Thank you! I love the pair of them so much when they're being big dorks. I guess that shows. *g*
the way he says things that really aren't meant to be insulting, but that just wind up coming out that way, because of the way his brain works.
I think that's the crux of Rodney. He means to be sarcastic -- it's his sense of humour -- but most of his dialogue is hyperbole and ranting for the sake of it. It's not... well, it's not directly *meant* to be insulting. He realises afterwards -- okay, sometimes he realises afterwards -- but it takes a fairly special person (like John) to see past that and get that underneath that, he's a decent guy.
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the way he says things that really aren't meant to be insulting, but that just wind up coming out that way, because of the way his brain works.
I think that's the crux of Rodney. He means to be sarcastic -- it's his sense of humour -- but most of his dialogue is hyperbole and ranting for the sake of it. It's not... well, it's not directly *meant* to be insulting. He realises afterwards -- okay, sometimes he realises afterwards -- but it takes a fairly special person (like John) to see past that and get that underneath that, he's a decent guy.