Inappropriate Nerd Valentines

[Mike]

[Phoebe]

Hahaha Neville is never inappropriate, is he?

I decree Valentine's is on the 17th because week too busy for love. Maybe some kind of brief, fervid rutting, fine, but leisurely romance needs time.

[Mike]

[Phoebe]

You found a way to make Neville inappropriate because he would certainly never do any of those things!

[Phoebe]

Um, can I just ask wtf card #28 here below is supposed to mean? What does a person do with this... this... anti-valentine? Jokes about your platonic regard for someone are, uh, a very confusing nope for the love!

[Mike]

[Phoebe]

Tropes about competition-demanding ladies are interesting. Lots of death where it should be . I.e. demanding ladies are cruel death-bringers. You know how it is. If you fail to win this woman she destroys you, but if you win, you would be hurting her, unless you have some kind of greater Sunder feat of course. Atalanta has, if you don't count the deaths and the trickery-by-apple, a "happy" ending. But does she really love Hippomenes after that? Nobody really wants to be tricked into love, assuming that's even possible. On the other hand, how else is it possible, given our human condition with our brains and bodies such as they are? Turandot doesn't go so well. Never has there been a worse "happy ending". The gods are displeased but we never got that sequel opera. In this context I suppose the ways of today's youths are not merely understandable but commendable. This is what they find romantic: