>>114002465>but it would have been nice just once to see him stand up to LucyHe has, and most of the group whenever they rag on his leadership skills for things he had nothing to do with or couldn't stop with any amount of orders.
Thing is they usually just ignore him after.
I may be looking too deep into it, but I think a crux of how Charlie was treated is in the first lines about him written. For the group the scapegoat, regardless of its virtues or the faults of the group or others, must simply remain the scapegoat because otherwise the reality of their problems grow bigger than them.
>or tell Patty he wasn't interested. He more or less did when he indifferently told her he got rid of her love letter in that one strip.
>Or, you know, he could have asked out Patty instead pretending to be cluelessBut he's not interested in her romantically, just a friend.
>she was a nice girl, he was crazy to pass on her.I don't know, she has her sudden tantrums. It's not a deal breaker personally since everyone does, but I can see why someone already putting up with a lot of demeaning from friends and families wouldn't want to tie himself to that.
I think my gripe is that instead of him trying to prove himself or argue with others so often, there weren't enough cases of Charlie just quietly walking off and deciding he was done with anyone's fuss.
