Hall fight (5/26)

[daanton]

I'm surprised no one else here has yet mentioned the words: CAT FIGHT!

[Klugheit]

Inferior to roundhouse kicks.

[badkittyface]

i guess my interpretation of Penny's dirty look towards Sara was a little more basic: Penny's mad because Sara's not backing her up the way Michelle is.

Hm. It seems to me that Penny shouldn't have to rely on anybody to do her own work for her. She's proven to be pretty strong on her own. IMO, Michelle's being an idiot, and is getting upset over nothing.

of course Penny shouldn't have to rely on anyone, and it IS nothing, but that's the way these cliques tend to work: Penny is just SO damn cool that, if someone bruises her ego a bit, she doesn't even respond to it... her friends do. if Penny had been the one to spout "suck-up", it would've just looked like sour grapes, but Michelle knows the "rules": if your friends do the attacking for you, you look victimized instead of bitter and jealous.

which is why Penny seems doubly pissed at Sara, to me. the more people that Penny can get to speak up and side with her, the worse Aggie will look. it's like a snowball effect: Michelle tells Aggie off, then Sara agrees, then another girl a bit further down in the hierarchy (perhaps Katy-Ann, but i don't see her around) agrees, and before you know it, half the class is agreeing that Aggie is a show-off and a bitch.

Penny can't have so much as a chink put into her cool armor, so every little scratch must be defended. if people begin to view her as less than perfect, her whole facade will come crumbling off and she'll lose her power.

just like Darth Vader! remember when he stopped being a badass Sith and turned all gooey-gushy-good? and then the Emperor fried him and Luke took off his badass helmet and he was totally messed up? yeah... that wasn't pretty.

[Archon Divinus]

just like Darth Vader! remember when he stopped being a badass Sith and turned all gooey-gushy-good? and then the Emperor fried him and Luke took off his badass helmet and he was totally messed up? yeah... that wasn't pretty.

Best analogy ever.

[Freemage]

Okay, going back to basics, here; Frame-by-frame analysis:

6/25:1> Aggie glances back at Penny as the other is called upon in what has long been noted as a weak subject.

6/25:2> Penny gets extremely flustered attempting to answer. This is something I find interesting--it suggests Penny cares more about academic performance than she's let on.

6/25:3> Aggie is, indeed, looking smug, while Penny fails to get any useful help from Michelle. Aggie's thought-bubble suggests she's aware that she really does think she's being better by jumping in than by letting Penny 'twist in the wind'.

6/25:4> Penny answers the question, gets a modest bit of praise from the teacher (although it is mixed with a light rebuke for jumping in). Significantly, we cannot see Penny's initial reaction to being 'saved'.

6/25:5> Michelle launches her initial attack as the girls file out. Penny looks like she's barely aware of what is about to happen; Sara looks downright shocked.

6/26:1> Michelle continues her assault on a fairly relaxed-looking Aggie, whose attention, really, seems more on Penny, who in turn is shooting Sara a dirty look; Sara's looking flummoxed.

6/26:2> Hall gossip makes it clear that everyone views this as a fight between Penny and Aggie, despite the fact that Michelle is serving as Penny's 'champion'.

6/26:3> BAM! Penny comes across with possibly the most devastating counter-punch she could muster--one which, I think, digs at Michelle, as much as Penny, as Michelle had failed to assist Penny when asked. This is key.

6/26:4> As the crowd grins at seeing first blood, Penny looks pissed; twice in ten minutes, Michelle has failed to help Penny out of a jam.

I think that Penny, having originally sincerely meant to help out (even if for selfish reasons, namely living up to her father's image of her), has been angered just enough to decide to take out Michelle; if Penny wants to come out of this without a TKO to her side, she's going to have to step into the ring herself, unless Sara takes the lead next.

[SAGG]

Okay, going back to basics, here; Frame-by-frame analysis:

6/25:1> Aggie glances back at Penny as the other is called upon in what has long been noted as a weak subject.

6/25:2> Penny gets extremely flustered attempting to answer. This is something I find interesting--it suggests Penny cares more about academic performance than she's let on.

6/25:3> Aggie is, indeed, looking smug, while Penny fails to get any useful help from Michelle. Aggie's thought-bubble suggests she's aware that she really does think she's being better by jumping in than by letting Penny 'twist in the wind'.

6/25:4> Penny answers the question, gets a modest bit of praise from the teacher (although it is mixed with a light rebuke for jumping in). Significantly, we cannot see Penny's initial reaction to being 'saved'.

6/25:5> Michelle launches her initial attack as the girls file out. Penny looks like she's barely aware of what is about to happen; Sara looks downright shocked.

6/26:1> Michelle continues her assault on a fairly relaxed-looking Aggie, whose attention, really, seems more on Penny, who in turn is shooting Sara a dirty look; Sara's looking flummoxed.

6/26:2> Hall gossip makes it clear that everyone views this as a fight between Penny and Aggie, despite the fact that Michelle is serving as Penny's 'champion'.

6/26:3> BAM! Penny comes across with possibly the most devastating counter-punch she could muster--one which, I think, digs at Michelle, as much as Penny, as Michelle had failed to assist Penny when asked. This is key.

6/26:4> As the crowd grins at seeing first blood, Penny looks pissed; twice in ten minutes, Michelle has failed to help Penny out of a jam.

I think that Penny, having originally sincerely meant to help out (even if for selfish reasons, namely living up to her father's image of her), has been angered just enough to decide to take out Michelle; if Penny wants to come out of this without a TKO to her side, she's going to have to step into the ring herself, unless Sara takes the lead next.

Uh, on that last part, are you talking about Aggie living up to her dad's image of her, and of taking out Michelle?

[RentACop]

I wish I could bottle the overanalyzation used by this forum and save it for when I have to write papers.

[Freemage]

I think that Penny, having originally sincerely meant to help out (even if for selfish reasons, namely living up to her father's image of her), has been angered just enough to decide to take out Michelle; if Penny wants to come out of this without a TKO to her side, she's going to have to step into the ring herself, unless Sara takes the lead next.

Uh, on that last part, are you talking about Aggie living up to her dad's image of her, and of taking out Michelle?

Gahhhh.... Yeah, I meant to say that Aggie originally had good intentions, yadda yadda yadda.