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Post by ringdings on Aug 27, 2007 17:53:50 GMT -5
Maybe Ann intended Mallory to be a character the readers could sympathize with ("I wish I were more grown up!" "I'm treated like a baby!"), and had no idea the amount of snark she would receive from readers, present company included.
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Post by aln1982 on Aug 27, 2007 19:28:04 GMT -5
^ That's kind of what I thought, too. I don't think she intentionally created her as a character she didn't like. Maybe she sympathized with her in some ways. If she didn't, though, that would be bad to create her as someone to be dumped on.
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Post by greer on Aug 27, 2007 19:55:13 GMT -5
then why did she keep on trying to send her to boarding school??
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Post by aln1982 on Aug 27, 2007 23:18:28 GMT -5
^ Maybe she got tired of her ;D Or maybe she got tired of readers snarking at Mallory (I'm sure she knows these things. Sometimes I feel bad and hope Ann isn't lurking on here ;D)
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Post by booboobrewer on Aug 27, 2007 23:39:25 GMT -5
Maybe Ann wanted to address the issue of an all-girls school and how Mal felt it was best for her to gain more self-esteem, pursue her writing, etc., at one, because Ann herself went to an all-girls college. I dunno, that was just my initial reaction to Mal's boarding school plot. I know way too much about AMM  |
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Post by liss31d on Aug 28, 2007 1:14:26 GMT -5
I feel badly for Mallory and really like her. Not sure why someone would create a character they didn't like - unless the character was a villian and even then, I can see liking them as a villian.
That comment instantly made me imagine Mallory as a villain and made me laugh ;D
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Post by sotypical42483 on Aug 28, 2007 11:56:18 GMT -5
I def do not think Ann hated Mallory. And as for the whole boarding school thing, I don't think it was a "haha lets write Mallory out cause she sucks!" type of thing, I think it was def more of a "crap we've written like 43179843701 BSC books, we need more plots!!!!" thing.
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Post by starrynight on Aug 30, 2007 14:41:30 GMT -5
I never really thought about Ann hating Mal. Yes, she had bad luck sometimes, but she was also smart and resourceful, and had no trouble getting 15 year old guys to hit on her.  |
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Post by aln1982 on Aug 30, 2007 16:52:51 GMT -5
^ Agree that Mal definitely had things going for her. That's probably why I always liked her. In fact, I think she might be one of my favorite sitters now. I think Ann really just tried to create a well-rounded, realistic character with some self-esteem issues that certain readers might be able to relate to.
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Post by liss31d on Aug 31, 2007 1:02:09 GMT -5
Hehe maybe we should come up with an Ann Loves Mal list to balance things out |
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Post by Kylie90210 on Sept 3, 2007 21:20:24 GMT -5
I still think she had a lot of bad things happen to her!
Why not have kristy or MA get mono?
Then again, MA's house did burn down...
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Post by aln1982 on Sept 3, 2007 23:54:04 GMT -5
^ Can't get much worse than the fire ;D Claud lost her grandma and Kristy has Patrick for a dad, Stacey and Dawn's parents are divorced, Jessi was discriminated against... Even though those things aren't rare or all that horrible compared to other possible things that could happen, maybe Ann tried to balance it out with giving stuff to Mal. Also, in real life, sometimes it seems like one person gets the short end of the stick while some people get off with having nothing bad ever happen to them.
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Post by greer on Sept 4, 2007 0:25:01 GMT -5
Mal was always trying to quit the club. Mal on strike, get well mal... Drama queen much?
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Post by sotypical42483 on Sept 5, 2007 12:50:37 GMT -5
^Mallory needed re-assurance that the girls still luved her, I think. I wonder how she woulda reacted if they were all "um... k. Bye, Mal. Have a good life"
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Post by aln1982 on Sept 5, 2007 16:49:29 GMT -5
Reassurance that people like you is always nice ;D I find myself becoming more insecure - thus being able to relate more to Mallory - as I get older. I actually don't think she was any more insecure than Claudia or even Stacey (after all, what was all the stuff about being "cool" to impress the other kids?) Claudia seemed to constantly have insecurity issues but just expressed them in different ways than Mal, I think.
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