Harold Lauder was screwed by Nature. But not by God. Or should I say, King?
Unattractive, fat, socially left-handed and incredibly sensitive, Harold was a combination guaranteed to be frustrated by adolescence. But I would never say I pitied him. Far from it. I thought Harold was incredibly lucky considering all of those negatives. He did get to have several months of fantasy sex with Nadine, a highly attractive girl he never, ever could have had if not for the super flu. Do you know how many women a man has to date before he meets a girl like that? And I'm talking about a good-looking man with lots of potential mates. He could go his whole life and never meet a women that fun.
Okay, so Harold skidded his bike on some oil that should never have been there, and knows that Flagg did it to get rid of him. So what? He could have shot himself long before he had any real pain, right? We've got to keep things in perspective here, people. A dorky, fat, unattractive teenager. He's had one girl--a girl who was with him for the last few months of his life. And it was a fantasy situation like that?
That's not a bad trade-off in my book.
Unattractive, fat, socially left-handed and incredibly sensitive, Harold was a combination guaranteed to be frustrated by adolescence. But I would never say I pitied him. Far from it. I thought Harold was incredibly lucky considering all of those negatives. He did get to have several months of fantasy sex with Nadine, a highly attractive girl he never, ever could have had if not for the super flu. Do you know how many women a man has to date before he meets a girl like that? And I'm talking about a good-looking man with lots of potential mates. He could go his whole life and never meet a women that fun.
Okay, so Harold skidded his bike on some oil that should never have been there, and knows that Flagg did it to get rid of him. So what? He could have shot himself long before he had any real pain, right? We've got to keep things in perspective here, people. A dorky, fat, unattractive teenager. He's had one girl--a girl who was with him for the last few months of his life. And it was a fantasy situation like that?
That's not a bad trade-off in my book.