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Who Is Ellen - 34 - HD

🕑 Added 2022-09-15 03:00:04 +0000 UTC

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Daryl Sawyer

Its a trademark. The plural is in the name.

Crissa Kentavr

It looks like he's distracted by her flying hair ^-^

Some Ed

Not everyone is really that open to being challenged. That said, he's mostly dealing with Ellen, Nanase, and George here. Grace might be involved, but to the extent she's still a bit shy about being challenged, Ellen and Nanase will cover for her. So it seems unlikely that Rich would learn the lesson I mentioned, which makes it more likely that he'd learn the first lesson you suggested. I agree with your second lesson, but don't see how he'd get there from here. TL;DR:Yes on point A, but that there exist contexts where that's not the best lesson. Yes on point B, but I don't see a path there.

Wild Card

Rich is trying hard to not look too low, for his own health

Some Ed

That depends on the martial artist and possibly their culture. It's probably true more often than not, but the one thing I've learned well is that people are more varied than I can possibly imagine, and even after knowing this for years, I keep finding out over and over again that it's still true. That said, it is tending to happen less frequently as my understanding of the possible range expands and the number of people I interact with decreases...

KC

Nanase be channeling her inner sayan. "'Go easy?!' Do not insult me!"

KC

To my mind it's like siblings: distinct personalities but definitely still some shared core traits

Thisguy

Heh. Martial artists take challenges very seriously. Going easy is the greatest insult you could give.

Desy

I'd love so very much if this storyline ends with Rich being more confident and comfortable with challenging people, regardless of gender, because he learns that it's in the challenge that we can connect with each other always. But also, I want him to fucking learn that it's the personality connections that matter most and not the angle hidden in the persons underwear. (This is fully biased by my asexual-biromantic identity.)

AstroChaos

To be fair, we know that it would really irritate Elliott for someone to go easy on him on a challenge he's accepted. While her personality has certainly evolved quite a bit from her creation and she's very much her own person, I'm betting that aspect is still just as true for Ellen.