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How many people are happy that their marriage stayed together?

doodo!doodo!
edited December 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
How many people are happy that their marriage stayed together? I personally thought it was a good ending with integrity and value.
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  • FalancaFalanca
    edited December 2009
    I am.
    I could be happier though. Just replace Elaine with Morgan. Keep the goth dress.
  • SurplusGamerSurplusGamer
    edited December 2009
    How many people are happy that you posted spoilers in the main topic?

    I think this one is fairly obvious, it was always going to turn out that way I think, but still. Careful!
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited December 2009
    SurplusGamer wrote: »
    How many people are happy that you posted spoilers in the main topic?

    I think this one is fairly obvious, it was always going to turn out that way I think, but still. Careful!

    OOPS...hehe,:p

    Sorry guys, I goofed.
  • adventureaddictadventureaddict
    edited December 2009
    Yep, be careful with the spoilers, but otherwise, I was ecstatic! =D
  • fire_and_a_rosefire_and_a_rose
    edited December 2009
    I'll say it flat out: it irritates me when a poll like this is put up where you have no option to say, "No".

    Personally, yes, I AM glad. But it would be interesting to see who ISN'T--who thinks Guybrush and Morgan, for example, might be a better couple long-term--and putting up a second post with basically the same subject line just to add one additional option feels foolish.
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited December 2009
    lol when i saw this i thought it ment there as in the readers marrage XD
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited December 2009
    I was rooting for Elaine in the long run. As much as I liked Morgan, all I wanted was for her to be happy with the ending she got, and I got that.

    And besides, Elaine had better cleavage. Morgan overdid it a bit. [/obligatory boobs joke]
  • PecanBluePecanBlue
    edited December 2009
    ^
    :|

    Well, I'm happy that they stayed together but it was always an obvious thing so it's more like I never actually worried about it.
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited December 2009
    I'd say that the results are unanimous! The verdict is in!
  • RybrushRybrush
    edited December 2009
    Morgan's a babe... and mine.
  • MaxilyahMaxilyah
    edited December 2009
    I'm sorry, guys, but I'll forever be a shipper of Morgan and Guybrush.
    So, needless to say, I won't vote here.
  • RybrushRybrush
    edited December 2009
    Exactly. Not voting until you present us with the 'No' alternative.
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited December 2009
    Rybrush wrote: »
    Exactly. Not voting until you present us with the 'No' alternative.

    I was asking who liked it, not who didn't...:p
  • FalancaFalanca
    edited December 2009
    Maxilyah wrote: »
    I'm sorry, guys, but I'll forever be a shipper of Morgan and Guybrush.
    So, needless to say, I won't vote here.

    Me either, but I voted.

    I just... can't help myself.
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited December 2009
    Hmm, if Morgan wasn't still dead I'd consider putting together the most convincing Guybrush costume ever. I don't go for ghosts, though. And I only go for fictional characters in theory, so in practice it doesn't matter anyway, I guess.
  • Jade_OttselJade_Ottsel
    edited December 2009
    Personally, I'm glad they remained as a couple. It's very much evident in their dialogue that Guybrush and Elaine love one another very much, mutually. Besides as much as I like Morgan as a character (even though she did somewhat get on my nerves in "Lair of the Leviathan"), she and Guybrush don't have very good chemistry together, as a romantic couple at least. Friends, yes, but quite honestly nothing beyond that.

    And to be completely honest, I'm MORE surprised she didn't end up with Winslow, for some odd reason. ;)
  • FalancaFalanca
    edited December 2009
    Jade_Ottsel wrote: »
    (even though she did somewhat get on my nerves in "Lair of the Leviathan"),

    I just LOVED her in that episode...

    ...
  • RockNRollRockNRoll
    edited December 2009
    you seriously spoiled the entire game for me. thanks a lot buddy. somebody should ban you.
  • eMKayeNeMKayeN
    edited December 2009
    I like the fact that all the possible answers are for yes only
  • adventureaddictadventureaddict
    edited December 2009
    Guybrush and Elaine forever!
    Down with Morgan!

    Who's with me?!

    ...Anyone?
  • DaviesDavies
    edited December 2009
    Most. Annoying. Thread. Ever. I wanted to vote NO, dag-nammit.

    Have you ever considered becoming a politician Doodo!? I think you'd fit right in because I never seemed to have any say on if the UK should have gone to war either! ;)
  • TioAlliTioAlli
    edited December 2009
    nO!:mad:
  • JazzyJazzy
    edited December 2009
    I would want to vote yes as, at the end, I did want them to stay together, it worked really well, but you had to try and remove free will didn't ya? No voties from me boyo!
  • DaviesDavies
    edited December 2009
    Jazzy wrote: »
    but you had to try and remove free will didn't ya?

    I couldn't help but find your avatar ironic, didn't Max (as potential President) want to enslave mankind and whatnot? ;)
  • JazzyJazzy
    edited December 2009
    Davies wrote: »
    I couldn't help but find your avatar ironic, didn't Max (as potential President) want to enslave mankind and whatnot? ;)

    Yes, but that was for the betterment of all, or at least himself. Besides, the plebian masses need enslavement, I mean guidance, to help lead fruitful and productive lives, however short and brutal they may be. ;)
  • PyriteParrotPyriteParrot
    edited December 2009
    Yes, I'm glad. It wouldn't be Monkey Island without Guybrush & Elaine!
  • BeeKay84BeeKay84
    edited December 2009
    doodo! wrote: »
    I was asking who liked it, not who didn't...:p
    Actually you asked "how many people" liked it... so, it would've been interesting to see how many are glad as opposed to how many aren't.

    As for me, I AM glad they were "cemented as the Power Couple of the Caribbean", as it was said in a certain article a while ago.
  • PecanBluePecanBlue
    edited December 2009
    adventureaddict wrote: »
    Guybrush and Elaine forever!
    Down with Morgan!

    Who's with me?!

    ...Anyone?

    What? I'm sorry, I must have passed out from saying "cheers!" and drinking to your statement twenty times. Sorry about that.
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited December 2009
    PecanBlue wrote: »
    What? I'm sorry, I must have passed out from saying "cheers!" and drinking to your statement twenty times. Sorry about that.

    I'll drink to that too!
  • SyrynxSyrynx
    edited December 2009
    No. no no no, no no, no no. no.

    And not for reasons of other shipping either.

    Elaine's betrayal of Guybrush was heart breaking, and I feel it did not get the recognition of being so heartrendingly awful as it should have. As a player, I found Elaine irredeemable after that point, and while I didn't want guybrush skipping off to morgan to drown his sorrows in an afterlife rebound, I felt that integral damage was done to the structure of Guybrush's marriage. But I guess Guybrush really is a masochist afterall.
  • StarEyeStarEye
    edited December 2009
    Well, I never was a big fan of them getting married to begin with. But the damage is done, and I doubt we'll see something as dramatic as a divorce in a Monkey Island game. If that happens, it'll happen between games, and with no real detail. But he'd be cracking a lot of jokes about it, no doubt.

    "I warn you Guybrush, these mountain paths are nerve-breaking!"
    "So was my marriage, but I still survived"

    "Give me all your money or I'll stab you!"
    "You're not Elaine, and I claim my five pieces o'eight!"
  • SyrynxSyrynx
    edited December 2009
    I dunno, I just saw elaine as a not good wife for the first time in the series at that moment, when all through the season I have been hoping for them to stay together.

    A wife who loves you doesnt run off to turn into a demon bride mere hours after your death regardless of "plans", and a loving wife certainly doesn't spray your essence with rootbeer after you show up to try and rescue her.

    Bad Laineykins.
  • bobhobbitbobhobbit
    edited December 2009
    Syrynx wrote: »
    A wife who loves you doesnt run off to turn into a demon bride mere hours after your death regardless of "plans", and a loving wife certainly doesn't spray your essence with rootbeer after you show up to try and rescue her.

    Bad Laineykins.

    Laineykins was posessed by some kind of voodoo god-crazyness-type-thing. She didn't really mean to spray you with rootbeer, honest!
  • dahoughtonukdahoughtonuk
    edited December 2009
    Syrynx wrote: »
    No. no no no, no no, no no. no.

    And not for reasons of other shipping either.

    Elaine's betrayal of Guybrush was heart breaking, and I feel it did not get the recognition of being so heartrendingly awful as it should have. As a player, I found Elaine irredeemable after that point, and while I didn't want guybrush skipping off to morgan to drown his sorrows in an afterlife rebound, I felt that integral damage was done to the structure of Guybrush's marriage. But I guess Guybrush really is a masochist afterall.

    Exactly how I felt. I felt after Morgan's actions fair enough she didn't get him (and was never a big supporter anyway), but Elaine's betrayal if anything was worse. So why should she get him back?

    Besides trusting LeChuck (though stupid) is not the same as "Yes, I'll be your demon bride. Especially since my husband is still not entirely dead."
  • AndorxorAndorxor
    edited December 2009
    They are no longer married.The episode should have ended with a remarriage.
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited December 2009
    Andorxor wrote: »
    They are no longer married.The episode should have ended with a remarriage.

    Well if you choose to look at it that way, then the episode technically ended with Guybrush placing an engagement band on Elaine's finger (though unlike the last time he put that ring on her finger, she wasn't a gold statue at the time).
  • ScrawfflerScrawffler
    edited December 2009
    Maybe season 2 will start with their second wedding!

    Either way, I'm glad. When I saw the options for the poll I could tell there would be some hate from the people who didn't want them to stay together, but I must admit I smiled to myself. It would have been out of the Monkey Island spirit to actually break them up.
  • Albo AbourtAlbo Abourt
    edited December 2009
    Before Tales , i hated Elaine. She had never been affectionate with Guybrush, and then with me :D . With Tales characterization , I fell love of Elaine, so I'm happy that the marriage continues. I loved Morgan, but she seems the perfect partner in adventure, more than she was Elaine. However, i must say that she was a beautiful and fascinating temptation!
  • flying sheepflying sheep
    edited December 2009
    i am not. and a poll with 4× “yes” is missing something.
    marriage is outdated now and it had no value for pirates back then.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited December 2009
    flying sheep wrote: »
    i am not. and a poll with 4× “yes” is missing something.
    marriage is outdated now and it had no value for pirates back then.
    Marriage is outdated now? Geez, somebody's bitter.

    And I'm pretty sure Guybrush puts value in things that no "real" pirates "back then" had value in. I'm pretty sure Monkey Island isn't set "back then", anachronistic elements isn't really something to complain about in the Monkey Island universe.
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