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The reciprocity itself does not
warrant the emotion, nor does it discredit it, nor does it reflect upon the
behaviour. The pursuit itself, the Sisyphean task of constant attempt and
failure, alone can stand as a test of Character by which the authenticity of
his passion might be judged, in the absence of any stable meritocracy on the
High Seas. His adversary Guybrush, while well-meaning, does quite little to
EARN Marley's Love; in fact, his first Adventure does more to impede her
interests than to further a Common Goal. While LeChuck operates in
independence, his Unrequited Love lives up to the Romantic Ideal of Eros: as
Marie-Louise von Franz put it, doing things AGAINST THE RULES because one loves
that person. Elaine's relationship to Guybrush is conventional; LeChuck is
post-conventional. Any consummate Love must pass through these same ordeals,
for it must be strong enough to endure in each Individual even without seeking
anything in exchange, INCLUDING its reciprocation, which is at best a selfish
drive. LeChuck does not need flattery or love, though Guybrush does, and in
that sense he is far more truly Heroic than the latter. We must not preclude in
Elaine the possibility of Grave Error, simply because the Story is told
interactively through the "Good Guy's" naïve perspective, which was
deliberately made to abound in shortcoming and self-deception. Finally: let us
not forget that all relationships of this kind begin with "stalking",
by one definition or another, for any excess of attention might be determined
arbitrarily, and yet such extremes are always necessary if one wishes to know
the Other, to gather sufficient information with which to undertake (no pun
intended) a sensible courtship, and, on top of all of that, to BECOME known BY
the Other as a candidate who might be judged without bias, with all due respect
to both the Seeker's Potential and the Judgement of the Sought.
[({R.G.)}]
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