of reality shows are, so you're just agitating yourself by thinking of it like one. Enjoy the ride... or don't. :P
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Sadly, I think this is largely true. Once I noticed myself reacting with that instant negativity towards certain comments Lexxy makes, I specifically asked myself, would I feel this way if it was Tavis or Maki? And truth is, I would. I absolutely would. That shit would raise my neck hairs regardless of who said it. But I don't doubt for a second that the effect is stronger in some people because she's a woman, and that's unfortunate. Women absolutely have to be more careful about how they display their confidence in order to not get a backlash, which is stupid. That's part of why I hope anyone who feels negatively towards Lexxy asks themselves why that is, so they can see if there's something which genuinely bothers them or if it's just a reaction without a real rationale.
Wow, you're missing so much.
I wasn't a big fan of Abby at first either, but I think that was just because she hadn't come out of her shell yet. Once I read her comic, I realized that we needed to become bros.
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Maybe next episode, with a montage showing cotton-wristbands, slow-motion slamshots, close-ups of sweaty faces, someone landing a head-shot on the Khoo, and all with this song playing in the background.
Well done Katie by the way
Wow, what a dismissive, transgressive attitude. Personally I'd say the reactions to Lexxy are obviously gendered. I'd say the same thing about the early reactions to Amy, who collected way more than her fair share of scorn, not just for scheming but for virtually everything she did and said. People LOVED to hate her. One critic even admitted he felt an unfair bias against Amy because of lingering high school resentment from being "unpopular," coupled with a perception of Amy as the most conventionally attractive contestant. At the same time, tons of people were piling on to critique her appearance and demeanor! (Her eyelids are too droopy! She needs to smile more! She's not PEPPY enough!) No offense to Mac because he seems like an awesome guy and an awesome artist, but he's not the most animated person out there -- do you think anyone made a peep about his lack of smiles?
I shouldn't be surprised; I don't know Penny Arcade's demographics exactly but I think it's safe to bet the bulk are young, white and male.
Since I wouldn't call the snowballing of accusations, assumptions and other stuff that happens when threads go into that territory a "discussion", I think he's right... let's not go there.
I think it really *is* time to drop this subject.
No worries. I expect about the same level of intelligent discourse about these subjects on here as I would in a Reddit thread.