Tommy Sherman: Difference between revisions

 

What must have been galling to Tommy’s legion of foes is that he was so arrogant as to be practically immune to return fire. View his reaction to Daria’s verbal broadside, just prior to his death.

 

:'''<i>Daria:</i>''' I know the whole school's turning itself inside out because of some egotistical football player, and I've seen you insult or proposition just about everyone you come across, so my guess is that you're the football player guy. Congratulations. You must have worked very hard to become such a colossal jerk so quickly.

 

:'''<i>Tommy:</i>''' You know what Tommy Sherman's going to do now? He's going to go out onto the field and check out his new goal post. He's going to read the plaque and think of all the people who admire him. But you wouldn't know anything about that. You're one of those misery chicks, always moping about what a cruel world it is, making a big deal about it so people won't notice that you're a loser.

 

That is one thick rhino hide. A lack of self-esteem wasn’t one of his shortcomings. He was conceited, self-important, egotistical, and boorish; like [[Quinn Morgendorffer]], he esteemed himself more than anyone. (“Do you know who I am? Tommy Sherman?”) Worse, in his retort to Daria Tommy nailed the basics of the issue: Daria <i>was</i> a “misery chick” who externalized her anger at the unfairness of the world. She seemed to revel in her self-imposed unpopularity, but she really was miserable—a “loser” at the popularity game, and she knew it and he knew she knew it.