SeptimusHeap
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Oct 10th 2014 at 12:58:41 AM
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The 13 subbullets are an eyesore. Otherwise, it seems like a legit Alternative Character Interpretation.
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Larkmarn
Since: Nov, 2010
Oct 10th 2014 at 10:41:52 AM
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My point (other than the silliness of all those bullets) is it's not very alternative. He's presented as both immature and an idiot. The two are hardly mutually exclusive, and both are pretty straightforward canon.
It's like if someone did an ACI for Homer Simpson saying "does he drink too much or is he an idiot?" They're hardly mutually exclusive and they're both certainly true.
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Larkmarn
Since: Nov, 2010
Oct 27th 2014 at 11:19:18 AM
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Pulled. Saving here for posterity:
- Is Lloyd just extremely stupid, or is he a Psychopathic Manchild? Throughout the film, he:
- Mistakes Mary's politeness for affection and falls instantly in crush with her, then takes it way too far, and is utterly oblivious to the fact that he's creeping her out.
- Is a very poor driver, and flees the scene of an accident in order to do something that probably could have been handled by airport security based solely on the fact that he was so obsessed with a woman he just met.
- Demonstrates a total lack of financial responsibility and gets robbed because he thought he could trust somebody he just insulted. Face it: he wasn't even aware that he insulted her...
- Decides to go on a cross-country road trip to be reunited with a woman he only drove to the airport.
- Sells a dead parakeet to a blind kid for twenty five dollars.
- Indulges in a totally unrealistic fantasy in which he is the ultimate hero and Mary can't wait to throw herself at him, thus demonstrating a complete lack of understanding about the way relationships work.
- Insists on annoying the hitchhiker they picked up (admittedly he was planning on killing them both, but they didn't know that), without considering that he might not want to hear the Most Annoying Sound in the world.
- Utterly ignores Harry's needs until they are pointed out to him, like wearing two pairs of gloves until Harry says his hands are cold.
- Kills an owl with a cork and doesn't realize what's so wrong about that.
- Puts laxatives in Harry's tea instead of confronting him directly about seeing Mary.
- Still expects Mary to fall into his arms despite the fact that he is a stuttering mess and she's only with him because he has the briefcase.
- Engages in an Indulgent Fantasy Segue wherein he imagines murdering Mary's husband.
- The only reason he doesn't get called out on any of it is because Harry's too genuinely stupid and passive to do so.
So, the first (extremely long) entry in Alternative Character Interpretation... I don't get the point of it. He's pretty clearly both an idiot and horrendously immature. I don't know which one the entry is trying to suggest is canon and which isn't, honestly. The 13 subbullets aren't even really pertinent.
The only reason I'm not pulling right away is that they're interesting as a documentation of how dumb he is, but I really don't think it has a place here.
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