monoceros blogsLooking at Sally trail after Linus made me think of all the unrequited love in the strip. Here's the lowdown:
~ Charlie Brown yearning after the little red-haird girl
~ Lucy courting Schroeder as he plays piano, exasperating him to no end
~ Sally heaping affections on her "Sweet Babboo" Linus
~ Rerun wanting to borrow Snoopy since his parents won't let him have a dog
~ Peppermint Patty and Marcie, both secretly in love with Chuck
This leaves only Schroeder (who loves Beethoven and gets to play him), Franklin (who has the least anxieties on the strip), Woodstock (who has enough trouble as it is just flying), Pigpen (who loves dirt and is dirty), and Snoopy (who is too smart to be bogged down with love troubles); the lucky few who are never found mooning over anyone.
Posted by Monoceros at September 23, 2004 9:22 PM"Peppermint Patty and Marcie, both secretly in love with Chuck"
Never realised that! OK, maybe PP did get riled up at Chuck sometimes. But ... Marcie?
Heh, I was wondering if they were something else, since she was always calling PP 'sir'!!
Posted by: Van Tan at September 24, 2004 12:09 AMhaha... Peanuts! what a gem.
Posted by: tiggie at September 24, 2004 9:55 AMAccording to the website, both Patty and Marcie were infatuated with the same boy. And Linus had a thing for a particular teacher of his! I'm not sure about the Marcie thing too though. In any case, if you go to the website and click on Marcie, you can see how she first meets Patty, and how she has this huge amount of respect for Patty, that's why she calls her "Sir," her inimitable way of showing her devotion to the one person she looks up to.
Posted by: monoceros at September 24, 2004 1:24 PM