At 12:26 PM 11/2/97 -0500, gaffney@iconn.net wrote:
>> ...this is a hard question... (but why ask such question? Curiousity?)
>
>Mostly.  It struck me that K1 is a lot like most of the 'anime guys' you
>see (Tenchi, Makoto, Akito, etc.), but *doesn't* have that many conflicting
>women.  K1, by the 7th or so manga, is very popular around campus.  How
>much of that is due to the goddesses?  

        Probably a lot.  People are judged by their associate, and in some
way, a guy can be judged by his girlfriend.  There are probably at least two
ways this can work.  First, obviously, is that a woman can infer the
"quality" of a man by his girlfriend.  It's interesting that this mechanic
works in the animal kingdom as well, in shape of "hot shot" theory in bird
lek groups. (more detailed explanation is beyond the scope of this ML). 

        Second way is that a committed guy can be more confident around
women, in that he doesn't have the usual sexual tension, like pressure to
"show off."  He acts more naturally and perhaps more friendly without being
"macho."

>Certainly Hasegawa had a sort of
>crush on him for a while, and that had nothing to do with being jealous of
>Belldandy.

        I didn't notice this.  I though Hasegawa was Aoshima all the way.

>In other words, you would expect K1's wish to have made his life dramatically
>better.  It didn't.  It changed his life, and there are many good things
>about the change, notably Belldandy, but it could still have been just as
>good *without* the wish.

        I don't think so.  Without Belldandy, he would still be rejected by
Sayako, still stuck at the dorm, still lacking any confidence around women.
Not that he is exceedingly cofident around women now, but he'd be worse off.

        If you add up all the bad part, it may still be greater than the
good part of a relationship, but the great thing about a good relationship
is that it can put the positive spin to all the dreary events in one's life.  

>--Sean Gaffney

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