I assumed at the time that the reason he didn't tell her how wonderful she was was that he didn't want to give her reason to stay, having come to think that it would be better for her if she left. His 'she was brilliant!' remark fits in perfectly with that *g*.
Oh yeah, absolutely; I just hate this kind of send-off behaviour--it's condescending as hell, to assume that if you just treat somebody else badly, they'll be forced to leave, instead rightfully assuming that once all intents or lack thereof are communicated, the other one will just make her own choice and go.
I think the most broadly comic parts of the episode were the bits that worked best, actually, from our leads popping up out of the cubicles like pinstriped meerkats
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Date: 2008-04-06 12:21 pm (UTC)I assumed at the time that the reason he didn't tell her how wonderful she was was that he didn't want to give her reason to stay, having come to think that it would be better for her if she left. His 'she was brilliant!' remark fits in perfectly with that *g*.
Oh yeah, absolutely; I just hate this kind of send-off behaviour--it's condescending as hell, to assume that if you just treat somebody else badly, they'll be forced to leave, instead rightfully assuming that once all intents or lack thereof are communicated, the other one will just make her own choice and go.
I think the most broadly comic parts of the episode were the bits that worked best, actually, from our leads popping up out of the cubicles like pinstriped meerkats
Perfect simile! And I agree.