Mr_Palmer
Does a character's rejection status affect their behavior after being rejected or not? e.g. old fish Marvin is trying to get me, Anne, doesn't it matter?
Absolutely.
As for Marvin, his personality is more linear. He is what he is. He’s been a pest to women and the companies he’s worked for his entire life, the way he harasses attractive women. There’s been many complaints filed. He was busted at his last job for putting a camera in the woman’s bathroom, but because he turned in his boss who he was sharing the videos with, he got immunity. He’s always skated by… this has emboldened him to keep at his antics.
The point in saying this is because even being rejected, Marvin will continue to be a pest until he reaches a dead end. It’s not a dead end yet because he’s hoping Kendra can give him what he wants. Anna has been lenient with him because her personality is such that she hates creating conflict, especially with someone she sympathizes with. She rationalizes his behavior because that’s easy for her, whereas reporting him is more difficult and makes her feel guilty. She feels like she can control the situation at all times if she needs to.
That said, she *does* have a limit to tolerating him if you keep advising her to reject him.