by llearch » Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:22 pm
Oh, goodie! ;-]
Suffice it to say I think we're going to have to agree to disagree. *grin* Having said that, if you're willing to continue to mull it over, and disagree peacefully, I'm willing to keep talking. :-]
Subject, of course, to the willingness of everyone else to listen to us waffle, as well.
On with the show...
1a) She might not want to replace them. He would consider them rubbish anyway. Remember, Peter has grown up as a Werewolf; he's been throwing clothes and shoes away as long as he's been alive, so to him, it's no big deal. To Sarah, it's a bigger deal, because she hasn't got into the mindset yet. Sooner or later she will, at which point helping her out of her clothes might work. Until then, she's going to take it as him trying to strip her, I think, and react as any teenaged girl would - belt him one. And, being mid-change, she'd probably turn into Wuff and he'd make a road-runner-esque hole in the far side of the house.
Not a good start to ownership. ;-] Although I'll admit I think the two of them are going to be doing a fair bit of redecorating.
1b) True. However, my argument stands: Peter isn't aware that she might need distracting, or help, or anything. Peter, in my humble opinion, is a little short-sighted when it comes to how other people might be thinking - not a criticism, it's something that most teenage boys are, and in his case, it's been exacerbated by his upbringing as a runt.
In fact, if you look at his reactions, Peter appears to be expecting more "distractions" along the lines of what happened last time around. And that, also, is just typical of a horny 18yo boy. *shrug*
2a) She might not be angry enough to really attack him, but... she "accidentally" threw him and Jean a couple of hundred meters into the treetops. We've discussed the possibility of a dead-lift capability on the order of 2 tons, easy. That's a lot of strength, and she's mentally still in a state where, well... you saw the scene with Dr Abe, where he asked if she was sure that was a muscle. She's had zero strength for years. You get used to applying all your force to get things moving. If she does that now, she'll tear doors out of walls, nudge cars out of her way, knock buildings over, that sort of thing. She's really quite strong now, and that's a huge difference to where she's been. If she gets even slightly annoyed, she'll hit him gently - or, what she thinks is gently - and he'll find himself in the next state, wondering where the truck is. ;-]
After a major strength upgrade, I'd expect her to have to take some time working out just how hard to hold things, otherwise she's going to accidentally put fingerprints into cars and the like. And she counts, for Peter, as "another Werewolf" - one of the few things that can kill. She might be very sorry afterwards, but I can see the Wuff accidentally causing him some serious damage.
2b) Maybe, maybe not. After all, to take the earlier example, would you enjoy being hit by a truck, even if you could heal almost instantly? In her mind she's still a weedy little 5'4" dweeb, attempting to hit a 5'8" jock. The mere fact that she's swinging an arm that's probably close to 5' long, and likely weighs as much as he does, to do so, has yet to register. Not to mention the extra length means a lot more force on point of application.
3) Heh. Ok, that might happen. Given the way she fought Rebecca, it wouldn't surprise me to see her take what Peter would consider an unconventional approach. ;-]
I'm not really that talkative, I just think I have a lot to say.