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Which of the more unlikeable characters got to you the most on Botany and why?
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Aarens got to me! He was whiney selfish and all to sure of himself!
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I'm with Plat. I DETEST Arens!
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#4 |
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Fan of: Afra Lyon
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Aarens. Xenophobic twit.
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Aarens, Arnie, Janet Bollinger were all pains. But weren't there military types that Zainal called "brass heads" that were trying to take over the running of Botany, they cut into Chuck's responsibilites, and Zainal and Kris didn't like how they took over and did some things?
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Beggs; thae aide to Ray Scott with the unwinningly officious way with a clipboard - he really got on my nerves
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Location: Gloucester UK
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Aarens and Arnie were particularly unpleasant characters.
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Aarens is the main one I remember, so he must have been one of the very worst! I have a vague memory of Arnie as a separate ijit, but I remember having a hard time at times keeping the two of them straight, given their similar names and levels of idiocy.
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Arnie was just a perv. Easy enough to deal with pervs, if you don't have any bleeding heart liberals going on about convicts' rights.....
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Aarons!!
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Aarens, definitely!
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Aarens is definitely the bad guy on Botany.
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Location: new windsor, ny (between whats real and fanstasy
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Aarens!!
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#14 |
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Location: Texas, USA
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Dick Aarens....
perfect name really. And at the top of the list for worst possible candidate for humanity's continuing genepool. yik! I was perpetually wishing he'd find himself unceremoniously dumped in one of the valleys the Turs were living in, lol. Lenvec Oh how envy corrupteth the soul! And in his case, the mind. yeah, the guy with the clipboard... i wanted to take that clipboard and "insert tab A into slot B" and wish him well with his newest accoutrement. |
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Man, this Aarens guy is really getting hit, I think I really need to read those books again, cause I can't even remember him! Gosh, I've got some catching up to do!
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My sympathies ahead of time to you Dragonsqueen, lol. Once you get the first nibble of Aaren's style, you'll be longing for something to gargle his aftertaste out.
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I think the world and his wife all hate Aarens but to paraphrase Jessica Rabbit
"I'm not a bad person it's the way I was drawn" In Aarens case- written!!! I wonder if he's an amalgamation of the worst aspects of several people or whether poor Anne does know someone this disagreeable!!!! |
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Miss Anne most likely knew someone pretty darned close to Aarens IRL. I've had the misfortune of at least one like him in my life, *shudder* horrible man... So it stands to reason she's probably run into a good example of Aaren's type of insufferable nature.
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What irritated me was that Aarens never learned. He kept on and on thinking he was G*d's gift to women
Could a man in real life really NOT get the message quite quickly? I would hate to think he wouldnt
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Lily, I hate to tell you, darling... the answer in a word is YES. There is one guy I used to work with who is an Arens...was when I worked with him ten years ago, still is, always will be. And he's been told to his face he's the only one who thinks he's gods gift to females. Men like that hear what they want to hear, see what they want to see...and think they're the center of the universe! |
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Aarens!
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What does his whole name say Dux??
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heheh. he's the kinda guy who you wanna bash his brains in with someting dull and painful.
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I also think Arens is less than likeable, but the one I dislike even more is Balenquah. He puts them all in danger when they go to Barevi, and he allways look for the darkest side to look at.
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#27 |
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DICK Aarens is my least favorite. I have often wondered if Anne formed his character from someone she knows
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I'm with Ingerid, Aarons is a pervey jerk but Balenquah is dangerous. He endangered the Barevi mission which ticked me off, but then he kept trying to feel Kris up, that made me positively livid.
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#30 |
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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probably. I've met someone like that.
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