Steph, I felt the same way. As I said in my post, I have rarely wanted a character to DIE IN ALL THE FIRES as I do Pierce. I almost feel resentful when the show makes me care about him a little.
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Polter-Cow - Dec 21, 2011 11:15:34 am PST #4794 of 8625
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Steph L. - Dec 21, 2011 11:28:51 am PST #4795 of 8625
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I have rarely wanted a character to DIE IN ALL THE FIRES as I do Pierce.
Man, I'm trying to think, and I can't think of a character I've disliked this much. Only Rygel comes close, and I even like Rygel from time to time.
Unrelated to character hatred, Theo Huxtable as Shirley's ex made me lose my shit laughing. Not because he was exceptionally funny, but -- Theo Huxtable! I love that they totally acknowledged it with the sweater bit.
erikaj - Dec 21, 2011 11:48:32 am PST #4796 of 8625
Always Anti-fascist!
Tep, wrod on Pierce. Hate him.(and not in that apparently-still-vital to TV comedy "love to hate" way. )There was a whole thing about his dad this season that was a total waste too
billytea - Dec 21, 2011 11:52:54 am PST #4797 of 8625
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Community: we watched Advanced Dungeons and Dragons last night, and -- the show has finally gone past the point of credulity with why they keep Pierce in the group. Seriously.
Exactly my reaction. (Aside from hysterical laughter, because for a longstanding D&D geek, that was a great episode.)
Steph L. - Dec 21, 2011 11:53:33 am PST #4798 of 8625
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Aside from hysterical laughter,
Oh, yeah, that too. God DAMN, it was hilarious.
-t - Dec 22, 2011 4:54:28 pm PST #4799 of 8625
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I just watched that tonight. I forgot for a second there that the writers could control the outcome of the die, I think. I was very tense.
Prehensile tail totally beats giant ears, btw.
Steph L. - Dec 22, 2011 5:08:43 pm PST #4800 of 8625
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
-t, first -- you are TEARING through those DVDs! Like the wind!
Second, after the tail-vs-giant-ears tag, Tim asked me that question, and my exact answer was "If it's prehensile, tail totally wins."
-t - Dec 22, 2011 5:23:07 pm PST #4801 of 8625
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
They are totally eating my life and I love it! I don't know what I'm going to do when I'm all caught up.
::Prehensile tail high-five::
Steph L. - Dec 22, 2011 6:31:51 pm PST #4802 of 8625
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I don't know what I'm going to do when I'm all caught up.
I know!
Vonnie K - Dec 22, 2011 6:39:00 pm PST #4803 of 8625
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Pierce is reprehensible and logically, his continuing presence in the group is baffling. But narratively, I think his character brings interesting conflicts to the group dynamic. Advanced D&D wouldn't have been so brilliant without him as the chief antagonist ("I can't hear you over the sound of me rubbing his sword on my balls!"), and there are several other major episodes in the rest of the season 2 where he essentially drives the story.
I don't know. I hate him, but I also kinda don't. I just can't imagine the study group without him at this point.