Alec Benson Leary said:
Marvin said:
Chris doesn't care about having a productive life. Or, well, I guess you could interpret that very liberally and it'd apply to Chris. Like, Chris could be happy if he had his galpal (one who paid the bills because Chris is such a feminist) and he'd spend his days playing video games, maybe drawing more Sonichu and just generally being a lazy fatass. It's kinda productive because of Sonichu, but that's kinda iffy.
His problem isn't that he doesn't care about having a productive life, it's that he should. He thinks that a magic sweetheart who solves all problems is the ideal solution to pursue. If he somehow acquired such a girlfriend, he'd still be unfulfilled and have no idea why, and he'd invent new things to bitch about and remain unhappy.
I don't know if that's exactly the case. Chris is very simple minded and can be easily sated. And not to some trivial level, but he doesn't have the deep yearning for meaning in his life that other people do. Or, at least as far as something like a life's work or an important profession go. Really, he's just very lonely right now and that's why he wants a girlfriend. Barb doesn't listen to his video game sperging and she doesn't have sex with him (hopefully) and she doesn't baby him that much anymore. He feels like he's all alone (well, he is).
I don't think he really invents problems that aren't actually there in some way.
Although paranoia about trolls might be with him forever, even if he magically got a girlfriend.
Well, and it's just in his nature to complain, and he'll be doing that forever about anyone who's the tiniest bit mean to him. I guess I'm just saying that these complaints won't reach the depth of importance in his life that not having a girlfriend does.