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Maybe being a Special wouldn't be such a good idea
« on: February 08, 2010, 07:55:23 AM »
Ya, I know that they always have icy clarity, and yes, that is cool. And it's cool that they have super strength, hearing, and eyesight, but what I'm saying is that maybe it would be awful to always be disconnected from anyone who isn't in your clique. It tore Tally and Zane apart, which is awful cause I thought they were made for eachother. But then in Extras after Zane you-know-whated (I don't wanna give away the story) Tally and David are starting to fall in love again, so what I don't understand is why Tally-as-a-Special could fall for a random ugly but not a bubbly pretty?!? It's just weird. And maybe Tally was truth-slanting when she said she loved Zane. Maybe she just wanted to get back at David.


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Re: Maybe being a Special wouldn't be such a good idea
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2010, 08:02:01 AM »
Hmm. Very good topic, Tori-la.

Maybe after Zane you-know-whated (hee hee that's fun to type) it changed Tally so much she started to fall for David again and made her disconnect from the totally excluding world of a Special. Know what I mean? It changed her.
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« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2010, 08:25:09 AM »
Good point Hope-la

But, what I don't get is if after Zane you-know-whated (ya it is really fun to type!) Tally really did change, why is she still all cold and uh, I don't really know how to say this but uh, you know, Special.
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Re: Maybe being a Special wouldn't be such a good idea
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2010, 08:28:40 AM »
Well, maybe because her brain was still wired like a Special's she had a hard time breaking free, but was trying. Like the effects were still lingering, because the Special mind-job hadn't gone away, but the effects were weakened after Zane's *beep*.
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Re: Maybe being a Special wouldn't be such a good idea
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2010, 08:47:07 AM »
Huh, another good point Hope-la


But let me ask you this

Tally said she loved Zane in front of David, and I think after Zanes, er, thing happened that the effects got even worse.  what do you think
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Re: Maybe being a Special wouldn't be such a good idea
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2010, 08:36:25 AM »
No, I don't think the effects got worse after Zane.  Remember, she was talking to David in the ruins, and she just wanted to be herself? That's definitely not a Special attitude. I don't know, though--any other opinions?
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Re: Maybe being a Special wouldn't be such a good idea
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2010, 11:48:47 AM »
Interesting opinions, I feel that when she was with Zane, traveling through the wild  with him, that she wasn't fully cured, she still had the "I'm a special and I look down upon others" attitude. But once Zane died Tally was pretty much cured, because the human pain of losing someone you loved overrides the special outlook on life.
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Re: Maybe being a Special wouldn't be such a good idea
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2010, 12:03:53 PM »
Quote from: Tabac vie on February 09, 2010, 11:48:47 AM
Interesting opinions, I feel that when she was with Zane, traveling through the wild  with him, that she wasn't fully cured, she still had the "I'm a special and I look down upon others" attitude. But once Zane you-know-what-ed Tally was pretty much cured, because the human pain of losing someone you loved overrides the special outlook on life.

I agree
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Re: Maybe being a Special wouldn't be such a good idea
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2010, 12:42:33 PM »
Huh good points


Do you think Tally is starting to fall for David again?
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Re: Maybe being a Special wouldn't be such a good idea
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2010, 10:41:07 PM »
Yes. What I wanted to happen all along!  :D
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Re: Maybe being a Special wouldn't be such a good idea
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2010, 01:04:12 PM »
yes, I mean they have been through so much together it's hard for someone not connect after that.
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Re: Maybe being a Special wouldn't be such a good idea
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2010, 01:20:57 PM »
Huh, well personally, I like Zane with Tally better. I mean, they went through alot together too!!!! The quest to bubbliness is a very intense one!!!
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Re: Maybe being a Special wouldn't be such a good idea
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2010, 10:42:15 PM »
Yeah, I think Zane deserved Tally more than David did... good point Tori-la!
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Re: Maybe being a Special wouldn't be such a good idea
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2010, 11:54:33 PM »
Quote from: Team Toshi Banana on February 10, 2010, 10:42:15 PM
Yeah, I think Zane deserved Tally more than David did... good point Tori-la!
Hmm. Good point, Zane worked to escape pretty-mindness while David just grew up opposed to it.  But personally, I find that I want David and Tally to be together in the end.
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Re: Maybe being a Special wouldn't be such a good idea
« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2010, 05:34:42 AM »
Yeah, and David kind of cheated on Shay... he just dropped her for Tally. At least Zane didn't drop anyone for Tally, so I feel like he deserved her a bit more.
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