Everyone is really mean about Datu!

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Originally Posted by Ra1th

the whole watching people die thing is only an excuse for so long.

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Remember that just because it's been YEARS* for us waiting for the next podcast, it hasn't been that long for Datu.
Also, he's not as annoying as Steven, so I forgive him more. :p

*slight over-exaggeration. It's only been approximately forever.

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Originally Posted by Ra1th

I fuckin love you right now

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Awwww.... Lovefest '11

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Originally Posted by Magrat

Remember that just because it's been YEARS* for us waiting for the next podcast, it hasn't been that long for Datu.
Also, he's not as annoying as Steven, so I forgive him more. :p

*slight over-exaggeration. It's only been approximately forever.

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Couldn't agree more about Steven, but I guess it's a preference thing.

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Originally Posted by shric debar

typo: plus


and he's not usually crying. he only cries occasionally

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Three, four days a week max.

I really like Datu, he out of the other guys was really just a normal guy before all of this happened, he is just not a solider or marine so he hasnt dealt with things like this before.

He's a good guy. He met somebody and fell in love and they died. He deserves to cry as much as he wants.

I really like datu but we havent heard a lot from him in the recent chapters

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Originally Posted by shric debar

woha mean much? oh wait you're defending angel, there's a surprise.

ok angel never had to witness his girlfriend being ripped to shreds by 100's of zombies did he? datu did. also angel is trained to deal with situations such as having to see someone close to him die and sending people to their deaths. he's an officer, they are trained to cope with those emotions. datu on the other hand is not.

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being an officer doesn't mean you don't feel, and no amount of training can prepare you to give the order to put a bullet in a loved one. i've been been listening like two days and i can see where people are getting fed up with datu. to me angel typifies a new LT, no experience, no leadership skills, nothing but book smarts. in that way michael and angel fell perfectly into the nco/officer roles: the officer lays out the mission and the nco executes it, but head knowledge doesn't change the fact that when it started, angel was just some kid, fresh out of college who was greener than the grouch, so saying that he should be better able to handle it because he is an officer isn't fair. what it comes down to is the difference between someone who joins the army and someone who doesn't, it's a baseline personality difference. yes i think datu is wallowing in that whole "pity me" attitude, but he just isn't the kind of person who can easily deal with that sort of trauma.

From the beginning you could see that Datu would never be a soldier, he's scared and has very weak willpower. How could anyone really expect him to completely control his emotions and behavior.
*SPOILERS*
He has suffered something that I don't even think I would be able to get over: seeing and or hearing someone he loved (even if it was sudden) get ripped apart, played with, and eaten.
The only thing that I would say I dislike about Datu is that he let it change him into a pessimist, but when he found out about Hope you could hear life breathing back into him.
You can't compare character that are almost polar opposites, Datu is an emotional character and it's not a bad thing, you can always turn around and call other characters heartless for not even shedding a tear for someone.

If you don't like Datu's personality you most likely don't like Peg's, but that may be hidden because of biases with gender or her lack of traumatic experiences.

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Originally Posted by Lavitz

From the beginning you could see that Datu would never be a soldier, he's scared and has very weak willpower. How could anyone really expect him to completely control his emotions and behavior.

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You are nuts. If anything Datu is more brave for going into these situations with only like a beretta or a wrench and not really knowing how to use either.